Norman Smiley

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Everyone at the NXT Performance Center loves Norman Smiley, and you’re about to find out why! He and Y2J go waaaayyyy back – to Jericho’s time as Lion Heart in Monterrey, Mexico. Hear what Norman did for Jericho, what happened at their first match together, how they became such good friends, what they miss about their fellow friends and wrestlers Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr, and why everyone lived at the Plaza Madrid in Mexico! Norman’s got stories about Konnan, Vampiro, and his old tag partner, Negro Casas. He remembers his jump to WCW, what inspired The Wiggle and the scream, and how Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara talked him into working hardcore.

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:02.0	Let's talk about when you became the champion. I'm not sure I even know that story. How did you find out you're gonna get it? Would you be?
0:08.2	Well, what had happened
0:11.0	AAA started
0:13.0	Because Conan wasn't happy with Paco and
0:15.8	Antonio Pena is you know, he started treat AAA
0:19.2	It's been used to be the booker with Paco. Correct. Yeah. Yeah, and so
0:24.2	started AAA and
0:27.1	And we had a tournament for the title
0:29.9	So I can't remember one day, but I had a meeting with Paco
0:33.8	So I'm sitting in his office and you just said oh and by the way, I'm planning to make you the champ
0:39.1	I said really so I know I knew it was me and Rayo in the finals, right tournament. Yes
0:45.8	So I asked Paco. It said well does Rayo know this and he says no, he doesn't and there's nothing he can do
0:52.8	I said I know there's nothing you can do
0:55.7	So but but but I lost respect for him that that night because we had the match Paco or I
1:03.7	For Rayo
1:05.2	For those of you who don't know Rayo, he had a list girl was a famous
1:09.4	He popular rep rest of from Guadalajara's father wrestled. He wrestled and
1:15.0	Junior I think his son is got another son. He heard a junior
1:19.6	Yeah, so you know he just wouldn't do it clean in the middle, you know, and it was all you know
1:25.6	Grant Marcus was his
1:28.1	No, he had his second getting involved. I'm like brother. You can't do this clean. No, Amigo
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