History YMMV / ChrisJericho

* WinBackTheCrowd: Jericho's AEW run had started out well, but by late 2021 he was attracting criticism for letting himself get out of shape and his ring work slipping. For his match against Wrestling/EddieKingston at ''Revolution 2022'' he managed to get back into impressive shape (even having a visible six-pack again) and massively improved his workrate to put on what has been considered his best match in years- possibly even his best of his entire AEW run. He'd continue to garner praise for his renewed ring work for the rest of the year, especially during his run as Wrestling/RingOfHonor World Champion.

** Another example is Wrestlemania 18. Despite being the undisputed champion in the “main event”, he actually argued AGAINST his match going on last. He said that no matter the order, the REAL main event would be The Rock versus the returning “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan. Management (and reportedly his opponent HHH) shot the idea down. Needless to say, he was proven right, the match most remembered that PPV was Hogan/Rock.

* DorkAge:
** His early WCW "white-meat" babyface run. His reign as Undisputed Champion is something of one too, looking so weak he was barely able to beat midcarders and taking a backseat to Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon's bulldog Lucy in the build-up to the ''[=WrestleMania=]'' main event WWF Championship match.
** His 2015 return constituted a minor one as he was well into his 40s and still doing his usual shtick. This led to some people calling him (and referring to that period as) Cool Dad. Even when he turned heel it wasn't of any help, the nadir of it being him defeating AJ Styles at ''[=WrestleMania=]'', a result that didn't help any of those two men. Thankfully got out of it once he adopted the scarf-wearing Gift of Jericho persona, and ''really'' got out of it when he became The Alpha in NJPW and AEW.
** Another example for many has been his 2020 run in AEW post-world championship, with Jericho's ring work increasingly deteriorating from both the expected effects of age and very obvious weight gain, as well as engaging in underwhelming comedy feuds which, for many, fell flat. A stark contrast to his initial run in AEW from 2019-early 2020 which many had called a career high point.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Jericho's AEW run had started out well, but by late 2021 he was attracting criticism for letting himself get out of shape and his ring work slipping. For his match against Wrestling/EddieKingston at ''Revolution 2022'' he managed to get back into impressive shape (even having a visible six-pack again) and massively improved his workrate to put on what has been considered his best match in years- possibly even his best of his entire AEW run.

** Out of universe, the time he nearly caused an international incident by kicking a flag to get heat in Brazil without knowing that it was illegal there, and had to actually be suspended for 30 days to appease the authorities.

** In his 2012 return to the WWE. By that point the nostalgia had set in, and Chris couldn't get the heat to last until he started to insult Punk's family and cross the MEH. Then when his feud with Punk ended it went back into nostalgia territory, so when Chris returned again in 2013, he wisely did so as a face.

* FoeYay: He and Stephanie [=McMahon=] were this trope personified.

** Another example for many has been his 2020 run in AEW post-world championship, with Jericho's ring work increasingly detiorating from both the expected effects of age and very obvious weight gain, as well as engaging in underwhelming comedy feuds which, for many, fell flat. A stark contrast to his initial run in AEW from 2019-early 2020 which many had called a career high point.

* MisBlamed: He and Lance Storm weren't really popular with Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress after performing their finishing move in Smokey Mountain Wrestling. Lance Storm actually told Jericho it was a bad idea but Wrestling/JimCornette (the Express's manager) gave them the okay.

-->'''Jericho:''' ''Drink it in, maaaaaan...''

* VindicatedByHistory: On paper, Jericho's reign as Undisputed Champion looks a lot better a decade after the fact, as the details of his feuds are forgotten by the younger generations of fans on only the facts that he held the Championship the longest and went over both The Rock and Steve Austin are remembered. There's also the fact that in comparison to, say, Rey Mysterio's 2006 reign as World (Heavyweight) Champion, which had him losing non-title matches left and right, with combined with Rey winning it during the infamous "Eddiesplotation" angle played a hand in his reign being perceived as weak, Jericho only lost during his reign three times, two of them by DQ, and the third one being the match with Triple H at [=WrestleMania=] in which he lost the title. Also, compared to Seth Rollins and his world title reign, widely considered THE worst chickenshit heel world championship reign in recent times, Chris Jericho's Undisputed Champion run comes off looking slightly better, especially considering Jericho's reign didn't last as long, thus avoiding ArcFatigue.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: When Jericho joined the WWE in 1999 he used for his theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okmi0mCNJ8g Break the Walls Down.]] Prior to this at WCW he used an instrumental version of Music/PearlJam's "Even Flow".
** His DoItYourselfThemeTune in NJPW and AEW, "[[Music/{{Fozzy}} Judas]]", ''oozes this from its pores.''

** Fans were initially ''really'' divided about him becoming Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling's inaugural World Champion after beating Hangman Page at "All Out". Supporters have pointed out that, while Page is a respected performer among hardcore wrestling fans, he's almost unknown to the wider audience who would only have watched WWE and ''maybe'' some TNA/Impact, so AEW starting its TV run with a recognised name like Jericho as champion is the smartest move. Opponents have criticised it as repeating the same mistakes that TNA had made (bringing in ex-WWE talent and pushing them at the expense of younger up-and-comers) and wasting an opportunity to build Page as a major star. There's also some disagreement over whether or not Jericho can really still go well enough at the age of 48 to justify being at the top of the card, or whether he should start winding his career down. The division has mostly died down over the course of Jericho's champion run on ''AEW Dynamite'' as he's proved himself to be a magnificent heel champion, helping to build new stars, making a perfect foil for AEW's top babyface [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]], and even putting Tag Team Champions SCU over on the 13th November episode of ''Dynamite''.

