Originally Posted by Noid
I don't think the WWE should put Edge against either of the two guys you mentioned for one reason: They are both faces and Edge going against them will only split the crowd, which is not where they need to take Edge right now. I can understand why people don't seem as THE guy, though. Actually, since he has returned he has felt like that guy, but until his injury he always felt to be on that tier just below.
The top guys in the WWE, in my opinion, are the ones who have won both the WWE Title and World Heavyweight Championship. These men are Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Edge, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and Batista. In a kayfabe sense, I think these men should be considered on their own tier -- even above guys like Big Show, CM Punk, etc.
But that being said, if they want to make Edge work as a face, I think he needs to go against, first and foremost a strong heel at WrestleMania. Someone the fans really want to see Edge destroy. Chris Jericho fills both the quota of being a hated heel, and a member of the "headliner" club I listed above. I think the biggest problem facing Edge/Jericho -- and I may be the only one who thinks this -- is that they are so similar to each other. Both are Canadian, both are visually very similar, both are often seen as just below that "top guy" status by many, etc. Another problem is that it seems like Jericho would just be winning the World Heavyweight Title out of the blue to drop it to Edge.
CM Punk is the only other heel really hated enough to really put Edge over as a positive entity right now. He is probably hated just as much as Chris Jericho, so it gets the job done. The match also seems "fresher" to me. Edge pinning CM Punk in the WrestleMania main event would get him to the point where he is both beloved and seen as credible (he's walking out of WrestleMania as World Heavyweight Champion, after all). I'm not saying that Punk is more credible than Chris Jericho; but right now, I think it would be more believable if Punk won the World Heavyweight Title than Jericho. Do not ask me why. Maybe it is because he held it more recently than Jericho? It's not a logical feeling I get, it's just that I think it feels more natural right about now. Jericho winning his sixth World Title right about now would just be a bit "convenient."
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