WWE: 10 Greatest Ring Technicians Of All Time

9. Chris Jericho

chris jericho There are some who would see this list filled out as an A-Z of the Hart family dungeon, and certainly most guys who were stretched by Stu Hart and his many sons over the years have proved to be excellent ring technicians. Jericho is one of the finest, and also one of the most successful. His early years saw him wrestle in Mexico and Japan where he refined his technical abilities. Later ECW proved to be short term home, but one that got him noticed by WCW and Jericho was ready to transfer to the big league. Initially a baby face Jericho forfeited his debut match against Das Wunderkind Alex Wright when Wright was unable to continue the match. It wouldn€™t take long before the future Y2J would turn heel and really hit his stride. Jericho had excellent matches with Dean Malenko, Rey Mysterio Jr and other Cruiserweights in his time in WCW. His feud with Malenko was even based around the idea that Jericho was capable of more moves then The Man of 1,000 Holds. Within time Jericho looked set for bigger things then the Cruiserweight division could offer and he began challenging Bill Goldberg, although their feud and match would not happen until Goldberg would join the WWE many years later. Seeing that he wouldn€™t get used as a top guy in WCW Jericho went to WWE where he has been a top draw consistently ever since. In the WWE Jericho has wrestled the best over the years and his matches with Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels over the years have been some of the best seen in a WWE ring. Things haven€™t always gone so smoothly though as his high profile matches with Triple H has repeatedly proved the two lack chemistry in the ring. Also his return in 2012 can only really be considered a flop which resulted in his reverting back to his baby face persona. The definite benefit of this was the feud with Dolph Ziggler which allowed both men to show more technical brilliance before Jericho took a leave of absence from the WWE. His recent return and revival of his feud with The Show Off just gives us promise of more exciting matches to come.
 
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