|
/wrestling /guests /SUPES |
|
|
/wrestling /guests /SUPES |
| Guest Columns | SUPES |
MainBLAH |
JERICHO'S PUSH IS STARTING TO SUCK Don't believe what you read (especially from Rick Scaia), Jericho's skit last Monday on RAW sucked beyond belief. That isn't Jericho's fault by any means. It's the WWF's recent trend of making horrible creative decisions involving Jericho's push. Don't get me wrong, it could not have started off any better than the amazing promo with the Rock. After Jericho's Summerslam appearance, it's been all down hill from there. Why would I say that? Well, while Jericho has been allowed to show off his excellent mic skills to the fullest extent, he has had little opportunity to show off his equally impressive wrestling skills. I didn't expect Jericho to debut opposite the Rock, and I did not except him to stay in the upper card mix. To earn a place at the top, Jericho has to show he can carry the mid card. So I expected to see some great wrestling against D-Lo Brown, Edge, Christian, or Stevie Richards. Instead, they've put him in programs with Road Dogg and Shamrock. Two big mistakes. Don't get me wrong, it could not have started off any better than the amazing promo where he debuted opposite the Rock. After Jericho's Summerslam appearance, it's been all down hill from there. Let's start with Road Dogg first. The only good aspect was that Road Dogg was very over, and Jericho generated a lot of heat by ripping RD's ass at Summerslam. Which was fine by me. I hate Road Dogg. He could not sound or look like a bigger hick, yet does an even worse job of ripping off more b-boy lingo than Scott Steiner. He makes Kid Rock (or Rock Kid :) look like Pat Boone. But my initial markish glee went sour once the prospect of knowing that Jericho would wrestle Road Dogg first had set in. Why? Because plain and simple, Road Dogg is the late '90's version of Dusty Rhodes without the obese, cow like body and the sickening splotch from hell. When have you ever seen a good Road Dogg match that he didn't hide his lack of wrestling ability by being in a tag or hardcore match Anyone? ............Anyone? ...........Bueller? That's what I thought. While it was great to see Jericho take Road Dogg out of action, he didn't get to showcase his wrestling ability like he should have. For storyline purposes, he had to resort to pulling a table out early on. Something Jericho just looked really out of place doing. Wouldn't you think the guy would stay completely away from tables after Sabu DDT'd him through one from the top rope on to the concrete. Plus the double power bomb just doesn't do it for me. I hate to sound like a work rate freak, but both times, you could clearly see Road Dogg straining to help Jericho pull himself up to complete the move. I can believe someone big like Sid doing a double powerbomb (though I never want to see it for fear he may finally succeed in killing someone) but not a 225 lb. guy like Jericho. Sadly, we will be treated to Road Dogg's eventual return, where upon Jericho will have to everything in his power to make him look good. So basically, we'll be seeing the WWF version of Jericho vs. Konnan, with hopefully better results for Y2J this time around. Now on to Ken Shamrock (or Scamsuck), would it have been too much trouble to let him and Jericho wrestle for 5-10 minutes to get people excited about what could happen in a full blown 15-20 minute ppv match (maybe in the Lion's Den)? Instead, we've been treated to Jericho holding his end of the bargain up by cutting mildly amusing promos on Shamrock. But on the other end, Shamrock doing nothing else to help Jericho except his usual... running around, yelling like a complete retard. This situation can all be remedied with a **** match at Unforgiven but I doubt that will happen. But when did you see a good Shamrock match this year? Anyone? ..........Anyone? ..........Bischoff? Again, I rest my case. As far as Howard Finkel goes, the bits with him were amusing, but it's still an offshoot of the Ralphus thing. While HBK was full of a lot of horseshit on byte this a few weeks back (like HHH being the only guy to earn the WWF title, Get the fuck out of here!), he was right about the fact that the WWF shouldn't have to copy anything featured in WCW. (Although there is that whole initial DX-NWO conection, Shawn, you hypocritical, egomaniacal dumbass, you). Anyway, to put the nail in the coffin, if the whole thing with Finkel had been scrapped, then we all would have been spared the recurring nightmares that have resulted from the Howard Finkel-Tony Chimmle tuxedo match. Also, before you e-mail me asking "What about X-Pac"? Please. Three minutes with tons of run ins does not constiture a real wrestling match. Would it have been so much trouble to let that one go ten minutes? Or have to Jericho wrestle Edge, Christian, or Stevie Richards on any of the recent RAWS where Jericho has made only a toke appearance on the Titantron to invite Shamrock to some lame skit on Smackdown. The culmination of all this horseshit came on Monday with that brutally horrible skit. Jericho does not need a side kick. Was there anyone on Earth who wanted to see Curtis Hughes in the WWF? He's more useless than Ralphus. Atleast he was a funny looking lump of shit. Jim Ross can kiss my ass. Just because a guy loses 50 pounds, it doesn't suddenly make him a good worker, just look at Big Boss Man or Dr. Dead Beat Dad. So Vader couldn't cut the mustard, but these three ass loafs can. Again, JR can take his bottle of BBQ sauce, turn it sideways, and well, you know the rest. Here's hoping we'll see Jericho actually get to WRESTLE in the near future. I am SUPES. Good day. Mail the Author |
BLAH |
Main |
||