10 Ridiculous Stephanie McMahon Ego Trips
4. The Main Event
Chris Jericho was set up to fail in his first significant run as WWE's top man. Though he beat The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in one night (and wisely dined out on it for the rest of his career), it was only 'The Great One' from that point who seemed remotely willing enough to help keep him afloat in the main event club.
Impossibly entertaining as a babyface in 2000, Jericho would have at one point been an unstoppable force as a headliner, but his late-2001 heel turn had necessitated an in-ring adjustment, and unwilling and unhelpful opponents such as Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H were only too happy to see him flounder.
WrestleMania 18 represented a tragically fitting conclusion to his run. The third wheel in his own main event, Jericho's mere presence had been shunted to one side as the real feud unfolded between his new manager Stephanie McMahon and her ex-husband Triple H.
Having had spectacular chemistry as rivals, it was staggering how little the Champion and the 'Billion Dollar Princess' had as accomplices. Allegedly, there had been pitches for the pair to be romantically linked in the wake of the McMahon-Helmsley divorce, but this was predictably shot down by the (real life) happy couple.
The build-up was all about her. The match was all about them. Triple H's Pedigree to Stephanie was the undisputed climax of the match. The first Undisputed Champion merely was set dressing for their dramatic severance.