Ranking Every WWE Title Match At Royal Rumbles Worst To Best

If looking back at Chris Jericho's heel run as the Undisputed WWF Champion, likely the best match of that period was the Canadian's Royal Rumble '02 bout against The Rock.

While audiences had craved for Y2J to become the guy in the years prior, Y2J was now dead. Gone was the eccentric, electric, energetic, babyface rockstar persona, and instead we had a Jericho who was obsessed with keeping his Undisputed Title by any means necessary.

By "any means necessary", here that meant the utilisation of a low blow, an exposed turnbuckle, and a roll-up with his feet on the ropes to get the cheap win over the Great One.

As a snivelling, shortcut-taking villain, Jericho was pitch-perfect in stellar bouts with The Rock and Steve Austin during this reign. It was only when he found himself on a collision course with Triple H did this run turn sour - with the one-time Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah relegated to a background player to the greater story between Trips, Stephanie McMahon and their dog Lucy.

When revisiting this Rumble '02 match, it's no surprise to hear how both The Rock and Chris Jericho regularly talk each other up as amongst the favourite opponents they've ever each respectively stepped in the ring with.