Will Jericho turn face again soon?

[hArdyPUNKmArk]

Honestly... No, i dont think so but was interested in what you guys thought about this.

We all know Y2J can play both face and heel pretty damn good but he is so cemented as one of the top heels on Raw, if not the TOP.

Jericho is awesome and one of my most favourite wrestlers and i was wondering when we might see a face Jericho again but I'm pretty sure it will probably be a fair while before we see it.

Thoughts...?

 

[NSL]

I don't see it happening. Jericho has always been at the top of his game as a heel. He ives better promos, and wrestles his matches better all around.

Yes, his promos as a face, bashing Stephanie, were classic. But, you can't say they were better than his promos in his most recent feud with Michaels, or better than his promos in WCW as Lionheart Chris Jericho.

He is a phenomenal athlete, and needs to be iven full control of the ring for his offense to work. This means using the standard heel tactics of fighting outside, and using the ropes for leverage.

If he does turn face again, it won't be soon, as he seems to be continuing his heel angle until at least Wrestlemania. Maybe after the summer, when Batista has returned and is healthy, they'll let him turn face and feud with whoever is the 2nd, or 3rd, best heel is on RAW, but it won't be before then.

 

[avi01]

He is good at both of it. I really liked him back in the days in 2000-2001 when he was a face ...he was great BUT I take a heeled Y2J any day.

 

[FiveTymeWCWChamp]

Y2J is today's best heel...And that's the bottom line. He can cut a promo like none other. He can carry a match against raw's top faces in Cena and Batista (2 average wrestlers with main event pushes?)

 

[shafe_41]

I'm going to go against the group here and say that I think he will turn face again soon. By soon, I'd say definately before the end of the year. Y2J's competition on Raw is wearing a little thin. I mean how many faces do we really have on Raw that Y2J hasn't already gone through? We've already seen Cena and Jericho multiple times and we've had the long program with him and HBK. Unless you knock him down to mid-card hell, Jericho doesn't have many people left to run a program with since he's consistantly headlining Raw. Do you really want to see Jericho vs. Mysterio? No. Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston? Perhaps. I don't think Kofi is in Jericho's league yet or at the point where a decent fued with Jericho would put Kofi over. Kofi needs time. Personally, I believe if Jericho stays on Raw, there's going to be a face turn. He may remain heel until after Mania/Draft Time, but I see a Jericho face turn. I mean look already, they were driving Mickey Rourke and now Flair down our throats for a WM match/feud/skit/whatever. There's nothing left for Jericho to accomplish on Raw.

Case and point. Jericho stays on Raw, he turns face. Jericho goes to Smackdown, he could remain heel. Only time will tell.

 

[Miko]

Jericho said in an interview recently that a face turn is probably coming for him, so I am gonna guess that he will. Not to mention that it is beyond obvious that he'll take the Shawn Michaels role once he retires and in order to do that effectively he needs to be a face really.

So yeah Jericho will turn eventually as I would say he's going to end his career that way. Not to mention that as good a heel he is he was at the top of his game as a face back in 2000/2001 and has always worked better as a face in my opinion.

 

[Undisputed Y2M]

i agree, his best times were back in 2000 -01, after a possible toggle with Flair at mania theres nothing else for Jericho to do. Randy Orton is leading the heel side on RAW with legacy making Jericho just look like a card filler. The way i see it going down is Jericho becoming face after mania (reason being the match with flair causes him to see the "error of his ways") then since there has been speculation; i believe Batista will turn heel shortly after his return, not right away but shortly after. With every face turn you need a matching heel turn!!

 

[Hacksaw Highway]

Jericho is pretty phenominal wrestler as either a face or heel, but he's probably needed more as a heel right now. Cena, Rey, Punk, now Kane apparently, and Batista whenever he returns, are all top faces right now, but for main event heels theres just Orton, Jericho, and then the next big heel is Knox.

 

[Krush]

Chris Jericho is one of the top heels in the industry today, behing Legacy. I dont really see him turning face this year. WWE really needs a couple of top heel guys and taking jericho out would not be right, right now. If he stays later on down the road, I can see him turning face again, as long as there is another top heel right behind him.

 

[klunderbunker]

It could work if the timing is right. I've been sayign for weeks that Raw desperately needs faces. There's Cena and then who's next, Rey and Kofi? Making Jericho a face would allow Punk and Kofi to be seasoned more by dominating the midcard and then being thrown into the main event every now and then until they're ready, which in Kofi's case could take a long time. Jericho making the turn could be just what Raw needs. He's a solid worker and could feud with Knox or Kane to give them something to do other than torture Rey all the time. Come up with a good angle and all will be forgiven.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

Honestly, I hope not. Chris Jericho isn't good as a face. He can only get over being a face, by still acting cocky and arragant toward heels in a heelish manner himself. That's not a face, that's a heel who's being cheered. (which is a whole seperate issue on how bad he is as a face)

The fact is, Jericho never even got over until he began throwing tantrums in W.C.W. since then, he's soared. He's a great heel, and has the attitude, arragance, and prick-like nature to pull it all off. If they turn him face, he'll get lost (again) in the shuffle of the mid-card, because he's not a good face.

