Joey was all grown up now, he was 18 when he made his choice to go train in the Ohio Valley rather than go to Tampa College. By now it was the year 2021 and most of the original WWE superstars had long since retired. The only superstars left from Chris Jericho's days were La Resistance, they were the head coach trainers in the OV and were familiar with Joey and his family bloodlines. Speaking of family bloodlines, the WWE had changed very much over the years. Both Paul Heyman and Eric Bishoff had retired, the Raw and SmackDown rosters had grown smaller so they united once again, also making one title belt. This happened quite some time ago, and the very person to unify the two titles was none other than Joey's Uncle Christian. The unified WWE roster was run by a Commissioner now, and her name was Shannon McMahon. The company felt having a female in charge would add to tighter woven storylines with romance and betrayal. Joey was trained for about a year and a half, up until WrestleMania in 2023 when he was 20, then he would make his debut. Joey was eager to work with his powerful cousin, but he wasn't the only superstar spawn to be working in the WWE now. Most of the personal were newcomers and people of non-wrestler relations, but there were some others who were about Joey's age. There was the Woman's Champion of 21 years of age, The Rock's daughter Simone. The current Heavyweight Champion was quite a few years older, he was Nick, Hulk Hogan's son. Then there was one person who stood out and would be used as Joey's valet-girlfriend in the storylines, and she was Kurt Angle's 21 year old daughter, Kyra.

Joey debuted on an episode of Raw from Huston, he interrupted the speech of the still World Champion, 'Nasty' Nick, who had retained his title at WrestleMania a week ago.

"I must admit, that bastered gave me one hell of a good run, but when it was all said and done, I remained a winner. My father, Hulk Hogan, was the greatest champion and wrestling superstar this business ever saw, and as his son I carry out a smiliar legacy, because there is nobody, and I mean nobody, in existence with a bloodline like mine."

Just then the TitanTron darkened and the lights dimmed out. The pyros shot up and the name Jericho flashed up on the screen. Shocked and confused, the eager fans reacted loudly as the song "King Of My World" by the band Saliva hit the loudspeakers. The lights came back up and Joey stood up on the TitanTron before a roaring crowd of 20,000. He was nervous as hell, he felt like he was going to throw up with excitement.

"Oh my god, Josh, do you know who this is?" Oh and by the way, the single announce team for the WWE was Josh and Coach at this point and time.

"Indeed I do, this is the late Chris Jericho's son, Joey."

"That's right, and we were lucky enough to see his dad perform back in the day, and now we'll see if what lay in him lays inside his own son."

Finally the music stopped and the lights returned to normal. Joey looked around in your typical arrogant Jericho pose. The fans roared but grew quiet as Joey raised the microphone to his mouth.

"Would you please, shut the hell up!" The fans roared at that line, the older generations beamed.

"Well, that answers my question." Coach laughed.

"I am so sick and tired of hearing you whine Hogan. You say, 'oh my dad this, and my dad that' oh give it a rest, we're all getting bored from it. Am I right?" The fans vocally retorted their opinion. Nick fumed. "Now, you said that there was nobody with a bloodline like you, and well, you do have a point. My bloodline is better. Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am! I'm Joey Jericho, baby!" The fans cheered loudly again. "And don't you ever, eeeeever, forget it."

"Ok, ok, I see what this is all about." Nick began to pace with frustration in the ring. "You think that just because your dad was a champion, one time, that you automatically match up to me. Well let me tell you something, junior." The fans protested at that zap. "I started out at the bottom just like you and I didn't get any special treatment because my name is Hogan. So, why don't you talk to Commissioner McMahon and request a Cruiserweight match, and maybe if you're lucky, you'll see the Intercontinental title someday."

The fans booed but Joey just shrugged it off, "You know, heh, it's kinda funny that you bring up Commissioner McMahon, my cousin." Nick tensed at that, he'd forgotten that Joey was also a McMahon. "Because before coming out here, I went to her office and she said I could have any match I choose for my first day. And you know what, 'Nasty'? Screw the title, I want your ass tonight!" The fans cheered loudly and began to chant Joey's name. He smirked at the response.

"Ok alright, fine. You know what? Taking on a punk like you is just what I need to prove my point, so consider your match accepted."

"Great." Joey turned to go but then stopped. "Oh, and, by the way. I didn't need your permission, I just need to your ass." Joey's theme began again as the fans roared. Joey went backstage and later Nick Hogan followed.

"Wow Joey, that was great." Marissa greeted him behind the curtain.

"Thanks cuz, it was great."

"You're gonna be pretty good around here Joey." Nick smiled. "You're just like your dad alright."

"And you're just like yours."

"See you later." Nick smiled and left.

The main event that night was already laid in stone, Jericho vs. Hogan, a match that never took place among their father's now took place between their children. Which family bloodline would prove to be the superior? The two came out to their father's themes to help set the mood. If this would turn out to be as successful as the WWE had hoped, this would be one hell of a rivalry.

