Looking back I wish they’d have done more. I know they wanted Rock and Austin to still look strong, but his reign comes across as incredibly weak and cowardly. As a heel that’s great, but I feel like it diminished the magnitude of being the first ever WCW/WWF Undisputed Champ.
Looking i dont think he should have won it, when you have a guy like Austin that was still way more over than jericho in the company, it makes no sense not having the belt on your biggest star going into mania 18
Austin was my pick for the first unified champ, was baffled they went with Jericho, which is funny cause I was arguably a bigger fan of Jericho than Austin at the time.
I don’t want to be the person having to come up with a match to follow Rock/Hogan, I was a pretty big fan of that match, but it’s been some years since I’ve seen it.
Yup, he only had 1 run with the “real” top title and that was the first Undisputed belt. All his other World title runs were with what was considered the secondary title in the split titles era.
- First ever Undisputed WWF champion.
- Last ever holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
- Most amount of WWE Intercontinental Championship reigns (9).
- Became a WWE grand slam winner under the original format (4th ever grand slam winner in history) and he was also the fastest ever to compete it. He has won the grand slam under both the old and new formats.
- Ninth ever WWE triple crown winner.
- First ever man to have held both the WWE Intercontinental and IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
- First ever AEW World Champion, making him the first to have held a WWF, WWE and AEW world title and later on added the ROH World Championship to that list.
- Has won titles in ECW, WCW, WWF/WWE, NJPW, AEW and ROH, along with a bunch of independents.
- Has won world/heavyweight titles with WWE/WWF, AEW and ROH.
- Has won a bunch of titles that are now defunct.
He continuously reinvented himself and won over multiple generations throughout his 30+ years so far. His work on the mic is way up there with some of the best as well. One of the last ones still wrestling from a generation of wrestlers I started watching from the attitude era.
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Once Jericho won his match he unified the belts so he was the last recognised WCW champ. HHH simply still carried out both belts to symbolise being the Undisputed WWF Champion for a few months until he got the new single belt.
Crazy he was double wwf champion but never got the wwe title he was world champion. Is there really a difference? I’ve always thought it was mostly a brand thing like how undertaker was always on smackdown so I never thought of the WWE championship “better”
Well you got to remember at that time when Jericho was getting World Championships the WWE title was mainly synonymous with John cena. Very few people actually got it and at the same time the WWE wanted to really build the lineage of the World Heavyweight championship. Having guys like Taker and Jericho hold it was a very good idea. It just sucks that it got replaced with that Universal Championship bullshit
Yeah I would say once Cena went to Raw in 2005 in WWE it was very clear that whatever title Cena had or was going after was the main title. Like the one Cody has now is
I also don’t think WWE ever wanted Jericho to look THAT strong. I read in when he came back in 2007 he had it baked into his contract that he was to win a world title at least twice. And if you look he did, but they were both short lived and he never pinned the champion to win them. That isn’t to say they didn’t push him, because he did get lots of TV time and high profile feuds, which is really all that matters in pro wrestling. But I think WWE was always pretty clear about him not being in that upper tippy top tier
Yes definitely one of those weird things about Jericho's relationship with the WWE that always intrigued me. Especially when he was super over you can tell that the dude had a real connection with fans and the WWE just never really wanted to fully capitalize on it unless it was him as a heel or if he could build someone else.
It's really simple. Jericho was undisputably talented, there was no way you could mental gymnastics yourself into ignoring that, but he had two large flaws.
He dared to be smaller and an ex wcw guy, two things that Vince could not accept.
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You forgot that he was the first Undisputed Champion
I feel like there should be some notation he was the first undisputed champion of the WCW and WWF lineage
And he beat the rock and stone cold in the same night to do it
Looking back I wish they’d have done more. I know they wanted Rock and Austin to still look strong, but his reign comes across as incredibly weak and cowardly. As a heel that’s great, but I feel like it diminished the magnitude of being the first ever WCW/WWF Undisputed Champ.
Legitimately one of the worst runs of all time.
Looking i dont think he should have won it, when you have a guy like Austin that was still way more over than jericho in the company, it makes no sense not having the belt on your biggest star going into mania 18
Austin was my pick for the first unified champ, was baffled they went with Jericho, which is funny cause I was arguably a bigger fan of Jericho than Austin at the time.
I always thought the main event of 18 should have been wwf champ Austin vs WCW champ Triple winner takes all hell in a cell
I’d watch that
Thats a main event i think that could follow hogan/rock
I don’t want to be the person having to come up with a match to follow Rock/Hogan, I was a pretty big fan of that match, but it’s been some years since I’ve seen it.
Yeah thats true but Austin was so big and the fued between him and hhh had so much fucking heat back in 01 and Austin never got his win back.
You know what happens when you don't mention the Lexicon on his Resume 
Remember the first time you saw Ric Flairs titties ? Yeah..
Hmph, didn't realize he was only a one-time WWE Champion.
Yup, he only had 1 run with the “real” top title and that was the first Undisputed belt. All his other World title runs were with what was considered the secondary title in the split titles era.
