Ranking Who Was Really The Man In Wrestling Every Year 1990-2020
2. 2019 - Chris Jericho
Cody ran him awfully close - on a smaller scale, he all but emulated Triple H's 2000 and 2014 with his dual rise as super-worker and great promotional hope - but Jericho was the man.
Chris Jericho starred in two major promotions with two fresh and wildly entertaining personas: the Painmaker that beat the sh*t out of Tetsuya Naito in an awesome and yet still underrated brawl, and Le Champion, whose polymath brilliance instantly solidified AEW Dynamite as the best wrestling programme on television. Jericho in 2019 pissed and sh*t entertainment and relevance. It was his resting state; he birthed the little bit of the bubbly meme when dialled directly into the f*cking zone throughout what was a fabulous post-show title celebration.
Jericho was everything except the tippy-top guy throughout his legendary career; in 2019, he added 'Ace' to his comedically oversized list of nicknames.