"Now I am on the top of the mountain and everyone is trying to knock me off"

Chris Jericho: "Everybody in this arena or watching at home under the age of 25 realizes that I'm the reason why you're watching the WWE right now. Everybody above that age knows that I am the reason why you continue to watch the WWE to this day. When I came here I hooked you with my brilliance, I influenced and changed your lives for the better. But now I have a problem. Seems that Chris Jericho is no longer the hot topic of the WWE, not the buzz word of this company. I mean, even my NXT protégé Wade Barrett is getting more attention than I am--and rightfully so, he's been making an impact, while lately I have not. And I realize the reason for that. During my entire career, from the day I started making a name for myself in WCW to the day I interrupted The Rock in my very first appearance here in the WWE until I led Shawn Michaels to one of the greatest rivalries in the history of this company, I've always fought uphill, I've always been the underdog, I've always been the one to knock another man off the top of the mountain. Well, now I am on the top of the mountain and everyone is trying to knock me off. And that's despite the fact that I am the most important performer on this roster, despite the fact that I am the greatest champion of this generation or any other. I know, none of you parasites can relate to me because none of you have ever been the best in the world at what you do, but I have for the last decade. And now, as a result I have a target on my back.

And it seems that Evan Bourne is another in a long line of Superstars trying to make a name for themselves at my expense. I mean, even last week after RAW he hit me with his patented Shooting Star Press, despite the fact that the match was over--it was uncalled for, it was unnecessary, it was unacceptable, it was not fair, I did not deserve that, I was a victim! But I demanded restitution and I got it, and that's why I challenged Evan Bourne to a rematch tonight. Because I'm an honest man and I face my challenges face to face, eye to eye, unlike the dishonest fly-by-night-wannabee-never-was-nobody Evan Bourne. And, Bourne, it's apropos that you are the master of the Shooting Star Press, because like a shooting star your career began in a blaze of bright lights and fanfare and it's gonna end snuffed out, burned out and it's gonna fade away tonight at the hands of Chris Jericho. Do you understand what I'm saying to you right now?"

- Obwohl Jericho eigentlich den Heel spielte, wurde er vom Publikum in Long Island, NY mit überwiegendem Jubel empfangen.