10 Biggest WWE Summerslam Controversies

1. Chris Jericho Wants To Fight Brock Lesnar

Chris Jericho Brock Lesnar Randy Orton Paul Heyman WWE SummerSlam 2016
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When: SummerSlam 2016

What Happened: Chris Jericho would sneak onto a list entitled 'Wrestling's Hardest' just for this story alone. At SummerSlam 2016, the then-WWE star was incensed by Brock Lesnar's behaviour during and after his match vs. Randy Orton in the headline spot.

Brock lamped the crap out of Randy and bust the 'Viper' open hard-way with some seriously stiff elbows and other strikes. Backstage afterwards, Jericho loudly referred to the finish as "bullsh*t" and Lesnar told him it was none of his business. That added fuel to the Canadian's fire, and he wanted to fight the former UFC mauler.

That took some balls.

Others muscled in to break the confrontation up before it could really get going, but the story still made headlines across the wrasslin' world. Nobody could quite believe that Jericho was willing to confront Brock due to fears about Randy's health. In fact, nobody could quite believe he was willing to scrap with Lesnar at all.

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