[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Heyman Let Jericho be World Champ, and let him regain his "2000/01 face-like reactions" due to this title reign. I actually like the sound of that.....alot. Off-topic slightly, but can you IMAGINE the "shock value" involved in such a thing?........If Jericho won the title on TELEVISION! It's too good of an idea.......which is exactly why it won't happen. The only problem I see with that, is that the fans might show (initial) lukewarm reactions in seeing Jericho as champ (since he's been made to look so "average" for so long). When management and Triple H see that, they may use it as a pretext to take the title of Jericho right away (due to his initial...somewhat mediocre response). p.s. As an asside - now you've made me a bit sad. When its Jericho's turn to run RAW in two weeks, a small part of me will be thinking, "What if Innovator's idea actually works out.......and Jericho miraculosly defeats Triple H!" God DAMN I want to see that! Orton costing Triple H the title. Jericho vs. Edge at Wrestlemania for the title (where Edge goes 'over' ), while Orton and HHH have a non-title match at mania' (due to their hatred for one another, both HHH and Orton consistently prevent one another from winning the title up until that point). DAMN you Innovator! Now you've got my "hopes" up for absolutely no reason!

Yeah, I posted in one of your others discussions that I would like to see Orton & Triple H at Mania WITHOUT the World Heavyweight Championship involved. They have enough personal heat to really create a drawing match that doesn't NEED the WHC involved to make it interesting.

Now this is an idea I stole from Gohan3k and ThugLife, and I love it, so I'm going to mention it here on behalf of them. Anyway, provided Jericho doesn't win the Battle Royal on this week's RAW (and that Triple H retains), Jericho comes out during a Triple H promo and shows us footage of Jericho beating Triple H for the WWE Championship in 2000. Jericho then tells Triple H "he owes him a title" and strips him of the title on the basis that Jericho should've won.

Now this is where I'd go from here. Jericho defends the title against the "truly deserving" Greg Stevens (some jobber), and makes him tap out to the Walls of Jericho (Liontamer-style). He then adds to that by hitting a Lionsault on the prone Stevens. The next week we see Eric Bischoff announce that at New Year's Revolution we will see a "Grand Tournament" for the World Heavyweight Championship due to the controversy this irresponsible decision by Jericho has garnished. Eight men will face off in a tournament, and the winner will be the IC Champion, and he will face Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship. The finals of the tournament comes down to Chris Benoit vs. Shelton Benajmin. Benoit wins, and then loses to Jericho in the main event.

Jericho then enters the Royal Rumble to try and get the WWE Championship as well. He isn't successful, but somehow this leads Eddie Guerrero over to RAW. Eddie heads over to RAW, and we see Jericho vs. Benoit vs. Guerrero signed for the RAW main event of WrestleMania. Triple H vs. Randy Orton, JBL vs. Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle are other matches on the card. Anyway Jericho wins, and then starts several feuds, until Jericho and Orton somehow meet up and have a blowoff match at Summerslam 2005, with Orton winning the title.

Or I can see Jericho moved to SmackDown! as a face (or a heel). I just can't see his character changing successfully without the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist, or some kind of psychologically broken type character. Anyway, I must admit I didn't see a heel Jericho in WCW, so I don't have the fond memories of him as a heel, so I aren't as filled with passion for that side of Jericho as his face side.