Chris Jericho's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best

8. Triple Threat Match For The Intercontinental & European Championships: Chris Jericho Vs. Chris Benoit Vs. Kurt Angle - WrestleMania 2000

The allure of championship gold was at the center of the Triple Threat match for the European and Intercontinental Championship. Kurt Angle entered WrestleMania 2000 with both titles, a rare double-champion just months into his pro wrestling career.

His opponents that night? Grizzled veterans Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit, both of whom traveled the globe perfecting their crafts in hopes of one day making it to WrestleMania and capturing gold.

Though completely different characters, they had one goal in mind: dethrone the Olympian. And they did, in an intensely competitive and smartly laid-out match.

Jericho struck first, capturing the European title by pinning Benoit following the Lionsault. It was a major championship victory for Y2J, but he undoubtedly would have preferred to wrest away the Intercontinental title that Angle had stolen from him in controversial fashion one month earlier at No Way Out.

That title would go to Benoit, who pinned Jericho following a flying headbutt.

Though still a very good match, hence its placement at No. 8 on our list, it was not quite the level fans would expect given the talent involved. Had Angle had another year under his belt, and had both Jericho and Benoit been more acclimated to the WWE style, this could have been a legitimate five-star classic. But it was not, so fans are left wondering what may have been.