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WWE: Jericho Was "Attacked by a Mob"

Posted Feb 8th 2009 3:00PM by TMZ Staff

Chris JerichoThe WWE is officially weighing in on the Chris Jericho brawl in Victoria, BC yesterday, by releasing the following statement to TMZ:

"After leaving a live event in Victoria, British Columbia on Saturday evening, Chris Jericho's car was attacked by a mob when he was stopped at a stop sign. Unable to proceed, Chris Jericho exited his car to ask the crowd to clear a path so he could continue through the intersection. A man and a woman physically and verbally assaulted Mr. Jericho. Arena and WWE security arrived to establish enough order to allow Mr. Jericho to re-enter his vehicle and depart. The local police arrived minutes later. Mr. Jericho was unharmed in the incident. The WWE is working with local authorities who are investigating the incident to identify the man and woman who fled the scene."

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Tags: attack, BC, british columbia, BritishColumbia, Chris jericho, ChrisJericho, mob, spit, Victoria, WWE

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1. WWE is gay... and no matter what a woman does, you don't hit her.

Posted at 3:04PM on Feb 8th 2009 by phdguru

2. Can TMZ suck up to Jerico any more? He hit a woman and it doesn't matter if she spit on him or not. He should og kepy his ass in the car and let security handle it... he's a low class bum

Posted at 3:09PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Ozzie

3. good job Jericho don't ever let anyone disrespect you like that, who cares if she was a woman she took the action and suffered the consequences. you should have put the walls of Jericho on her though.

Posted at 3:09PM on Feb 8th 2009 by rick

4. Everyone that is saying that you should never hit a girl, get the stick out of your ass and watch the multiple videos on Youtube and see what happened. The women threw herself at Jericho twice before he did anything. I am sure any of you would do the same exact thing in this situation.

Posted at 3:18PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Kevin

5. If a girl is man enough to hit a guy she is man enough to get hit back

Posted at 3:23PM on Feb 8th 2009 by dede

6. As a female, I don't understand why some people are trying to side with that unruly woman for being a low-class, disrespectful bitch. At the end of the day, Chris Jericho is a human being, and the guy was reacting on instinct (not like security was doing a damn thing) while being attacked verbally and physically by a mob. She, as part of that mob, spat and lunged at Jericho and ate a few knuckles for it. Male or female, that idiot deserved it. I'm sick of women thinking they can do whatever they want because the law will be on their side since they've got a fancy vagina. Let that be a lesson to everyone, male and female, that you reap what you sow.

Posted at 3:24PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Cee

7. Self-defense is self-defense, no matter what gender plays role of the assailant. If anyone on this website is actually above the gossip-loving idiot demographic and took the time to watch the video, they'd see that the girl shoved Jericho and security did nothing to help him out. What did you expect? Oh wait, I forgot what craphole I stumbled onto. This is TMZ, home of simple excuses for "entertainment" intended for even simpler excuses for "people".

Seriously, get off this website and do something that will actually enlighten your mind.

Posted at 3:27PM on Feb 8th 2009 by the truth

8. We were are the show in Vancouver the night b4 - Jericho was extremely rude in his comments about Canada vs the US - totally unnecessary even if it is all scripted and meant to stir up trouble - lots of kids there that didn't need to hear crap like that - if it was a regular person spitting that stuff he would have been charged with hate crime - good for the women to spit on him - someone else should have clocked him good !

Posted at 3:27PM on Feb 8th 2009 by He's a Jackass ...

9. I went to a wrasslin match & a jerry springer show broke out.....

Posted at 3:28PM on Feb 8th 2009 by toofastforyou!

10. OMG, That's not the way it happened at all!!!

Posted at 3:37PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Tim

11. The Security guards should be fired for even letting the fans get that close to him. Chris had every right to fight back if someone spits on him, who cares if it's a woman or not. Who knows what she could have done next, maybe pull a knife or gun??? People always say that stuff never happens until we read about it in the news. I think WWE should use this in their storylines it works well with his on screen character.

Posted at 3:32PM on Feb 8th 2009 by V MAC

12. Chris Jericho needs a psych evaluation done. Saw him on Larry King last night. The main guest was Mickey Rourke. Chris Jericho comments to Rourke only made him look like an ass. Rourke was gracious enough, looked like he was trying not to laugh. Chris Jericho then turned it up a notch and made comments that went over the line.

Posted at 3:55PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Mimi

13. Why was the guy yelling at him "you are a disgrace to Canada"? Did he do or say something about Canada at the show that may have riled this group up to confront him?

If WWE is getting political they might want to be careful---or be prepared for some personal confrontations that dont involve a script.

Posted at 7:43PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Mr Z

14. Chris would have beat everyones a$$e$ there without breaking a sweat. What did that little punk kid honestly think he was going to do? Hahaha!!

Posted at 4:03PM on Feb 8th 2009 by Your name:

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Posted at 4:17PM on Feb 8th 2009 by montreal_screwjob

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