Chris Jericho vs. Chyna

[2.0] "The fact there was a turn on Chyna by the crowd was unexpected for me watching it at least, but the match itself felt disappointing even if it was Chyna doing history of she facing Jericho for a men's title. 2/10 [*1/2]"

[5.0] "Crowd turns on Chyna and are clearly behind Jericho despite him being booked as an absolute loser and fool for the past month. Also the audience just got screwed out of their main event and seeing Stone Cold wrestle so that took the wind out of the sails for a bit but they got them back towards the end. Chyna busting out the Pepsi Plunge was a wild ending. Chyna could have worked in this spot long term but she was still so green as a wrestler and it showed here."

[6.0] "They did a good job here as the crowd was very flat going into this match because of the big angle that just happened with Austin, but the match was not paced well where Chyna took a lot of punishment in the early going and they came alive when she started a comeback. Jericho carried a lot of this where he not only looks good himself with some of the moves he pulls off, but he also makes Chyna's offense look strong as well. Jericho was the heel, but he pretty much had the crowd at the palm of his hands all match and they seemed pretty upset when he doesn't win with the Walls. He even kicks out of the first pedigree as well. Chyna ends up winning with a top rope pedigree with an assist from Miss Kitty. It was a good match but my main problem with it was that I struggled to buy Jericho losing this after being so dominant at the start of the match."

[8.0] "Match is awesome if you ask me, great chemistry between the two and Chyna more than held her own against jericho - though he did carry the match. Really put her over as a credible threat in her day, respect"

[8.0] "Starts off slow and has a few janky moments but this match really heats up into something great with loads of close calls that get the crowd super hyped up and surprised me multiple times. Whatever Jericho says about working with her, he had good chemistry with Chyna and she does awesome stuff here and sells really well for the heat. Oh and then she invents the fucking Pepsi Plunge. Match rules."

[7.0] "I know people hate on Chyna, but I never felt she was as bad as other people thought she was in the ring. Maybe because in 2000, she was legit hot, I have a soft spot for her, but first Jarrett and now Jericho had decent matches with her and I'm not going to give them full credit. They didn't come to the dance alone. Jericho could get a clipboard over and did several years later. Chyna was moderately over withe crowd, but after the Latino Heat stuff was done, she was forgotten. To me, this was a surprisingly fun match."

"Jericho working his ass off to make Chyna look presentable. This kinda stuff is sad, in hindsight - especially if you've watched that mess of a documentary on her for VICE - this was the result of both Vinces at the time blowing smoke up her ass making her believe that she WAS the character in the ring. Let alone that she could work with the best of the boys in the locker room. I just have to say this - I think the Attitude Era is massively overrated. Yes, Stone Cold and The Rock, the two greatest workers of all time. Yes, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, the greatest commentary team of all time. The entire product at the time hinged on these four men, in my opinion. A vast majority of the other stuff was pure garbage."

[3.0] "This was first time that Chyna really got exposed as a wrestler, and she never fully recovered from it. When the face/heel dynamic is reversed due to shoddy work from the face, and not any intent from the booking, that's a bad match. Objectively, a failure. 1.5*"

[8.0] "I don't think many people will agree with me, but I loved this match. People like to criticize Chyna for not being that good in the ring, but she didn't do much in this match, and most of it was carried by Jericho. For something that's meant to entertain, this match was pretty entertaining. Jericho did a great job of keeping the crowd and viewers engaged with his comments, slaps, etc., and his moveset was great, of course. The crowd was also very alive for this match; I don't see where they were flat. It was an awkward crowd though, as you could hear Jericho getting cheered a lot (likely by men/smarks), while Chyna received a mix of boos and mostly cheers. The ending was cool though a little awkward, but I thoroughly enjoyed this match, mainly due to the entertainment aspect."

[5.0] "While Chyna was certainly a revolutionary and super popular figure, this match kind of exemplifies why she never went further. She simply wasn't very good. This match was built around Jericho trying to make her look as good as possible, between showing out with his flashy late 90s offense, and bumping like a madman when she got the heat, but it never really came together. Chyna lacked impact and outside of her great springboard elbow and an avalanche Pedigree, didn't have much to offer herself. There have been worse matches, and worse intergender matches, but it still never really stands up - though credit to them, the crowd heat is fantastic."

[5.0] "They were trying EVERYTHING to get Chyna over, but Jericho was more over. I think it really hurt Chyna's character to see how ravenous the Jericho fans were for him to win. They tried making Chyna Wonder Woman and having incredible resilience by getting out of everything Jericho threw at her, but the aforementioned crowd reaction only made her look more foolish. It also wasn't a good look for Chyna because she was clearly gassed towards the end of this match. She started out looking good, but by the end, her offense looked so sluggish and tired. For the finish, I appreciate them doing what they had to do to keep Jericho safe, but it looked very bad. A decent match held together by Jericho. Chyna was absolutely improving, but she still couldn't quite hang at an elite level."

