Chris Jericho is GONE FOR GOOD from Raw! Wait, no he isn't.

[MizMark]

Sure, it makes sense he has a ticket. No it makes no sense that he is supposed to be gone from Raw and the deal was that he got one rematch. And that rematch opportunity was ruined. Therefore, he should be gone.

JeriShow were gone if they lost, and they WON the match, just not the titles...

How about Jack Swagger, MVP, more time to Cody Rhodes and Dibiase, The Miz, Carlito (in response to your statements above, simple ... start pushing him), Chris Masters .....

I agree, Swagger should be pushed alot more, as should Legacy, Carlito, Miz, Masters etc.

This trying to pretend like Raw just can not do without Jericho is just pathetic

Who is pretending that? Without Jerichoon Raw it is a poorer show IMO as you lose a Main Eventer, but it doesn't mean that Raw can't live without him, not at all.

Well, I'm bored with seeing Jericho on the show. Sure he can put on a good match, but that is miniscule in the big picture. Change his character. Plain and simple. Or put him on another show and let him actually work with some different people.

Please don't lecture me like I'm stupid. Sure, Raw is the A show. As much as I 100% disagree with A Show B Show concepts because they essentially tell your audience that the "other shows don't matter" it is what it is. However, you don't go out of your way to make the other show look bad which is essentially what is being done here by Jericho.

How does Jericho wanting to be on Raw mean that Smackdown doesn't matter? It means it doesn't matter to Chris Jericho, not to the audience, and that is fine with a heel. Heels say a helluva lot of things don't matter when in reality they do.

Yes, over-rated. I can tell you are just another Jericho Internet mark. Not really sure why I am wasting my time on you, to be frank.

I like Jericho yes. I don't see why people hate on wrestlers like this TBH, same goes for Cena, he gets so much shit, but he is doing what the WWE wants him to do. Seriously, you sound like you are hating for the sake of it, and that you have a real vendetta against Jericho not to see how good he is.

The problem is when you use the same guys over and over and over again, your product gets stale. That is what the problem is.

I agree, but how is Jericho getting used over and over? Surely you hate Taker as champion again then? I think WWE needs to push more young stars yes, but isn't that what they are doing? Look at the Champions - Miz, Sheamus, McIntyre, and then Kofi is getting a really nice push too. WWE is pushing younger talent, it's just taking a while, which is fine IMO. Cena wasn't ME for 3 years after he joined WWE, HBK was longer, so was Hart, Austin took a while... I think WWE should push younger talent as much as the next person, but remember that it isn't an overnight process and that they can't all get pushed at once.

Well, I would pull for it to happen, only to have DX lose the titles to someone else like Hart Dynasty. Jericho and Show DO NOT need the Tag Team Titles to get over, and anyone who thinks so must not think highly of either Show or Jericho.

Nor do DX, infact DX need them less than JeriShow and IMO there was no point putting the titles on them unless the Hart Dynasty took them off them. DX is majorly over, they don't need anything to help them.

And other stars could easily be just as over as Jericho if given the proper time to speak on the mic, too.

That is like saying that other stars could be just as over as John Cena, or Austin was, or Rock was. These people are hand picked, WWE has a huge talent pool that they can choose the right people from with the right look/charisma/whatever. If you pushed Swagger the same as Jericho Jericho would still be getting more heat IMO. But I agree that more mic time is needed for characters like The Miz, Dibiase, Swagger, McIntyre, Morrison etc. to develop a personality for the fans to connect with.

What I have a problem is this constant reliance on people like Jericho and Edge on the part of Vince, which makes the show extremely stale. Those guys haven't added anything new to the show in years. It's the same crap.

Same crap? You put your points over so well but then come out with this. If it is the same crap that has been happening for years, and nothing new has been added then Jericho didn't have a great fued with Michaels, a great match with Steamboat at Backlash or an awesome match with Mysterio earlier this year on PPV, and Edge wouldn't have had great matches with Foley at Mania, Cena in the TLC match, and Taker to name a few. Edge has developed his character so much over the past 4/5 years, as has Jericho since when he has been back. To call it crap is insane, these guys are future HOF who deserve more respect than what you are giving them. There is a reason they are Main Eventing and the likes of Primo and MVP, something you don't seem to grasp.

