Jericho needs to just….go away.

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Jul 20, 2022 21:24:16 GMT -5 Derk! said:

Jericho's killing it in this role. However, Eddie should have won the match. That was utterly ridiculous on every level.

Jericho is absolutely killing it right now character wise and he's doing a good job of using his over the top antics to help guys like Garcia and 2.0 find their own voices.

In-ring he's probably better than he's been in the past 15 year or so, at the moment.

That was a whack-ass finish, though, and for the life of me I can't figure out what the purpose of it was. Either Kingston has Tommy Dreamer syndrome where he thinks he'll best be used as the guy who never actually wins a feud, Jericho pulled rank (on his own podcast he's admitted that he'd book himself to never lose, and I don't think he was joking), or this was TK's monthly "HEAT, BROTHER" finish.

[EP 54 is banned from Collision]

Just let Eddie win, Tony. Just once.

[Harry The Arrow was Wrong!]

I've been sick of the dude for a long time now. His feuds go on forever and he always gets to cut long ass promos in the ring. His booking feels very wwe to me and I despise it.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 21, 2022 13:35:57 GMT -5 EP 54 is banned from Collision said:

Just let Eddie win, Tony. Just once.

You mean like how he did, clean, on PPV? Made Jericho tap and everything?

[Ben Wyatt]

Jul 21, 2022 13:46:45 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jul 21, 2022 13:35:57 GMT -5 EP 54 is banned from Collision said:

Just let Eddie win, Tony. Just once.

You mean like how he did, clean, on PPV? Made Jericho tap and everything?

Great. He lost a much hyped gimmick match main event. That was either the feud ender or it extends it, which at this point, isn't needed

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Jul 21, 2022 13:46:45 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jul 21, 2022 13:35:57 GMT -5 EP 54 is banned from Collision said:

Just let Eddie win, Tony. Just once.

You mean like how he did, clean, on PPV? Made Jericho tap and everything?

That was three years ago though

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jul 21, 2022 13:50:03 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Jul 21, 2022 13:46:45 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

You mean like how he did, clean, on PPV? Made Jericho tap and everything?

Great. He lost a much hyped gimmick match main event. That was either the feud ender or it extends it, which at this point, isn't needed

He lost due to heavy interference and it being a 2 and 1 and still killed Jericho after it

I know it wasn't the ideal finish but it seemed pretty heavy on trying to protect Eddie when it happened.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

He isn't as good as he used to be, but I think he is vastly better to what he was six months ago

My main issue with Jericho nowadays is that he has way too many segments per show when some people get none

[lucas_lee]

Honestly this could be a way to write Eddie out for a few weeks. He looks like he's beyond the point of working hurt that he's just hurt

[Hypnosis]

Jul 22, 2022 8:44:49 GMT -5 lucas_lee said:

Honestly this could be a way to write Eddie out for a few weeks. He looks like he's beyond the point of working hurt that he's just hurt

Jericho also had his nose broken during the match, and did a post-match stretcher job, so he'll likely be taking it easy as well.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

It's not that he needs to go away. I think it's a larger problem with how AEW tells stories. Jericho is still an asset.

Eddie beats Jericho clean. Great.

Then Eddie beats Jericho in Blood and Gusts.

Then Jericho beats Eddie in the barbed wire match?

Now what?

I tend to think gimmick matches should be saved to blow off feuds, but with the benefit of hindsight, maybe JAS should have won Blood and Guts, somehow injured Ruby right after that and then started us on the road to the whole Barbed Wire match.

I'm usually good with how AEW does things, but a feud going from February to November with limited breaks when you've got weekly TV and a decent number of PPVs just feels like a lot.

[Kalmia]

Jericho still has a lot to give AEW and after a rocky start with the JAS, I think he's been back to his best the last few months. He lifts everyone around him to a higher level but he just doesn't need to be winning these types of matches anymore. He's Chris Jericho. He's a genuine legend that can still go. There are no number of losses that will ruin that at this point and a win against Jericho means so much more than a win for Jericho.

[markymark]

Jul 22, 2022 8:07:49 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

He isn't as good as he used to be, but I think he is vastly better to what he was six months ago

My main issue with Jericho nowadays is that he has way too many segments per show when some people get none

Because some of those segments were suppose to go to Cole and Undisputed Elite but Cole, KOR and the Bucks are hurt.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jul 22, 2022 10:19:39 GMT -5 markymark said:

Jul 22, 2022 8:07:49 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

He isn't as good as he used to be, but I think he is vastly better to what he was six months ago

My main issue with Jericho nowadays is that he has way too many segments per show when some people get none

Because some of those segments were suppose to go to Cole and Undisputed Elite but Cole, KOR and the Bucks are hurt.

All of those people except the Bucks are people that are on too much for me as it is

AEW has an enormous roster. They need more backup plans

[markymark]

Jul 22, 2022 11:32:17 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jul 22, 2022 10:19:39 GMT -5 markymark said:

Because some of those segments were suppose to go to Cole and Undisputed Elite but Cole, KOR and the Bucks are hurt.

All of those people except the Bucks are people that are on too much for me as it is

AEW has an enormous roster. They need more backup plans

Andrade still injured, Rush is still a question mark due to his behavior history, Malakai can be elevated if beats Sting and ends his streak, Ricky just returned to singles competition

[nisidhe]

Why not get Wardlow into some more programs? He gets some rub that he couldn't get from beating MJF, and it elevates the TNT title to pin down a stronger undercard.

There are options here that can work _if_ creative can get focused enough to work on them all.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jul 22, 2022 11:53:55 GMT -5 markymark said:

Jul 22, 2022 11:32:17 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

All of those people except the Bucks are people that are on too much for me as it is

AEW has an enormous roster. They need more backup plans

Andrade still injured, Rush is still a question mark due to his behavior history, Malakai can be elevated if beats Sting and ends his streak, Ricky just returned to singles competition

I mean

My previous reply still applies

So not many main eventers are around, elevate a bunch of midcarders for one week?

Jericho isn't only in main event segments, he is taking up midcard segments with his goons too

They haven't just run out of wrestlers because some stars are hurt

[Bang Bang Bart]

Jul 22, 2022 11:53:55 GMT -5 markymark said:

Jul 22, 2022 11:32:17 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

All of those people except the Bucks are people that are on too much for me as it is

AEW has an enormous roster. They need more backup plans

Andrade still injured, Rush is still a question mark due to his behavior history, Malakai can be elevated if beats Sting and ends his streak, Ricky just returned to singles competition

Brody King can also be elevated off of his title match versus Moxley and beating Darby clean.

[attitudeeraguy22]

I think this is what Vince kept Jericho from doing. He never made him the face of the company and never gave him complete creative control for these reasons, because he always puts himself over or with the hot topic at the time. Jericho was best putting others over or for his flashy returns in WWE. I haven’t much cared for his Hoganesque AEW run where TK just gives him complete autonomy.

[Dub H]

As much as Jericho is booked a little too much, I think saying he is a selfish wrestler that books himself on top goes against everything ever showed about Jericho.

This feud started with him losing clean to Eddie FFS.