Did WWE mess up Jericho's last run?

[BaraaKhalaf92]

Many (including me) were anticipating Chris Jericho's return at the beginning of the year..

Especially after the great videos that were shown on RAW weeks before his return, about the end of the world as we know it, and the girl that controls him....etc

But seriously, I think they messed up big time, they put him in a losing streak, while he should have won the RR match.

I really wanted him to win the Rumble, instead he was eliminated by Sheamus, and at the EC I really thought he would win, but he didn't...

At WM, I thought it was the time for him to the title from Punk, but they book him to loss again and via tap out.


His run really was supposed to be better than this as he deserves better.

He only won a PPV match against Dolph, which is a clear awful booking because imo it was the only match that he should have lost at. :sad:

 

[Aids Johnson]

as a jerichoholic i was pumped to see him put over Punk, but expected him to put over other wrestlers all the same, and let it be. He wasnt coming back to win a title from some asshole like cena, in fact i dont care if he wins or loses, as long as he gets on the mic and does damage.

Y2J should have put over DZ even more.

 

[seabs]

He did his job and put over Punk and Ziggs whilst cutting some enjoyable promos and matches, it's how they should use older guys so I can't hate it looking back (did at the time because I basically bleed Jericahol)

 

[Aids Johnson]

He did his job and put over Punk and Ziggs whilst cutting some enjoyable promos and matches, it's how they should use older guys so I can't hate it looking back (did at the time because I basically bleed Jericahol)

This must make me "a seabs guy"

 

[Senhor Perfect]

If he didnt have a Fall tour booked with Fozzy, I think he might have beaten Punk at some point. Considering he was around for a relatively short amount of time, he put over who needed to be put over, Ziggler.

 

[Crayo]

He served his purpose but it was done poorly, so yes.

 

[Swift]

Yes

 

[BaraaKhalaf92]

If he didnt have a Fall tour booked with Fozzy, I think he might have beaten Punk at some point. Considering he was around for a relatively short amount of time, he put over who needed to be put over, Ziggler.

He should have won the title at WM and drop it back to Punk at ER, Punk winning both was just stupid imo.

Plus, Ziggler should have won at SS.:sad1:

 

[seabs]

Re: RE: Did WWE mess up Jericho's last run?

He should have won the title at WM and drop it back to Punk at ER, Punk winning both was just stupid imo.

Plus, Ziggler should have won at SS.:sad1:

Why end Punks run though? They possibly had this clash with Rock penciled in for a while and that would have cut his reign in half for a month long Jericho reign.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

Why end Punks run though? They possibly had this clash with Rock penciled in for a while and that would have cut his reign in half for a month long Jericho reign.

Do you think they had it planned for him to hold it for this long? I personally think they didn't. Having him as a face at the time, lose to, then regain from Jericho would've been exciting to watch.

 

[seabs]

Re: RE: Did WWE mess up Jericho's last run?

Do you think they had it planned for him to hold it for this long? I personally think they didn't. Having him as a face at the time, lose to, then regain from Jericho would've been exciting to watch.

I can't confirm that they did or did not but with hindsight Punk keeping it was the correct choice.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

Agreed.

 

[Lockard 23]

It was mainly Jericho's fault. He himself prefers putting over others so him losing all the time was his preference because he thinks he's at the point where wins and losses won't affect him at all anyway. I did think him beating Punk at Wrestlemania would have been nice, because it would have made Punk hit 'rock bottom' in Jericho's mind (remember Jericho was tormenting him by saying he would turn to alcohol just like his father did, and beating him for the belt might have pushed him closer to that), only for Punk to regain his stature and beat Jericho for the belt at ER. But considering Punk's now record breaking title reign, I'm glad it didn't happen.

I still think his return was underwhelming, but I think it was mainly that I've seen pretty much all of Jericho I need to see and there's little to nothing he can do with anyone now that I don't think I haven't seen before anyway, so there wasn't a whole lot of excitement from me for his return anyway.

 

[Leo C]

Yeah, it wasn't as good as it should've been. My main complaint was that he should've won at ER, but since Punk's reign ended up this long it was for the best in the end. I also think his feud vs Ziggler could've been a bit better.

 

[Dat Kid1]

The only thing I fully agree with is the waste of the good vignettes. I mean those vignettes were really freaking awesome & I had no idea as to who it would be until it was reported that Jericho was in the city that Raw was in that night. Then he came out and did the epic jeritrolling which was a bitch. I don't think having him lose to the younger guys was a bad thing especially if he was going to be short term. I might have had him winning a lot more matches on Raw to balance that out, because he looked sort of like a glorified jobber, but other than that him losing to put over new talent wasn't so bad.