5 Best Chris Jericho matches in AEW

#3 The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana & Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Shawn Spears, Wardlow & FTR) in a Blood and Guts Match (AEW Dynamite - Blood & Guts)

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Since its inception, Chris Jericho's Inner Circle stable has been part of the top storylines and feuds in AEW. Their rivalry with The Elite was at the center of the main event scene when Dynamite started and looked to culminate at the Blood and Guts event. However, the pandemic put a halt to the event in Newark, New Jersey, and postponed the first Blood and Guts Match.

Following the conclusion of that feud, The Inner Circle's next major rivalry would be against MJF's Pinnacle faction. Maxwell Jacob Friedman used Jericho and the Inner Circle to learn how stables work and build his own group.

After being aligned with Shawn Spears, Wardlow, FTR, and Tully Blanchard, they jumped the Inner Circle and set the stage for their first showdown inside a two-ring steel cage.

On the May 5th, 2021 episode of AEW Dynamite entitled "Blood and Guts," The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle battled in the First Blood and Guts Match. It was physically intense, bloody, and brutal.

Multiple participants tasted their own blood on this night and found a new side to themselves. MJF claimed victory when he pushed Chris Jericho off the cage after the Inner Circle forfeited the win.

This lived up to all the hype and expectations that were set before it. It recaptured everything that made WarGames the signature bout in WCW and a feud ender unlike anything else in the business. Chris Jericho came out of this match with a broken arm, and MJF became a bonafide star. It was a fantastic battle that highlighted every member of each group.