There are many monikers thrown around the wrestling world. The Best there is, the best there was, the best there every will be is pretty damn specific. The Best in the World is another one which pretty much tells you everything you need to know. A particular favourite, however, is The Best in the World at what I Do Today. It has the specificity of Bret Harts with the show-off arrogance of CM Punks. It says it all. Chris Jericho is, quite simply, the best. You want great matches? Check. You want top promos? Check. You want a spangley light up glitter jacket for Christmas? Best ask him first as he might need it soon. Jericho will always, however, remain the best in the world at what he does because he is always adapting and changing. He knows how to keep relevant and he does it with good humour too (as his recent web series attests). To that end, here are the ten reasons why Chris Jericho is still the best in the world at what he does. Click next below to begin the countdown (to the millennium)...
10. The WWE Debut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGsBRImD0po That clock had been counting down for weeks but no-one knew what would happen when it eventually reached zero but it kept on ticking down. Finally, on August 9th 1999, with the Rock in the ring slating The Big Show, it hit its final number for the millennium and...the lights dropped, the low synth began to pulse faster and faster, the lights blacked out, the fireworks exploded and then...Jerichos name appeared on the screen. Below it was the cocky young upstart from WCW who proudly declared Raw...is...Jericho. It was everything a debut should be. It had the build up, it had the interruption of the fan favourite and it had the initial declaration of who he was - the most charismatic showman to ever enter your living rooms via a television screen. It also contained something that often only Jericho can do - he entered to cheers and was, within minutes, being booed out of the building. During the promo, he brought in the business as we knew it (viewing figures, PPV buys and silent crowds) and declared himself the saviour in front of the Rock. All we knew at that point was the wrestling had immediately got a whole lot more interesting.