[2000-09-24-WWF-Unforgiven] Chris Jericho vs X-Pac

[soup23]

This was a good match to display Jericho’s vicious side and also his atheleticism. X-Pac is able to take over and gain the advantage with some nice highspots but he switches that up with more heelish moves like choking and kicking to ensure he is still boo’d. I thought this match showed Jericho’s progression in being able to hit that ratio of being aggressive without an overt dick. Jericho winning with the Lion Tamer and not breaking was also a nice finish. Good match to fill out a PPV card. ***1/4 (6.3)

[AstroBoy]

This was solid. I was surprised to see X-Pac so dominant for stretches of this and wonder if maybe Jericho should have gotten just a bit more shine here. This almost seemed designed to cool him off in spots although he is booked strong to come back and pretty definitively beat X-Pac with the Walls of Jericho. X-Pac was a good guy to work with Jericho in-ring at this point and it helped him expand his serious babyface side but it feels like Jericho as a major player had started to lose some steam around now.

 

**1/2