Jericho akabva atanga kupopotedzana kwenguva refu naDean Malenko, Jericho akaramba achiti aive mutsimba ari nani kupfuura Malenko, asi akaramba kumurwisa. Nekuda kwekugona kwake mutsimba, Malenko aizivikanwa sa "The Man of 1,000 Holds", saka Jericho akataura kuti "The Man of 1,004 Holds"; Jericho anotaura muhupenyu hwake kuti mutsara uyu wakabva mubvunzurudzo yeIWA yaakaona achiri mwana, uko maneja Floyd Creatchman akataura kuti Leo Burke, mutsimba wekutanga anozivikanwa sa "The Man of 1,000 Holds", ava kuzivikanwa sa "The Man of 1,002 Holds", iyo Creatchman akataura kuti "akaita mamwe maviri".
Dean Malenko