2. Chris Jericho Vs. The Rock – Royal Rumble 2002
While The Rock was one of the biggest stars in the Attitude Era, there was someone other than Steve Austin who had The Rock’s number, and that was Chris Jericho. Jericho defeated Rock for his first world championship at No Mercy 2001, and Jericho repeated the feat when he defeated Rock at Vengeance 2001 en route to becoming the first-ever Undisputed WWE Champion. Their final one-on-one meeting on a WWE PPV was at the 2002 Royal Rumble.
Jericho and Rock’s contests were enjoyable, and they were evenly matched. Their Rumble meeting was another high-level match despite outside interference from Christian and Lance Storm. The People’s Champion put Jericho through the announce table with his patented Rock Bottom. Nevertheless, Jericho regrouped, and he cheated to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship by putting his feet on the ropes for leverage.
