Chris Jericho's 10 Best Tag Team Partners, Ranked
The lengthy career of Chris Jericho allowed him to have great tag team partners in every chapter of his career. Jericho always seemed to have a few acquaintances at his side whether he won tag team gold with them or just united to face off with common enemies. Many wrestlers had strong chemistry with Jericho during their time working together.
Some names stand out stronger than others, as short-term partners like The Miz, Lance Cade and a few others didn’t lead to the same results. The best instances of Jericho forming a team created memories that lasted or will last for a long time. Find out Jericho's best tag team partners.
10 Edge
WWE had huge plans for Edge and Chris Jericho to become a dominant heel tag team in 2009. Both wrestlers were in need of something new when they abruptly formed a team to win the WWE Tag Team Championship following a couple of single's losses to end their prior feuds.
Unfortunately, Edge suffered an injury before they could really get going with something special. Jericho moved into a team with Big Show and ran down Edge for dropping the ball. This worked out for Edge who returned the following year to win the Royal Rumble match and challenge Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship.
9 MJF
The rise of MJF in AEW has made him one of the top heels in the business. Chris Jericho has started to work with younger talents after his world title reign ended. MJF joined the Inner Circle after beating Jericho to eventually form the new tag team.
AEW is already pushing them as a duo with a huge title match coming against the Young Bucks. Jericho and MJF had instant chemistry, as seen in the dinner musical segment and seem tied to each other for the foreseeable future.
8 Eddie Guerrero
WCW paired Chris Jericho and Eddie Guerrero when both wrestlers were looking for something new. Both Jericho and Guerrero were performing at a high level, but neither man had a single's push planned due to WCW’s roster dynamic at the time.
The two cruiserweights found instant chemistry when teaming up for a couple of months. Jericho has stated numerous times that he wanted to team with Eddie moving forward, but WCW bailed on the plans. Fans still wonder about what could have been when watching their segments today.
7 The Rock
The short tag team run that saw Chris Jericho and The Rock join forces took place during one of those storylines that featured rivals having to team up. Jericho and Rock won the WWE Tag Team Championship together in 2001, during the Invasion storyline.
The angle ended with Jericho eventually beating Rock to win the WCW Championship. Rock and Jericho had chemistry as both opponents and partners, with this chapter of Jericho’s career getting him to the next level as a main event star.
6 Sammy Guevara
Chris Jericho suggested AEW hire Sammy Guevara in the early stages of the promotion when seeing him perform on a smaller independent show. The rise of Guevara came when Jericho handpicked him to join the Inner Circle during the first episode of Dynamite.
Jericho elevated Sammy into a relevant position both in single's action and during their tag matches. Guevara and Jericho had quite a few fun matches together, using the name of Le Sex Gods in comedic fashion, until MJF joined the faction to cause a rift between them.
5 Lance Storm
The start of Chris Jericho’s career came in Canada when training at the Hart Dungeon with Lance Storm. Both wrestlers worked well together as athletically gifted talents who picked up the basics of wrestling faster than their peers.
Jericho and Storm received their first big break together in the United States as the Thrill Seekers tag team. Jim Cornette booked the duo in Smoky Mountain Wrestling hoping to make them a top face duo. The Thrill Seekers had great matches, but Jericho moved to WCW, and Storm went to ECW for the betterment of their respective single's careers.
4 Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho instantly bonded when working on the same shows. Both wrestlers came to the United States from Canada and spent time training with the Hart family. Jericho revealed that Benoit helped him get a spot in WCW.
The duo teamed up in WWE for a short time back in 2001. One of the greatest matches in Raw history featured Jericho and Benoit beating the Power Trip duo of Steve Austin and Triple H for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The tag run ended when both men feuded with Austin for the WWE Championship.
3 Kevin Owens
Chris Jericho admitted that working with Kevin Owens added an extra layer of passion for the latter stage of his career. WWE placed Jericho and Owens together in a random tag match against mutual enemies when they delivered some hilarious banter.
Both wrestlers embraced working together more and entered a short-term tag team program with Enzo Amore and Big Cass. Owens winning the Universal Championship didn’t split them up as they remained best friends and partners for months. If not for New Day’s record-breaking tag title run, Jericho and Owens would have likely won tag gold together.
2 Big Show
Big Show is similar to Chris Jericho, since he has had so many different tag team partners throughout his career. The big man's role in JeriShow saw Big Show replacing Edge to have a tag title run, with Jericho elevating the tag division.
JeriShow feuded with Triple H and Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X to allow the tag titles to main event a PPV, which was a true rarity. Fans enjoyed the heel antics of Jericho and Big Show since each man brought something drastically different to the table.
1 Christian
Chris Jericho was struggling to figure out what came next after losing the Undisputed Championship to Triple H and falling down the card. Christian was also in flux after separating from Edge and needing something new to do.
Both wrestlers loved the idea of working together while playing obnoxious heels. Jericho and Christian loved mixing hilarious comedic segments with impressive in-ring work for overall positive results. The duo worked well on and off for over a year until they split in a love triangle storyline with Trish Stratus.
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