Brock Lesnar left Randy Orton a bloody mess on Sunday night at SummerSlam and Chris Jericho was unhappy with Lesnar after the match.
According to Dave Meltzer, Jericho and Lesnar got into a backstage altercation regarding Orton’s health condition and if the ending went as planned.
Jericho came to the gorilla position just as the match ended, apparently to see if Orton was okay and to find out what exactly happened. He asked Michael Hayes what the finish was or if that was the finish. Hayes wouldn’t answer him at which point Jericho said, “That’s bullsh*t.”
Jericho said that just as Lesnar came back from the ring. Lesnar thought he was talking about his match, and called Jericho a pussy according to one version, or “shut up” according to another, and to mind his own business. The two got face-to-face and started exchanging words, with one version saying they were shouting at each other the whole time.
Lesnar pushed Jericho with his fingers, and Jericho did what was described as the “Rousey-Tate” forehead press. One version also had Jericho shoving Lesnar to the wall at one point. They got tangled up against the wall and Lesnar told Jericho to punch him or kiss him. Paul “HHH” Levesque jumped in quickly and broke it up. It was heated enough that they went back at it at which time Vince McMahon broke it up. Jericho started yelling about Lesnar and McMahon told Jericho that it was all a work and to be professional.
I think HHH and McMahon told Jericho it was work to calm him down. Why would Hayes, who is on the creative team, not give Jericho an answer regarding the finish? Was he frustrated as well in a calm way about the ending?