Chris Jericho Debut WWF (HQ) (RAW - August 9, 1999)

[KurtKokaine1]

fuckin' Rocky Maivia at his absolute BEST!!!

[NZ77NZ]

That was a pretty epic debut, not gonna lie.

[MrKevinswag]

chris use to b loved bak then

[Da19Realist]

I remember this like it was YESTERDAY. Chris Jericho had the BEST ENTRANCE into the WWF/e of all time. The millenium countdown for weeks leadin up to that nite then the explosion then that dope ass song along with that dope ass response he got + The Rock (when The Rock is talkin at that?)...CLASSIC ;-D!

[dintedengine]

This show needs a knight & shining armour...

King: well he's talking about you now JR...

LOL.. Why can't Jerry Lawler be that smartass commentator he once was and not the ignorant 60 year old Cena fan who laughs at his childish jokes like a 5 yeafr old?

[dintedengine]

I'm currently typing a comment that will make people press the thumbs up button so I feel like a godly figure.

[allentown18]

what a fucking pop !

[1MoreRoundbrother]

rock's reaction to the rock and rolla thing is funny at 3:19

[thatdude9803]

loudest pop ever

[nightmaredust911]

Chris Jericho is one of the best wrestlers of all time.

[MrChintaro]

Jericho looked better those days. He just looks like Joe average now. Short boring hair and wearing his Mum's jacket.

[SSJFutureGohan62093]

can we please have this back?

[Kn1gHtMaRe00]

KY Jelly plan: Can you taste what The Cock is spewing'?

[IRhymeWords]

Sounds like Y2J predicted the PG era to a tee

[RandomVideo1234567]

why is wwf blured out

[Jayman4440]

@RandomVideo1234567 because this video must have been taken from a wwe dvd or something, so they blur the wwf sign because they aren't allowed to use that acronym anymore due to being sued

[JSCHNEID1980]

Back when WWE was entertaining.

[Malestorm87]

8:03 rock hits puberty lol

[Jayman4440]

@Malestorm87 lol i thought i was the only one that noticed that

[Malestorm87]

Jericho was a midcarder in WCW and never deemed main event worthy, now since being in WWE he's one the greatest Main Eventer they've had in the last decade

[beLIEveraliveMJ]

fuck the internet for ruining superstar debuts

[doctorken2k]

I actually smiled and laughed seeing this.

[eucro]

thumbs up went back to august 9, 1999...beat the arena guards in a game of lacrosse to gain entrance and watched jericho's debut with the audience.

[SnakeMan227]

On this night, we could've watch the NWO do the exact same shit they been doing the past 3 years and other guys past their primes, or we may have watched the debut of the Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah.

[pinoi78]

Was Phil Brooks in this crowd?

[Matt561]

@pinoi78 its possible, I hear he's quit the Chick Magnet

[kjc609]

He looks like a completely different man now.

[ClanDBZVegeta]

1:37 now thats a pop..

[macnerd84]

boots to asses

[florianfan2008]

and then i look at the y2j we have now, seems like just a shadow of the y2j we see in this video.

[supermanvenom2]

This is one of the best debuts ever. The pop from the crowd is just awesome.

[blackfriday79]

@supermanvenom2 it's "the" greatest debut.

[AmirShiningStar]

thumbs up if you're watching this for the tenth time at least,

[xxsonofomegaxx]

like if your watching this because of "Undisputed"

[Masbateno]

Wasn't The Rock listening Y2J? He already said his name?

[daz14s]

i remember this haha quality this actually made me like jericho for sum reason!!! how loud are the fans wen u see JERICHO on the titintron

[TheAnakin65]

He could have return like this you know!

[39elmaravilloso]

break the walls down

[VincentRKO]

DAT DEBUT!

[squrlrko]

amazing how jericho never won tha king of the ring or royal rumble despite being 1 of the best ever.i always ranked him # 3 after rock n austin cuz he was tha only 1 who cud match up wit them on tha mic n had just as much charisma

[iRenz0]

8:37 Jericho's checking out face

8:43 Jericho's found his target face..

8:50 Jericho's RAPE FACE

[iRenz0]

Okay...Everything jericho claimed here....he shoulda said all this now when he came back to the "WWE" in 2012. Cause if he thought the ratings were bad then...you know what i'm not even gonna finish it.

[bigcack48]

I turned up the volume at 1:28

[ohanlon86]

That is fucking class. Can you believe that was thirteen years ago!

