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So I've just finished Undisputed by Chris Jericho and I'm left really confused with his Undisputed Title reign. It was around the time I actually stopped watching wrestling regularly (I can't even remember why) but I remember Jericho being totally over back then. Putting the title on him made perfect sense to me even if it was totally shocking that The Rock or Austin wasn't handed it. What really confuses me is the whole politics around the issue, in Jericho's book Vince doesn't even tell him he's going to be awarded it, he finds out elsewhere and when Vince finally does mention it, it's in a flippant off hand comment and that's all.
Then there is Jericho's title reign, which was totally buried once his programme with The Rock ended and HHH wouldn't run with the idea of Jericho having an affair with Steph. Once Jericho lost the title at Wrestlemania, he never came close to a title reign again for more than half a decade and was consigned to mid card hell.
So why the hell did the WWE award what at the time was a massive deal and historically still is (no one else will ever be the first undisputed champion) to a guy they then buried and never returned to the main event for years later? Did Jericho do something to annoy Vince or something? Say what you like about HHH but he always had great matches with Jericho, so I don't see why he'd want to totally destroy Jericho and consign him to the mid card.
Then there is Jericho's title reign, which was totally buried once his programme with The Rock ended and HHH wouldn't run with the idea of Jericho having an affair with Steph. Once Jericho lost the title at Wrestlemania, he never came close to a title reign again for more than half a decade and was consigned to mid card hell.
So why the hell did the WWE award what at the time was a massive deal and historically still is (no one else will ever be the first undisputed champion) to a guy they then buried and never returned to the main event for years later? Did Jericho do something to annoy Vince or something? Say what you like about HHH but he always had great matches with Jericho, so I don't see why he'd want to totally destroy Jericho and consign him to the mid card.