>>12495530Flair's career stretched over two decades even when the Monday Night Wars started. And Flair was a world champion when the NWA was prestigious, and kept that spot at the top, for about 15 years.
Jericho didn't have long at the top (WWF/E champion). And the industry has shrunk considerably over the past two decades. You can't compare success in AEW to the NWA of the 1980s either. There's simply no comparison.