Chris Jericho is one of the most decorated pro wrestlers of all time. Recently, actor and MLW star Paul Walter Hauser named Jericho as one of the wrestlers on his Mount Rushmore of professional wrestlers.
Paul Walter Hauser was recently a special guest on the Ariel Helwani Show. During the interview, Hauser named the four stars who will be on his Mount Rushmore. One of the stars on his list was Chris Jericho. Helwani was a bit confused about why he named The Ocho on the Rushmore. Hauser noted that Jericho gets a bad rap these days online, but mentioned that Jericho is one of the most consistent wrestlers of all time.
“My Rushmore goes, Sting, then Bret [Hart], then Ric [Flair], and then [Chris] Jericho. A lot of people nowadays hate him because it’s like, his wife voted for Trump or something… Let’s take 30 seconds to go through the career. Proving himself, Canadian Stampede like Wrestling, the Hart Dungeon, or whatever. Mexico. ECW. Japan. WCW. Created an amazing character in WCW, where he’s super abnoxious from ’97, ’98. Has the Goldberg-Gilberg thing. Has Ralph as his manager. Bangers with Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero, and all these guys.
“Comes to WWF. One of the great pops of all time. His ‘Break The Walls Down’ Jericho showing up… Has the run in WWE, which is I guess it would have been ’99 through 2018, is that right? 2017? That is a long ass time to stay relevant, and capture all those titles, and have classic matches with Shawn Michaels, and Kevin Owens. In a tag team with the Big Show, Jeri-Show. I think the stuff with the Festival of Friendship and the clipboard and being on the list is some of the best Sports Entertainment promo stuff ever.”
Paul Walter Hauser claims Chris Jericho’s run in the last 10 years was the best of Sports Entertainment
During the same interview, Hauser shared that he feels everything that Jericho has done in the past ten years, such as the Festival of Friendship, was some of the best stuff in wrestling.
“Some of the best stuff from the last 10 years for sure. And he is a huge part of why AEW exists and was taken seriously. What he’s done there, and then in Japan, and going into the Painmaker, and having the ‘bit of the bubbly. Having the musical number with MJF. I think he’s easily a Rushmore guy… The promos, the matches, the pre-tapes. It’s like, there aren’t that many people who can do all of the things well. He’s done all of the things well, whether anybody likes him or not. And I think he deserves to be on some Rushmore,” Paul Walter Hauser said.
Who are your wrestlers on your Mount Rushmore of Pro Wrestling?