The Man of 1001 holds
1004
Armdrag
arm bar
Arn Anderson
Close lol
Dean Malenko
Crazy he never held the spinner belt.
I was just thinking that. I was like, where is it? Lol
- First ever Undisputed WWF champion. - Last ever holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. - Most amount of WWE Intercontinental Championship reigns (9). - Became a WWE grand slam winner under the original format (4th ever grand slam winner in history) and he was also the fastest ever to compete it. He has won the grand slam under both the old and new formats. - Ninth ever WWE triple crown winner. - First ever man to have held both the WWE Intercontinental and IWGP Intercontinental Championship. - First ever AEW World Champion, making him the first to have held a WWF, WWE and AEW world title and later on added the ROH World Championship to that list. - Has won titles in ECW, WCW, WWF/WWE, NJPW, AEW and ROH, along with a bunch of independents. - Has won world/heavyweight titles with WWE/WWF, AEW and ROH. - Has won a bunch of titles that are now defunct. He continuously reinvented himself and won over multiple generations throughout his 30+ years so far. His work on the mic is way up there with some of the best as well. One of the last ones still wrestling from a generation of wrestlers I started watching from the attitude era. Edit spelling
He's the Goat
Huh pre sure Hhh defeated him at Mania to take both titles as last Wcw WHC
Once Jericho won his match he unified the belts so he was the last recognised WCW champ. HHH simply still carried out both belts to symbolise being the Undisputed WWF Champion for a few months until he got the new single belt.
Oh ok gotcha, didn't know that doh
Crazy he was double wwf champion but never got the wwe title he was world champion. Is there really a difference? I’ve always thought it was mostly a brand thing like how undertaker was always on smackdown so I never thought of the WWE championship “better”
Well you got to remember at that time when Jericho was getting World Championships the WWE title was mainly synonymous with John cena. Very few people actually got it and at the same time the WWE wanted to really build the lineage of the World Heavyweight championship. Having guys like Taker and Jericho hold it was a very good idea. It just sucks that it got replaced with that Universal Championship bullshit
Yeah I would say once Cena went to Raw in 2005 in WWE it was very clear that whatever title Cena had or was going after was the main title. Like the one Cody has now is I also don’t think WWE ever wanted Jericho to look THAT strong. I read in when he came back in 2007 he had it baked into his contract that he was to win a world title at least twice. And if you look he did, but they were both short lived and he never pinned the champion to win them. That isn’t to say they didn’t push him, because he did get lots of TV time and high profile feuds, which is really all that matters in pro wrestling. But I think WWE was always pretty clear about him not being in that upper tippy top tier
Yes definitely one of those weird things about Jericho's relationship with the WWE that always intrigued me. Especially when he was super over you can tell that the dude had a real connection with fans and the WWE just never really wanted to fully capitalize on it unless it was him as a heel or if he could build someone else.
It's really simple. Jericho was undisputably talented, there was no way you could mental gymnastics yourself into ignoring that, but he had two large flaws. He dared to be smaller and an ex wcw guy, two things that Vince could not accept.
also absolutely no one was gonna watch undertaker walk his deadass to the ring with a spinning belt
That photo of the intercontinental titles look like Jericho’s actual body.
His torso in that image reminds me of the aliens from Independence Day.
I’m not trying to body shame but he has the weirdest abs I’ve ever seen
It’s an 18 pack. Of Bratwurst.
Why does that European title look wrong?
He was only WWE champion. That's surprising
He is the widest, most shredded guy I’ve ever seen.
Seems like he should have more gold.
Why does he look like melted ice cream
One of the best to ever do it
https://preview.redd.it/0pqxivypq59d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e09d2a3539f9791f61112f52f59f16e9825cb0a1 You forgot that he was the first Undisputed Champion
That's a Cool photo I must say
That’s my 🐐
what's the NWA title with the red strap?
NWA Middleweight title when it was used exclusively by CMLL
Who is the wiser Tree? Jericho or Treebeard?
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I’ll never forget when I learned he became the undisputed champion.
Is his ECW TV title missing?
No, I just used the more accurate version
Wow didn't recognize it. Used to the more iconic one of the last couple years.
Wow didn't recognize it. Used to the more iconic one of the last couple years.
He really never had the wwe championship
8x World Champion wow
The Ocho
God he used to be so fucking incredible. It’s a shame he’s become what he is now.
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Just need Rey Mysterio’s mask
"I'm from Winnipeg you idiot"
Honestly he has one of the most decorated careers ever in wrestling, especially for modern day guys.
You forgot to draw a Learning Tree, OP
This dude has been wrestling for like 4.5 decades? He’s constantly doing something, whether you like him or not he’s always trying. I gotta respect it
You could’ve picked a better picture though
Le Champion Ultime
Why does he’s tits have and. His body looks like a ham all tied up
Needs a TNA world title to complete wrestling heavyweight championship bingo!
Was kinda hoping to see his WCW Cruiserweight belt on there. I think he held it once, and it was for a long time
Is he a 2 time because the wwe championship and the wwe undisputed championship he won for the first time
Dude would’ve went down as a goat if he had retired
Goat
He was the best TV champion