DISCUSSION - Would it be wise to push JERICHO as a main-event heel? (in the future).

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DISCUSSION - Would it be wise to push JERICHO as a main-event heel? (in the future).

Here's my line of thinking:

1) Jericho's been around for WAY too long (and has been made to look 'average' for way too long) for the fans to REALLY get behind as a FACE main-eventer. It's not the year 2000 or 2001 anymore. .

2) With Orton, Benjamin, Benoit,....and the impending returns of Kane and Shawn Michaels, Jericho could *REALLY* fall down the depth chart.

3) I may be WRONG on this, but I also suspect that Triple H will NOT be a heel within the next year or so (quite possibly even sooner). Even the "geniuses" ( -) on the creative team must realize that Triple H's character as a heel has RUN it's course.



I think it's obvious that Orton will be the top face, while Edge will be the top heel (after WM next year........lets atleast pretend to assume that Triple H will temporarily give the spotlight to someone else ).


My biggest concern with this however, is that the fans simply won't care about Edge enough, to take him seriously enough as a main-eventer (Edge won't neccessarily be a toilet bowl heel like JBL, but I still have doubts as to whether the fans will "buy" into him......especially if he can't get into 5 star quality matches). I'm saying this EVEN IF Edge "goes over" Chris Benoit.

Upon seeing the "failure" of Edge's heel main-event push, the WWE will then just "re-elevate" Triple H as "the top heel." :foc:


So with that in mind, do you think it's a good idea to "turn" someone like Chris Jericho?



A) Jericho can put over 5 star matches with the likes of Benjamin, Benoit, Orton, etc.

B) Jericho has much bigger "drawing potential" than Edge (atleast IMO). Elaborating on point 'b', I think its MUCH easier to push someone as a heel than it is as a face. Jericho may be a guy that can NEVER be taken seriously as a main-event face (since he's been buried for so long), but I'd argue that this line of reasoning goes out the window if you turn him HEEL (since as a heel, you can 'start out' getting fluke victories.......but slowly over time, start getting more convincing victories).

C) The fans CARE about Jericho. Will Jericho still elicit face pops as a heel? Yes. Is that so bad? No. ALL successful heels garner atleast SOME face pops (i.e. The Rock, Angle, Orton, Triple H, etc.).





-Ideally, Jericho would NOT be stuck in the mid-cards..........but he is.

-Ideally, Jericho would be a HUGE babyface main-eventer......but given the fact that he's been around for soo long, the fans may not get behind him NEARLY as much....as they would've THREE years ago. Stick a fork in this possibility.


How should the WWE turn Jericho?

I'm not really sure as to WHAT they can do. I'm thinking that within the next few months, Jericho basically keeps on 'doing what he's doing' (i.e. pleasing the fans, getting victories over mid-carders, jobbing to "important" wrestlers, etc.).

One day - somebody (Vince McMahon? Bischoff?) cuts a promo with Jericho.......and talks about how he was once the UNDISPUTED champion, but has now turned into a joke. This sets the stage for a Jericho turn.