WM 29: Chris Jericho vs. Fandango

[justinsayne]

This seems like such a waste of Jericho's services, the guy is only back for a limited amount of time use him to put over guys that have a least been around 6 months & show signs of getting over. Jericho could've had a great match with guys like Barrett, Cesaro, Rhodes, Sandow, or even Kofi, all of whom are far more deserving of a win over Jericho at WM than this fuckstick who's barely been around a fucking month, & has yet to really do anything at all.

 

[MCMG]

The Fandango gimmick is working. I think he is getting a reaction and is fairly entertaining. I think it is almost certain that Jericho looses. He will gladly put Fandango over on the biggest night of the year. I've not seen a lot of Fandango but i'm sure they wouldn't put him on the card with Y2J if he couldn't put on a great match.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Like the character, but for fuck sake, he debuted like three weeks ago.

Yes, he debuted.....but he hasn't even wrestled yet. If we go strictly by the storyline, we don't even know if he's a competent ring performer. Yet, here he is, wrestling a legend on the biggest stage pro wrestling has to offer. They've timed this guy's program all wrong. They should have started him sooner and allowed him to wrestle a few matches.

As for Jericho, his admittedly brief run this time with WWE has taken the drama out of his character. Creative hasn't put him in a feud since his expected departure interferes with it. Instead, he's jobbing, for fuck's sake (Take that, NorCal ).

Last time, Y2J was around long for an interesting feud with C.M. Punk. This time, he's taking on Fandango at Wrestlemania.

You tell me.

 

[The Crock]

I'm perfectly fine with this match, though I seem to be in the minority. I'm happy to see WWE investing heavily in another fresh character -- they're giving Fandango one hell of a chance to shine in his debut here. Fandango's become a pretty good heel -- he gets consistent heat -- and facing Jericho gives him a solid hand to work with (a notable name), creating the perception that Fandango isn't just any bum who's trying to debut. I think he'll beat Jericho here, it won't be clean, but I wouldn't really get the whole build if they just up and decided to job him out to Jericho. At this stage in his career, the loss does nothing to Jericho anyway. He can lose, come back in a few months, and go right back to feuding with anybody on the roster.

 

[MaverickMeyer]

If any of you watched NXT 5, you know how good Curtis can be, both in the ring and on the mic/in segments. Fandango can be a player. I look at him almost as a young Triple H. As Fandango, could he be WWE Champ? No. But as Johnny Curtis he most definitely could, just like Trips, from Hunter Hearst Helmsley to HHH. What a way to debut a future heavy hitter than having him beat a future HOF'er in his first match at WrestleMania. It's epic really, and I expect it to be a great match.

 

[MaverickMeyer]

To add on to my last post, if Fandango loses to Jericho, no one will care about him. He's already gotten "You can't wrestle' chants. However, if he wins, he's an instant star.

 

[Ellye]

I see a lot of potential in Fandango and look forward to see him as an entertaining heel. Getting a win on a Wrestlemania debut over Jericho would be quite the kickstart to his career. And, as already mentioned, Curtis is a pretty good wrestler, so I see no reason to worry about the quality of the WM match.

My only real concern is that the WWE midcard feels a bit crowded already. Hopefully that's a sign that at least some of the current midcarders will be "promoted" to main eventers.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

To add on to my last post, if Fandango loses to Jericho, no one will care about him. He's already gotten "You can't wrestle' chants. However, if he wins, he's an instant star.

People love Jericho, but no. First off, Fandango has to follow up properly. Second, since Jericho came back last year, and including this year's run, EVERY match he's ever been in has been predictable. He's so willing to put people over that you know exactly what matches he's going to win or lose. The only one I've predicted wrong is his PPV match against Ziggler. But even then he lost to Ziggler the next night and left.

I'm not saying Jericho should win this match, I'm just saying beating him doesn't do as much as you think it would. With Jericho supposedly staying for a littler longer, they might keep this feud going beyond WM29, where Jericho may eventually come out on top. As of now, I see Fandango winning.

