Chris Jericho saw himself as a Beatle during his Attitude Era run.
During an appearance on UNTAPPED, Chris Jericho spoke about the time he left World Championship Wrestling and signed with the WWF, where he would compare himself to this world-famous Beatle while the likes of The Rock and Steve Austin were the Paul McCartney and John Lennon of the WWF.
“You work to make it to the big leagues, at the time WCW and then it was WWE. You work hard to get there, but once you get there, like, okay, now I really have to start working on this and really watch the biggest names in the business and how they do things. How can I compete with them, you know? And I always say that I was like the George Harrison of the Attitude Era, in that when I first came in I was super popular. People loved me,” he said. “But I was in the company with The Rock and Steve Austin. The biggest babyfaces in the world. So, much like George, I’m a great musician, a great songwriter, but I’m in a band with fu**ing Paul McCartney and John Lennon. What can I do? Nothing. There’s no way I can get bigger than them.”
Jericho would go on to defeat both Austin and Rock in the same night to be crowned the first-ever WWF Undisputed Champion, a title he would go on to drop at WrestleMania 18 against Triple H.
h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
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