I want to see new faces, doing new things on the show ... not the same tired faces interacting with the same people, and having the same fueds

Same fueds? Cena v. Sheamus, Kingston v. Orton, Morrison v. McIntyre, Rey v. Batista, Punk v. R Truth, Christian v. Regal... I'm unsure over the Rey one and Christian one as to how much they have been done before, but it has hardly been at all, the rest are fresh and have NEVER been seen before.

Sheamus - New face is WWE CHAMPION!
Kofi - High profile fued with Orton
McIntyre - IC Champion

Seriously, I don't want to shoot you down but you want new faces, WWE has already given you them.

 

[hArdyPUNKmArk]

1) What do you anticipate happening in next week's match with Jerishow against DX?

Who know's? To be perfectly honest I'm 50/50 on wether or not DX will retain. I can see it going either way. I tend to lean more towards JeriShow winning as that will free DX up for bigger feuds heading into Wrestlemania. Having them win would also keep Jericho appearing on both Raw and Smackdown.

2) Why is WWE so obsessed with Chris Jericho being on Raw? Especially given the fact that he has never been a proven draw in his entire tenure in WWE.

I don't think it's WWE being "obsessed with Chris Jericho being on Raw" but it's Chris Jericho being good enough to be on both Raw and Smackdown and also allow the tag titles to continue being in a major feud between 4 of the most successful superstars on either roster. Yeah sure Jericho could be used just as well on Smackdown, oh wait he's on that show too!

In response to me making my own 'bitch fest' about people bitching: I get sick and tired of hearing people bitch and moan about a product that is getting better and more entertaining, building more superstars and having better feuds.

 

[Kliq]

I can easily see DX dropping the titles to Jerishow next week. HBK has his mind focused on Undertaker and Bret, so it would make sense he wouldn't be 'all there' in his tag match. Orton is doing his Legacy/Kofi thing, Sheamus is in the world title picture, I would love Jericho to remain on Raw.

 

[dbrdss]

How can you say that Chris Jericho and Edge have been doing the same old shit for the past few years. How often have you seen live sex on RAW? Shawn Michael's wife getting punched in the face? Rey Mysterio getting unmasked? A superstar divorcing the GM and leaving her in tears? IT WAS ALL EDGE AND JERICHO. Yes they do get used a lot but the WWE dont have many other options unless they start pushing Legacy, Swagger etc. like they should. But with the shitty creative team you never know when that will happen.

Now it makes sense to me that Jericho would do anything to get back on RAW, not because he loves the brand, but because he can be with his "best friend" Big Show and to be Unified Tag Team Champions again.

I don't see how Jericho isnt helping out as tag champ. He helped Cryme Tyme, now we see them nearly every week. He helped push Legacy even though Creative f***** it up. And he even said that he wants to help the younger guys. Otherwise why do you think he was fueding with Cryme Tyme? Hate him if you want but leave him alone. He's only helping out. Jericho is a smart man and he thinks its best for him to be on RAW then its will probably turn out to be a good thing.

 

[Ytoojae]

Personally, I think it's hilarious that Sidious hands out warnings left and right for spamming when much of the original post was opinion without anything substantial behind it in his rant against Jericho. Why do you feel that he's overrated? What supports your opinion? Saying it alone is spam (as you've told me and others multiple times).

However, I'll address the issue here head on. Chris Jericho is needed on RAW because he gives it an edge that it currently lacks. How so? For much of the reasons that people have already mentioned. RAW would be stale DX jokes, Hornswoggle grating on everyone who isn't a child's nerves, often cheap humor from Chavo and Santino, mostly horrible uninterested guest hosts (the Nascar boys ring a bell, Kofi Johnson?) who don't know what they're doing (much of the time), SuperCena (which is as stale as anything in the WWE) and then constant replays because the writers are stuck for what to do (prime example being Little Peoples Court -- they spent much of two segments with it and then save the "evidence A" and "evidence B" replayed almost all of it later on in the show, wasting a good five to ten minutes that could have been better spent promoting somebody new or getting someone old more air time (such as Carlito who proved that he still has it on the mic against Cena last month).

