Professional wrestling Legend Jim Ross who is currently working as an announcer in the All Elite Wrestling promotion recently talked about the legendary debut of the former six times WWE World Champion Chris Jericho in WWE.
The debut of Chris Jericho in WWE is considered as one of the best debuts not only in the history of the WWE but in the history of professional wrestling. A lot of fans even consider it as the best ever debut in the history of professional wrestling.
Jim Ross Talks About The Debut Of Chris Jericho
But naturally it is counted just after the debut of WWE Hall of Famer and a former three times WWE World Champion Kane, whose debut is still considered why most of the critics and pundits as the best ever debut in the history of professional wrestling.
The debut of Jericho was kept hidden from the fans throughout the time. There was a Millennium Countdown that was shown almost every week during the episodes of Monday Night RAW. The fans had absolutely no idea on what this millennium countdown thing could be. Whether it was a debut or a different kind of announcement, the fans had no idea on what it could be.
And finally on the August 9th episode of RAW in 1999, The Millennium countdown revealed to be nothing but Jericho’s debut. The Rock was cutting a promo where he was challenging the Big Show in a match on that night, suddenly The Millennium clock appeared, and Jericho came out. The debut set a huge Momentum for him. Later it was revealed that the whole idea of the Millennium clock countdown was Jericho’s own idea.
Jim Ross who is currently working as an announcer in the All Elite Wrestling promotion recently spoke on a recent episode of Grilling JR where he talked about the legendary debut of the former six times WWE World Champion Chris Jericho in WWE. He said;
“I thought that was a nice surprise, and with Rock in the ring cutting one his promos – they’re always great and entertaining. I think the countdown clock was a brilliant idea. He interrupted The Rock.
“If that don’t put you on the radar and front of mind awareness of the fans, nothing is going to. So, I thought that was a great kickoff for him, and it was his idea. So, all of a sudden, he sees that [his] creative ideas are significant, and they’re being respected.
“Somebody is listening. That’s really what all the talent want. They want to have the input on their own creative, and why would you blame them? It was a great night there in Chicago. We weren’t sure how the crowd was gonna react, but buddy, they reacted big time. They were ready for Chris Jericho.”
Credit: Grilling JR. H/T 411Mania