#5 Chris Jericho vs. William Regal – WrestleMania X-Seven
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Similar to the previous match on this list, Chris Jericho Vs. William Regal at WrestleMania X-Seven does not get the recognition it deserves, owning mainly to how great the rest of the show was. When you have Undertaker and HHH going at it, followed by a historic main event between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, you have to bring out something pretty special if you want your match to be remembered.
Jericho and Regal were actually involved in a very entertaining feud at the time, with Jericho at one point putting something rather unpleasant in Mr Regal’s tea. After Jericho’s impactful debut on Raw earlier in the year, he needed a feud like this to let the WWF Audience know what he was about. Along with Regal, the two of them were able to mix backstage comedy with some highly impressive technical wrestling, making this one of the best undercard rivalries of the Attitude Era.
The match itself could easily have been 5 or 10 minutes longer, but what the two of them achieved in the ring really helped make WrestleMania X-Seven the much loved show that it is. In a way, it was a bit of a pre-cursor to the first match mentioned on this list between Jericho and Daniel Bryan. You can clearly see here how Bryan was able to learn so much from Regal, and it was a nice touch from Bryan to credit his former mentor during his retirement speech a few years ago.
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