Ranking EVERY Royal Rumble WWE Championship Match From Worst To Best

7. Chris Jericho Vs The Rock - 2002

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One of the performances of Chris Jericho's WWE career saw the brand new Undisputed Champion cheat, cheat and cheat some more en route to sneaking by The Rock after they'd gone measure for measure for months.

Expressing how this Jericho was desperate and different compared to the one who'd cleanly gone one on one with 'The Great One' in 2001, the relentless rule breaking from 'Y2J' and his Canadian cronies was sublime - upto and including a finish in which he used a low blow, the exposed turnbuckle and his feet on the ropes just to be the biggest possible pr*ck.

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