4 years of Le Championship du AEW

[Spider2024]

4 years ago today, Chris Jericho became Le Champion of AEW, the first man to hold said belt. Let's show our appreciation of the championship with, what else:

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

And 4 years ago a couple hours from now he had it stolen…

[coleslaw]

in 2019 I would've bet Jericho would've been finished by 2021

never mind Sting doing New Jack s*** in 2023

[Fake Jesus]

Jericho was great as AEW's top heel. This reminds me - and I had COMPLETELY forgotten - there was a time when Hangman was a heatless resented forced-puah boy considered a massively shit pick for this match. f***ing wild.

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[Citizen Snips Has Left]

I got a couple bottles of that champagne they put out, wasn’t bad.

[Mid-Carder]

I was pretty angry when Jericho was the first champion, but yeah he was absolutely the right choice for it in hindsight.

[Cyno]

Let us celebrate by going to a Longhorn Steakhouse.

[salz4life]

Little Bit of the Bubbly!!! I remember how big that got for a while. LOL

[Venti]

I haven't cared too much for the stuff he's done since then, but looking back Jericho was a fun heel champion.

Someone did Mambo Number 5 remix but with Jericho going "a little bit of the bubbleh" and now that's going to be stuck in my head again lol

[Facetious]

I still love this reign. He did an important job working with new guys like Darby, Scorpio, Jungle Boy and established guys like Cody and Mox to make the belt feel super important.

[Cyno]

In a more serious answer, Jericho was the perfect first champion to have for AEW. You needed that guy who would give the title instant credibility with American wrestling fans and Jericho did just that. Hangman Page was ice cold at the time. Cody would've given an impression of "This is going to be TNA 2.0 with Cody being the new Jeff Jarrett." Kenny Omega seemingly wanted nothing to do with championships (or even winning) at the time. 

Jericho had enough name recognition with wrestling fans outside of the NJPW-ROH bubble that AEW was established in, and it's not like he was a washed up hasbeen at the time either. I also generally think heels are good first world champs to have so you can build up a face to take the belt in a hot program. And that's what we got with Moxley.

[bob]

we should celebrate with A Little bit of Bubbly