10 Reasons Why Chris Jericho’s Post-WWE Run Is His Best Ever
9. Five Stars
A f*cking fantastic bells-and-whistles battle between Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega didn't just justify 'Y2J's surprising decision to escape the WWE churn. It kicked off a chain of events that helped curate and create the single biggest competition Vince McMahon has encountered in nearly two decades.
The butterfly effect from the match has been well-documented, but it gets lost how little ripple there would have been had it not been such a success. Wild as it now may seem, there were plenty assuming that it probably wouldn't be able to meet expectations, let alone completely surpass them.
Jericho's last matches in 2017 weren't much to write home about - so much so that a Kenny Omega in career form was considered a leap too far for the aging antagonist to make. With only a smidgin of help from a No Disqualification situation (itself driven by Jericho's increasing psychopathy), the two went to f*cking war in front 43,000 rapturous Tokyo Dome fans.
Many considered it the match of the night, some the match of the year, whilst friend of 'The Painmaker' Dave Meltzer gave Jericho his first ever five star rating in his Wrestling Observer review.
A d*ck-swinging festival of naked aggression, this was entirely worthy of Meltzer's full monty.