Should Chris Jericho Have Beaten John Cena At Survivor Series 2008?

[Ferbian]

Let's look back to the year 2008. Chris Jericho was world heavyweight champion after winning the belt in a 6 man scramble match. He had an amazing end of the year where Chris defeated Shawn Michaels on numerous occasions, as well as defeated Batista to regain his world heavyweight championship only a week after loosing it.

Overall you could say Chris Jericho was on the roll of his life. He had been booked like a good champion who truly lived up to the hype he gave himself of being the best in the world at what he does.

However, that was until John Cena was set to make his return at Survivor Series 2008. Only months after having been injured and had neck surgery. As we all know John Cena won the match and became World Heavyweight Champion.

Now, this brings me to wonder. Was it a wrong thing to let John go over Jericho? Jericho was at a point where he could've easily run with the belt a little longer. Hell Jericho and Cena could've probably easily continued their feud longer than Armageddon.

Also, it doesn't exactly help the case with the fact that John Cena had been injured and out of action, an instantly returning world title to me just wasn't the right choice. John could've easily continued to challenge for the belt letting Jericho at least defeat Cena just once or twice on Pay Per View.

So.. Should Jericho have retained at Survivor Series 2008? Or did WWE make the right move?

 

[JBK2008]

It was Cena's "big return from injury" you could say, but Chris Jericho was on a hell of a run and there was no point to putting the belt on him if it was to just slap it on Cena again a few weeks later. Batista had a 2 week run with it, and it went back to Jericho. I'm assuming that happened because Batista didn't want to lay down for Cena or something and management knew Jericho would do it no problem.

From his return in 07, his short face run, and back to the heel Jericho we all love, the guy was on fire and he got stalled because of a returning Cena. It was awful, especially when you consider Jericho is one of the top wrestlers in the world and he's jobbing just so the kids can be happy. I'm okay with Cena getting a title shot as soon as he returns, because lets face it, he's the cash cow and it's just going to happen, but Jericho retaining and making Cena chase it would've made more sense and made the program worth just a little more. Chris Jericho should've beaten John Cena...cleanly.

 

[Ming]

Well yes very much so if Jericho beat Cena at Survivor Series and beat him in the overall feud his title reign would've been one of the best that RAW have ever seen but I guess that WWE just wanted Cena's comeback to be the best it possibly could be and yet again make Cena seem invincible.

 

[Slowdude]

I never understood why Cena got the match in the first place. He wasn't near the title picture when he was injured, came back and was just given a title shot. From that point it was quite clear Cena was winning. I don't think Cena's win would of been so "Why does he get given the title for returning from an injury" if Jericho hadn't just lost and rewon the title.

If Batista's pointless reign didn't happen and Jericho just got the full 3 month reign then I really wouldn't of cared if Cena returned and won the title. On the other hand since Jericho had just only won the title back it felt kind of stupid that he had to go drop it to Cena. Couldn't they have let Batista hold onto it till Survivor Series and done Cena vs Batista #2 there. A triple threat to follow at Armageddon.

The main problem, the lack of build. Stephanie just showed up and said "Cena has a title shot because he is returning" and that was pretty much it thus meaning the actual title win had no drama as it was like, so what? he won title who cares? If they had Jericho insult Cena throughout his reign even during the ending days of his feud with Michaels. Maybe Batista title win could of been something like Batista saying he is better then Cena as he beat him. then Jericho beating Batista could of had Jericho saying he is the shit which then would end with Cena beating Jericho.

Jericho should of retained earlier in the night, Jeff Harvey should of beat HHH clean one on one for the title to close the show. Would of made Survivor Series go from the worst ppv of 2008 to well it wouldn't of been the worst.

 

[Narsat]

If I remember correctly Jericho was leaving WWE at the time to pursue his music career with Fozzy...I could be mistaken but if that was the case then no, Cena should have definitely gone over Jericho.

 

[Oppurtunist]

If I remember correctly Jericho was leaving WWE at the time to pursue his music career with Fozzy...I could be mistaken but if that was the case then no, Cena should have definitely gone over Jericho.

that was in 2005, cena, as wwe champ, defeated jericho in a looser leaves the town match. We're talking about Survivor Series 2008, where cena was returning and beat jericho for the title

OT: Cena shouldn't get the win. I'd let Cena win at armageddon, make jericho use his rematch clause next raw, loose, and then cena could have a match with JBL. But WWE needed their superman to win against, well, the guy that was in his top at the time...

 

[DanTheCenaFan]

I agree that Cena should have won. Not because I'm a Cena fan, but because it was the only choice WWE could make. If Cena would have lost, think about his return to RAW the next night. It would be just awkward. Plus, when people say that Cena wasn't close to the title picture, he was supposed to get a shot at Unforgiven, but he got injured. So that was a good reason to put the belt on him.

 

[Genesis]

Jericho should have retained. I mean WWE should have built him up as a stronger threat to Cena, plus Cena winning the title right after his injury makes it unrealistic as well. Jericho should have gotten his first victory against John Cena :/

 

[El Rev sXe]

I agree Ferb, Jericho should have retained. See this is why I hate Cena, he came out of nowhere and gained the title. This way we could've had a great match at RR with a good build up. Cena vs JBL? AGAIN JBL LOSE!!! Yeah it wasn't at all a great match, Cena could've had a little but good rivalry with Y2J. And Y2J could've look as an strong heel CHAMPION, not only heel.