bob
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Post by bob on Jan 6, 2022 9:14:36 GMT -5
he's better than what he's been on promos
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2022 13:20:39 GMT -5
Jericho often complains about how babyfaces get neutered on the mic, but then Jericho goes and says lame crap, thus fulfilling the prophecy.
Meanwhile, Punk is also considered a babyface (as of now) and he is not only brutal to his opponents, but the crowds get into it without it feeling like they're getting into it out of pity or obligation. I know this is an apples and oranges comparison, yet the idea that good guys are forced to color within the lines that Chris describes isn't some concrete mandate. It's just more evidence that Jericho can't come up with quality content when he's a babyface.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 6, 2022 18:06:50 GMT -5
It was terrible. 2.0 didn't help matters neither. I am a huge fan of their promos and they sucked too this week but Jericho gave them nothing
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 6, 2022 18:10:02 GMT -5
Jericho often complains about how babyfaces get neutered on the mic, but then Jericho goes and says lame crap, thus fulfilling the prophecy. Meanwhile, Punk is also considered a babyface (as of now) and he is not only brutal to his opponents, but the crowds get into it without it feeling like they're getting into it out of pity or obligation. I know this is an apples and oranges comparison, yet the idea that good guys are forced to color within the lines that Chris describes isn't some concrete mandate. It's just more evidence that Jericho can't come up with quality content when he's a babyface. I mean in 25 seconds this week CM Punk killed MJF personally and professionally while destroying WWE, too. It can be done.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 6, 2022 18:27:49 GMT -5
Jericho has always been a cheesy face. When that was new during his late-Attitude era run, it was almost charming and he could get away with it. Now, it's just cheesy and lazy. As a heel, he tends to get more inventive with his character work and promos
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Post by bearned on Jan 6, 2022 18:38:13 GMT -5
Face Jericho is fine in very small doses but he’s always been so much better as a heel.
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warden
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Post by warden on Jan 6, 2022 19:44:32 GMT -5
That was brutal. Jericho stinks, he's been festering for a long time now. He should retire, and take square head and pin head with you too.
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Post by Heartbreaker on Jan 6, 2022 19:51:02 GMT -5
How long until he calls 2point0 gay slurs?
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Post by Fake Jesus on Jan 6, 2022 20:05:34 GMT -5
Turn this man heel again vs Kingston for the love of christ
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markymark
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Post by markymark on Jan 6, 2022 22:28:02 GMT -5
This is from a fan who was in attendance last night.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 5:12:44 GMT -5
Jericho is an all time favorite, but him doing the 2000 Y2J shtick in 2022 is embarrassing to me. His segments still seem to do well in the ratings though, so what do I know?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 7, 2022 5:15:41 GMT -5
I get why he's around, but I do think he could definitely use a break, or us getting a break from him, rather.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jan 7, 2022 6:01:48 GMT -5
The thing with Jericho is that for as praised and loved as his reinventions will be, he has absolutely brutal falling-off points before he revamps. He'll run out of steam, do some really cringeworthy stuff, fall into a rut of diminishing returns and embarrassment, and just kinda keep getting worse until he has to change shit up. Which isn't a defense of him; he lets this shit run on way too long every time and it's absolute death, but it's a part of his cycle. I'm sorta fine with him just f***ing off instead of reinventing, though.
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bog
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Post by bog on Jan 7, 2022 16:53:09 GMT -5
It's the Jericho cycle, he arrives like a house on fire and can do no wrong either in ring or on the mic, his work starts to decline after a while, but still interesting, people notice he's kind of a d*ck and the backlash begins, his work continuing to slide... Then he vanishes a bit to do something else, host a TV show, recover from injury or whatever, then he returns, refreshed and with a new spin on being Chris Jericho, the cycle beginning again. Which I'm totally fine with tbh. That's wrestling in general. The problem occurs when the wrestler is too stubborn to change or booking won't let them. Jericho is always amazing heel>fun face for awhile>lame face>heel. OR lame face>amazing heel>okay face>heel
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Post by Dave the Dave on Jan 7, 2022 22:56:28 GMT -5
Pinhead and Square head?
That’s some major “Y2Cheap” energy
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 7, 2022 23:04:09 GMT -5
Credit where it's due, maybe someone told him his promo was ass, because he put Garcia and 2.0 over hard on Rampage commentary tonight and wasn't overbearing about it. Even said Matt Lee was one of the toughest SOBs in the company by the end
More of that would help.
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Post by markymark on Jan 7, 2022 23:09:43 GMT -5
Serious Jericho over Goofy Jericho, specially as a face every single time.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Jan 8, 2022 8:41:29 GMT -5
I didn't catch it live, but I watched that segment last night.. and it was cringe at best.
The more egregious problem for me was that somehow no one had the guts to tell him that his hair dye looked like literal paint.. that shit is for real worth a Gooker. So bad.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jan 8, 2022 8:58:52 GMT -5
He was good when he feuded with MJF on the mic and the face. Than after that, it just went away. Like he forget why fans cheered him and stop doing it when his job is to get fans to cheer him. Yes he still extremely over because of his them song but he trending to loss his luster beyond the entrance.
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Jan 8, 2022 17:54:13 GMT -5
The terrance and phillip line was the best line he has probably had in ages Called it months ago when talking about 2.0 in the "Who Was The Last Wrestler You Became a Fan Of" thread! (kind of) ...and I like the also non-remarkable names of Jeff Parker and Matt Lee for some reason (I know now based on their real names), also reminds me of South Park (Matt/Parker) which then reminds me of South Park's Canadian characters.
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