Chris Jericho Takes SHOCKING Defeat To Complete Unknown On AEW Dynamite!
AEW audiences - and Chris Jericho - meet Action Andretti.
Coming off a stunning loss to Claudio Castagnoli at Ring of Honor Final Battle where he lost the ROH World Championship, Chris Jericho was looking to get back in the winning column on Wednesday night.
But The Ocho's "tune-up" match against an apparent enhancement talent turned into a nightmare when "already in the ring" Action Andretti scored a massive upset in his Dynamite debut.
The three-year pro got slapped around by Jericho, who controlled the bulk of the match, snuffing out Andretti's comebacks with shortcuts like an eye poke. But Andretti -- encouraged by the raucous crowd's repeated "Let's go jobber!" chants -- kept firing up on the Demo God until he spiked Jericho on his head and hit a standing Shooting Star Press for the shock win.
Did we just witness the BIGGEST. UPSET. in the HISTORY of professional wrestling?!?! @ActionAndretti just BEAT @IAmJericho in his #AEWDynamite debut!!!!
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The fans -- who had been into every moment of the match -- exploded while Andretti celebrated and Jericho sat stunned in the ring.
Not long after, we got the official tweet from AEW head honcho Tony Khan that Action Andretti is indeed #AllElite. With fewer than 100 matches to his credit on Cagematch, the Philadelphia-based wrestler is the reigning MCW Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. He has also wrestled for GCW and CZW.
Probably one of the better reactions on Twitter came from Sean Waltman, who famously scored a similarly massive upset win over Razor Ramon nearly 30 years ago.