Don Callis aka Cyrus on Talk Is Jericho - EP290

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2016

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Don Callis aka Cyrus from ECW returns to TIJ for a solo shot... to talk about his many stops & starts at WWE including The Truth Commission and The Jackyl gimmicks, working creative with Vince Russo, doing color commentary with JR, and being a manager. He's also got details on the role Bret Hart played in his career, the Mohawk that ended his WWE run, his jump to ECW and the infamous Cyrus gimmick, the last days of WCW, and why the Lebanese police had to help him get out of Beirut.

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0:00.0	TALK IS JERICAL BABY TALK IS JERICAL
0:07.0	TALK IS JERICAL MAMA TALK IS BABY
0:13.0	Alright, welcome to Talk Is Jericho
0:15.0	It's the part of Thunder and Rock n' Roll
0:17.0	Alright, right here today on Talk Is Jericho
0:20.0	Don Callis, making his return and his solo
0:23.0	Deepu, right here on TIJ
0:25.0	He was part of the famous, the infamous, the hugely popular Jericho
0:29.0	25th anniversary podcast last year
0:32.0	It went over so huge I had Lenny St. Clair come back for a solo shot
0:36.0	And of course my old tag team partner Lance Storm has been on solo a couple times
0:40.0	So now it's Don's turn and he's got some crazy stories to share from his run at WWE
0:46.0	Working the Canadian Independence, working ECW
0:49.0	But first you can hear all about his gimmick as the jackal in the WWE, the parade of oddities that serve as his people
0:54.0	How he managed to get out of the dead end gimmick, the truth commission, which was the first thing he did at WWE
0:59.0	He's also talking about the proposed Messiah gimmick that never got off the ground
1:03.0	Why he kept turning down creative jobs at WWE?
1:06.0	Why the tag team with him in Rick Martell, the supermodels, didn't work out?
1:10.0	How Bret Hart helped Don in the WWE in general
1:13.0	Also talking about his move to ECW as Cyrus
1:16.0	Huge popular, lots of heat, great, great heel
1:20.0	Don is a very, very smart guy, he's gonna tell you all about touring the Canadian Northland
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