Ranking Every Chris Jericho WWE Return

9. 2013

WWE has to (at least pretend to) adhere to its own internal logic, so when AJ Lee said that Jericho would be fired if he failed to beat Dolph Ziggler on an August 2012 edition of Monday Night Raw, he had to go.

Five months later, his exile was lifted and he was allowed to come back - which was handy - not just because he had just finished another Fozzy tour - but also because it was right on the eve of the 2013 Royal Rumble.

Sure enough, Jericho entered at number two - and, sure enough, waiting in the ring for him was Dolph Ziggler. A nice moment, although that's all it was: Jericho didn't win the Rumble, and ended up in a WrestleMania match with Fandango instead.