10 Worst WWE Moments Of 2000

10. Chyna & Chris Jericho = Co-Champions

Individually, both Chyna and Chris Jericho had merit to varying degrees as Intercontinental Champions. The belt was one Chyna richly deserved when trying to establish herself as someone who could mix it with the guys, and IC gave Jericho a solid platform to build his first year around in the WWF. That "co-champions" deal they tried in early 2000 though? Nah, that was balls.

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A match between Chyna and 'Y2J' ended with a double pinfall on the 30 December 1999 Smackdown. So, come the next TV, they were made co-champs on the 3 January 2000 Raw. The general gist here was that they were enemies who'd now have to work as friends - if one party dropped the belt, then they'd both drop it. That idea had some potential, but this was the wrong pairing to try it with.

The company corrected things by putting Jericho over in a Triple Threat (that randomly also included Hardcore Holly) at Royal Rumble on 23 January. It hadn't taken long at all for the writing team to say: 'Yeah, yeah this sucks'. They decided to plough ahead with Jericho as sole champ, at least for a while.

Being honest, even Chris and Chyna looked like they hated it whilst they were working the gimmick. Jericho's first book revealed that he found her difficult to work with behind the scenes anyway, and it didn't help that Vince McMahon called him out for errant potato'd shots during matches they'd had against one another in late-'99.

Again, co-champions could've worked with another duo, but this was rotten to begin with and got worse before they finally pulled the plug.

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