[ezzydoesit08]

Best debut ever...going toe to toe with The Rock

[Dvizion08]

And Chris Jericho Gonna Leave Lately After WM28 Again

[TreeHead810]

Jericho & Kane.. my all time favorite fighters... wrestling blows now days cant even watch that trash.

[TheAnakin65]

BEST FUCKING DEBUT EVER!

[jmwes12]

Y2J save us from CM PUNK

[cozmosmashzu]

3:48, jericho predicted the future!

[DriftKingAmZ]

ooooh i heard 'balls' and 'fat ass', how i miss those times

[gt0sold1er]

These words would have been true had jericho interrupted cena a few months ago.

[itachizlastresort]

Haha!! I will never forget that crazy shit on top of his head!

[mrblacification]

when raw was great!!! classic raw !!!

[TheMosayat]

CHRIS JERICHO VS CM PUNK > the rock vs fag cena

thumbs up if you agree ;)

[a2gomes]

@TheMosayat thumbs down actually...

[leileking]

@TheMosayat The Rock > Chris Jericho > CM Punk = John Cena. they bouth suck

[MalliMosh]

@leileking of course your a cena fan...you spelt both wrong.

[leileking]

@MalliMosh i speak 4 languages, so stfu bitch

[MalliMosh]

@leileking and?

i don't care. you think cena is better than the rock,y2j and CM Punk?

your stupid

[leileking]

@MalliMosh no.. you are stupid. 6>2. that means 6 is bigger than 2. The Rock > John cena.. that means the rock is better. u skip the math?

[MalliMosh]

@leileking soz i thought that was the less than sign....no wonder i got a D in math XD

[leileking]

@MalliMosh :D

[leileking]

@MalliMosh and cm punk = john cena is like 2=2. got it ?

[TheMosayat]

JERICHO > the rock ..... and that's a FACT so please don't troll and argue !

[marie90]

jericho was good on mic but rock was better (jericho was one of the few who could hang with him), jericho is better wrestling wise though

[remaftp]

Jericho was the best thing about the dubyaceedubya in 98. Fucking idiots with their NWO fixation.

[nightmaredust911]

Debut? I thought he wrestled in WCW before this and thats why everyone knew him?

[JeSwagBoy]

@nightmaredust911 yes but this is his WWF/WWE Debut,

[Teeheehee093]

He had the worst hair!

[cenoharris]

Thumbs up if the crowds reaction to his debut still gives you goosebumps to this day!

[bashtien1979]

The Hayatolla of Rockin Rolla is simply the best wrestler ever, without Jericho wrestling will never be the same againnnnnnn!!

[PlayingWithDeathEra]

@bashtien1979 Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla*

[devilbelmont]

keep clicking on 6:26 hahahahaa!

[ronyhaz7]

Best debut in wwe´s history

[iloveoreos15]

I remember this episode clearly. Greatest feud ever.

[darkhaze2095]

i love y2j

[napoliandry]

the best in the world the real best in the world

[mikeykm1993]

@tcmoy3 i was only about 4 when this happened and even i thought that at the time lol

[tcmoy3]

lol but i love jericho

[tcmoy3]

his hair style looked like a 5 year old girl whose mom doesnt care what she looks like

[220lela]

if only he said that to the current wwe divas!

[220lela]

why is there the wwe logo is its wwf?

[tripfan01]

@220lela This footage is owned by wwe and since its hq they probably edited it and thats why this guy has it. you can still find it with wwf though lol i saw it a few weeks ago

[ISetYourFaceOnFire]

Chris Jericho is good on the mic but CM Punk just sounds more believable and convincing.

[ISetYourFaceOnFire]

Jericho is one of the best. But I've never liked him. Not one bit.

[kobebryant24315]

Jericho is so happy to get dissed by the rock

[kobebryant24315]

thumbs up if your watching this in 2012

[S4NCT1FY]

@kobebryant24315 No, Im watching in 2277 from Vault 101.

(Fallout 3 Reference)

[Lionsfan9081]

The old days

[WolfteamFans]

lol there was an ovation when the titantron said "JERICHO"

[TheBadonkadonky]

how can anyone say the rocks promos were boring. smh

[101100110001000]

y2j>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cm punk

[vitorbelfort]

Jericho has some incredible mic skills, far better than the repetitive, canned, rock promo's.

[drlovebutton]

Jericho is one of the greatest.

