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The Lockup

"SOME ARE BORN great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” So wrote The Immortal Bard four centuries ago. It’s as true today as it was then. We’ve weighed this issue whenever debating who should be considered the greatest of all time at any endeavor. Nowhere is this truer than in professional wrestling, where we love endlessly arguing over who is better than whom. And when it comes to someone like Chris Jericho, all three of Shakespeare’s options may apply.

After all, Jericho comes from sports royalty, being the son of New York Rangers

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