Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Jan 3, 2012 8:34:48 GMT -5
He wants the attention. He's having fun... at the fans' expense. Perfect.
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Post by Cam on Jan 3, 2012 8:40:59 GMT -5
It makes perfect sense.
What sense does it make to have Jericho return as a heel and feud with CM Punk right away? WrestleMania is still 3 months away. It wouldn't work.
Think about the promos. "The End Begins", "It will be the end of the world as you know it.". Obviously he's not coming back as smiley fun-time Jericho. He's gonna turn. And he's gonna become a psychotic madman whose intent is to kill the WWE.
Why else would he spend 10 minutes of valuable Raw airtime doing nothing but trying to get the crowd to cheer him? He was intentionally trying to make WWE look stupid. He's going to take back what is his and it will be the end of the WWE as we know it.
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Post by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on Jan 3, 2012 9:06:17 GMT -5
It was great to see Jericho return, but the whole thing went from interesting, to chuckle worthy to "TROLL" within the first 45 seconds. Everything after that was just the same boring piling ontop of more boring. I've never seen anyone here say how great trolling is until Jericho started doing it. You missed Cena getting praise for trolling the crowd during the Slammies then.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 3, 2012 9:10:46 GMT -5
If he's going to become a psychotic madman, they need to do a slow burn. Have him start off as happy jericho, doing his 2000-01 babyface character, then slowly, subtly introduce darker elements into his promos and matches (like keeping the liontamer on afterthe bell rings).
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Post by eJm on Jan 3, 2012 9:11:46 GMT -5
It was great to see Jericho return, but the whole thing went from interesting, to chuckle worthy to "TROLL" within the first 45 seconds. Everything after that was just the same boring piling ontop of more boring. I've never seen anyone here say how great trolling is until Jericho started doing it. You missed Cena getting praise for trolling the crowd during the Slammies then. Both of those cases above are stupid. The sooner 'trolling' stops becoming a mainstream term, the better we all will be to be frank.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 3, 2012 9:18:18 GMT -5
That was awesome.
I'm guessing attention-seeking, deluded "fan-favourite" Jericho is why they pulled the plug on the similar gimmick that ADR had after two weeks. I'm glad they did, I think Jericho can pull it off better than ADR.
This is gonna be good.
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Post by linecookguy on Jan 3, 2012 9:18:23 GMT -5
My two cents..
I sat in awe. I had no clue what was going.. I was amused and slightly pissed off..
I woke up this morning with that feeling you get after you realize, christmas isn't real..
and it felt great
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 3, 2012 9:25:08 GMT -5
I've gotta admit at the time, I was pissed off. The WWE and Jericho got me and partway through the segment I was like 'get on with it' and wishing Jericho would go away. It was only when I logged on here that I realised how genius that whole segment was.
Well done WWE!
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Abdullah
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Post by Abdullah on Jan 3, 2012 9:29:44 GMT -5
Who is going to feud with Jericho? Pretty much all faces are busy. Cena has Kane, Punk has Ziggler, uhh ...who is the next face in line after them and is he busy? Ryder? I mean, the writers like him a ton and he took care of Swagger rather easily - it could be good for Zack.
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Post by DrizzlinShytes on Jan 3, 2012 9:30:51 GMT -5
If he really is trolling I LOVE it.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 3, 2012 10:11:51 GMT -5
Thought Jericho was mocking Punk, tbh. Watch Punk's entrance at the start of the Nov 21st RAW - smiling, pandering to the crowd and - ugh - practically skipping around the ring with the WWE title. It just seemed so phoney, especially after he was the top heel of the summer. Though I guess the same applies after most heels turns face...
Jericho seemed to be mocking that whole about-face, but if he was, I'm not sure where he can now go with it. He's made his point, after all...
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The Sam
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Post by The Sam on Jan 3, 2012 10:13:02 GMT -5
I just watched it. That was just...bizarre? I dunno. Kind of interested in seeing where it goes.
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Post by Sadistic Scotsman on Jan 3, 2012 10:21:32 GMT -5
I found the whole segment fairly hilarious but it's not something I can watch over and over again, in its entirety anyway. About five minutes into it was when the first audible boos were really being heard and it was around that point it dawned on me. As someone alluded to earlier, I found it to basically be a physical version of his Twitter account, he trolled everyone and I liked it!
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jan 3, 2012 11:08:39 GMT -5
This thread has reached 32 pages since last night O.o.
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Urethra Franklin
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 3, 2012 11:09:33 GMT -5
This thread has reached 32 pages since last night O.o. Amazing for something non-Pony-related.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jan 3, 2012 11:44:37 GMT -5
I'd laugh if it's just never mentioned again, becoming a big lipped alligator moment ;D
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Post by Greer on Jan 3, 2012 11:49:04 GMT -5
Everyone has mentioned how Jericho was trolling...which he clearly was.
Though I didn't realize it until he threw the mic down the first time.
So do you think that the viral videos were also just one big troll, that had NOTHING to do with him returning. It was just done to make people talk for no reason.
I have a feeling none of that had to do with anything. They were just done for s***s and giggles.
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Post by MGH on Jan 3, 2012 11:51:38 GMT -5
If (when) he turns and targets Punk, they'll make total sense. Just listen and read the verbiage from the videos. "The End Begins". They're even telling you up front that this is the start of something.
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Post by CH Punk on Jan 3, 2012 11:52:35 GMT -5
Nah, I think there will be some sort of a connection with the promos but it will all be explained in time (Him not having a Titantron seems to hint at him having a different intro when the character will be fully explained).
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jan 3, 2012 11:54:46 GMT -5
Doing a Troll gimmick would make me a Jericho fan again.
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