[Y2Jbestinworld]

if you notice at 0:46 - 0:49 rock's trying to laugh

[cOlLyWoG316]

@kinglbkiv ..Ministery of Darkness, The Godfather and the Ho's, The McMahon- Helmsley Faction, Kane..I could go on and on all day. But the point is, all these guys plus more, all together helped define an era in pro wrestling!

[cOlLyWoG316]

@kinglbkiv His gimmick is better then probably half the WWE/TNA Roster (even though they are getting a little better.) And I wouldn't go knocking his voice, he's the lead singer of his own band for gods sake!! Fozzy! And Stone Cold is, was and always will be my favourite and The Rock is The Great One, no doubt there rivialry hands down flat out awesome during its time which was one of the best parts of the Attitude Era! But come on, your gonna say they are the only resaon? DX, Angle, Taker....

[cOlLyWoG316]

@kinglbkiv ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?! Forced to like him?! Obviously you must either have not watched this video, had it on mute or are completely tone DEF!! Did you hear the people at all!! This was only his debut in the WWF and already they went nuts over him! Because they respect what he did before hand in Japan, ECW etc. He was held down in WCW (like many great wrestlers were) because for some reason, WCW did not want to market them or get them over. Y2J got his Jerich-o-Holic's on his own!!

[martinjamesglasgow]

Thats what u call a pop....no stars these days

[123goatyboy]

I h8 his haircut

[benvojtech]

5:31-5:34 The the most truthful thing ever

[DethGuy95]

August 9th was my birthday!!!!!!! :)!!! I was 4

[mattsamuel1]

all these facts that poop up are they from a dvd or something?

[clerkinec]

the great one vs the millennium man y2j y2j!

[jamesgleason23]

i still get chills

[brianban110]

one of my favoirte wrestlers of all time

[vincentXXX666]

This is true wrestling. Drama + heat dialogues.

[mclovin14s]

cant wait for y2j vs cmpunk at wrestlemania this year

[blackmosesfatjoseph]

jericho is has been my fav wrestler since 1996 and still is 2day. best entranece theme. best talker.. best wrestler and theres something so cool about the guy. Only guy that can act slightly feminine and still be cool as fuck...

[nightmaredust911]

For those of you asking why the crowd popped for him and had signs for him, before that he was a big star in WCW.

[GonzaloVeraToday]

@ZachAttack200200 Quit fuckin whining! I miss it too as much as you, but we gotta move on..

[JayNJayShow]

The only problem with this video is the edit at 4:13.

In the original, he says "Chris Jericho has come to save the W-W-F!" (and JR says "Oh from WHAT?!" lol)

Here, they just took his "World Wrestling Federation" from 2:35 & put it there.

[AttitudeGamesGod]

@JayNJayShow

I noticed that too.

[saznrai]

Did you notice The Rock's voice cracking when he yells "...& stick it straight up yoeeer candy ass!"

[etapia2012]

Aww this was in Chicago and I live right by it except i was too young and did not know wrestling back then:( I love jericho!

[AllBoutThemCowboys]

Question if he was debuting how did people know him or have signs for him.

[Dominaking]

@AllBoutThemCowboys He was a huge star in Europe and Mexico :|

[TheeAlexanderMonroe]

@Dominaking He was a relatively large mid-card/upper mid-card name in WCW, that's why most of the fans knew him, as during the Monday Night Wars, he was a linchpin in the Cruiserweight division. Most fans didn't know much about his time in Japan. Mexico, Indies, etc. ;)

[Dominaking]

@TheeAlexanderMonroe I know baby, but I didn't want to say all that WCW stuff man, cuz then I would've had to say he joined WWF because Goldberg was too violent and childish on WCW :|

[nuevakl]

@AllBoutThemCowboys You kids doesn't know a lot about wrestling before 2005 do you? He was on WCW before WWF.

[guyofda90s]

this is an example of a great debut cause one botch and jericho woulda been screw cause there no redues on a millineum countdown

[wvu3]

Rock >>> Jericho

[cOlLyWoG316]

I will never forget that insane 'pop' when the crowd screamed and shouted their lungs off when the "JERICHO" logo came up on the Titan-Tron. Thoughs are the moments that defind the Attitude Era!

[kinglbkiv]

@cOlLyWoG316 FUCK NO! Y2J is overrating and another person WWF tried to force ppl to like by lettin him win big matches against big names like the Rock. Hes a good wrestler but his gimmick is shit and his voice is annoying as fuck. There is only 2 ppl who carried wrestling to the highest ratings it ever had and its Austin/Rock. They where the only two to win wrestler of the year and most popular from WWF during that time.

