Bayan haka, Jericho ya fara jayayya mai tsawo tare da Dean Malenko, wanda Jericho ya yi ikirarin cewa ya fi Malenko kyau, amma ya ƙi yin gwagwarmaya da shi. Saboda ƙwarewarsa na gwagwarmayar fasaha, an san Malenko da "Mutumin 1,000 Holds", don haka Jericho ya yi ikirarin cewa shi "Mutumin 1,004 Holds"; Jericho ya ambaci a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa cewa wannan layin ya samo asali ne daga wata hira da IWA ya gani a matsayin yaro, inda manajan Floyd Creatchman ya yi iƙirarin cewa Leo Burke, ƙwararren ɗan gwagwarmaya na farko da aka sani da "Mutumin 1,000 Holds", yanzu ana kiransa "Mutumin 1,002 Holds", wanda Creatchman ya bayyana cewa "ya yi biyu". Tambaya: Wanene Jericho yake da kishiya?
Shugaban makarantar Malenko