#4. Chris Jericho never faced The Honky Tonk Man
Chris Jericho vs. The Honky Tonk Man.
Longest reigning Intercontinental Champion ever vs. Most reigns as Intercontinental Champion ever.
The match immediately writes itself. Of course, Honky is now retired, but there were a few occasions that they may have crossed paths. As a heel during his Intercontinental Championship reign, The Honky Tonk Man made a big impression on the WWE Universe:
"My whole approach to the character was very simplistic. I had little key terms and pieces of verbiage that I knew would touch people, that I knew would hit the spot and make them explode. When I had the Intercontinental belt, I would go on TV and say, ‘Here I am, Mean Gene. I still have it, I still have the belt. I can’t be beat; no one can beat me. I’m the greatest of all-time!" Honky Tonk Man said. (h/t Whatculture)
A face Chris Jericho facing the hated guitar-playing Elvis impersonator to find out who really is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all-time? Yes, we would have loved to have seen it.
Edited by John Cunningham