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WWE’s Miz & Chris Jericho: Two Journeys with the Belt, Launched Much the Same
On December - 22 - 2010
On December 9th, 2001, he made history. The smarmy, microphone master, "Ayatollah of Rock'n'rolla!" became the first ever Undisputed World Champion in WWF/WWE history. Chris Jericho beat not only future WWE Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin that night, but fellow future WWE Hall of Famer Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
A legend born, yea? Eventually...yes. But his first title run, though it lasted through Wrestlemania X8, was one that saw him as widely mocked, under-appreciated and stripped of any credibility.
Worst of all? All of this was done "on-air." It is here that I begin to make my point when I ...