Chris Jericho On Why Vince McMahon Dropped Numbers From WrestleMania

During a recent edition of his Talk is Jericho podcast (via wrestlinginc.com), Chris Jericho talked about why WWE Chairman Vince McMahon dropped the numbers from WrestleMania titles and more. Here are the highlights…

On Why Vince McMahon Dropped Numbers From WrestleMania: “The reason why, and everybody at home, is that Vince does not like the numbers after the WrestleMania because he feels like it dates it. Aalso, you’re not allowed to call it ‘The Grandaddy Of Them All’ because he feels that it makes it seem old. So yeah, Super Bowl 75, he does not like the number, so you cannot refer to it as ‘WrestleMania 34’. You just refer to it as ‘WrestleMania’. One of those classic Vince McMahon quirks.”

On Why Vince prefers America The Beautiful: “Vince does not like the American national anthem. Nope. He feels that ‘America The Beautiful’ is the epitome of American songs. That’s why for every WrestleMania, it’s ‘America The Beautiful’.”

On The Women’s Battle Royal: “I actually texted Vince and said, ‘you should call it ‘The Sensational Invitational’ and name it after Sherri Martel. He sent me back a text, ‘THX’, ‘thanks’, yeah. In other words, ‘keep your mouth shut, you frickin’ idiot – let me handle the hard work.'”