This Jericho angle has me interested enough to finally post here, after months of lurking.
I think the best way for WWE to use this current angle would be to have Jericho have a gauntlet match against any WWE Hall-of-Famer or Old-timer who "wants one more go in the spotlight".
It would be amazing. Jericho could leave a wake of bodies in his path, Hacksaw, Snuka, Steamboat, Piper, hell, throw a Bushwhacker in there for good measure. All of them, getting destroyed, Jericho not breaking a sweat, codebreakers, walls of Jericho everywhere. Then WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Flair's music hits, Jericho gets a huge grin on his face...this is who he wanted from the get go. Flair comes to the top of the ramp, in his suit. He cuts a nice promo and says that he doesn't need to get back in the ring again to prove himself to Jericho, he's retired, and he's staying that way. But he knows someone who might have one more match in him.
Then, the glass shatters, JR freaks out, Austin is here, Jericho is beside himself. Austin comes into the ring and obviously destroys Jericho, beers, you know the deal. Then Mickey Rourke comes into the ring, invited by Austin. They share some beers, celebrate, pose, and then Austin gives Rourke the stunner, the two finger salute and drinks more beers as Houston is in an uproar.
Tell me that isn't the best possible payoff to this angle.
I didn't have a chance to read every past post, so if someone mentioned something similar, my bad.