Christian being face works more than Jericho being heel, in that aspect of a possible reason to turn Jericho face. Furthermore, there isn't really anyone that's a heel, outside of Edge or possibly Orton, that Jericho could feud with as a face, yet act cocky toward. So it's a massive failure waiting to happen.

 

[OIL]

I doubt he will. Simply put, he's a quality heel. I mean, look to his recent fueds and the effectiveness of him as a heel and you wouldn't dream of making him a face now. Jericho wasn't the best face to begin with anyway, and since he works better as a heel there is no need to change that. Sure, down the line a face turn should be done, because him just being heel the entire time would become tiresome, and quite frankly boring, UNLESS they provide enough quality storylines to keep it interesting.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

I'll have to agree with most people here and say that Jericho won't be turning face in the near future. Furthermore, given his angle with Shawn Michaels this past year, I don't see how he could ever be a face again. This is not to say that Jericho will never be able to turn face because fans will never forgive him for what he did to Michaels. Rather, this is to say that his angle with Michaels showed that he has entered a new stage in his life that is playing out brilliantly on screen.

As Will above me said, as a face, Jericho was a cocky and arrogant prankster who swayed the audience in his favor by making fun of his opponents/antagonists (with his biggest antagonist throughout the years being, in my opinion, Stephanie McMahon). However, Jericho is now 38 and, as his return has shown, he has matured beyond such behavior and tactics. He is now a wrestler with a sophisticated vocabulary who calls out the audience on their fickle nature. And, I for one think he plays his new role brilliantly. Thus, I think WWE will keep Jericho as he is and find people for him to feud with that play well off his personality until he is ready to retire for good in about 3 or so more years.

 

[LigerBomb]

When you're lucky enough to have a talent like Jericho who i believe can excel as either heel or face when booked appropriately, it becomes more an issue of needs based role filling. Currently, assuming he stays on RAW I think Jericho may stay heel for a little while longer. As I always feared, Jericho was more of a place holder "top heel" until Orton came back. Now were Orton a solo act, perhaps there would be cause for Jericho to remain heel, but since Legacy is also around likewise trying to heel it up, I think Jericho isn't being utilized well as a heel and consequently appears to be getting lost in the shuffle. There was a glimmer of hope recently when he seemed to interfere with the McMahons, but Randy has quicky usurped said involvement.
In fact to forward my assertion of creative's wanderlust for Jericho's character just look and see what his current role is for the 25th edition of Wrestlemania, or should I say lack of one. Granted there's still 2 months of build up to go, but IMO plot lines should have solid, long established feuds and story lines, for a proper blowoff to be achieved at WM25. Sadly Heel Jericho is currently in limbo and will remain so at least up until WM25, where he hopefully will have a well conceived, established, and executed storyline/match. Afterwords there may be a need for Jericho to be a face. However as with anything wrestling, if for whatever reason another entertainer gets injured or can't perform their necessary role as a heel, Jericho may be asked to act a supplemental or additional heel character to aid in getting babyfaces over with crowds.

 

[CJGV1]

personally where i dont really see any midcarders that can ligitimately step up at the mo i think we may b looking at jericho winning mitb at wm25. him or christian i expect. that being said outside of legacy who else is a major heel on raw? jbl? ha the guy is an out of shape overpushed joke that isnt anywhere near the caliber of jericho.

 

[hotwater10]

I liked his character more as a face. The feud with JBL was way underrated. His push with RKO for the belt keep me on his side. I mean c'mon doesn't Raw have to many heels? Orton, JBL, Kane, Mizorrison, Priceless, and know with Batista out of 'Mania I think there are going to need more Faces in WM. So in my opinion Do it soon.

 

["Cool Guy" Jensen]

I always felt that Chris Jericho is a lot better in the ring as a face, but from reading this thread, I see that most people feel the opposite. I think that it is very unlikely for Jericho to turn face any time soon. Randy Orton is RAW's top heel, despite getting so many cheers, so RAW really needs another heel that could take over if WWE turns Orton face.
So many people are saying that Jericho can't be a face now, because of the stuff that he was doing previously as a face. You say that Jericho was a type of an antagonizing face that teased and insulted heels. Who says that Jericho can't do well as a face by trying something new? The problem is that too many people on here are comparing his past face runs to a face run that he could have in the future. It doesn't have to be that hard.

If they keep Chris Jericho on RAW and run out of fresh feuds for him, then a face turn could possibly be right around the corner. But after the things that he's said to the fans in his 8+ month heel run, I think it would be very hard to turn him face in one episode... it would probably take a while. The best thing would be for him to draft to SD! and then he could stay in the main event and feud with the likes of Edge, Triple H, Big Show, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Umaga, Kozlov, and anyone else who comes over from RAW or ECW. He could work those feuds being a face or a heel.