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I'm also wondering that while Ryback needs a fucking win so fucking badly, that it might just be better to put Chris Jericho over and build Jericho for the next time he puts over a young gun. You know, someone that doesn't urgently need a win just to keep their head above water.
I'm not saying that Ryan Reeves the performer is ruined or anything. They seem to be trying to do things to get him super-heat with audiences -- they clearly want this "Cryback" thing to work. But putting the "Cryback" over Jericho won't really help him, because he won't need any credibility. The less he has the better, probably. Even if the idea is to show how cunning and smart Ryback can be, with this whole leg injury shit, it still won't make Ryback look that good if he wins.
I say have Jericho get the win after hitting two Codebreakers (one only stuns the big man) and a Lionsault for the pin. Ryback at least looks good absorbing all that punishment, and Jericho looks like a cagey veteran who can get it done. Then he goes on to put over Curtis Axel and the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
Idea two: Ryback actually doesn't wrestle Chris Jericho. He has a doctor's note or something and says that he's not going to compete until he gets permission. Jericho is announced the winner via forfeit. Jericho gets on the mic and says he didn't come all the way to this wrestling city to win a match because his opponent is a coward. He wants to face someone here tonight, baby! You then do an impromptu match with Chris Jericho facing somebody. My mind immediately went to Bray Wyatt, although I think a mere promo would be enough to get Wyatt over at the PPV. A vanity match with Jericho facing one of his favorite opponents to work with could be fun. A Jericho vs. Regal match, or something like that, but that might be more my pipe-dream than Jericho's.
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