Chris Jericho was recently interviewed by Viktre.com about the night he became the first-ever WWE Undisputed Champion at Vengeance in 2001:
âI was told in the afternoon that I was going to win when Vince McMahon said to The Undertaker: âHey âTaker, how do you know the business is going down the toilet? Because weâre putting the belt on Jerichoâ and thatâs how I found out I was going to be the champion,â Jericho said
âI came back through the curtain, everyone was gone because when youâre on last everybody leaves to get out of the traffic quicker. Sat there by myself and then drove to a hotel where room service stopped âȘat midnightâŹ, it was âȘ11:58âŹ. They wouldnât serve it, so I got pizza. They wouldnât bring it to my room, so I had to go down to the lobby to get it. When I went back up, I was locked out. Went back down to the lobby, the guy wouldnât let me in even though I just checked in a few minutes earlier. Dropped the pizza on the floor when he finally did let me in. So, I spent the night being the first undisputed champion eating cold, fuzzy pizza in a Ramada Inn somewhere in Anaheimâ
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