5 wrestlers who could retire Chris Jericho

#4. Chris Jericho puts over one of his proteges in Sammy Guevara

The friendship between Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara is the best. The way Chris Jericho is constantly building Sammy up and putting him over is so cool. #AEWDynamite #AEWonTNT

— Burt Maclin (@BurtMaclin11) April 16, 2020

Sammy Guevara was placed with Chris Jericho quite early on into AEW's life and the young star has benefitted significantly from getting to work alongside someone as experienced as Jericho.

If MJF is Jericho's biggest success story in terms of building up new stars for AEW, then Guevara is certainly a close second. With that in mind if MJF isn't the one to retire Chris Jericho, then it really should be Sammy Guevara.

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#3. Juventud Guerrera spoils the party and ends the trials of Chris Jericho

Juventud Guerrera vs. Chris Jericho set for AEW Dynamite Homecoming https://t.co/8haMRMObqz pic.twitter.com/Ir88rnRoyE

— Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) July 29, 2021

It seems extremely unlikely given the storyline builds and payoffs, but let's say that AEW want to be the biggest party pooper there has ever been and not give fans what they want.

They could achieve that by simply having Chris Jericho lose his next announced 'trial' against Juventud Guerrera, or at the very least not win the match with a top rope move. Jericho, having fallen short of getting revenge against MJF, would surely retire from wrestling out of shame.

It would probably earn the legendary luchador nuclear heat, and it would arguably be the biggest mistake AEW could possibly make. But there's an outside chance it could happen.