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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan
Jericho signed for 3 years so he’s in it for the long haul. I don’t think his age should be an issue. HBK was the best wrestler in WWE by far in the mid 2000s. But since he was “old”, he was treated like an over the hill legend who existed to get others over when he should have probably been getting serious world title reigns. It was stupid. Age should not factor in.
And as far as the hypocrisy of his Lesnar comments, it fits right in with his heel character. Troll the internet and be a hypocritical bastard. It’s harder and harder to make a heel nowadays. If you’ve gotta can me off as a scummy guy online to do it, so be it.
Also, the fact that he was a WWE main eventer shouldn’t factor in. He’s a star. Showcase him while you’re building homegrown talent. This isn’t TNA taking anyone who ever had a cup of coffee in WWE and making them champion over all their guys for a decade +. It’s a new company putting the title on their biggest star and then, hopefully trying to build up their own guys organically instead of just throwing the title on a midcard guy and crossing their fingers ala WWE. Make the title a big deal and THEN put it on the star you made.
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Shawn Michaels retired at 44 years old.
And as great as Jericho is, he was never 'The Top Guy".
It's really not an Apple to Apple comparison saying a 48 year old is the same thing as the guy many consider the best ever was at 44 when he retired.
And no it doesn't play into his heel character, he is trying to be a babyface to AEW fans despite being a heel within the company, by bashing WWE, because like I just posted about JR, the BEST WAY to get a new company over is by having EX WWE guys talk about how bad WWE is.
WWE is frustrating as hell, so why would I go out of my way to watch a DIFFERENT show that is talking about WWE. It is the dumbest business model I have ever heard of.