 

[Roskell]

I agree, the booking of Jericho has been predictable which points towards him putting another Superstar over. In recent weeks WWE has given him some creditable clean wins (Ziggler, Barrett etc), but it screams of desperation to make Jericho a force before WM to me, as particularly last month Jericho was losing to everyone (Including 2 back to back losses to Swagger). The booking of this feud is that Fandango is wining the physical battle, with a number of beat downs which normally leads to the babyface revenge when they finally meet in the ring. However if Jericho is leaving after WM (Rumor) then it makes no sense for Jericho to win, but if he loses and leaves then this would of been a squash feud, due to the fact apart from some silly jokes about his name then Jericho would have never had the upper hand in this feud at any point. Also I’m not sure they are going to have much time in the ring at WM to ‘tell a story’. So I really can’t see the benefit in either of them winning if the goal is to put over Fandango...UNLESS Jericho is sticking around and this is not the end of this feud.

For me the feud is playing out for a Jericho win, which I can only hope that it means Jericho is sticking around after WM to continue.

 

[A11oftheLights]

Everyone on here is either a jericho mark that wants him to win titles on his returns while the others are marks for jericho because he puts talent over the others are jericho marks that want to see him win so they try to convince the IWC that jgericho putting you over is worthless. Personally Jericho is charasmatic and just being in a decent fued where fandango holds his own should be enough to get him over. Fandango holding up signs rating jerichos moves like a dance judge is not a good fued that beat down would have been had it not followed jericho being judged by fandango

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

I agree, the booking of Jericho has been predictable which points towards him putting another Superstar over. In recent weeks WWE has given him some creditable clean wins (Ziggler, Barrett etc), but it screams of desperation to make Jericho a force before WM to me, as particularly last month Jericho was losing to everyone (Including 2 back to back losses to Swagger). The booking of this feud is that Fandango is wining the physical battle, with a number of beat downs which normally leads to the babyface revenge when they finally meet in the ring. However if Jericho is leaving after WM (Rumor) then it makes no sense for Jericho to win, but if he loses and leaves then this would of been a squash feud, due to the fact apart from some silly jokes about his name then Jericho would have never had the upper hand in this feud at any point. Also I’m not sure they are going to have much time in the ring at WM to ‘tell a story’. So I really can’t see the benefit in either of them winning if the goal is to put over Fandango...UNLESS Jericho is sticking around and this is not the end of this feud.

For me the feud is playing out for a Jericho win, which I can only hope that it means Jericho is sticking around after WM to continue.

Supposedly, if you believe "reports," Jericho is sticking around awhile longer. So him winning wouldn't be a huge deal as long as Fandango still looks alright. I still have a hard time believing Jericho will win.

 

[Shocky]

I would love for this match to get bumped from the card. Fandango trolling the Mania crowd would be great, and the WWE would have it's reason to free up time. However, we are at payoff time. Admittedly, I don't know much about Johnny Curtis, so my curiosity is getting the better of me.

I do love the "Jericho is coming back to help out the young guys" crap that is getting thrown out there. Yes, Jericho is "giving back", but I'm sure it has less to do with that, and more to do with that nice little Mania payday he'll be getting.

My Pick: Fandango. I honestly don't know what to expect from this match. The Fandango characters has definitely got me interested, and I think it has a ton of potential.

 

[Dagger Dias]

I'm not expecting too much out of this match. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Fandango (kayfabe) refuses to work the match if his name is not pornounced corrctly by the ring announcer. I'm only interested in the match due to Jericho's involvement. It's an opportunity for Fangango to showcase what he can do and attempt to make fans look past this silly gimmick. It will probably go on in between two of the more important matches to give the fans a bit of a break. I could see it going on toward the end for that reason.

Fandango obviously needs the win more than Chris Jericho does.... I don't see it happening though. He only just recently started this gimmick and other than his short lived puns character that cried over spilled milk, he has not had much experience on the main roster. A win would be huge, I just don't see it happening. Jericho will get a good match out of Fandango and ultimately leave as the winner in the end. There's not much of a reason to continue the feud, either. I see them both moving on to random filler feuds after this match. Maybe Fandango will form a tag team with R-Truth, he never did get that title shot at the giant pennies he was supposed to get. Some of us still remember that, Vince! No rematch is necessary unless for some reason it steals the show and I highly doubt that is going to happen.

DAGGER'S PREDICTION
Chris Jericho will defeat Fandango.

 

[The Eighties]

I'd rather Jericho was wrestling Cesaro but it is what it is. They've delayed the debut of Fandango to the point of trying to make him seem important, losing his debut would not be productive in my view so I think he'll win.

