List every wrestler you'd rank above CHRIS JERICHO on the all time list

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The best ones retired.


Jericho was over the first few years he was in the WWE but after that he was a career mid-carder until his HBK program. If he was top ten of all time over he would have been a perennial main eventer. He never got reactions to warrant being in the top ten of all time and certainly was never as over as Bryan and Punk.

Imo, Jericho at his best was good to very good, but spent most of his career kind of half assing it or being awkward. He was always clearly a rung below the top WCW midcard talent, and he really didn't mesh with a lot of guys in WCW or WWE. His best role was as a comedy midcarder and the only time I ever bought him as a true main event guy was during his feud with Rock.

 

[Jmare007]

He's a hipster wrestling fan. There's no damn way Lawler is 6th all time in the ring.

I'm not damn hipster anything

I know that's the reaction Lawler gets because most people know him for being a color commentator (that has sucked ass for almost a decade) or a forgettable WWE wrestler.

But Jerry has classic feuds and matches dating back to the 70's (he's the only person I've seen that can make Harley Race interesting for a whole damn hour) and even broken down and old as fukk he could do enough to entertain me.

Only a handful of people have been able to get so many classic feuds with so many very different people. Lawler was amazing in Memphis (70's, 80's and 90's) and was able to do great stuff in WCCW and AWA when given the chance. And was also pretty damn great at making complete bums look good and have interesting programs and matches.

I get if people don't have any interesting in watching his work it's fine, and I get not being able to even imagine him having dope matches. But I have seen them, and there's fukk ton of them, so he's always gonna be high for me on a list like this

No AJ Styles or HBK?

I never really followed AJ much in TNA. Watched some great matches but I haven't seen enough (compared to other people) to fully judge him. If I ever do it he'd probably be really high if his early work in NWA Wildside and other indies + TNA holds up.

HBK wasn't that far from Jericho when I did that list in March

 

[stro]

AJ is a once in a generation talent, imo. Shame the majority of his career was squandered in TNA with terrible booking and a small audience.

 

[Conscious Pilot]

Macho Man
Rock
Austin
Hbk
Bret
Eddie
Flair

Anybody else its arguable.

 

[714562]

I'm not damn hipster anything




I know that's the reaction Lawler gets because most people know him for being a color commentator (that has sucked ass for almost a decade) or a forgettable WWE wrestler.

But Jerry has classic feuds and matches dating back to the 70's (he's the only person I've seen that can make Harley Race interesting for a whole damn hour) and even broken down and old as fukk he could do enough to entertain me.

To me, none of his matches hold up in 2016. He worked a slow, boring style.

 

[mrken12]

AJ is a once in a generation talent, imo. Shame the majority of his career was squandered in TNA with terrible booking and a small audience.

Squandered? Many of his best matches were in TNA. He helped put TNA on the map......before Hogan and friends came in and fukked that all up.

No AJ Styles or HBK?

Jericho was more well rounded compared to Michaels.

 

[Jmare007]

To me, none of his matches hold up in 2016. He worked a slow, boring style.

Yeah, I can see that. Jerry's matches consist of mostly punches, one body slam and a couple of other really basic moves. But what I love about him is how he builds drama to the point the crowd goes batshyt crazy, tells a story by doing so little and he has the GOAT punches in wrestling history. He's the master of simple and effective and I'm a huge fan of that.

 

[Hey_zeus]

This is based mainly on in ring ability though

1.- Mitsuharu Misawa

2.- Terry Funk

3.- Ric Flair

4.- Toshiaki Kawada

5.- Jumbo Tsuruta

6.- Jerry Lawler

7.- Stan Hansen

8.- Genichiro Tenryu

9.- Shinya Hashimoto

10.- Jushin “Thunder”Liger

11.- Negro Casas

12.- Kenta Kobashi

13.- Nick Bockwinkel

14.- Randy Savage

15.- Bryan Danielson/Daniel Bryan

16.- Jun Akiyama

17.- Rey Mysterio

18.- Tatsumi Fujinami

19.- Yoshiaki Fujiwara

20.- Akira Taue

21.- Chris Benoit

22.- Riki Choshu

23.- Eddie Guerrero

24.- Satánico

25.- Vader

26.- Ricky Steamboat

27.- Volk Han

28.- Buddy Rose

29.- Bret Hart

30.- El Dandy

31.- Yuki Ishikawa

32.- El Hijo del Santo

33.- Steve Austin

34.- The Great Sasuke

35.- Billy Robinson

36.- William Regal

37.- Barry Windham

38.- Kiyoshi Tamura

39.- Shinjiro Ohtani

40.- Chris Jericho

Great list. I would prob have jericho somewhere between 35-50 if i really sat down to do a list. Not enough brehs know the puro and lucha legends from other eras. Jericho while very good-to great at times is nowhere the true virtuoso workers if you consider the entire landscape of wrestling. Same for hbk( while I'd rate him higher).

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

1.Kurt angle
2.Macho man Randy savage
3.Bret Hart
4.Eddie guerrerro
5.Ric flair
6.Sting
7.Undertaker
8.The rock
9.Stone cold
10.Chris jericho
11. Shawn Michaels
12.Booker t
13. Rey mysterio
14. Scott steiner
15. Dusty Rhodes

I'm confident in my top 10.

11-15 is interchangeable to me.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

I have to agree. Irvine is a great talent. But he needs to go see his kids

Chris doesn't wanna spoil those stupid little brats so he makes sure to treat them to the Gift of Jericho only once or twice a year It keeps their bond special, what a father

 

[Gangstar8]

1. Rock
2, Jericho
3> Kurt Angle

 

[GOATpernick]

"The Rock was winning big ones back when you were on Monday Nitro getting your monkey ass whipped by...Juventud Guerrera"

 

[mr x]

The criteria for ranking ppl here changes all the time. And I notice ppl use a certain criteria as a flaw for one wrestler but not as a a flaw for others.

With that said, jericho is manitoba's greatest wrestler of all time.

Was about to post about the lack jokes about his kids...then i kept scrolling...lol