To answer your initial question, they wouldn't even be put in the position to face him
Why have him lose at WrestleMania in that jacked up stadium he got a huge pop coming out.
Possibly cause they know that he will still get that pop because losing a lot doesn't ruin the legacy, admiration for him, support for him, and so on.
You guys keep saying the "Jericho is putting over younger guys line" . What the hell happened to wrestling fans... Man you guys are all kind of new school sissy mentality of defending every booking decision. back in the day wrestling fans hated certain guys and worshiped other guys..
Back in the day most people weren't about watching matches and thinking about who benefits and who doesn't, rather they often just wanted to enjoy what they were watching and, like you said be fully behind who they worshiped and fully against who they hated. These days, even you are watching while thinking about who benefits and who doesn't, so in your own way you have a new school mentality too.
What happened to the concept of being open minded people and not necessarily liking why something happens in order to understand the concept of why it does? That doesn't have to have anything to do with trying to be smart or over thinking anything, but has to do with not having a "I must loathe or love something" just because I would prefer something different mentality. Granted, not every poster states their point to be open minded and some blindly defend anything as if WWE can do no wrong, but I for example am not oblivious to things, though I apparently qualify as having a sissy mentality.
He looked horrible losing to fandango at Wrestlemania and that's the 100% truth.
It is difficult to argue with someone who has an I'm right you're wrong mentality but here is my "sissy mentality" opinion. Check out Jericho's books, read some quotes from him, and find out how much he couldn't care about winning or losing as long as he puts on a good match.I get that you acknowledged that and simply don't care. I also acknowledge that his opinion is just his and doesn't have to represent a single fan so I am not going with the 'if so and so says it it must be true and you must agree" line that same people use. I am saying though that I happen to agree with him, not because I like that he loses a lot, or that he lost to Fandango, but because he has established a legacy where unless he is getting squashed, he is going to put forth an effort that will more often than not include a good match on his part, and maybe just happen to culminate with a loss.
The guy could lose 20 matches in a row to various levels of opponents, but as long as he's putting forth an effort that presents him as if he can win, then the legacy that has already been firmly established is no way tarnished. That can apply to pretty much anyone who is established enough. I respect that you disagree.
A lot of the time, for something to "look" a certain way is a matter of perception. Someone can think that their significant other looks great but someone else can think that they are the most hideous looking person that they have ever seen. With wrestling someone can think that a match was good or great and someone else can think it was absolute crap. There are plenty of other wrestling and non wrestling examples. One person can think that Jericho "looks" bad by losing and another can think that he looks perfectly fine. I don't think that anyone will think that he looks undeniably great, but a lot of people clearly don't' think that it harms him while others think that it did. I completely respect your opinion, but please don't preach it as a fact. I can see how Jericho being the better performer in the match (not just historically but within the actual match) then losing to of all things a roll up isn't the best route, but I also don't find it to be anything destructive to him. No matter how a pin happens, whether it is in a cheap way, after a finisher, or after a series of finishers, it all can amount to the losing wrestler happening to have a bad few seconds. I have had a bad few seconds plenty of times in reality so I don't see it as an issue in a scripted one. I will not deny that I preferred a little different presentation but it is what is is. Life goes on, to me Jericho is still 100% legit, and now we'll see where Fandango goes as far as matches.
Did you guys really sit there during the match thinking oh this is gonna be cool when Jericho jobs to Fandango
I am guessing that most people didn't think that. However, at least a decent portion probably did at least for a second think about how if he does lose it probably won't be a big deal. I was under the impression since the match was likely to happen, that a lot of people assumed in advance that Jericho was going to lose, even though they probably didn't want him to.
.. Most guys were wanting Jericho to smash that dancing asshole.
Which again goes along with the not having to like why something happens to understand why it does. Not as in the dreaded what is good for business rationality but simply in a, I am not always going to see what I want because the world doesn't' revolve around me rationality.
Why cant you guys just admit he didn't need to JOB to that guy.
I can't speak for others but I can easily admit that he absolutely didn't "need" to. Why can't you admit that it isnt' really that big of a deal that he did? (I am not talking about the how, but the overall action of losing) The answer is partially because you happen to have an strong opinion, which you are entitled to.
Legends can still win on that night.
Of course they can, but do they all have to? Two of the highest three tier ones (meaning Rock, Triple H, and The Undertaker) won and the other still was given a moment to shine after his loss. The other three vets guys who were around during the attitude era, 2 out of three won their matches (Kane and Mark Henry).
fandango will not be a legend based off of that schoolboy botched roll up..
Of course not, but not everything about Wrestlemania is going to be about building legends. For better or worse, we're in 2013 now. The way that things were in the past maybe should have a bigger bearing on what happens today, but that just isn't how things tend to work, as unfortunate as that may be. (Notice from my wording that again I may not like something in order to understand it).
I realize that you probably think that everything that I just wrote is a load of crap but at least I (don't think) am giving generic answers without at least having thought put into them.
