6 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Greatest Royal Rumble

5. Making The List

It was only a short promo, but seeing Chris Jericho back on the mic in WWE was a reminder of just how good he is.

Jericho got paired with Mike Rome, which of course was an opportunity for Y2J to call him “Tom (Phillips),” continuing the joke that has been ongoing for years. Jericho also busted out the List of Jericho, putting Rome on it, then adding the cameraman, sound technician and others before starting to add the other 49 superstars in the Rumble match.

It makes you wish Jericho would teach a master class to the current crop of superstars about how to deliver a memorable, fun promo. It also makes you hope Jericho is back for longer than just one night.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.