On August 9, 1999 Chris Jericho made his WWF debut on Raw is War from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. In the weeks before Jericho’s debut, a clock labeled "countdown to the new millennium" appeared on WWF programming. The clock finally ran out on the August 9th episode of Raw Is War while The Rock was in the ring cutting a promo on the Big Show. Jericho entered the arena and proclaimed "Raw is Jericho" and that he had "come to save the World Wrestling Federation", referring to himself a