[MrSuckit225]

Hate this rock love 2000-now

[35djd]

thank god jericho got a haircut in the end!

also doesn't he look here bit like dolph ziggler, ziggler get your own look!!

[crapbizz]

I can't believe the rock cried during this!

[1Novatrek]

World Wrestling Federation you motherfuckers.

[Darkraz]

671 hour countdown to get OWNED by the Rock on your debut - this is when the WWE was awesome. Also 'know your role and shut your mouth' is the greatest catchphrase ever

[nightmaredust911]

@Darkraz The rock did not own Jericho....... fuck off

[whoelses]

Your Royal Rumble 2012 winner.

[edge2012halloffame]

DEAD DAMN CROWD

[BrokenMegaMan]

i wish they chanted GO JERICHO GO in todays WWE 

[BrokenMegaMan]

GO JERICHO GO!!! 

[ZachAttack200200]

I miss the attitude era, now wwe sucks because of kids fuck pg era!

[m3oothy100]

The Rock Always Whoop Y2j's Candy Ass !!

#Team Bring It ~

[whatbigarmsuhav]

How you gonna get owned on your own debut?

[nightmaredust911]

go jericho go

[Dantezim1]

Seeing jericho name on the tron and hearing the fans reactions always give me goose bumps lol

[balrak100]

The Rock: k y jelly plan!

King: uh oh you know what that is JR..

JR: ... Yup

King: (surprised voice) you do?

xD

[CultOfAwesomeness]

Jericho's entrance is always better with the countdown

[rock2dashy]

_)(*$ave. ;//.Us!!(* Y2J *%

[technoallday516]

This was great

[Teeheehee093]

He looked gay then

[clipsryan]

@Teeheehee093 He kinda was. He was actually gonna get a sex change resulting in him and Chyna having quite the interesting rivalry.

[Pred4tor419]

3:30 through 5:34 Jericho is basically talking about the PG Era... just replace The Rock's name with John Cena's name and he really speaks the truth

[eanrua1]

@Pred4tor419 Well observed :)

[Waluigifan94]

@Pred4tor419 Oh man. That's really the truth. 

[STUD971]

ooh he said ass and balls

[iairback]

@STUD971 need to remember this was at the time TV-14, and not PG like how it is now(sort of,well now they're starting to veer away from PG a little bit, its getting better now)

[7193dillo]

fuck this this is like a dvd this isn't wwe this is wwf.. if u look at the wwf sign its blurred out because retarded "World wildlife foundation" the stupid assholes sued the wwf

[clipsryan]

@7193dillo I love animals but they could've easily called themselves WWLF. WWF totally started to suck the moment it's name changed. Probably was gonna happen anyways but if it's filmed before the lawsuit leave it on the fucking dvd. We know that is says WWF so it's pointless to ruin a dvd's look with blurry bullshit. I got the F out when they brought the E in.

[TheGlamazonFan]

@clipsryan or Vince could've just sucked it up and changed the name back to the World Wide Wrestling Federation.

[clipsryan]

@TheGlamazonFan Yeah, that works too. Federation just has a nice sound to it.

[MrTzamazin]

Rock sold tickets that's all any business wants selling can't hate on that and this is one of my favorite moments who better than the Rock for Jericho to show up against to of the best Mic users of all time

[jondoeh]

lol dam the rock did the funniest shit talkin ever...

[crazymind]

So odd how starting at 3:40 he's talking about wrestling at that time the way it actually is now. Back then it WAS the shit.....now he has a valid point.

[allmightyjosh85]

greatest debut e-e-e-e-e-e-e-EVA!

[ssnickloc13]

I was 6 years old at this event.

[NickBoettcher]

@chocoholic961: he wrestled a ton in Mexico and Japan. Then he went to ecw for a bit, then he went to wcw were he made his name  for himself. That's why there was such a big crowd response here.

[chocoholic961]

@NickBoettcher thankyou! :-)

[martinmac5]

Think the fact that WWE had proper competition back then is what made these moments soooo good. Also, an explosion, kick ass music, big ass letters spelling out your name on the titantron, and complete and utter swagger, what else do you want from a debut!?

[Oyabungaijin]

dammit I miss when WWE was awesome.

[Oyabungaijin]

GO JERICHO GO!!!!

[UO51777]

The pop from the crowd as soon as his name appears on the titantron, so awesome. It's a shame crowds suck so bad today, but can't really blame them

[HomerSimpsonIsTheMa]

dat hair!