5 of Chris Jericho's all-time favourite opponents as revealed by the man himself

#4 Dean Malenko (Slamboree, 1998)

Dean Malenko has always been widely regarded as one of the best technical wrestlers on the planet, who would have been pushed to the moon had his charisma matched.

Although funnily enough, his personality is what brought out some of the best Y2J promos, including "Man of 1,004 holds" and "Conspiracy Victim".

Jericho also goes on to say that his match with Ciclope was actually the best match they had together when Ciclope won a 14-man battle royal to face Jericho, and Ciclope won, took off his mask and revealed himself as Malenko.

"Dean is a great friend. He’s one of the funniest, most laid-back guys in the world.

And then you wrestle him and it’s like he’s a totally different person.

On the technical side of wrestling, Dean has always been about as good as it gets. He’s just incredibly smooth and smart in the ring. But what made our run together in 1998 work so well was how different our personalities were on television."

Malenko is also a great friend of Y2J and even appeared alongside Chavo Guerrero on Talk Is Jericho to commemorate Eddie Guerrero's life recently.