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Talk Is Jericho

TIJ - EP190 - Shelton Benjamin

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Shelton Benjamin makes his TIJ debut & he & Y2J give a behind-the-scenes look at their "Taboo Tuesday" and "Money In The Bank" matches! Shelton's also talking NJPW & Japanese culture, how he acquired his "Invader X" gimmick, why he & WWE parted ways, what it was like working with The Undertaker, Eddie Guerrero, and Big Show, being in OVW with John Cena, Batsita, Brock Lesnar, and Randy Orton...and why he's completely sworn off rice!

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Cherico Network on Westwood One.

0:03.9

Alright you guys have been asking for them for a while now.

0:06.3

I can't tell you how many Twitter requests I've gotten for this guy and today is the day finally

0:10.8

happening. He is here. The gold standard Shelton Benjamin himself makes his much anticipated talk

0:16.8

is Jericho debut and we're talking about it all. His WWE days, why he left WWE, his taboo Tuesday

0:24.0

and money in the bank matches against me. I put together the money in the bank match specifically

0:28.0

to highlight his athleticism and taboo Tuesday one of my favorite matches as well as one of his

0:33.2

completely improvised and called in the ring 100%. We're going to talk all about that plus we're

0:37.9

going to talk about Shelton versus the Undertaker and Big Show. His move to New Japan pro wrestling

0:42.5

where he's become a big star over there. Red light fever, the whole Japanese culture,

0:46.7

buckle in and get ready for Shelty B. Shelton Benjamin is here. I'm ready.

0:58.7

Alright here in Houston with a guy I don't think I've seen you and I don't know how long

1:08.4

five years maybe. At least. Yeah. Very least because I haven't I haven't been to

1:14.8

I haven't been to a WWE show for at least five years so. That's how long it's been so it's

1:20.2

probably like 2010 or something like that maybe when yeah when you left. Yeah I live in 2010 and I

1:26.0

think I did a surprise one shot here when they came to Houston in 2011. What was that all about?

1:33.6

Was that honestly you know me and Big Show are really good friends. And he basically kept

1:40.9

howling to be like come on come down say hello to your boy and I'm like nah you know I don't

1:45.0

want to be that guy showing up. You know I always every time I see a bunch of guys who used to be

1:50.2

there in the back it's like they're all saying please give me can I get a job back can I get

1:55.3

you know I never wanted to be that guy you know so I think now I'm not going to come and you know

1:59.7

he guilt trip me into coming down then he he tells me up well come on inside you said you hear

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