Did Jerishow only exist so DX could win the belts?

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And by extension, Edge/Jericho.

Seriously, the more I think about it the more it seems like the sole reason for the brief revitalization of the tag division in 2009-early 2010 was to elevate the belts enough so that DX could win the tag belts for their grand finale.

How else do you explain main eventers like Edge and Jericho and Show suddenly going after belts that have been treated like crap for the last few years, and then suddenly treating them as equally main-event worthy or at least as the significantly more prestigious titles that they should be? Suddenly they became worthy of being defended in the main event of Raw or Smackdown and a PPV staple, vs. being defended on Superstars or as a throwaway match before and afterwards.

Moreover, with the exception of ShowMiz, pretty much as soon as DX dropped the belts, the tag belts faded right back to the lower card, furthermore with the new Copper Penny belts, and only now with the Corre are they slowly starting to seem more than just belts for the Hart Dynasty to defend against Cryme Tyme or the Usos for the millionth time.

Though it does seem kind of grating that even after Jerishow spends months building up the prestige of the belts and treating them with respect, to get it built up enough so that it doesn't look like a step down when DX wins them, that Hunter and Shawn halfassedly carry the belts around, throw them around like just another torn DX t-shirt, and otherwise just kind of crap all over all the build-up. I get it's supposed to be rebellious, that it's supposed to be anti-authority, but it's kind of hard to be anti-authority when you're middle-aged and in the positions that HBK and HHH are in; but the relevance of the DX gimmick in this day and age is a whole 'nother thread.

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Not sure about the elevation of the tag belts, but HHH and HBK as DX were doing the exact same thing they were doing in 1997.

Two guys being total jackasses for no reason other than their own amusement. Granted, with age and maturity comes a different sense of humour, but given a lot of HHH's comedy schtick 2006-2010 and Shawn just being a total goof, it was really just Paul Levesque and Michael Hickenbottom getting screen time.

In 1997, Paul was a cocky ladies boy and Michael was a self indulgent prick. In 2006, Paul was an adult with a snide and sarcastic sense of humour, and Michael was a complete goof who had obviously become "uncool dad". I had no problem with it, because I saw DX for what it was, and I wasnt expecting them to come out and host a BBQ for the Undertaker again.

[Crappler El 0 M]

If I recall from a Jericho interview last year, the whole idea was to have two main event heels form a tag team to feud with DX, so in a way that was the purpose of the the feud. The way this topic came up was the interviewers asked Jericho why they didn't have him team with a younger guy like Miz or Drew, and he said the whole point was it was supposed to be that all four of them would be established veterans stars.

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Apr 1, 2011 10:28:26 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

If I recall from a Jericho interview last year, the whole idea was to have two main event heels form a tag team to feud with DX, so in a way that was the purpose of the the feud. The way this topic came up was the interviewers asked Jericho why they didn't have him team with a younger guy like Miz or Drew, and he said the whole point was it was supposed to be that all four of them would be established veterans stars.

Its actually a good idea. Not everything has to be about putting a guy over or building a guy up, its good to have 2 guys at the top feuding. Its what made the Taker/Michaels 1 match so great, it was like Ali/Frazier given their stature in comparison to the rest of the company.