Chris Jericho's character draws heat as well as anyone in the WWE. He constantly adds new words to his schtick even though the message may be the same. It is who and what his character is. If it was tiresome to the fans then they'd give him no heat not increased levels of it, which is plain to see to even the most casual viewer.

I am a fan of this conspiracy theory Jericho. What I personally would love to see is while the Rumble is geared towards Shawn Michaels need to win it so that he gets his rematch against the Undertaker having Bret Hart eliminate him (it takes care of the Bret Vs Shawn dynamic of his comeback rather nicely) and then having Jericho go on to win the Rumble as a surprise to the viewers.

Jericho then would go on to win the WWE Championship, likely from Triple H (who defeats Sheamus in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match) to return to RAW. (Cena likely takes the WHC from Batista at WM).

Only this furthers the character development for Jericho's conspiracy theory as the WWE would never have Cena leave RAW. The WWE hold the draft the following night. We get a promo at the start of the night from the new WWE Champion who is ecstatic at being the champion because it means that he's officially on RAW and that RAW is Jericho again.

Cena gets drafted back to RAW between the first and second hours of RAW with Jericho cutting a backstage promo saying that he's the WWE champion and that he's RAWs champion not Cena. He's not happy but he will defeat Cena and unify the titles just like he did in 2001 when he beat Stone Cold and The Rock on the same night.

However, it's a swerve all along. The final pick of the night goes to Smackdown. You guessed it, it's Jericho taking the WWE Championship back to Smackdown. RAW ends with Jericho pissed off in the ring.

When he's back on Smackdown he can build on the conspiracy theory angle but quickly begins the program that he and Edge wanted to work over the summer of 2010.

As for the tag-team championships I'd like to see DX drop the belts to the Hart Dynasty after some sort of disqualification (not so obvious) against JeriShow next week. You can either have DX drop the belts before Wrestlemania and go with the aforementioned Triple H Vs Jericho WWE Championship match and Michaels getting his rematch with the Undertaker or you can go ahead and have DX w/ VKM Vs The Hart Dynasty (inc. Bret). Either way, DX needs to be putting over the Hart Dynasty. If the belts go back to JeriShow then they need to put over either a face-turned Hart Dynasty or Cryme Tyme.

Either way, I think RAW is in need of Jericho through to Wrestlemania.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

In response to the first question, I find myself in an awkward position. On one hand, I've found Big Show and Jericho to have quite a few good comedy moments together and think that when they are together they have a good balance and compliment each other nicely. However, I'm failing to really care about whether they re-unite or if DX retain in all honesty as I would love to see the Hart Dynasty get a chance to have a run with the titles, and seeing as the road to WrestleMania is rolling again and there is talk of Michaels/Taker and Jericho/Edge (with any luck) this seems likes a prime time to give the belts to a younger team if members of both DX and *cringe* JeriShow are going to be flying solo. So in summary, whoever wins the belts, Hart Dynasty to get a push soon - if it's DX, there's that underlying Hart V Michaels thing, if it's Jericho and Big Show, Jericho's run on Raw ends and there's no getting out of it.

Onto the second question, which isn't entirely fairly pitched as you've fallen into the 'Rafa trap' (British football joke) and presented your opinion as a fact, the bit about Jericho never being a proven draw. Can this actually be proved? I can understand that in this era John Cena and DX are huge draws for the PG market, but to seemingly imply that Jericho is not a draw on his own is rather unfair I feel.

