AegonTargaryen
Championship Contender
As Mark Madden rightly puts it, Wrestling has always been and will always be an island of misfits(or misfit toys or whatever). Consider two immensely talented wrestlers from two entirely different generations.
On one hand, you have Chris Jericho, who inspires nothing but trust, wisdom, knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm in everything he does. He is not just a talented wrestler, but a decent rock singer(yes, decent here is a euphemism for mediocre), author, and more. He has lived, breathed, and consumed pro wrestling for two decades. Some will say he's amusing, funny, entertaining, and possesses a refinement in his overall bearing outside the ring., despite all his accomplishments. He's a likeable guy, at least IMO.
On the other hand, there's Daniel Bryan, with the same amount of exemplary passion and knowledge in pro wrestling, has quite a diverse independent scene and ROH experience (though it cannot be compared to the one Jericho had, travelling to Japan, Mexico , ECW, WCW, that cannot be duplicated or attained today, for no amount of money). One could say he's a good wrestler. He may or may not be as multi-talented and possessing refinement and finesse as characteristic of an extremely charismatic, talented and intelligent person ouside the ring as Chris Jericho. But they're both great wrestlers with a largely similar size.
Consider Bryan as an extension of Chris Jericho, or the 2010s version of Chris Jericho with a different gimmick.
Some speculate that in 2002, Chris Jericho was slowly buried into the obscurity of mid-card and tag-teaming with Christian because of one HHH. It is pretty obvious that for "paying his dues" and "mastering his craft" and being the best over-all wrestler/performer on Raw in 2002, next only to Shawn Michaels, Jericho's career was a downward trajectory. It is not great success to spend 8 months on Raw tag-teaming with Christian and facing the likes of Goldust and Booker T on a weekly basis. That's Dudley Bums' or Hardy Bums' forte. And then elevated to feud with Shawn Michaels. Once again dropped to the mid-card, fighting for the IC title and feuding with Christian the remainder of 2003 and all of 2004. Before getting his only one-on-one championship match against John Cena at Summerslam 2005, Chris Jericho was used largely to feud for the IC title, money in the bank, etc. elevating others such as Shelton Benjamin(lost to him cleanly on two pay-per-views, Taboo Tuesday '04, Backlash '05). It is no wonder Chris Jericho decided to focus much more on Fozzy and quit the company in the Summer of 2005.
Consider Sheamus as the modern-day HHH. (at least in HHH's eyes). Consider Sheamus(but it's HHH all along) scoffing and thinking someone like Daniel Bryan being the WHC(it is Chris Jericho really), and then burying him at WM (just how the management/HHH bid it to be). In Chris Jericho's case, there certainly weren't any arenawide YES chants to redeem him. He had to simply accept his fate and role as a supporting talent at best and he played that role as well he could from 2002-2005 and as JR would say "By God" he played that role to perfection.
But Bryan had and still has the support of the WWE Universe. However, despite his few classic matches with C M Punk in 2012(on Raw and on pay-per-view), Daniel Bryan's career was no different than Jericho's as he spent almost a year tag-teaming with Kane , again, a very small supporting role.
Fast forward to 2013, Daniel Bryan beats John Cena, but once again HHH decides to suppress him(in storyline, it was overt , but how much of HHH scoffs and mocks Daniel Bryan, like he would, if the WWE universe had wanted Jericho as champion back from 2002-2005?) Once again, Randy Orton is the new HHH, Daniel Bryan is the new Chris Jericho, only much more popular despite not being as good as Jericho in terms of charisma or mic work(but then, the chant). Does this make sense?
Is wrestling all about egos? Has HHH's ego been the worst to ever wreck, suppress, or diminish careers?
He surely couldn't stand or see someone like C.M. Punk(skinny fat ass, and one could see in HHH's face and eyes genuine contempt for someone like Punk being a champion/mainstay, but a face HHH only did what is best for business for the WWE Universe).
Will Daniel Bryan be given what C.M.Punk was? Especially in an era where there's only one major championship?
Are we only going to see Sheamus', Batistas, and Randy Ortons pushed constantly to be champions, and even John Cena wins it for the 15th, 16th,..time..ad infinitum?
Will Bryan's obvious flaws/shortcomings in not being tall enough(Jericho is 5'11 which is quite near the standard 6'1 as Cena, C.M.Punk is almost/perfect 6'1), and certainly not being as good as either Jericho or Punk on the mic(and I don't think my view/opinion is wrong or biased AT ALL) hinder him(as it did Jericho, lack of size, HHH burials)?
Will we only see Bryan used how Jericho was used? to elevate wrestlers of far lesser in-ring ability (and that's undeniable) as Batista, Sheamus, Orton, etc. ?
