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97. Jerry Lynn
Jerry Lynn versus Rob Van Dam is quite possibly the greatest series of matches in the history of wrestling. That is not hyperbole if you are a wrestling fan and you have never seen one of their matches stop reading this stupid message board and watch one of those matches. Go on. This message board will be there when you’re finished. I’m serious go and watch one of their matches. I’m going to go as far as to say you can’t be a true wrestling fan without seeing that match. So, go!
If you are reading this paragraph I assume you watched at least one Jerry Lynn versus Rob Van Dam match. You then understand that Jerry Lynn is the foil to Rob Van Dam. Rob Van Dam may have gotten more mainstream attention than Jerry Lynn but the two of them will be forever linked to one another. Hell, Jerry Lynn’s moniker “The New F’n Show” would mean nothing without Rob Van Dam’s “The Whole F’n Show.”
Jerry Lynn’s wrestling career is practically the prototype for most indy wrestlers looking for work today, for good and bad reasons. The Bad: he was average at best on the mic and is too small and wrestles too varied a style of wrestling to be a main stream success. The Good: he mixed submission and high flying wrestling and always put on one of the best matches of the night. It’s a shame that he never really made it big but he is the only person to hold both the ECW and ROH World Championships. Not too shabby.
Favorite Moment:
It’s more of a personal moment than one any of you will know. I was at ROH Manhattan Mayhem III when Jerry Lynn lost the ROH Championship in a triple threat elimination match against Austin Aries and Tyler Black. He was a face but the ROH faithful were giving him shit because they were still fawning over Tyler Black. One of the fans at ring side was talking shit after Jerry Lynn was the first man eliminated and you could tell Jerry was actually pissed. When Jerry walked past me up the asile I yelled “You’re still the best in the World Jerry!” He actually stopped walking up the ramp turned to me and shook my hand. It was pretty cool.
Favorite Match:
Rob Van Dam [c] v. Jerry Lynn (for the ECW World Television Championship, ECW Living Dangerously 1999)
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