I think that Jericho's main appeal is that for all the times he insults the crowds, when he gets his comeuppance, it means something to the fans who have been talked down to by this pompous and cowardly character. As I said before, his comedic chemistry with Big Show is also just about pitch perfect and gives the older viewers something to laugh at rather than Hornswoggle and Chavo being embarassed all the time. Also, I think something to bear in mind is whilst Jericho has been away from SmackDown, Punk has found his feet on being a good heel, John Morrison has grown as a wrestler and as a character, and McIntyre has started to shine too so it's perhaps not such a desperate state of affairs on SmackDown as some people perceive.

 

[sevtrecie]

In my opinion wrestlers like Show, Jericho, HHH and Micheals works well only as single competitors. With the impending return od bret hart we can an epic re-push of stars for the road to wrestlemania. This can also lead to a re-oush in tag team comprtiton. with teams like Legacy, Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty,etc. The tag Team can be refreshed and exciting again for tthe new year. RAW IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE JERICHO.

 

[Zeven_Zion]

Hold the phone... Yes, WWE's Storylines make absolutely no sense and honestly I feel like they're insulting our intelligence that way.

However, I'm PERFECTLY okay with seeing Jericho on RAW. Sure, it makes no sense but I'd rather watch Jericho wrestle and put on great promos than see Hornswoggle wobble his way down the ring and do a crotch chop with his short flabby arms. I'd much rather see a Jericho segment than a Cena match/promo. Face it, Jericho is the most entertaining superstar in the WWE right now. I'm happy he's still on RAW to some extent.

 

[Motor City Jeezy]

I remember when Jericho was drafted to SmackDown. He told the hypocrites who pander to their favorite parasites that RAW was below him. Now all of a sudden he wants on RAW? It's absolutely ridiculous. Do the writers on WWE remember anything that happened earlier this year? JeriShow will lose next week, and hopefully Jericho will stop coming to RAW to whine and cry.

 

[Ryander88]

While creative/WWE are not handling keeping Jericho on RAW well, I believe the reason he is there is more for business reasons rather than creative reasons and that is simply because of the RAW Guest Host thing.

Think about it, Jericho is a more main stream celebrity than most others on WWE television. He appears regularly on VH1 Television and has the demeanor of a true professional; very different than what many 'celebrity' guest hosts would expect from a pro-wrassler.

Jericho won the tag titles and started appearing on RAW very close to the inception of the Guest Host concept and has worked on screen with nearly every Guest Host there has been. He represents the company and the sport well, why not keep him close to the outsiders who already think the WWE is beneath them?

 

[FreezeIzGAWD]

Okay first off 2 the ppl who say th@ it doesn't make since th@ Jericho is trying 2 get back on RAW well here is the reason... HUMAN NATURE! He didn't mind LEAVING RAW! WHAT HE HATES IS GETTING THROWN OFF OF RAW! It's HUMAN NATURE! U don't care about dumping your girl friend but U hate it when she starts dating Ur cousin! WTF? U hate your job UNTIL U GET FIRED! Who wants 2 lose their job? Leaving by choice is one thing... GETTING PUT OUT OF A PLACE IS ANOTHER! TH@S Y HE WANTS BACK.. BECUZ HE IS BEING TOLD NO! It;s the way of the world! Now honestly they shoould have Jericho on both shows... HE IS OONE OF THE TOP CHARACTERS IN WRESTLING! Honestly he ORTON and SANTINO yes SANTINO R GREAT CHARACTERS! Admit it U were rollin when he was trying 2 get his petition signed! IT WAS A RIOT! U knew no one would sign so it made if HILL AIR EE OUS! JERICHO KNOWS HOW 2 WORK A CROWD LIKE FEW OTHERS AND HE DESERVES TO BE A MAIN EVENTER ON EVERY SHOW!!!

 

[The Ultimate]

I really don't like the fact that Jericho wants to go back to RAW, right now he is on the Smackdown brand, and that is where is supposed to be. What is really making me is angry is the fact that they are actually having a (somewhat) of a title vs career match next week. When they are advertising it, the voice in the backround of the commercial says the title changes hands our Jericho will be banished from RAW forever....oooooohhhhh!!

Ummm...news flash he is not even supposed to be on RAW in the first place, he should be having feuds on Smackdown. Not that I hate him or anything, it's just i don't like the way he is being used... WWE can be really stupid sometimes....

