Chris Jericho's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best

5. World Heavyweight Championship Match: Chris Jericho Vs. Edge - WrestleMania XXVI

A torn Achilles tendon ended what was to be a major tag team push for Chris Jericho and Edge. Gone was the planned series of matches with D-Generation X that would have renewed interest in WWE's Tag Team Championships and the first real extended run the two Internet favorites would have as a tandem.

Instead, focus was shifted from a tag team to a feud, with Jericho calling Edge out for his "weakness". When Edge returned at the Royal Rumble in January 2010 and won the thing, most expected it was only a matter of time before Y2J regained the world title, which he did by beating The Undertaker at Elimination Chamber the next month.

Those two events set up the match that would inexplicably go on fourth from the top of the WrestleMania card.

Jericho and Edge always had strong in-ring chemistry, dating back to their series of wars on SmackDown in 2002. That chemistry was on display in front of a worldwide audience. The world champion targeted the previously injured Achilles of his former partner. But Edge showed great resiliency, fighting through the pain and remaining in the hunt for the title.

Unfortunately for him, what he hoped would be a triumphant return to the WrestleMania stage ended in defeat, courtesy of a shot to the face with the World Championship belt and a Code Breaker.

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