Chris Jericho joined Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose against The Wyatt Family at Night of Champions, but it wasn’t enough
When The Wyatt Family introduced Braun Strowman as their third member, they gained a heavy advantage over Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose. Subsequently, Reigns and Ambrose needed a third member for their team heading into their match with the Wyatts at WWE Night of Champions. They found the right guy in Chris Jericho, a legend and someone who’s had issues with Bray Wyatt in the past.
It was Luke Harper and Dean Ambrose starting off the match with The Lunatic Fringe getting the edge in the early going and putting the Wyatts on notice:
Reigns and Jericho were both tagged in to take turns teeing off on Harper, but Harper was able to create enough space to get to his corner and tag in the monstrous Strowman. The Black Sheep of The Wyatt Family began to tear through his opponents with crazy power:
#Y2J...meet @BraunStrowman! #WWENOC pic.twitter.com/haI1BSIhc8
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 21, 2015
Strowman then brought his leader in Bray Wyatt into the ring with a tag, which ultimately turned out to be a poor decision. That allowed Ambrose to get to his corner and then for Reigns to come in and get the momentum back in his team’s favor, as he teed off on Wyatt and Harper:
However, Reigns’ run through his opponents was ended when Strowman grabbed him from the apron, which allowed Harper to recover and drill him with a nasty superkick. From there, all of the Wyatts took turns picking apart Reigns. As the onslaught continued, Strowman attempted to attack Reigns on the outside, but Ambrose came to his aid by putting the monster in a sleeper hold. Though Strowman threw Ambrose off, it gave Reigns enough room to get in some offense and eventually tag Jericho in. The veteran came in hot, giving his team a big boost of energy:
Nice veteran move there by #Y2J @IAmJericho! #WWENOC pic.twitter.com/WuqNprFsF9
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 21, 2015
Ambrose almost got caught soon after with Sister Abigail, but his team bailed him out. That’s when Reigns and Strowman were tagged in and Reigns hit the big man with two Superman Punches before Ambrose hit a Crossbody from the top rope to finally bring the big fellow down:
With things in their favor, Reigns lined up and hit Strowman with a huge spear:
FINALLY @WWERomanReigns hits the SPEAR on @BraunStrowman! #WWENOC pic.twitter.com/E5p0Lqzie8
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 21, 2015
It seemed as if the outcome was decided, but then Jericho tagged himself in and things went south. He hit a Lionsault, but Strowman kicked out. Jericho attempted a Codebreaker, but Strowman caught him and countered:
That left Jericho in the Bear Hug where he passed out and gave The Wyatt Family the victory.