5 WWE legends Chris Jericho surprisingly never wrestled

Chris Jericho in WWE
Chris Jericho in WWE

#3. Chris Jericho never faced Vader

Just like Chris Jericho, Big Van Vader performed all around the world for many promotions. Vader wrestled for WWE, WCW and for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. A match between the two would have been epic considering the mesh of styles that Jericho and Vader would bring to the match.

Vader is known for his large size and crushing his opponents, whereas Chris Jericho brings a more athletic ground-based approach to his matches. It would have been a David vs. Goliath match in a sense, but it would have also been a clash of two well-travelled experienced talents.

Vader discussed his pro-wrestling style with PWMania in 2014:

"My style is best suited in Japan. I’ve always been accused of being too stiff in other countries. In Europe and Mexico, my style’s fine. In WCW, it was borderline and in WWF, it was considered too stiff. It became apparent to me that I needed to work a certain way in one company and another way in another company. That all goes back to my point of having to adapt to your environment." Vader said (h/t PWMania)

Would Chris Jericho have been able to topple one of the greatest super-heavyweights of all-time? We'll never know, but we can only imagine what a war the two would have had in the ring.

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Edited by John Cunningham
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