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Originally Posted by Noid
Didn't Jericho beat Batista fairly cleanly in a Steel Cage Match last year to win the World Heavyweight Title? That sort of thing makes Jericho look like a beast. I'd love to see Jericho get at least one win over John Cena. Maybe even clean, when the WWE goes to Canada next, or something.
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My memory is fading, and so I might be wrong.
Jericho did defeat Batista in the Steel Cage match, but I'm pretty sure that Batista was made to look far more dominant (and so Jericho either won by outside interference, or just managed to escape the cage faster despite being dominated). Either way - cleanly or not, Jericho was NOT made to look superior to Batista.
In the weeks leading up to that confrontation, I also recall Batista completely and utterly dominating Jericho in almost every confrontation that they had.
In my opinion, this is just bad booking....and simply helps re-enforce the idea that Jericho is nothing more than a transitional champ. In my opinion, there's a difference between a clean win....and a DECISIVE clean win. Getting a clean win, via roll-up or by some other NON-convincing technique, doesn't do a whole lot in terms of establishing a guy as a true main-eventer.
Also - great points about Big Show. I didn't think of it like that. I guess one advantage of Kane is that he wouldn't be limited to being a 'dominant big man' like Show would.