** Fans were initially ''really'' divided about him becoming Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling's inaugural World Champion after beating Hangman Page at "All Out". Supporters have pointed out that, while Page is a respected performer among hardcore wrestling fans, he's almost unknown to the wider audience who would only have watched WWE and ''maybe'' some TNA/Impact, so AEW starting its TV run with a recognised name like Jericho as champion is the smartest move. Opponents have criticised it as repeating the same mistakes that TNA had made (bringing in ex-WWE talent and pushing them at the expense of younger up-and-comers) and wasting an opportunity to build Page as a major star. There's also some disagreement over whether or not Jericho can really still go well enough at the age of 48 to justify being at the top of the card, or whether he should start winding his career down. The division has mostly died down over the course of Jericho's champion run on ''AEW Dynamite'' as he's proved himself to be a magnificent heel champion, helping to build new stars, making a perfect foil for AEW's top babyface [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]], and even putting Tag Team Champions SCU over on the 13th November episode of ''Dynamite''. In fact, when his reign ended after 182 days, dropping the belt to Wrestling/JonMoxley at ''Revolution'', the new split in the fanbase was whether he'd dropped it ''too soon!''

** Fans are ''really'' divided about him becoming Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling's inaugural World Champion after beating Hangman Page at "All Out". Supporters have pointed out that, while Page is a respected performer among hardcore wrestling fans, he's almost unknown to the wider audience who would only have watched WWE and ''maybe'' some TNA/Impact, so AEW starting its TV run with a recognised name like Jericho as champion is the smartest move. Opponents have criticised it as repeating the same mistakes that TNA had made (bringing in ex-WWE talent and pushing them at the expense of younger up-and-comers) and wasting an opportunity to build Page as a major star. There's also some disagreement over whether or not Jericho can really still go well enough at the age of 48 to justify being at the top of the card, or whether he should start winding his career down. The division has mostly died down over the course of Jericho's champion run on ''AEW Dynamite'' as he's proved himself to be a magnificent heel champion, helping to build new stars, making a perfect foil for AEW's top babyface [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]], and even putting Tag Team Champions SCU over on the 13th November episode of ''Dynamite''.

** His DoItYourselfThemeTune in AEW, "[[Music/{{Fozzy}} Judas]]", ''oozes this from its pores.''

** Him losing the AEW World title thanks to a luggage mishap during his celebration dinner of winning it sparked a firestorm of memes. The fact that it happened [[{{OnlyInFlorida}} in Florida]], made it even better.

** His loss of the AEW World title in [[{{OnlyInFlorida}} Florida]], due to a [[{{Epic Fail}} luggage mishap on his first night of even holding the belt]] is probably never going to leave him.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Jericho tends to get a lot of positive crows reactions as a {{Heel}}, due to being hugely entertaining and widely regarded as one of the best all-around workers ever. The night where he introduced the Wrestling/InnerCircle, the few scattered boos from the crowd were drowned out by the cheers and chants of "THANK YOU JERICHO!".

** Fans are ''really'' divided about him becoming Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling's inaugural World Champion after beating Hangman Page at "All Out". Supporters have pointed out that, while Page is a respected performer among hardcore wrestling fans, he's almost unknown to the wider audience who would only have watched WWE and ''maybe'' some TNA/Impact, so AEW starting its TV run with a recognised name like Jericho as champion is the smartest move. Opponents have criticised it as repeating the same mistakes that TNA had made (bringing in ex-WWE talent and pushing them at the expense of younger up-and-comers) and wasting an opportunity to build Page as a major star. There's also some disagreement over whether or not Jericho can really still go well enough at the age of 48 to justify being at the top of the card, or whether he should start winding his career down. The division has mostly died down over the course of Jericho's champion run on ''AEW Dynamite'' as he's proved himself to be a magnificent heel champion, helping to build new stars and making a perfect foil for AEW's top babyface [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]].

** Fans are ''really'' divided about him becoming Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling's inaugural World Champion after beating Hangman Page at "All Out". Supporters have pointed out that, while Page is a respected performer among hardcore wrestling fans, he's almost unknown to the wider audience who would only have watched WWE and ''maybe'' some TNA/Impact, so AEW starting its TV run with a recognised name like Jericho as champion is the smartest move. Opponents have criticised it as repeating the same mistakes that TNA had made (bringing in ex-WWE talent and pushing them at the expense of younger up-and-comers) and wasting an opportunity to build Page as a major star. There's also some disagreement over whether or not Jericho can really still go well enough at the age of 48 to justify being at the top of the card, or whether he should start winding his career down.

* MemeticBadass: Has become this to the IWC. He got into physical altercations with both Goldberg AND Brock Lesnar, and walked away from them unharmed (and in Goldberg's case, took him to the floor with a front facelock!). Now we can add Hunico/[[Wrestling/SinCara Sin Cara Dos]] to the list, a man who has gotten into (and won) many backstage fights in recent times.