I've always had Jericho in my top list of performers. I don't have the figures at all, but I wonder what the numbers looked like when he was the guy in WWE.
I mean you can't argue that Austin, Rock and Hogan all drove huge numbers for the WWE when they were on top. Bret Hard drove large international numbers when he was on top as well. Nash was a disaster, Michaels while he's considered the top performer of all time, didn't drive numbers into the stratosphere like the Austin, Rocks and Hogans did.
Right now ranking wise.
Austin
Hogan
Rock
Hart/Jericho/Michaels.
geez, when you think about it, in the last 30 years of wrestling, covering WWE/WCW/Impact/ECW. There are very few home grown developed certified mega stars. Lesnar was on the verge of it when he quit during his first run.
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