10 Genius Wrestling Decisions Made Up On The Fly
3. Chris Jericho Vs. Neville (WWE Monday Night Raw)
Chris Jericho proved once again how valuable of a veteran he is for working with younger talent when taking on Neville on Raw in 2016.
The finish was supposed to be Neville trying to land a Frankensteiner on Jericho, only for it to be shrewdly reversed into the Walls of Jericho. But Neville legitimately badly injured his ankle from a simple baseball slide in the match.
He tried to persevere, but kept buckling under his own weight, which meant Jericho had to quickly improvise. He rolled Neville up for a quick 1-2-3 to save Neville any more agony, but referee Charles Robinson hadn’t realized Neville was hurt and stopped the count at 2 when he saw Neville’s shoulders weren’t directly on the mat.
Jericho once again then had to improvise and ended up in a heated exchange with Robinson in the corner that got him disqualified when he got persistently in Robinson’s face. Jericho didn’t panic under pressure of live TV and did everything he could to protect Neville and stay true to his shady heel persona. There’s a reason his trucks have ‘G.O.A.T’ on them after all.