The 49 Disappointing Days of Chris Jericho

I think you absolutely nailed it. Jericho’s return has been a complete disappointment thus far, just as you detailed. Here’s to hoping the next 6 weeks turn that around.

Unfortunately, as you said, the fans had to be swerved, so we didn’t get to see the natural evolution of the angle. That’s very disappointing to me. It’s like the WCW invasion angle. DDP’s surprise debut was great, but because of Vince’s ego, we never got to see what it would have been like had the WCW invaders been competent and dominant.

At this point, it would have been better had he just come back as the character he is now and was before he left. Don’t tease me with art and then give me a preschooler’s scribbles.

The middle is often a very overlooked thing in storytelling and is the most important. These 49 days while you say wasted to me is kinda smart, why blow a Wrestlemania main event at the Rumble. There is nothing wrong with a slow build and that’s what they are doing. Jericho claims to be the best in the world but has yet to really show it, all the while Punk has been beating all comers for his title. It all builds up slowly to Wrestlemania where when the two face off to show who is the best in the world actually is.

Jericho is one of my all time favorites and has made even the crappiest of angles turn into something I enjoy watching.

So with that said, I really can’t bring myself to give one damn about him being “back to the old WCW Jericho” or that he’s back to insulting the audience and calling people parasites. Jericho has been around for the past 15 years or so and guess what, I still love the slow talking, audience insulting, suit wearing Jericho. He could come back as his Y2J persona and I’d love to see that too. He could continue trolling crowds every week and I’d love that too. Whatever gimmick or persona he has, Jericho is the one of all time best at it.

So it doesn’t bug me if he is completely back to the heel Jericho he was before he left the second time around. That Chris Jericho was great and was the best heel the WWE had. I wasn’t bored of it then and didn’t want to see him off TV, so right now, I don’t really care that he is that same guy again. I think this is jumping the gun and he’ll bust out some new twist to his character still, but that’s the cherry on top for The Best In The World At What He Does.

since he (re)debuted i said they were gonna fuck his run, and so far, its been fucked all right

oh and its not just jericho look at this taker/hhh 3 load of senseless bullshit, btw, could someone write something about that? i’d do it myself but im not that good of a writer tbh lol

I defended his return, I quite enjoyed the troll job & all that. It really was fun for me… that said, there’s been zero payoff & while the ride was fun its been a dismal ending. Which, may not yet be the ending.

Here’s what I think should have been done. I think Chris was supposed to win the Rumble, then he wouldn’t have to work any matches till Mania, like what Sheamus is doing now. He could simply screw with Punk every which way from Sunday & build all the heat. With the Rumble swerve it screwed it all up… so Chris is just now getting his sea legs with this angle. If they had planned ahead for a Sheamus win, that’s fine, they could have set all the videos back a few weeks & had it all start the Raw after Rumble. Then the countdown would begin w/ all the creepies & shit. AS far as the lady in the video.. I’m hoping that still comes to fruition… maybe someone from Punk’s past plays a roll.. maybe even Beth? Maybe Punk talking trash about his ex is going to be all the work to help perpetuate this thing… then again, I might be aiming for the stars.