[4.0] "A pretty lackluster match that was heightened by the performance of Jericho. The crowd was flat here after seeing Austin get ran over and taken away in an ambulance and Chyna having a pretty rough outing didn't help things. The fans definitely popped when she got caught in The Walls Of Jericho but the finish looked extremely awkward. 2.5 stars at best."

[6.0] "It was a nice pacing match Jericho was cheered more than Chyna.Jericho give a low blow but Chyna no sells it , Jericho was also perform his high maneuvers.In the end Chyna wins and retains the title"

[4.0] "Chyna looked horrible here. Her kicks were awful, she barely even tried to make the slightest contact and Jericho had to carry the whole thing. He tried to slow things down so the crowd would start booing him, but when he realised that it ain't happening he just started showboating, so at least he was enjoyable to watch. The match itself wasn't good though, mainly because of Chyna's horrendous work."

[5.0] "Jericho is a wizard for making this match look good and by extension, making Chyna look good. Jericho shoves Kitty and the girls put the boots to him and they fight outside. Jericho sidesteps a Chyna dive and she hits the barrier. Jericho lays on the badmouth and rams her into the exposed barrier. Back in the ring for a missile dropkick that gets two. Chyna comes back, but gets bulldogged and Lionsaulted. Crowd is solidly behind Jericho. Jericho plants one on Miss Kitty, and gets speared by Chyna. They fight on the floor. Back in the ring and Jericho gets a power bomb for two, and another face pop. JR notes the crowd reaction now and Lawler says it's 50/50 and calls JR sexist for saying they're all behind Jericho, the perv is just upset that Jericho shoved his wife! Chyna comes back with the handspring elbow and DDT for two. Ref gets run over and Jericho nails her with the IC title for two and 1/2. Chyna tries a rana and gets caught in the Walls of Jericho she tries for the ropes and Jericho pulling her back, and the crowd loves it. Chyna makes the ropes, and the crowd boos. Jericho tries a superplex, but Chyna reverses to a top rope Pedigree kinda sloppily, and that's enough for the pin. Best intergender match I've seen. Is it still okay to call it "intergender"? Who cares?"

[6.0] "Pretty good match here, Chyna had improved and Jericho was good enough to help her the rest of the way to a solid performance. One of the first matches where Chyna's gender wasn't really an issue, as Jericho wrestled her like he would any other competitor, which made it significantly better."

[6.0] "Jericho played his role of the douche heel really well and was even able to get the crowd from cheering him to hating him, although they were a bit upset he didn't get Chyna to tap out. The final few moments were extremely tense, a pedigree off the top rope to finish things off is cool although it was a bit sloppy.***"

[7.0] "Best match thus far on the card. Chyna was the crowd favourite and protected by Jericho. A memorable finish too!"

[5.0] "A very good intergender match, something like this it should look like, where an athletic woman can really confront a man and kick ass. Chris Jericho is a pro-wrestling genius and he presented Chyna well enough in the match that her inexperience in the ring was not particularly striking. Jericho played the misogynist very well with his thrash talk."

[6.0] "I thought this match exceeded my expectations. Jericho, despite being the smark's favorite, does a good job at being a misogynistic douchebag, toying with Chyna as he works her over. Miss Kitty tries to jump on Jericho's back, but he pulls her off him, much to the delight of Jerry Lawler. Chyna looks the best she's ever looked when she makes her comeback, and a fun back and forth segment ends when Chyna lands a Pedigree from the top rope. I was not expecting that finish at all!"

[4.0] "Really slow beggining, nothing really hapened in the first 8 minutes. Jericho was totally dominant building and building heat. Last minutes were pretty cool, even if the all point was to get the fans behind Chyna and it didn't really work. Chyna got scared of hitting the finish and made it look really akwardly bad."

[5.0] "A slow match for Jericho since his partner was not as an accomplished wrestler as he was, but gave her hell. Possibly Chyna's most exhausting matches were with Jericho until she worked in Japan and I think they consistently worked well. I appreciate the way Chyna throws her forearms and she always looks great until she tries lifting her opponent. Jericho made her look like a superstar although I disliked how Chyna kicked out after being hit by the belt and promptly away hit the pedigree. It should've been the finish, by Chyna, or not at all. The fact that she also presented no momentum into the follow up was terrible. The finish had an incredible idea behind it, but the execution was completely off."