3. He Was The First Undisputed Champion, But He Was Buried By Triple H & Stephanie
WWE.comLate last year, WWE made a big deal about how Randy Orton was the first Undisputed Champion in WWE history. What about Jericho? It was Jericho that beat The Rock and Steve Austin in the same night at Vengeance 2001 to unify the WWE & WCW Titles. The reason that's not a point WWE wants us to forget is because they're talking about two separate titles. When Orton unified the WWE & World Titles it was as if WWE was ignoring that the World Title was the WCW Title and it was its own thing that Triple H was given in 2002. Makes sense? A little bit. Anyway, there is a tie to in something Jericho related that WWE does want us to forget. Jericho may have been one of the worst booked first time WWE/World Champions in the history of the company. Even though he beat Austin & Rock in the same night (something he still brags about), he was made to look weak far too often while carrying that precious gold. Pairing him up with Stephanie McMahon, who he verbally berated for two years prior to this, was just done so she can be in a featured role with Triple H. Remember when Jericho was forced to look after the dog of Stephanie McMahon? It made him look like such a loser. There's no way a World Champion like Austin, Rock or Hogan would be put in an angle that stupid. Jericho needed to be built up as a credible champion, but WWE chose to make him look like he was nothing compared to the woman with McMahon as a last name. By the way, the dog got hit by a car and it was Jericho's fault too. What a storyline! The only true WrestleMania main event in Jericho's career was WM18 against Triple H, yet it felt more like a match between Hunter and Stephanie with Jericho just there to take bumps. Stephanie got so involved in the match that Hunter (her soon to be ex-hubby on screen at the time) had to drop her with a Pedigree. Jericho put Triple H over so many times in his career, yet Hunter rarely if ever did the job to make Jericho look like a bigger star.