Jericho mentions that it took his band, Fozzy a long time to prove their worth to music fans because everyone just looked at him as a wrestler. He asks Jacobs if he’s encountered any of these barriers during his run for Mayor. Jacobs says he’s knocked on many doors and lots of people have recognized him. Luckily for him, most of the people who recognize him are fans and were thrilled to see him on their doorstep.
Jericho thinks the two greatest gimmicks in WWE history are Undertaker and Kane. He points out that these two characters have been at the top of WWE for many years, and Kane was able to express emotion even while wearing a mask for many years. Jacobs informs that he’d cock his head from time to time to express certain emotions while wearing a mask, and he says he got that from his dog, who’d cock her head one way or the other to express certain feelings.
Jacobs informs that Jim Ross is another person who was very helpful to him throughout his career. His relationship with Ross stems back to Smoky Mountain Wrestling and it ultimately helped him land a meeting with Vince McMahon. He remembers having a great day as he traveled to New York to meet with McMahon, but then everything came crashing down when McMahon told him his idea for a new character – Isaac Yankem.
Jacobs wasn’t sure about that idea right from the start, but he wasn’t going to argue with McMahon at that time. He painted his teeth to make them look bad, because McMahon thought it would be ironic for the dentist to have bad teeth. Eventually McMahon realized that the character wasn’t working, and Jacobs transitioned into the “Fake Diesel” character.
