Chris Jericho with injured ribs defeated
Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler has a great amateur wrestling background. Ziggler set the record for most pins in St. Edward High School with
82 pins. When he was a wrestler at Kent State University, he at one point, held the record for most career wins in the team's history, earning
121 wins (the record was soon broken, but this still says a lot for how skilled Jericho is).
Jericho has gone up against the likes of The Undertaker, who is considered
the greatest pure striker in Sports Entertainment history. Even the likes of Kurt Angle was scared to take a punch from him.
Kurt Angle is known by many as ‘The Wrestling Machine’. He’s started wrestling since the age of 7, and has won varsity letters in wrestling. He went undefeated on the freshman wrestling team in Mt. Lebanon High School. He ended up becoming the 1987 Pennsylvania State Wrestling Champion as a senior in high school. Angle then began preparing for the 1996 Summer Olympics under Dave Schultz. During this time, he endured training that lasted from 8 to 10 hours a day. What Kurt Angle is most known for is winning not only the Olympic Trials, but a
gold medal with a broken neck. He was also named
the greatest shoot wrestler of all time.
Jericho has also fought on par with the likes of John Cena on numerous occasions. Cena is the same guy who
was able to beat Bobby Lashley. Bobby Lashley has a very good
mixed martial arts background, having a record of
15-2, defeating the likes of Joshua Franklin in 41 seconds (TKO), and Mike Cook in 24 seconds (Submission). He even defeated
James Thompson, who at that point, had over a decade of experience in mixed martial arts. Lashley defeated him in 54 seconds via TKO. Lashley has also
demonstrated to have military training due to his service in the army. He competed in amateur wrestling in the army's
World Class Athlete Program. During three years in the Army, he won a gold and silver medal in the
International Military Sports Council senior freestyle wrestling event.
Chris has shown to fight on instinct, a prime example being when
he instinctively hit a Codebreaker on Rey Mysterio after getting hit by Rey's finisher prior.
Chris has also shown to have expert timing, being able to
catch opponents mid-air with his patent Codebreaker. He’s even shown to bust out a
springboard Codebreaker if need be.
Chris is leagues above the likes of Axiom.
Thanks to his gift for mathematics, Axiom believes that
anything can be broken down into a formula. He states that he can
quickly analyze and react to anything. He uses his gift for mathematics, as well as his natural technical skill to
quickly counter submission maneuvers,
pinning positions, and
grapple maneuvers. His natural athleticism, mixed in with his technical ring prowess,
allows him to be creative with his submissions. He also makes his speed to good use by
quickly dodging countering his opponents offense. He’s also shown to have really good timing, as he can
catch people with his offense while they're in mid-air. Despite this, the guy
struggles with NXT level wrestlers, while Del Rio has consistently shown to fight on par with some of the greatest wrestlers of all time.
To add on, Chris is significantly above the likes of Dexter Lumis, and comparable, if not, superior to the likes of Christian, with the former being able to
fight competently despite being blindfolded, and the latter being able to
avoid attacks on instinct alone.
Chris Jericho has also defeated the likes of
John Morrison. John Morrison is knowledgeable about multiple martial arts. He stated in an interview that
he was a former amateur collegiate wrestler and gymnastic, and he's studied kung fu, boxing, capoeira, and parkour, and that he applies all of these forms of martial arts in his fighting style. He uses his parkour to pull
extremely acrobatic maneuvers, as well as to use
the environment around him to execute his moves as well. He can switch to
capoeira kicks and feint kicks to stun and throw his opponents off game, and he’s efficient enough with amateur wrestling to the point where
he can hold his own against the likes of Dolph Ziggler in that respective discipline.
