Chris Jericho's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best

4. WWE Undisputed Championship Match: Chris Jericho Vs. Triple H - WrestleMania X8

There are some fans who refuse to get past the fact that Triple H vs. Chris Jericho went on after The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8. As a result, they miss the fact that The Game and Y2J actually wrestled a damn good match.

Sure, the build to the match sucked, Jericho's reign as champion was plagued by nonsensical booking and Stephanie McMahon's villainous vixen character took center stage over the competitors, but from bell-to-bell, the match was a smartly-wrestled gem that deserves another look.

Similar to the match against Edge from WrestleMania XXVI that we have already touched on, Jericho picked apart his opponent's anatomy. He worked over the injured quadriceps muscle of The Game, looking to end his quest for the WWE title on a sad note. He tortured him, inflicting pain the likes of which Triple H had not felt since the initial tear nearly a year earlier.

And he was a gloriously douchey bad guy while doing so, pandering to Stephanie for her approval at ringside as he beat on her estranged husband.

Unlike that aforementioned Edge match, this was not a bout in which the heel would come out on top. This was a feel-good story, one that saw Triple H Pedigree his wife, drop his opponent with the same finisher and stand tall over the wrestling world with his arms (and belts) raised in victory.

The match was a psychology-based bout, one that resisted the urge to include high spots. It did not play to the crowd, nor did it deliver any epic stare-downs. It was treated like a legitimate contest between two guys determined to prove they were the better man and in that light, was vastly superior to the Rock-Hogan battle that preceded it.