10 Most Jaw-Dropping Wrestling Giant-Killings

9. Fandango Beats Chris Jericho - WrestleMania 29

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When Action Andretti was still in high school, Jericho was putting over another promising young talent, albeit this time on the Grandest Stage of Them All.

After making his main roster debut in late 2012, Fandango got into it with Jericho in the build-up to WrestleMania 29. Dango's whole thing at the time was getting annoyed at people not saying his name right. You can imagine how much fun Jericho had with that.

In the ballroom dancer's first match since leaving NXT, Fandango shocked the wrestling world by beating the former World champion clean as a sheet following a top rope leg drop. Very few people expected a gimmick as silly as this to triumph over an established star, especially not without any outside interference.

Sadly, this was about as good as it got for the man with the catchiest theme in all of wrestling. The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah got his win back the very next month at Extreme Rules, after which Dango dropped down the card with the speed of a quickstep.

Action Andretti beware - defeating Chris Jericho doesn't always lead to big things.

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