10 Best Ever Excuses For Losing A Wrestling Match
9. Conspiracy!
A partial polymath in pro wrestling, Chris Jericho's been a one man content factory for well over two decades now, knocking out the sort of catchphrases and catchy lines that were memes long before memes became common currency. What's now fodder for a million gifs was once just the sort of stuff he'd do to pop himself, his friends, and those fans paying particularly close attention.
Such was the case when he was at the peak of his comedic powers in WCW in 1998. Having lost his treasured Cruiserweight Championship to a masked returning Dean Malenko after the 'Man Of 1,000 Holds' won a Slamboree Battle Royal in disguise, Jericho cried conspiracy. Why had company management allowed his entrance in the first place? Why had members of the division stood aside for Malenko? Why had top Turner brass allowed any of it to be aired again and again?
Because he was a total d*ckhead, is why, but only a d*ckhead on the scale of a 'Y2J' believed this sort of problem needed addressing with the President of the United States. So sure it was a con rather than an earnest outsmarting, Jericho took to Washington DC for a series of hilarious skits trying to get Bill Clinton to do something about the gross misconduct.
He didn't. Clearly, as Jericho pointed out, 'Slick Willy' was obviously in on the fix.