You can be a draw and not close a card, and jericho attracts people to wrestling tv and crowds. He has done so to a greater amount than bret hart.
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You can be a draw and not close a card, and jericho attracts people to wrestling tv and crowds. He has done so to a greater amount than bret hart.
why is Edge even on the poll 
How can you tell? All you can know for sure is see that ratings and PPV buys dropped when Jericho was headlining them as compared to the same events/time the years before and after. Which absolutely happened with him during his Undisputed reign and both of his WHC runs. In real terms, Jericho is a bigger draw than Bret by default since the audiences were much bigger than Bret's period. In relative terms...I don't think it makes any sense that Jericho could possibly be considered more of a draw as a career mid/upper mid carder for 95% of his career than a guy who headlined for WWE for 6 years.
Jericho was never on top. Bret, even though he wasn't a "huge" draw..was still on top and had years in the 90s when he was a top10 draw in the world and 2 years where he was the #1 draw in America. this isn't a guess or made up facts, this is by actual numbers.
Jericho had like 2 or 3 years when he was a top 10 draw during the early 2000s, but he was never the man. that was off the back of rock and austin.
Jericho had like 2 or 3 years when he was a top 10 draw during the early 2000s, but he was never the man. that was off the back of rock and austin.
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shyt, in 2002, when he had his title reign, he was for sure below Rock, Austin, HHH, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, HULK fukkING HOGAN, very likely Brock after Summerslam, and probably even RVD. Top 10 draw at any point seems pretty generous to Jericho. Top 15, sure.
You also have to take into consideration that his times as a top guy were as a heel and the whole point was to put over a face (HHH in 2002, Batista in 2008, Punk in 2012). WWE has almost never been a heel territory, and Jericho didn't do a good job of making people care about the faces beating him.
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per a list from Meltzer in 2013
Bret is the 57th biggest draw of all time
Jericho 67th
at Bret's peak he was
#6 in the world in 1992(#4 in the US) - ended year as champ
#8 in the world in 1993(#1 in the US) -champ thru mania
#2 in the world in 1994(#1 in the US) champ from mania to survivor series
#4 in the world in 1996(#2 in the US)
#4 in the world in 1997(#3 in the US) champ from summerslam to survivor series
Jericho
#10 in the world in 2000(#9 in the US)
#6 in the world in 2001 (#6 in the US) - ended year as champ
#5 in the world in 2002(#5 in the US) - this was his title run and was still behind rock, hogan, hhh
#10 in the world in 2008(tied for #2 in the US)
Bret is the 57th biggest draw of all time
Jericho 67th
at Bret's peak he was
#6 in the world in 1992(#4 in the US) - ended year as champ
#8 in the world in 1993(#1 in the US) -champ thru mania
#2 in the world in 1994(#1 in the US) champ from mania to survivor series
#4 in the world in 1996(#2 in the US)
#4 in the world in 1997(#3 in the US) champ from summerslam to survivor series
Jericho
#10 in the world in 2000(#9 in the US)
#6 in the world in 2001 (#6 in the US) - ended year as champ
#5 in the world in 2002(#5 in the US) - this was his title run and was still behind rock, hogan, hhh
#10 in the world in 2008(tied for #2 in the US)
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edge wasn't as big a draw as bret or jericho.Out of all those listed, Edge was the biggest draw and ratings improved when he first won the belt
there's a list of the top draws per year that goes up to 2009. edge was never a top ten draw and he retired in 2011.
#5 in 02 draws more money than #2 in 94...those arent equal
Silkk
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More years on top than Jerichowhy is Edge even on the poll
TheGodling
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@ this "Bret was bigger but if you don't adjust for inflation and increased popularity in the product itself, Jericho wins" ass post.Vinny Lupton
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the "of all time" rankings puts them on equal footing and has Bret above Jericho
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