Chris Jericho Believes His Feud With The Rock Deserves More Recognition

Chris Jericho thinks that his storyline with The Rock deserves more recognitiion than it gets, and he recently explained his reasoning. Jericho had several interactions with the Great One, including their promo upon Jericho’s debut in WWE. They also memorably feuded in 2001 and 2002.

Jericho was asked in an interview with GamesHub about which storyline he thinks is overlooked and named his feud with The Rock, noting that people associate The Rock primarily with Austin and Triple H. You can see the highlights below:

On His Feud Or Storyline That Didn’t Get the Credit It Deserved:

“A really great one that I think deserves more recognition is Jericho versus the Rock. We could go toe to toe in the ring, and Rock was a great wrestler. Rock liked to talk things through in promos first, which I can do too, but there were very few people who could genuinely stand up to him on the mic. To have a great dragon slayer, you need a great dragon, and I think we were very good from that aspect. There was a whole run where he accused me of not being able to win the big one — and then I went ahead and beat him for the Undisputed Championship. We were even tag team champions together at one point, for about two weeks. I actually forgot about that until I saw a photo from Madison Square Garden recently and I thought, we were never tag champs — but there it is. Every time we were in the ring together or did a promo or a backstage segment, it was excellent.”

On Why He Considers It Underrated:

“I think Rock’s been gone from wrestling for so long, and people associate him so strongly with Austin and Triple H, that the Jericho-Rock rivalry kind of gets forgotten. But go back and watch it — it’s very top-level stuff.”