WWE: 6 Superstars Chris Jericho Can Help Improve

Chris Jericho can truly do it all.

He can wrestle, he can talk, he can connect with an audience. And he can do all that as a heel or a baby face, as a serious wrestler or a goofy one.

Y2J is a rare breed of WWE superstar, and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone on the WWE roster (outside of CM Punk) who can match him step-by-step in everything that he does.

Wrestlers of today should watch Jericho (his old and current stuff) and study him—his mannerisms, his wrestling, his facial expressions, everything.

Jericho is so good at almost all aspects of pro wrestling that every wrestler who ever has the chance to step in the ring with him can learn something that will help them get better.

Here are six current WWE superstars who Chris Jericho can help improve.

6. Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio is a very good wrestler and has a ton of charisma. But his biggest problem is his inability to connect with the audience.

I'm not sure if it has to do with his accent, the fact that his promos hardly ever change or some combination of both. Whatever the case may be, though, it's clear that he's stuck in a rut in his current heel persona.

ADR could definitely learn a thing or two from Y2J.

Chris Jericho has the uncanny ability to adapt and change his character with the times and that's something that Del Rio has been unable to do so far. He's been doing the same shtick since he debuted in the WWE in 2010, only slightly altering his attire.

Del Rio needs to freshen up and he can look to Jericho for guidance. 

While these two likely won't feud anytime soon since they're both heels, ADR needs to start channeling his inner Jericho during his promos because no one grabs the audience's attention quite like Y2J.

5. Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder has gotten over massively as a comedic babyface.

But the more I watch him, the more I realize that he's not particularly great at anything.

He has a natural likability and charisma, but his promos aren't exactly stellar, his acting is subpar, and aside from his ECW bout with Christian, he doesn't really have any WWE match that sticks out in my mind.

Though I'm a Ryder fan and think he has a bright future, I would really like to see him build up his resume with some memorable promos and matches in 2012.

If he's going to stick with his current goofball character, then he might want to look to Chris Jericho for guidance because Y2J is one of the funniest performers in WWE history and also happens to be a great wrestler.

Ryder should strive to be like Jericho—a funny superstar who can be taken seriously as a main-eventer. I think he's on his way there, but it won't happen overnight and will take a ton of hard work form "Long Island Iced Z."

Putting Ryder in an actual feud with Jericho at some point in 2012 might be the best way to go, though.

4. Jack Swagger

Jack Swagger is a heel without really being a heel.

Nothing he does is heelish in an over-the-top way and it's almost as if the fans boo him because they see Vickie Guerrero by his side and say, "Oh, he must be a heel."

That's a big problem for Swagger.

He's blessed with incredible size and athleticism and is loaded with great in-ring abilities. But he's only OK on the mic and doesn't perform all that well as a bad guy.

It's like he's just kind of stuck on cruise control, with no desire to change the way he goes about things.

Here's some of advice, Swags: Watch Chris Jericho and learn what it takes to be a good heel in all facets of the game (mic work, mannerisms, etc.).

Swagger has far too much talent to be holding a midcard title and find himself being relegated to Superstars. Someone needs to light a fire under his butt and maybe that someone can be Jericho.

If Y2J mentored Swagger for a while, I have no doubt that 2012 could be a big year for the All-American American.

3. Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston appears to be getting elevated at the moment, but I have little faith that his climb up the card will continue or result in a sustained run in the main event.

I think Kingston is an extremely underrated talent who has all the tools (yes, even decent mic skills) to be a World title contender. But he's never really risen above the midcard.

Well, guess what? It's time for Chris Jericho to do what Randy Orton what was supposed to do in late 2009: turn Kingston into a star.

Jericho has never been someone who's afraid to put up-and-coming stars over—as evidenced by his losses to Heath Slater and Evan Bourne during his last WWE run—and he could give Kingston the marquee win that he so desperately needs.

Put Jericho in a feud with Kingston and let Kingston win it. Instantly, you accomplish a number of things: putting Kingston over, helping him improve his mic work, etc.

It's not that complicated of a process. You use the established veteran heel to elevate the rising fan favorite.

2. Dolph Ziggler

After skyrocketing up the card in 2011, Dolph Ziggler now seems to be a victim of the creative team's "we have nothing for you" nonsense.

This is despite the fact that Ziggler stepped up his game big-time in just about every department last year and looked poised to become the WWE's next big thing.

Since that hasn't happened as of yet, though, we need "The Showoff" to look to "the best in the world at what I do" to become even better.

Ziggler and Chris Jericho both thrive in their roles as brash, cocky superstars and there really isn't too much of a difference between Ziggler screaming "How damn good am I?!" and Jericho claiming to be the wrestler on the planet.

They think they're better than anyone else at what they do and, to be honest, they are both certainly in the discussion.

Both Jericho and Ziggler have everything you look for in a pro wrestler, and I could see Ziggler stepping into Jericho's role as one of the most complete wrestlers in the WWE once Y2J calls it a career.

Ziggler is doing fine on his own as a performer right now. But if he wants to ensure success down the road, there's no one better to try to imitate than Jericho.  

1. The Miz

There is undoubtedly some merit to Chris Jericho saying that The Miz copied him once he left the WWE.

The Miz indeed started wearing the suit and talking extremely slowly only after Jericho was gone and in many ways, it looked like he was trying to be just like Y2J.

That's really not a bad idea. The thing is that The Miz needs to do it in his own way.

I see a lot of similarities between The Miz and Jericho, with both being great mic workers who aren't incredibly tall or jacked. But The Miz needs to develop a character that is noticeably different from anyone else's.

That being said, The Miz should still watch Y2J and learn from him.

After quickly climbing up the card in late 2010 because of his improving in-ring skills and stellar mic work, The Miz has gotten extremely stale and boring as of late and actually seems to have taken a step back both on the mic and in the ring.

Jericho, on the other hand, delivers just about every time he wrestles or cuts a promos.

If The Miz wants to get back to his form of late 2010/early 2011, then he's going to have to be more like Jericho. Not too much, though. 

Drake Oz is a WWE Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter and ask him any wrestling-related questions on Formspring.