Talk is Jericho Recap – Discussing ALL IN Appearance, Surprise Was Nearly Spoiled, Decision to Leave Face Paint On, More!

On today’s show, Jericho will be joined by his partner in crime, Jack Slade, to discuss his surprise appearance at ALL IN as well as the events that preceded and followed that event.
Jericho informs that he played a show with Fozzy in Little Rock on Friday night, flew to Chicago over night and got there just in time to do his run in at ALL IN. From there he flew right to Kansas City in order to play another Fozzy show, and this journey that he went on has become something of lore on the internet.

He points out that Cody Rhodes called him about working ALL IN a while ago, but at that time he didn’t really want to work any indie shows in the United States. Since that time his mindset has changed, and when Rhodes called again he was more open to playing a role at ALL IN.
They threw around a few ideas, such as him interfering in the main event and attacking Ibushi, but they couldn’t settle on anything and Jericho lost his interest again. When Rhodes called a third time they came up with the idea for Jericho to do a run in earlier in the show, where he’d attack Kenny Omega.

Jericho points out that the times worked out great and he was able to do both ALL IN and his Fozzy show on the same night. He notes that it can be tough working around Fozzy shows sometimes. He was in discussion with Vince McMahon to replace Shane McMahon at WrestleMania last year and they were struggling to move a Fozzy show around WrestleMania so that he could do both, but Shane defied the odds and worked through an injury at that event.
He adds that Cody Rhodes set up a private plane to take him from ALL IN directly to Kanas City for his Fozzy show. Initially they were thinking about moving the Fozzy show to earlier in the day, but it worked out better to delay the Fozzy show until later in the night. Fozzy’s Manager called the venue and told them they needed to start later and that’s what they did.

Jericho informs that his flight was supposed to land in Chicago at 5:30 and his run-in spot was scheduled for 9. The ALL IN pre-show started at 5 so he figured most fans would already be at the show and wouldn’t see him arriving at the airport. Unfortunately his flight was late getting in, and then they had plane issues which kept them on the runway longer than normal.
After making his way through the airport terminal one fan in a Bullet Club t-shirt started snapping pictures. Jericho sent Slade after him and made him delete the pictures. The fan agreed to delete the pictures right away, but that’s how close they were to having the entire surprise spoiled.

After arriving to the arena Jericho snuck inside in a hoodie and met with the Young Bucks and Rhodes just before Rhodes was set to go to the ring for his match. Shortly thereafter Kenny Omega and Pentagon Jr. came into the room. This was the first time he met Pentagon Jr. but unfortunately the extra suit that Pentagon brought was a different colour than the one he was wearing on the show.
Jericho sent Slade off to a hardware store to find gold tape or paint so that Jericho could make his suit look as similar to Pentagon’s as possible. Pentagon painted Jericho’s face for him so from the neck up he looked great, but from the neck down he looked terrible because he didn’t bring his wrestling boots or any other wrestling gear with him.

Jericho notes that Pentagon was super cool about him altering his gear. He admits that if someone took his gear and basically started ruining it he probably wouldn’t be so cool about it. He told Pentagon that he’d pay for the gear, but he later realized that Pentagon could probably sell that gear online for thousands of dollars.
When the time came for him to do his run-in, he was led out in the dark by security but they led him in the wrong direction. He pushed the security guard down and when he got to the ringside guardrail he realized he was on the wrong side of the ring. He had to adjust on his own and run to the other side of the ring before the lights came back on.

He informs that he had to buy one of his new “Judas” shirts the day before ALL IN because he wanted to have a definite transition in character when he executed the reveal. After it was all said and done he had to rush backstage, get changed and make his way to the vehicle outside. When they got in the car they saw a big flash of lightning, which is a big concern when you’re flying.

Fortunately they were able to get airborne and got to the venue 10 minutes before Jericho had to hit the stage. He had makeup remover with him but decided to leave the Pentagon face paint on so the Fozzy fans in Kansas City would realize that they were a part of a very cool night. All in all it was a very memorable day for Jericho.
That sums up today’s episode of Talk is Jericho. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!