Ranking All 30 Years Of Chris Jericho
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Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary celebration on the Wednesday 7th October edition of AEW Dynamite was quite the amazing piece of pro wrestling television.
Over the course of two hours, the most obnoxious character from the show's first year and company's entire existence was instead deified for his longevity in wrestling and remarkable multifaceted career overall. This all seemed carefully constructed as a way to programme him against the real most obnoxious character MJF, but the method of tacitly babyfacing Jericho proved easy because it relied wholly on the truth.
The clichés about him being the Madonna/David Bowie/pick your popstar of professional wrestling are only clichés because they're true. His reinventions are manifold, and while some attempts have worked better than others over three potent and powerful decades, he's achieved so much for the betterment of himself and so many others that the over-arching story couldn't possibly work against him.
It's not all been smooth sailing, but it took swerving several major icebergs to hit the big 3-0 and still be at the top of his game. From the windy indies of Canada to the hilarious humidity of a Jacksonville mimosa pool, here's a sort through the best and worst of of 30 incredible years.
31. 2011
Jericho's only presence in WWE in 2011 was vague and to set up a 2012 return - some strange vignettes at the end of the year teased his January reemergence, but a lack of story after the fact renders them as value range versions of prior successes.