Its true. How can the supposed smart fans not see this? Chris Jericho has no credibility, dude's a total jobber who barely gets any crowd reactions these days. The other week watching him hyping himself up to the crowd for no reaction whatsoever was pitiful as fuck. The man's a wash. AJ Styles is hot, fresh on his return with ton of momentum and pairing him with this old washed up barely relevant "legend"(LOL) is totally ruining his momentum and aura. Styles shouldn't be struggling to beat a Y2jobber at all, much less roll him up for a pin. If they ever faced together it should be a squash, atleast a decisive win.
Why is the hottest free agent on the market working a "rivalry" with a glorified jobber? How does that help him? struggling against a guy who jobbed to Fundangoo of all people. I mean fuck when was the last time Jericho won? A win that actually reminded you that he used to be a relevant name? 6 years ago?
Styles should be kept far far from someone like Jericho. I mean even Big show would be more credible opponent for Styles to conquer than Jericho.
Its true, go watch the highlight reel segment on RAW prior to Rumble which featured Roman Reigns and Brock. Hell, even his post match "handshake" with Styles got fuck all reaction from the crowd. Why would the crowd appreciate a glorified jobber shaking handshake with the hottest star? It was fucking stupid to watch.
besides I rather watch a Styles vs Jericho feud than a Styles vs Miz one who btw is a glorified jobber. But that's just my opinion.
Y2J gets no reaction? :lol besides I rather watch a Styles vs Jericho feud than a Styles vs Miz one who btw is a glorified jobber. But that's just my opinion.
Considering that the AJ Styles/Miz match was miles better than the AJ Styles/Jericho match and since AJ Styles broke Miz teeth in that match... There's a storyline there for both to continue and have an awesome feud. Chris Jericho isn't going to have an awesome feud with AJ Styles.
You're a moron. From a wrestling standpoint who would you rather he face? Y2J and AJ may be the two best wrestlers on the roster now and they had an awesome match so why don't you just enjoy it? Jericho is a perfect feud to ease him into WWE.
I'd rather AJ Styles preserve his momentum by facing a stronger opponent and going over than struggle to beat a borderline jobber. Save the best "Wrestling standpoint" matches for PPV. RAW doesn't need it, not at this point when AJ is still so new. Priority should be to keep him strong. Jobber Jericho was never the best wrestler on the roster at any point in his career.
And they had "awesome" match? Really? Did you even watch the match? It was anything but awesome and made AJ look bad, as expected.
Wrong, they need ALL the top guys to lay down sometimes, and that's it. Y2J has no credibility because he jobbed to every upper-midcarder they wanted to build (and to Fandango :shiiit ) and to the main eventers they wanted to solidify, while at the same time John Cena steam rolled the entire roster.
Lets say the WWE has two younh wrestler they want to build; they gave them wins over actual jobbers (Slater, Swagger, Rose), then they move on to midcarders (Ryback, Ziggler), and then they either meet Jericho, and get a win over a "top guy", or face Cena and lay down, losing all the momentum. In a perfect and smart environment, both Cena and Jericho would lay down for the young guy; in the WWE, Jericho lays down for both and the two youngsters get then fed to Cena, losing their momentum and devaluing Jericho's status at the same time. That's pretty much what happens every year, and that's why Y2J keeps losing his starpower.
Normally I'd agree but I disagree.
I believe Styles is actually bringing out the best we've seen in years in Chris Jericho.
He's motivated again because he gets to work with a real pro wrestler, and not just a cookie cutter Sports Entertainer.
He's not just phoning it in because he respects A.J. more than he would some of the other "Superstars" in the back.
He also sees a lot of himself in Styles.
It's a great story both real and kayfabe.
Just because Chris Jericho has lost momentum doesn't mean that Chris Jericho has lost "it".
As he said responded himself to some "You still got it!" chants...
..."I NEVER LOST IT BAYBAY!"
Meh, he's okay for a 1st time feud. Problem with Jericho is that he loses too much where if he beats someone, they look like shit, and then when someone beats him in a feud, it doesn't mean much because they basically just beat a glorified jobber. But eh, Styles can at least show off some of his moves beating Jericho, so there's that.
It's pretty obvious that he's been a jobber for years, but that doesn't' mean he can't add anything to the feud or to AJ's momentum. He's a solid worker and good hand for Styles to work with in his first feud.
If I was booking AJ & Jericho for Fastlane and Mania, I'd have AJ win at Fastlane in a close contest (or DQ), then Jericho turns on AJ after the match when they go for another handshake.
Jericho can beat on AJ and deliver some promos to hype the feud going into Wrestlemania and they get 10 mins where AJ can go over big.
WWE though could very easily book Jericho to win this first one on their recent record.
As for AJ and the Miz, I actually enjoyed that. Not a great fan of the Miz but he worked hard to put AJ over. Maybe something to revisit for AJ down the road while he beds in. AJ isn't a great talker and there isn't really anybody 'hot' for him to go up against. Jericho is a very good worker and good on the mic, problem is he jobs to literally everyone and fans don't take him as seriously now. At one point he was a big hit with the fans so I don't buy this rubbish that "Jobber Jericho was never the best wrestler on the roster at any point in his career."
