10 Biggest WWE Opportunists

10. Chris Jericho

Y2J’s smash-mouth debut in 1999 hardly painted him as an opportunist. He was far too much a loudmouth to be regarded as underhanded or truly dastardly, and seemed destined for life as an eternally popular babyface (or tweener at the very worst). Vengeance 2001 changed all that, as Jericho shocking won a four-man tournament for the Undisputed Championship, defeating The Rock and Steve Austin in a pair of chaotic matches rife with interference from Vince McMahon, Booker T, and more.
His opportunistic side reared its head again at the 2003 Royal Rumble, in which he used Christian (cunningly disguised as Y2J himself) to blindside Shawn Michaels and dump him out of the main event. Ironically, it was HBK who then provided Jericho’s next chance-taking moment, emerging from beneath the Elimination Chamber and superkicking the Undertaker in a bid to set up a rematch at WrestleMania 26.
Y2J’s victory may have had little to do with his own wrestling prowess, but he certainly had no qualms in pinning the Deadman and capturing the World Heavyweight Championship.