 

[Motor City Jeezy]

What is really making me is angry is the fact that they are actually having a (somewhat) of a title vs career match next week. When they are advertising it, the voice in the backround of the commercial says the title changes hands our Jericho will be banished from RAW forever....oooooohhhhh!!

I think you hit on something that really irritates me about the entire Chris Jericho situation. Jericho won't be "banished". He's just agreed to stop trying to participate on RAW. The WWE Draft is only months away, and he could end up back on RAW in that time frame. I wish they'd stop advertising it as a banishing.

 

[Cartoon2]

First of all, I dont expect Jeri-Show to win the titles next week, but creative could pull a swerve, which would make D-X look weak. But to get back on topic, Jericho really should stay on Smackdown. Obviously their main event level isn't even close to Raw's, with the new stars and old, even ones that are still surprisingly there (*cough*Triple H*cough*). Until Edge gets back, you basically have 3 main eventers. The Undertaker, Batista, and Rey, PLUS CM Punk if they bring him back up. Smackdown needs the "power" Jericho has, at least until Edge comes back.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Okay first off 2 the ppl who say th@ it doesn't make since th@ Jericho is trying 2 get back on RAW well here is the reason... HUMAN NATURE! He didn't mind LEAVING RAW! WHAT HE HATES IS GETTING THROWN OFF OF RAW! It's HUMAN NATURE! U don't care about dumping your girl friend but U hate it when she starts dating Ur cousin! WTF? U hate your job UNTIL U GET FIRED! Who wants 2 lose their job? Leaving by choice is one thing... GETTING PUT OUT OF A PLACE IS ANOTHER! TH@S Y HE WANTS BACK.. BECUZ HE IS BEING TOLD NO! It;s the way of the world! Now honestly they shoould have Jericho on both shows... HE IS OONE OF THE TOP CHARACTERS IN WRESTLING! Honestly he ORTON and SANTINO yes SANTINO R GREAT CHARACTERS! Admit it U were rollin when he was trying 2 get his petition signed! IT WAS A RIOT! U knew no one would sign so it made if HILL AIR EE OUS! JERICHO KNOWS HOW 2 WORK A CROWD LIKE FEW OTHERS AND HE DESERVES TO BE A MAIN EVENTER ON EVERY SHOW!!!

I don't know if you watched much WWE this year but Jericho is a Smackdown superstar. When he won the unified tag team titles, he could appear on all three shows even though he and Big Show never appeared on RAW. When they lost the titles at TLC and were granted a rematch. If Jerishow lost that rematch, Jericho will have to go back to Smackdown. They lost their rematch and there's no reason for them to get another shot. That is the main problem of the WWE and their short memory of storylines these days.

Remember that Jericho is a Smackdown superstar.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Personally, I think it's hilarious that Sidious hands out warnings left and right for spamming when much of the original post was opinion without anything substantial behind it in his rant against Jericho. Why do you feel that he's overrated? What supports your opinion? Saying it alone is spam (as you've told me and others multiple times).

However, I'll address the issue here head on. Chris Jericho is needed on RAW because he gives it an edge that it currently lacks. How so? For much of the reasons that people have already mentioned. RAW would be stale DX jokes, Hornswoggle grating on everyone who isn't a child's nerves, often cheap humor from Chavo and Santino, mostly horrible uninterested guest hosts (the Nascar boys ring a bell, Kofi Johnson?) who don't know what they're doing (much of the time), SuperCena (which is as stale as anything in the WWE) and then constant replays because the writers are stuck for what to do (prime example being Little Peoples Court -- they spent much of two segments with it and then save the "evidence A" and "evidence B" replayed almost all of it later on in the show, wasting a good five to ten minutes that could have been better spent promoting somebody new or getting someone old more air time (such as Carlito who proved that he still has it on the mic against Cena last month).

