As noted prior, it was reported that Chris Jericho and Brock Lesnar got into a backstage altercation after Summerslam. In case you missed it, Lesnar busted open Randy Orton in their match with some vicious elbows, causing their match to end in a TKO win for Lesnar.
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This planned finish wasn’t known by everyone in the locker room and only by a select few. Chris Jericho was upset after the match at Lesnar for hurting his friend. According to rumors, they got into a bit of a scuffle but nothing serious happened.
Randy Orton was interviewed by Sports Illustrated this week to promote his new show: Shooter. He explained what happened in the altercation between Lesnar and Jericho:
“Basically, what happened is Jericho saw what was going on in the ring and wanted answers as to whether my best interests were in mind as far as my health and safety. I had my family there, sitting front row, and Chris knew that, as well. He was just coming up to check on his boy, that’s what it boiled down to, and I think that’s awesome”
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He continued:
“You hear all these things about how they were going to fight, but I don’t think Jericho wanted to fight Brock, I’m just going to throw that out there,” said Orton. “I think he was coming up to just make sure everything was cool. It’s unfortunate that in that small space, with the dozen bodies in there, somehow that leaked and everybody knew about it. That’s very unfortunate. It was blown way out of proportion, and Jericho just wanted to check on one of his fellow boys in the locker room”
You can read the full interview here. Orton went on to say that he has a lot of respect for Brock.
Let us know what you think of his comments!