During the match, Joey was getting beat down by Nick pretty much the whole time. Nick had more brawn, but Joey had the speed that Nick lacked. The match lasted about 15 minutes. Joey went for the Lionsault and missed, Hogan went for the Leg Drop and missed, so now it all came down to one last move, The Walls Of Jericho. Nick roared in pain as Joey torqued his back, until finally he couldn't take it any more and the champion tapped. At the sound of the bell it was final, Jericho had defeated Hogan.

"Here is your winner, Joey Jericho!" The fans roared as the announcement was made. The ref held up Joey's hand. He was shocked at first but then began to jump up for joy.

"I did it, I did it, I did it!" He laughed and ran around the ring in circles. The younger fans laughed at this Brian Kendrick like display, but the older generations smiled because they could see the Jericho that lay deep within Joey.

Backstage, Marissa greeted Joey once again, but she wasn't alone, the entire McMahon family was there to see his debut. Stephanie hugged her son while Marissa and her parents looked on. Joey had done it, he'd achieved WWE superstar status, and in the years to come, he would prove how Jericho- McMahon he was by taking Hogan's title at the biggest grand daddy of them all, WrestleMania. The next year, his chance came. Hogan and Jericho had feuded all that year and Joey had made a strong ally, the fourth generation Orton, Randy Jr., who he met up in a run for the tag team titles at Survivor Series against the champions Dewey Foley and Dominik Mysterio. But Joey had won the Royal Rumble, giving him the status as the number one contender for the title match, and now the time had arrived, the main event at WrestleMania was here. Jericho and Hogan had a long match that lasted about half an hour, finally the fans could feel it was drawing to a close, they'd have a winner soon enough. Hogan and Jericho seemed to be tied when suddenly Randy Orton Jr. ran down to the ring. Everyone expected him to help Joey, but instead, when the ref had his back turned, he hit Joey down with the title. The fans booed, but Orton was doing this for revenge, because he had been eliminated in the Rumble whereas Joey had won. Nick went for the cover and the ref crawled over to them and made the count. 1, 2, no wait, Joey kicked out, somehow he kicked out!

"Whoa, now where did he get the energy to do that?" Josh asked.

Nick, shocked and angered, stood up and Joey got up. He looked up and as if getting a second wind from seemingly out of nowhere, he began to pummel Nick like there was no tomorrow. Finally Nick lay on the ground, and to add insult to injury, Joey used the Leg Drop, then he went for the cover. 1, 2, but no Nick got his foot on the rope. Joey growled and picked him up, doing a bulldog in the center of the ring, followed by a perfect Lionsault. But Joey stopped going for the cover and instead locked Nick into The Walls Of Jericho. Nick roared in pain, reminded of Joey's debut match where he won with this move. Finally Nick couldn't take it anymore and he tapped. The bell sounded and the crowd roared. Joey rolled over onto his back.

"Here's your winner, and the new World Heavyweight Champion, Joey Jericho!"

The referee came over with the title as Joey sat up. He held it in his hands and realized that he couldn't breathe, his eyes widened at what he was holding. It was it, it was really, truly it, the title belt! Joey hugged it and began to cry, he had done it, he had actually done it. Kyra ran out to the ring and hugged him. Joey smiled as he snapped back to reality, hugging her so much that he lifted her into the air and swung he around. The fans cheered as Christian, Shane and Stephanie came out to congratulate Joey. Finally Joey and Kyra stopped and looked at each other, then they went into a long deep kiss, leading out to the picture perfect WrestleMania ending.

Sometime later.

"Joseph Jericho, do you take Kyra Angle to be your wife?"

"I do."

"Kyra Angle, do you take Joey Jericho to be your husband?"

"I do."

"Then by the power vested in me, I hereby pronounce you husband and wife."

Joey and Kyra looked at each other, then went into the same kiss they had done at WrestleMania back in Chicago. The WWE circle of life had begun again. The Angle and McMahon families applauded. Kurt Angle and Stephanie McMahon hugged as their children embraced. The relationship between them in real life didn't interfere with what went on in the ring. Life seemed so perfect, Joey couldn't believe it, he was so happy. That night he lay in bed, his new wife was already asleep after the wild honeymoon. He yawned and put his arms behind his head, looking up at the ceiling, he couldn't help but here a voice as he closed his eyes, though it seemed almost as if he was in a dream.

"You have done well my son, I only wish I had been there to see it. I missed out on being with you for your entire life, and I'm sorry. But you've done your old man proud, son. Congratulations Joey, you're the world champion. But not only that, you're a Jericho."

Joey opened his eyes to come to realize that it was morning. Was it a dream? He walked over to the window and looked outside at the bright cloudless sky, and couldn't help but smile. He was the champion, but more importantly, he was a Jericho.