Derk!
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Post by Derk! on Apr 25, 2021 1:21:33 GMT -5
Dude always loses his fire pretty quickly as a face. It happened shortly after Owens turned on him as well... Hopefully he takes a break after the fued with The Pinnacle ends and he comes back with another reinvention...
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Bad Moon
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Post by Bad Moon on Apr 25, 2021 5:14:44 GMT -5
I'd be fine with babyface Jericho if he wasn't in the spotlight so much. It's not MJF vs Jericho, it's MJF vs the Inner Circle but Jericho is the one getting all the mic time. This should be Sammy's time now, he was the one who derailed MJF's plans, he was the one who kept the Inner Circle together, the IC babyface turn was HIS time to step up and be the leader but he's still Jericho's sidekick.
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Post by honsou on Apr 25, 2021 8:38:01 GMT -5
I actually like the Inner Circle as a unit even without Jericho. Maybe they could do something where during Blood and Guts where Jericho gets a work injury and needs to be written off for awhile. The Jericho character does need a break though
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Celgress
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Post by Celgress on Apr 25, 2021 11:39:07 GMT -5
I'd be fine with babyface Jericho if he wasn't in the spotlight so much. It's not MJF vs Jericho, it's MJF vs the Inner Circle but Jericho is the one getting all the mic time. This should be Sammy's time now, he was the one who derailed MJF's plans, he was the one who kept the Inner Circle together, the IC babyface turn was HIS time to step up and be the leader but he's still Jericho's sidekick. I'm also very disappointed with how Sammy has been handled in this feud. Prior to the Inner Circle turning face, Sammy was receiving a good amount of focus now not so much the same goes for Proud & Powerful (to a lesser degree).
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deezy
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Post by deezy on Apr 25, 2021 11:50:43 GMT -5
I'd be fine with babyface Jericho if he wasn't in the spotlight so much. It's not MJF vs Jericho, it's MJF vs the Inner Circle but Jericho is the one getting all the mic time. This should be Sammy's time now, he was the one who derailed MJF's plans, he was the one who kept the Inner Circle together, the IC babyface turn was HIS time to step up and be the leader but he's still Jericho's sidekick. I'm also very disappointed with how Sammy has been handled in this feud. Prior to the Inner Circle turning face, Sammy was receiving a good amount of focus now not so much the same goes for Proud & Powerful (to a lesser degree). It did seem like before they all turned on MJF ( or MJF turned on them, however you wanna look at it ) Sammy was being positioned to have a bigger role in AEW. He figured out MJF first and now he has been sent back to the pack with the rest of Jericho's henchmen.
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Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Apr 25, 2021 11:58:17 GMT -5
I'm really hoping that Blood and Guts is the last stand for Jericho in this feud, with him taking the submission loss. My preferred scenario is that the Pinnacle beats the Inner Circle, but Sammy beats MJF and Santana & Ortiz beat FTR afterward - tie a bow on the Inner Circle as a group but push the younger 3/5 of the group after establishing that the Pinnacle has supplanted the Inner Circle's spot in the promotion hierarchy.
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Post by markymark on Apr 25, 2021 12:39:23 GMT -5
I'm really hoping that Blood and Guts is the last stand for Jericho in this feud, with him taking the submission loss. My preferred scenario is that the Pinnacle beats the Inner Circle, but Sammy beats MJF and Santana & Ortiz beat FTR afterward - tie a bow on the Inner Circle as a group but push the younger 3/5 of the group after establishing that the Pinnacle has supplanted the Inner Circle's spot in the promotion hierarchy. Feud has been quite one sided in the IC favor that the Pinnacle needs the W at BnG, im surprised we didnt get a men advantages match and they will likely go for the coin toss. MJF vs Sammy should be the plan for DON
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Post by Big BosskMan on Apr 25, 2021 18:33:27 GMT -5
I actually like the Inner Circle as a unit even without Jericho. Maybe they could do something where during Blood and Guts where Jericho gets a work injury and needs to be written off for awhile. The Jericho character does need a break though This. I wouldn't be surprised if Jericho goes on hiatus after Blood and Guts, maybe as part storyline and part other interests (wonder if Fozzy is working on a new album or tour as things open up). This gives Sammy and PnP a potential longer face run and Jericho, upon return, comes back to reclaim what's left of the IC - but they've since moved on, setting up Jericho v. Sammy. I know this doesn't account for Hager. Heel Jericho, after a decent absence, is always more interesting than plucky babyface Jericho.
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Mochi Lone Wolf
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 25, 2021 22:33:22 GMT -5
I’m curious if it’s also being largely colored by the real-life shenanigans and BS from Jericho making it a tough uphill battle to root for him. Definitely the case for me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 23:56:57 GMT -5
I do think the Pinnacle really needs to win, if only because they haven't really gotten a leg up in this feud since the first segment of it, but to me it's feeling like they do a beatdown during the parley and then lose. ... Pretty much the same way the MJF / Mox feud went basically, MJF spent the whole thing being treated as a joke, got in one beatdown, then lost.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 26, 2021 1:17:12 GMT -5
I do think the Pinnacle really needs to win, if only because they haven't really gotten a leg up in this feud since the first segment of it, but to me it's feeling like they do a beatdown during the parley and then lose. ... Pretty much the same way the MJF / Mox feud went basically, MJF spent the whole thing being treated as a joke, got in one beatdown, then lost. I feel the idea here is The Pinnacle do win, MJF pinning Jericho the likely result, which can stretch the feud a bit longer into more territories MJF vs Guevara feels like the top outcome for this where Guevara wins.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 1, 2021 10:05:09 GMT -5
Bumping my own thread to state that I thought Jericho's promo this week annihilated his previous face ones for me.
Everyone in that segment killed it with their promo, even Spears of all people, but Jericho convinced me he was a babyface for the first time in this feud.
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markymark
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Post by markymark on May 1, 2021 10:51:02 GMT -5
It was much better because he didnt attempt to do dumb jokes again.
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Nr1Humanoid
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on May 2, 2021 14:51:43 GMT -5
At least as a face the fans have a reason to sing his stupid theme song.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on May 2, 2021 23:04:04 GMT -5
Jericho hasn't made me excited for much these days but, I can say for certain that his promo from Wednesday made me excited for Blood and Guts.
So, he's got that going for him.
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on May 7, 2021 1:25:12 GMT -5
Baby face Jericho has never worked. He’s best as a smarmy heel you want to slap but also want to tune in to see.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on May 7, 2021 13:10:25 GMT -5
Baby face Jericho has never worked. He’s best as a smarmy heel you want to slap but also want to tune in to see. I'd argue he worked really well during the Attitude Era as a face. It probably helped that he has a natural gift for comedy (which was never a bigger asset that during the Attitude Era) and that as a face he usually feuded with Triple H (or a proxy of his) at a time when Trips was getting enough heel heat to dry the great lakes.
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