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As much as I know Jericho has about the same amount of chance of winning the WWE Title at SummerSlam as Shadow comming on the boards and posting completly on the level, I still somehow deep down have this prayer that Jericho will win the title. I can't think of a single WWE performer who has been more loyal and constant of a worker then Jericho. For my money I can not think of a single time Jericho has been out of action for any reason (other then like two weeks for his wedding) since his arrival in 1999. If they could just use Jericho correctly, he could have been the next big thing. I think it is a god damn shame that Jericho still is blamed for Mania X-8's low buy rates, hell they only promoted Rock and Hogan, why isn't Hogan blamed??? On top of that Jericho was the minnor character in the main event match...hell anyone could see it was Triple H versus Stephanie McMahon, and why is that you ask? Because they had the dumb ass idea to promote Hunter as a face, and unless they paired Jericho with the most annoying person at their disposal, he would get a bigger pop then Hunter.
Jericho is solid. On the mic, in the ring, and let's face it, his fan basis is loyal. Not only that but he can shovel merch. Anyone remember back in like '00 and '01 when every last person on the planet had some type of Y2J clothing, or whatever. I think he is past his prime, but the sad thing is that Jericho past his prime is better then like 99% of the wrestlers on this planet IN their prime. Jericho has Fozzy, appearences on VH1, and if promoted correctly could be the next guy to corss draw not only wrestling fans, but even the most casual fans as well.
Why am I on this rant? It doesn't matter. Jericho will lose, continue to be burried, and live out the rest of his carrer taking odd shots at the IC Title and once in a blue moon the WWE Title. The idea for the promo would be awesome, but it will never even have the chance to happen. Fuck this I am going to go watch some old Best of Jericho tapes I have sitting around.
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