The character is goofy but Curtis seems to be putting his all into the gimmick and needs a good start.

 

[Carlito_Orton]

FAAAANDAAANNNGO is winning this one. It seems they have big plans for him and for him to lose in his debut after refusing to competed all those previous weeks I feel would really hurt Fandango. I go into more detail on this one as well in my prediction video
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[Elchicano15]

I agree with eighties. Jericho vs Cesaro is more appealing on the card. The build to their feud would be priceless. I can see Y2J making fun of Cesaro (maybe how robotic he is LOL) and it would be gold. The two of them in ring would be pretty rad to. Nothing against Fandango but it seems rather aggressive to make his debut at Mania and may be risky. Then again Curtis himself had some television appearances and technically this would be his 2nd mania as he was in the Mania preshow as a lumber jack 2 years ago. Fandango must win if they're pushing this character's debut at Mania.

 

[El Rev sXe]

Looking forward for this match, if anyone is going to debut on Mania, well backstage have big hopes for the man. I don't know shit about Fandango, tath's why I'm also curious to see what kind of wrestler is he.

I agree with those who said that Jericho "deserves better" but I can see and understand why the WWE is doing this. Plus he can have a decent match with anyone.

That being said, taking in count Y2J's role, Fandango's debut is on Mania, it would be a weird move for Fandango to lose on his debut on the biggest PPV of the year.

My prediction: Fandango wins....or is a squash match, Fandago teases that he is leaving and Jericho hits a codebreaker (a very stupid idea as you can see).

 

[Moneyinc]

I would love for this match to get bumped from the card. Fandango trolling the Mania crowd would be great, and the WWE would have it's reason to free up time. However, we are at payoff time. Admittedly, I don't know much about Johnny Curtis, so my curiosity is getting the better of me.

I do love the "Jericho is coming back to help out the young guys" crap that is getting thrown out there. Yes, Jericho is "giving back", but I'm sure it has less to do with that, and more to do with that nice little Mania payday he'll be getting.

My Pick: Fandango. I honestly don't know what to expect from this match. The Fandango characters has definitely got me interested, and I think it has a ton of potential.

YES.

At first I didn't think the character stood a chance. I am big on character development and there was really something about the first time he kicked Jericho's ass on Raw. It was huge. No one had seen Curtis wrestle AT ALL yet. That is the only reason he has gotten those chants. In my opinion him not wrestling for weeks really built up the suspension. His whole act builds suspense. He dances his way to the ring while completely taking his time. Literally lifts up his girl onto the ring apron. Then when he climbs onto the apron and eventually jumps over the top rope, the way he clears the top rope IS SO perfect. He is a mixture of Ric the Model Martel and Goldust in my opinion(a poor man's mix). Now all of this is what he does BEFORE he gets to the ring. His thing once he is in the ring is HE IS PSYCHO. Totally nuts and actually very convincing in my opinion. It wasn't until I saw him snap when I was sold on his character. The Leg Drop off the top rope is PICTURE perfect and people will soon stop chanting YOU CAN'T WRESTLE. As people have said, him beating Jericho tonight would be a huge push. Either Jericho wins in a really good match that still gets Fandango over with the fans, or Fandango wins. It will be one or the other. Fandango's character is what the WWE needs more of. A ridiculous character that is made believable because the man behind the character is good at what he does.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

Johnny Curtis is extremely underrated, just starting off with that.

On NXT Curtis was over. This Fandango gimmick has finally got him on television so I'm not going to disagree, plus I think its actually working. It's smart because it makes people actually want to see him, like the "you can't have what you want" type mentality, it's really interesting that something like it works on a wrestling show. That said he is a very good in-ring performer and Chris Jericho is all about "giving back to the business" and putting younger guys over, so I predict a Fandango win here to get him off to a good start.

Whether he does win or Jericho wins I'm not too bothered either way. Being the leader of the Jericho fans in the WZFT didn't help much so maybe I'm siding with Fandango thinking it will then lead to Jericho winning?! Who knows, either way, should be a good match and could even potentially steal the show.

 

[TheWRENCH]

Anybody know who his dance partner is? http://i.imgur.com/ZMg3ZwM.jpg