Chris Jericho's character draws heat as well as anyone in the WWE. He constantly adds new words to his schtick even though the message may be the same. It is who and what his character is. If it was tiresome to the fans then they'd give him no heat not increased levels of it, which is plain to see to even the most casual viewer.

I am a fan of this conspiracy theory Jericho. What I personally would love to see is while the Rumble is geared towards Shawn Michaels need to win it so that he gets his rematch against the Undertaker having Bret Hart eliminate him (it takes care of the Bret Vs Shawn dynamic of his comeback rather nicely) and then having Jericho go on to win the Rumble as a surprise to the viewers.

Jericho then would go on to win the WWE Championship, likely from Triple H (who defeats Sheamus in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match) to return to RAW. (Cena likely takes the WHC from Batista at WM).

Only this furthers the character development for Jericho's conspiracy theory as the WWE would never have Cena leave RAW. The WWE hold the draft the following night. We get a promo at the start of the night from the new WWE Champion who is ecstatic at being the champion because it means that he's officially on RAW and that RAW is Jericho again.

Cena gets drafted back to RAW between the first and second hours of RAW with Jericho cutting a backstage promo saying that he's the WWE champion and that he's RAWs champion not Cena. He's not happy but he will defeat Cena and unify the titles just like he did in 2001 when he beat Stone Cold and The Rock on the same night.

However, it's a swerve all along. The final pick of the night goes to Smackdown. You guessed it, it's Jericho taking the WWE Championship back to Smackdown. RAW ends with Jericho pissed off in the ring.

When he's back on Smackdown he can build on the conspiracy theory angle but quickly begins the program that he and Edge wanted to work over the summer of 2010.

As for the tag-team championships I'd like to see DX drop the belts to the Hart Dynasty after some sort of disqualification (not so obvious) against JeriShow next week. You can either have DX drop the belts before Wrestlemania and go with the aforementioned Triple H Vs Jericho WWE Championship match and Michaels getting his rematch with the Undertaker or you can go ahead and have DX w/ VKM Vs The Hart Dynasty (inc. Bret). Either way, DX needs to be putting over the Hart Dynasty. If the belts go back to JeriShow then they need to put over either a face-turned Hart Dynasty or Cryme Tyme.

Either way, I think RAW is in need of Jericho through to Wrestlemania.

Have you heard Jericho the past year and a half. He's been stale and boring especially this whole with the same old promos using the same old words and all that stuff. He hasn't added anything to RAW this year and things wouldn't be any different if he was on RAW. We would still hear the same tired promos week in and week out. He's much more needed on Smackdown where he was having great matches almost every week.

 

[JeffreyNeroHardy]

I think this is all fitting in pretty nicely actually,
with JeriShow getting their titles back,
it would let HHH back into the title/main event scene,
Micheals can do what he wants with The Undertaker/Hart/Vince,
and when JeriShow are high and reigning as champions,
defending their titles, Edges theme music goes off, and the crowd goes wild,
because for some strange reason, everyone would like him now that
Jericho is an asshole.

 

[worldchamp101]

It could be a possibility that Bret Hart as the guest host would make the tag team title match a triple threat by adding the Hart Dynasty. The team to pick up the first submission/pinfall would get the WWE Tag Team Championship while the team to get the second pinfall/submission would get the World Tag Team Championship. The Hart Dynasty would leave Raw with the WWE Tag Team Championship while DX manages to keep the World Tag Team Championship. Since Jerishow got nothing, Chris is stuck on Smackdown and Micheals would start a fued with Bret Hart being all mad that he and Triple H are no longer the Undisputed Tag Team Champions. how does that sound?

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

It could be a possibility that Bret Hart as the guest host would make the tag team title match a triple threat by adding the Hart Dynasty. The team to pick up the first submission/pinfall would get the WWE Tag Team Championship while the team to get the second pinfall/submission would get the World Tag Team Championship. The Hart Dynasty would leave Raw with the WWE Tag Team Championship while DX manages to keep the World Tag Team Championship. Since Jerishow got nothing, Chris is stuck on Smackdown and Micheals would start a fued with Bret Hart being all mad that he and Triple H are no longer the Undisputed Tag Team Champions. how does that sound?

