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2001
1/21 Royal Rumble - Ladder Match: Chris Benoit to win the I-C title
2/25 No Way Out – beat Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, & X-Pac
4/1 WrestleMania X-7 – beat William Regal
4/5 – lost I-C title to Triple H
4/29 Backlash – Duchess of Queensbury: lost to William Regal
5/20 Judgment Day – w/Chris Benoit won a 7 team gauntlet match
5/21 w/Chris Benoit beat Triple H & Steve Austin to win the World Tag Team titles
5/28 – won hardcore title from the Big Show
5/28 – lost the hardcore title to Rhyno
6/21 - w/Chris Benoit lost the tag team titles to the Dudley Boyz
6/24 King of the Ring – Steve Austin beat Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit
7/22 Invasion – Elimination Match: Booker T, The Dudley Boyz, Dallas Page & Rhyno beat Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Kane & Chris Jericho
8/19 SummerSlam – beat Rhyno
9/23 Unforgiven – lost to Rob Van Dam
10/21 No Mercy - beat the Rock to win the WCW World title
10/22 – w/the Rock won the tag team titles from the Dudley Boyz
11/1 – w/the Rock lost the tag team titles to Booker T & Test
11/5 – lost WCW title to the Rock
11/18 Survivor Series – Elimination Match for End of WCW or WWF: The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Big Show & Kane beat Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Booker T & Rob Van Dam
12/9 Vengeance – beat the Rock to the WCW World title
12/9 Vengeance – beat Steve Austin to win the WWE championship and unify the WCW and WWF championships

2002
1/20 Royal Rumble – beat the Rock
2/17 No Way Out – beat Steve Austin
3/17 WrestleMania X8 – lost unified world titles to Triple H
5/19 Judgment Day – Hell in a Cell: lost to Triple H
6/23 King of the Ring – lost to Rob Van Dam
7/21 Vengeance – lost to John Cena
• 7/30 Fozzy releases Happenstance
8/25 SummerSlam – lost to Ric Flair
9/16 – won Intercontinental title from Rob Van Dam
9/22 Unforgiven – beat Ric Flair
9/30 – lost Intercontinental title to Kane
10/14 – w/Christian won the world tag team titles from Kane & the Hurricane
10/20 No Mercy – w/Christian beat Booker T & Goldust
11/17 Survivor Series - Elimination Chamber for Heavyweight championship: Shawn Michaels beat champ Triple H, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho & Kane to win the title
12/15 Armageddon - Booker T & Goldust beat champions Chris Jericho & Christian, The Dudley Boyz, & William Regal & Lance Storm to win the titles

2003
2/23 No Way Out – beat Jeff Hardy
3/30 WrestleMania XIX – lost to Shawn Michaels
4/27 Backlash – w/Triple H & Ric Flair beat Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, & Booker T
6/15 Bad Blood – lost to Goldberg
8/24 SummerSlam - Elimination Chamber for World Heavyweight championship: Champion Triple H beat Goldberg, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, & Chris Jericho
9/21 Unforgiven – Christian beat Rob Van Dam & Chris Jericho
10/27 – won I-C title from Rob Van Dam
10/27 – Cage Match: lost I-C title to Rob Van Dam
11/16 Survivor Series - Chris Jericho, Christian, Scott Steiner, Randy Orton & Mark Henry beat Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Booker T and The Dudley Boyz. As a result, Steve Austin was fired as co-GM of Raw
12/14 Armageddon – w/Christian beat Lita & Trish Stratus

2004
3/14 WrestleMania XX – lost to Christian
4/18 Backlash – Handicap Match: beat Christian & Trish Stratus
6/13 Bad Blood – beat Tyson Tomko
7/11 Vengeance – lost to Batista
8/15 SummerSlam – lost to I-C Champ Edge & Batista
9/12 Unforgiven – Ladder mach: beat Christian to win the vacant I-C title
10/19 Taboo Tuesday – lost I-C title to Shelton Benjamin
11/14 Survivor Series – Winners each get control of Raw for a week: Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Chris Benoit & Maven beat Triple H, Batista, Snitsky, & Edge

2005
• Starting in early 2005, Chris hosted a radio show for XM called The Rock of Jericho as well as became a regular celebrity panelist for a variety of programs on VH1 & E
1/9 New Year’s Revolution - Elimination Chamber for vacant World Heavyweight Championship: Triple H beat Randy Orton, Batista, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, & Edge to win the title
• 1/18 Fozzy releases All That Remains
4/3 WrestleMania 21 - Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Edge beat Chris Benoit, Kane, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Jericho & Christian to get a title shot whenever he wants
5/1 Backlash – lost to I-C champ Shelton Benjamin
6/12 ECW One Night Stand – lost to Lance Storm
6/26 Vengeance - WWE Title: Champ John Cena beat Chris Jericho & Christian
8/21 SummerSlam – lost to WWE Champ John Cena
8/22 RAW - You’re Fired Match: lost to WWE Champ John Cena

2006
• 6/24 - Android Apocalypse debuts on the Sci Fi channel
• 8/29 - Celebrity Duets debuts on Fox TV


2007
12/16 Armageddon - beat WWE Champion Randy Orton by DQ

2008
1/27 Royal Rumble - lost to JBL by DQ
2/17 No Way Out - Elimination Chamber: Triple H beat Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho, JBL, and Umaga
3/10 RAW - won the Intercontinental Championship from Jeff Hardy
3/30 WrestleMania XXIV - Money in the Bank Ladder Match: CM Punk beat Chris Jericho, MVP, Shelton Benjamin, John Morrison, Carlito, & Mr. Kennedy
5/18 Judgment Day - lost to Shawn Michaels in a non-title match
6/29 Night of Champions - lost the Intercontinental Championship to Kofi Kingston
7/20 Great American Bash - beat Shawn Michaels
9/7 Unforgiven - lost an Unsanctioned Match to Shawn Michaels
9/7 Unforgiven - World Heavyweight Championship Scramble Match: Chris Jericho (subbing for champion CM Punk) beat Batista, Rey Mysterio, Kane, and Batista to win the title
10/5 No Mercy - beat Shawn Michaels in a Ladder Match
10/26 Cyber Sunday - lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Batista in a match that was refereed by Steve Austin
• 10/29 Redemption Song premiers on Fuse
11/3 RAW - regained the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista in a Steel Cage Match
11/23 Survivor Series - lost the World Heavyweight Championship to John Cena
12/14 Armageddon - lost to World Champion John Cena

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