Chris Jericho reflects on his WWE debut in 1999.
Chris Jericho went from a mid-card performer in WCW to eventually becoming a multiple-time WWE Champion following his arrival in WWE on August 9, 1999. On that night, he debuted in huge fashion, interrupting one of the faces of the company, The Rock. It's one of the most memorable debuts in modern WWE history. Although it didn't catapult Chris Jericho to immediate main-event success, it provided a great launching pad to look back on once he reached the industry's mountaintop.
Reflecting on his debut on a recent episode of his Talk is Jericho podcast, Jericho admits that he doesn't believe his WWE debut promo opposite The Rock was great. Still, he feels that the moment that the debut created was a great moment in WWE history.
"Watching it now, 25 years later, some might say that I’m a great promo. I don’t feel this was a great promo. I feel the moment was great. The way WWE orchestrated the moment was great. The way WWE built up the moment was great. I feel my delivery was not quite up to snuff. I still look pretty killer. We’ve got that."
Chris Jericho recently revealed that his first WWE contract was worth $450,000. He also says that his debut moment and the size of his contract earned him some heat pretty quickly in the WWE locker room. Read his comments here.
Fans can watch the legendary debut in the video embedded at the top of this page.
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