Wrestling truly looks like an island of egos and misfits. Jericho had an immense career. He is the one exception to what has been a Wrestling Rule that when someone is that good and their size prevents them or are subservient to BIG MEN and in trying to steal shows wrestle much more intense and demanding styles, they eventually fuck up, abuse drugs, painkillers, etc. (See- Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit)
On one hand, you have Chris Jericho, who inspires nothing but trust, wisdom, knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm in everything he does. He is not just a talented wrestler, but a decent rock singer(yes, decent here is a euphemism for mediocre), author, and more. He has lived, breathed, and consumed pro wrestling for two decades. Some will say he's amusing, funny, entertaining, and possesses a refinement in his overall bearing outside the ring., despite all his accomplishments. He's a likeable guy, at least IMO.
On the other hand, there's Daniel Bryan, with the same amount of exemplary passion and knowledge in pro wrestling, has quite a diverse independent scene and ROH experience (though it cannot be compared to the one Jericho had, travelling to Japan, Mexico , ECW, WCW, that cannot be duplicated or attained today, for no amount of money). One could say he's a good wrestler. He may or may not be as multi-talented and possessing refinement and finesse as characteristic of an extremely charismatic, talented and intelligent person ouside the ring as Chris Jericho. But they're both great wrestlers with a largely similar size.
Consider Bryan as an extension of Chris Jericho, or the 2010s version of Chris Jericho with a different gimmick.
Some speculate that in 2002, Chris Jericho was slowly buried into the obscurity of mid-card and tag-teaming with Christian because of one HHH. It is pretty obvious that for "paying his dues" and "mastering his craft" and being the best over-all wrestler/performer on Raw in 2002, next only to Shawn Michaels, Jericho's career was a downward trajectory. It is not great success to spend 8 months on Raw tag-teaming with Christian and facing the likes of Goldust and Booker T on a weekly basis. That's Dudley Bums' or Hardy Bums' forte. And then elevated to feud with Shawn Michaels. Once again dropped to the mid-card, fighting for the IC title and feuding with Christian the remainder of 2003 and all of 2004. Before getting his only one-on-one championship match against John Cena at Summerslam 2005, Chris Jericho was used largely to feud for the IC title, money in the bank, etc. elevating others such as Shelton Benjamin(lost to him cleanly on two pay-per-views, Taboo Tuesday '04, Backlash '05). It is no wonder Chris Jericho decided to focus much more on Fozzy and quit the company in the Summer of 2005.
Consider Sheamus as the modern-day HHH. (at least in HHH's eyes). Consider Sheamus(but it's HHH all along) scoffing and thinking someone like Daniel Bryan being the WHC(it is Chris Jericho really), and then burying him at WM (just how the management/HHH bid it to be). In Chris Jericho's case, there certainly weren't any arenawide YES chants to redeem him. He had to simply accept his fate and role as a supporting talent at best and he played that role as well he could from 2002-2005 and as JR would say "By God" he played that role to perfection.
But Bryan had and still has the support of the WWE Universe. However, despite his few classic matches with C M Punk in 2012(on Raw and on pay-per-view), Daniel Bryan's career was no different than Jericho's as he spent almost a year tag-teaming with Kane , again, a very small supporting role.
Fast forward to 2013, Daniel Bryan beats John Cena, but once again HHH decides to suppress him(in storyline, it was overt , but how much of HHH scoffs and mocks Daniel Bryan, like he would, if the WWE universe had wanted Jericho as champion back from 2002-2005?) Once again, Randy Orton is the new HHH, Daniel Bryan is the new Chris Jericho, only much more popular despite not being as good as Jericho in terms of charisma or mic work(but then, the chant). Does this make sense?
Is wrestling all about egos? Has HHH's ego been the worst to ever wreck, suppress, or diminish careers?
He surely couldn't stand or see someone like C.M. Punk(skinny fat ass, and one could see in HHH's face and eyes genuine contempt for someone like Punk being a champion/mainstay, but a face HHH only did what is best for business for the WWE Universe).
Will Daniel Bryan be given what C.M.Punk was? Especially in an era where there's only one major championship?
Are we only going to see Sheamus', Batistas, and Randy Ortons pushed constantly to be champions, and even John Cena wins it for the 15th, 16th,..time..ad infinitum?
Will Bryan's obvious flaws/shortcomings in not being tall enough(Jericho is 5'11 which is quite near the standard 6'1 as Cena, C.M.Punk is almost/perfect 6'1), and certainly not being as good as either Jericho or Punk on the mic(and I don't think my view/opinion is wrong or biased AT ALL) hinder him(as it did Jericho, lack of size, HHH burials)?
Will we only see Bryan used how Jericho was used? to elevate wrestlers of far lesser in-ring ability (and that's undeniable) as Batista, Sheamus, Orton, etc. ?
Wrestling truly looks like an island of egos and misfits. Jericho had an immense career. He is the one exception to what has been a Wrestling Rule that when someone is that good and their size prevents them or are subservient to BIG MEN and in trying to steal shows wrestle much more intense and demanding styles, they eventually fuck up, abuse drugs, painkillers, etc. (See- Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit)
