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Everyone is bigger than Jericho 
spot on. + in my book both have underachieved and havent really kicked on from their respective gimmicks. orton has really good start to his career with evolution and ic reign but dint get much of chance with his legend killer persona with his face turn. his early face turn sucked. he had to reinvent his heel persona to get to and stay at main event level.Yes. Not by that much when you consider the multiple era-spanning history of Jericho's career, but Orton reached the inner circle tippy top top of WWE, whereas Jericho has never quite managed to break into it. Orton's established at the top of WWE's marketing, he's the guy on the cover of their latest video game, he is marketed quite heavily in the heartland of America, among young women, etceteras. Jericho's never really been treated in that manner by a major wrestling promotion. He became a genuine main event mainstay beginning with his heel turn in 2008 and remains such to this day, and his career is extraordinarily accomplished. Considering what kind of competition Jericho faced during his early WWE run in the Attitude Era, this factor is only magnified. But Orton has simply reached a higher level of superstardom within WWE. Again, though, if I were to evaluate them both objectively, Orton over Jericho in this regard isn't a blowout the way it would be if we were talking about Triple H or Cena.
quote for the truthEveryone is bigger than Jericho![]()
Talent can't be measured so how you perform or leave a mark mattersDepends what you mean by bigger.
In terms of how much time and effort the WWE has invested in you, then sure Orton is bigger.
In terms of talent, legendary status and potential, Jericho is a million times better than Orton.
Jericho belongs in the same category as Austin, Rock, Triple H and Angle in terms of talent, but he never really got the chance to reach his full potential.
Orton is 12 years into his career and has achieved more than Jericho had 12 years in. For Jericho 2002 would be 12 years into his career. In 2002, Jericho lost the Undisputed title to Triple H at Wrestlemania X8 and was then hanging out around the mid-card challenging for the IC and tag team belts. Orton is still in the World Heavyweight title picture and has stayed at the main event level for a while now. Let's look at the accomplishments of each up to the point of 12 years into their careers:
Jericho:
Undisputed Champion - 1 (98 Days Total)
WCW World Champion (WWE version) - 1 (15 Days Total)
Intercontinental Champion - 5 (169 Days Total)
European Champion - 1 (1 Day Total)
Hardcore Champion - 1 (0 Days total)
Tag Team Champion - 3 (99 Days Total)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion - 4 (231 Days Total)
WCW Television Champion - 1 (112 Days Total)
17 Championships - 725 Days Total
Orton:
WWE Champion - 6 (420 Days Total)
World Heavyweight Champion - 3 (138 Days Total)
Intercontinental Champion - 1 (210 Days Total)
Tag Team Champion - 1 (77 Days Total)
Royal Rumble Winner - 1 (2009)
11 Championships - 845 Days Total
Jericho (17) has more championships in his first 12 years than Orton (11). But Orton (845) has more days holding a belt than Jericho (725). If we remove what Jericho accomplished in WCW from the equation and look strictly at WWE, then Orton has clearly accomplished more in his first 12 years than Jericho. Removing WCW from his resume, Jericho has 12 Championships for 382 days. Orton primarily has won the main event titles while Jericho primarily competed for mid-card titles in his first 12 years. So it is pretty easy to see that Orton is bigger than Jericho at this stage in his career.
Lengthy title reigns used to be synonymous with the value of the title. Therefore, short reigns and playing hot potato with the belt constantly putting it on different guys devalues the title. Randy Orton's 1 IC title reign was still a lot longer than Jericho's 5 IC reigns in his first 12 years. Orton held the IC title back in 2003 before it lost most of its prestige. The roster was still stacked in 2003.You can not compare just by days holding a title. Back when Jericho started in WWE the talent level was stacked and being tag champ or ic champ meant a whole lot. The tag titles back then drew more money than the smackdown world title today so it isnt easy to compare eras.