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Old 05-23-2019, 12:09 PM   #1219
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Originally Posted by Seph View Post
Let me preface this by saying Chris Jericho is one of my legit 3 favorite wrestlers ever, and I personally think he is the best I've ever seen in terms of pure talent. My other 2 favorites are not in the same league as him (Tazz and Kevin Nash) and are just people I enjoyed for whatever reasons.

Jericho should not be the first champion. No way in hell. Really bad look for them to have a 50 year old ex-WWE main eventer as their first champion when they are trying to be an alternative. You could do it by having Jericho when via shenanigans, but then you have your first main event not being a clean match and ending fuzzy and again, is that really a way to present yourself as an alternative to WWE?

Then there's Jericho's recent comments in regards to Lesnar. The ones about a 40 year old taking spots from the younger guys......and then just a few days later he's going to win the title in a new companies first major event? And he's 50??? Talk about taking spots from the younger talent. Not a good look there. At all.

If they are going to go the route of a dirty finish of some type and not have Jericho do the job I would hope they would find some way to end it in a double KO. Not a count out outside the ring, not a DQ. A double KO. No one leaves as champion, you have an excellent match, everyone looks strong, the fans are left wanting more and to see who is going to get that belt in the end. And it's not stereotypical WWE.

Edit: Forgot the winner faces the winner of that battle royale and it's not for the title directly. So I dunno what you would do here honestly. I take back the double KO finish idea because I don't want the eventual first title match to be a triple threat. I'd still say Omega has to go over unless Jericho goes over dirty and they have a rematch for the title shot as a blow off match.
Jericho signed for 3 years so he’s in it for the long haul. I don’t think his age should be an issue. HBK was the best wrestler in WWE by far in the mid 2000s. But since he was “old”, he was treated like an over the hill legend who existed to get others over when he should have probably been getting serious world title reigns. It was stupid. Age should not factor in.

And as far as the hypocrisy of his Lesnar comments, it fits right in with his heel character. Troll the internet and be a hypocritical bastard. It’s harder and harder to make a heel nowadays. If you’ve gotta can me off as a scummy guy online to do it, so be it.

Also, the fact that he was a WWE main eventer shouldn’t factor in. He’s a star. Showcase him while you’re building homegrown talent. This isn’t TNA taking anyone who ever had a cup of coffee in WWE and making them champion over all their guys for a decade +. It’s a new company putting the title on their biggest star and then, hopefully trying to build up their own guys organically instead of just throwing the title on a midcard guy and crossing their fingers ala WWE. Make the title a big deal and THEN put it on the star you made.
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