Maybe not the best, no, but he was damn good. And for his age and limited appearances he can still go. This feud isn't going to be the hottest thing going for a lot of reasons, but the matches will be good and no doubt people will be saying how good AJ looks at Fastlane where people will be tuning in to get to see him go one on one for the first time on a big event that isn't TV in WWE.
Need to cut the guys a little slack here, there isn't a lot of options for AJ and this is the best one at the moment.
I don't mind Y2J feuding with Styles because this was a fantasy match at one point back when they were both at the prime of their careers in their respective companies but I find it funny how Y2J still talks as if he is a credible threat (in kayfabe). It was even more hilarious when he said to Heyman 'but what if Lesnar is one on one with me at the end of the Royal Rumble'. I just thought...ok...like Lesnar would be scared of a guy that hasn't won a significant match in years. I know it's all done to sell a match but it's just not believable :lol
WWE wasted a lot of opportunities with Jericho, most recently a potentially hot feud with Ambrose last Summer. Hopefully this isn't another one. As long as we get Styles/KO by the end of the Summer. WWE needs to capitalize on their heat from the Rumble even if they are pissed off it wasn't their idea.
Y2J is perfect for Styles to face. Jericho worked NJPW and WCW before coming to WWE . He notes in his book that the WCW to WWE transition was hard at first in terms of wrestling style.
I think Y2J got this feud to teach AJ what he needs to be a WWE guy. Break him into the WWE way of working.
I'm assuming the match on Smackdown this week is going to be Jericho's turn. They've been teasing it for awhile but it just makes so much sense now...
Miz comes down and interferes with their match... hits AJ with a steel chair or something... Jericho grabs the pin.
This sets up the final parts of the feud... AJ can have his Grudge match against Miz at Fastlane for interfering with the match... which then sets up Jericho and AJ for Wrestlemania... Jericho can then redeem himself for putting Fandango over
I respect Jericho and what he has done in his career, but at this point I just have very little interest in watching him perform. He can still put on a great match, but it just feels like everything he is involved in the past few years is meaningless. If he wins, what was the point since he is already well established. And if he continues to lose, it doesn't really mean much to be put over by Y2J when he is jobbing all the time.
Wait.... What?? You totally contradicted yourself. The fact that he is already well established -- and he certainly is that -- is the exact fucking point of him putting guys over. That is his job now, because he is already well established. This is actually the one feud I am remotely interested in following at the moment, because everything else going on is shit.
Would you rather see AJ Styles go against John Cena (if he was healthy) and end up losing to Cena. If that did happen that would slow his momentum. Having AJ Styles against The Miz, Chris Jericho is probably the best way to keep Styles momentum going.
If there existed a realm right now where Jericho had anything more than a glorified jobber credibility, I'd bet also there be unicorns, dragons, ninjas and fucking rainbows made out of candy.
I understand what OP means and I had this exact same opinion when the feud started but it has changed because I think Jericho (and Miz) have done a great job of putting AJ over so far.
When everyone else is referring him as a "Kid", Jericho is actually the only one who has been calling him the hottest free agent, multiple times world champion, great wrestler etc. etc. He let AJ take the win in their first encounter and has been teasing a heel turn since then. It's like his character cannot wrap his head around the fact that AJ Styles is amazing in the ring and he can not beat him at this stage of his career. I can see it slowly turning into an obsession for beating Styles (kind of like HBK had with Taker for their last match).
Considering the fact that AJ Styles has not even dropped a single comment to add fire to this feud and Jericho alone is doing the story building, he is doing a great job of introducing AJ Styles to the WWE audience. Who else can do that except for Jericho? I cant think of anyone and its certainly not Big Show.
I only wish jericho won a few big matches and didn't waste his time on worthless prospects, for anyone to get over correctly regardless if you're an old school legend or not you have to have a few big Ws and for the life of me i can't remember the last big match jericho won.
thats why i like how kevin owens debut beating cena, it was significant and a big boost for him, it doesn't matter if he takes a few Ls now because you know he has a solid future.
I wanted AJ personally to feud with kevin owens but he's taken to much Ls at the moment, so ..honestly i can't think of a solid heel for him to go against they are all garbage losers.
they dont really have any heels that are kicking ass except for rollins. (and yeah i realize what i said about owens having a big win over cena was great but it's kind of stumbling over the random loss against ziggler/kalisto)
There are no winners in a AJ/Owens feud. This would be an even worse scenario than what the OP is trying to paint here. Owens is still working is way up. Him putting over AJ at this point would mean even less than Jericho putting him over. And Owens going over AJ would kill any heat AJ has as a new member on the roster. Jericho is a great choice here, if not the best choice, because he has much less to lose than AJ has to gain from it.
Chris Jericho is a veteran and one of the most respectable and talented journeymen of his craft. He had it all in the ring and his mic skills as a face and heel could even at times rival Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, let's not forget this please.
He is also the perfect guy to get help AJ get acclimated and Jericho probably requested this himself.
Dude is not a glorified jobber, he is giving back to the Wrestling business he so deeply cherishes. But please, a glorified jobber? Dude beat two of the biggest legends in the same night. He is just returning what he owes. Is it a bit excessive? Kind of.
However since he put CM Punk over 3 times in a row in that whole 'best in the world' (at what I do) feud he lost all credibility.
on the mic he is still gold but in any meaningful feud, you just know he's going to lose.
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