With Chris Jericho's maniacal smarm, he'd become quite the consummate wrestling heel by 2009. A partnership with Edge had gone awry once Edge suffered a tear in his Achilles tendon, so a new ally was needed. Jericho says that McMahon had suggested Big Show, and Y2J immediately agreed - as long as they dropped his comedic tendencies and presented him as a bad-ass monster once more. Thus, Jeri-Show had its hook. The two were presented as an updated version of The Mega Bucks, with Show finally being utilized as a fearsome brute, while Jericho alternated between calculating and cowardly. As a heel duo, the superteam built some tremendous momentum by the latter half of 2009, reigning for five and a half months with the unified belts.
Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.