That would not work because it is the Unified Tag Team Titles. They are not going to split them up into two separate titles anytime soon because there are not enough tag teams to do so. I anticipate Jerishow losing so DX can go on to feud with Legacy or the Hart Dynasty and Jericho can go back to Smackdown where he belongs.

 

[Stress]

This is simple... and I have said it time and time again;

Raw needs Jericho.

He really is the best in the world at what he does, and that is... evoke reaction. Anyone in this thread would be lying to say that they do not feel one way or the other about Chris Jericho. He is the best "actual wrestler" on WWE's "flagship" show, because the majority of great WWE wrestlers are on Smackdown.

Raw Is Jericho.

Always has been, always will be.

 

[Twanfusco]

Because who's gonna make him go to smackdown, there isn't a permanent gm to stop him coming to raw so it makes sense that he would keep trying and trying to stay on the show he wants to be on, it fits with his character. His character takes on a real life persona and has many dimensions unlike most wwe characters. He craves to be the best and to rub it in so being on raw according to his thinking is the place to do that. From a writers standpoint his interactions with the guest hosts are entertaining and it keeps heat on Jericho seeing him on raw every week when he's not supposed to be. Personally I think he has to get traded to raw and they don't keep this up for too much longer but wouldn't it be great if he had a match at wrestlemania that allowed him to join raw only to be traded a week or so later in the annual draft back to smackdown? Haha

 

[Razor]

Hey guys, remember the whole "heel" dynamic? I'll give you a hint; they usually don't respect the rules.

Jericho has been banned from Raw, sure. But why would that stop him from being on Raw? If Jericho wants to be on Raw, and he's a heel, he's going to be on Raw anyway. It's the whole "I'll do what I want" heel mentality.

Also, you know how much he must be hated right now? Seriously. He is a heel who keeps fucking up DX's day, and he shouldn't be because he isn't even allowed on the show! He's like a villain who just won't die.

..And there you have it, Heel 101 with Razor. Hey, you 70+ guests who are reading this thread. How about signing up and posting your own opinion?

 

[Pickle]

The real question isn't why do they keep doing the same thing each week. The answer to that is obvious: there are very few top level heels that people care about. On Raw there is Orton. That's it. Show and Sheamus are there, and they are heels, but no one cares. On the face side of things we have the three of the four biggest names in the company with only one heel that is on their level. Raw needs Jericho, so they can't make him leave. But the fans hate him, and so seeing him banned for 5 or 6 weeks in a row ensures a feel good moment that will make the fans tune in next week.


The real question is: where is the logic behind this whole thing? If Jericho had lost 3 matches in a row to DX, leading to his banning, then why would he ask for another match with DX? If he was in cahoots with the GM, and thought he was in his ear, he wouldn't arrange a stip match with DX. He'd make Tyson set up a singles match against Evan Bourne, that if he won would let him go on any show he wanted. The way things unfolded last night was just stupid and illogical.

 

[THTRobtaylor]

It works because of Jericho, his persona and push is such that he insists he is the rule, not the exception... of course he is the exception...

Remember he is stating he deserves to go on any show he chooses, when he chooses...

Jericho is the test for the end of the Brand Extension... If he is over (face or heel) on 2 or all 3 shows... it proves others can be and the extension is no longer needed... if not... It's a novel angle that keeps Chris in his rightful position, in the top 5 of WWE.

 

[Harrison101]

Let's be honest here Jericho's being very monotone here right now. And he's playing the heel rather badly right now due to his repetitive promos and the gimmick of him gatecrashing RAW. I think he'd be a nice permanent addition, but whether's really needed is debatable. Wherever he is, he'll be one of the best and biggest draws in the WWE, so I don't think it really matters where he is.

I don't think the crowd like it though. When Jericho lost last week, the crowd was dead, I mean, they weren't buying his reaction at all, and I don't blame them for the WWE trying to pull wool over their eyes. They need to make a decision on this once and for all, and fast if you ask me.