How long was chris jericho undisputed champion

Shane and Stephanie McMahon had sold their stocks in the company to a consortium. Flair, in his trademark, manic delivery announced, "The consortium was me! It seemed inevitable that those two would be the men in the finals at Vengeance. Even with many fans believing the first two matches to be predictable, anticipation filled the San Diego Sports Arena that night.

Austin and Angle went at it first. The tension that the ending of Survivor Series created only added to a run of animosity between them. Earlier in the year, they had headlined three straight pay-per-views as opponents, from SummerSlam to No Mercy. That contentious past led to an intense showdown at Vengeance. Austin damaged Angle's arm, and Angle slammed Austin's leg against the ring post.

The Angle Slam wasn't enough to put Austin away. Austin's Stunner proved to be decisive, though. Austin retained his title, keeping the possibility of the marquee matchup against The Rock alive. Jericho's battle with The Rock was the best match of the night. The Rock was out cold. Sensing victory, Y2J gave an evil look.

Jericho wanted to humiliate The Rock. Jericho reversed the Sharpshooter into his own. The Rock was screaming in pain as Jericho applied pressure. The Great One finally grabbed the ropes forcing Y2J to let go. Jericho then went for his finisher, The Walls of Jericho, but was surprised by Rock with a rollup. As the two struggled to their feet out of nowhere, The Rock hit the Rock Bottom. The Chairman made his way to the ring and distracted Rock.

As the referee dealt with Mr. McMahon, Jericho snuck up behind The Rock and gave him a low blow. Jericho then Rock Bottomed The Rock for the win. Chris Jericho was now World Heavyweight Champion. Not only was he a new champion, he just defeated The Rock with his own move. Stone Cold Steve Austin ran down to the ring giving Jericho no time to rest.

Unfortunately, Austin was met with a chair across the skull by Kurt Angle. During the commotion, Jericho forgot that The Rock was still in the ring. The Rock then chased Kurt Angle to the locker room. This was it. The final match to declare the Undisputed Champion. Both Austin and Jericho were looking up at the lights when the bell officially rang.

Finally, the two made it to their feet and started feeling each other out. Austin had enough and speared Chris Jericho. Jericho led Steve Austin to the corner. As Austin went for a shoulder tackle, Jericho moved. Jericho had won a world title from The Rock briefly a few months earlier as he turned heel for the first time in 18 months and he was gaining traction as a top guy. WWE obviously believed that having him defeat Rock and Austin in one night — a claim he still bragged about over a decade later — would do a lot for him, but as Jericho explained to Inside the Ropes, how they booked him after the fact made the whole endeavour a little futile.

It took me seven years to win the title back again, and that run with the Undisputed Championship — to win it was great but the whole run with it was terrible for me, in my opinion. It was just more of a forgotten thing. But I can say I was in the main event of WrestleMania, so there you go. Triple H was always going to get his grand return, so it seems like whether it was Jericho or not, the champion was always going to be an interim one until Triple H got his moment at WrestleMania.

The Game returned from a serious quad injury that took eight months of his career in January The other options at the time featured Austin and Rock, but both of them wrestled 45 times or less before departing the company in — Austin retiring and Rock to pursue his acting career. Jericho came into AEW as the most successful wrestler to sign with the company early on and was the clear person that AEW trusted to lead off their first year as champion.

His title reign lasted for days, only 40 days less than all six of his WWE world title reigns combined. He also had great matches with almost everyone and looked more like a world champion than WWE ever allowed him to be. Seth Rollins has been a main event wrestler in WWE for years, but his current generic heel character of his has reached a peak and needs a shake up.

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