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Originally Posted by DTTS
As great as it was I am surprised it happened like it did. A super-popular WCW mid-carder gets a monster introduction, gets pushed like crazy and eventually becomes the first Unified World Champion.
How the fuck did that happen? I'm glad that it happened, don't get me wrong, but it seemed like they dropped the ball with every other ECW/WCW guy outside of Booker T and RVD (oh and some jobber who died a while back).
What was Vince thinking doing this? Was it just that Jericho was such a solid guy in and out of the ring or was it something else?
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The things was is that he jumped shipped. the others just floated over in the wreckage.
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Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla
The thing is, I think they made Jericho look like a bit of a bitch for much of his career. He could have been on the level of guys like The Rock and Austin, and they try to fool us into thinking that he is by constantly reminding us that he beat them both in one night, but he's definitely on a tier below them. Sure he grabbed a bunch of Vince McMahon's imaginary brass rings (as CM Punk called them), but he could have been a MUCH bigger deal in the WWE.
Love Jericho, though. His WCW heel character is probably my favorite character in wrestling history, and I've watched a ton of this shit. I'm glad he's doing so well in life, but he's not the wrestling mecca god that he deserved to be.
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Jericho played a chicken shit heel every stage of his career. One of the side effects is by being a "bitch."