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Old 02-11-2009, 05:17 AM   #1
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Right now, I can see three possible matches for Chris Jericho at WrestleMania XXV:

1. Chris Jericho vs. Mickey Rourke
2. Chris Jericho vs. Ric Flair
3. Chris Jericho vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin

And to be perfectly frank, I think there is a very good chance that Jericho could win them all. Rourke seemed to be the one they were going with first, but he's apparently dropped out. If he was working the event, though, do you really think it matters to Rourke who goes over? The Wrestler is not a mainstream film. It was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and was a comeback performance by Rourke, which to my knowledge, was about the weakness of the human body just as much as its strength. Rourke could do just as much for the movie's image by losing to Jericho as winning. It'd be all about the quality of the in-ring performance, I think.

Ric Flair is retired. He does not need to be winning matches. If this storyline leads to Jericho coaxing Flair out of retirement, it should lead to the active wrestler beating the retired one, with the retired one getting his licks in and proving that there is something even Jericho could learn from Flair.

As for Austin, which at this stage, I actually think is the most likely: Austin has always liked Jericho. Back in 2001, he called him one of his favourite workers, and apparently he's one of the few guys Austin would trust for one last match. Why does the non-active Austin need to go over? He could do so much for Jericho's persona if he put it over.

I think Jericho's opponent is being used as star power to draw, but I don't fully expect a happy ending for their match. Of course, this is the WWE. It wouldn't surprise me if we got a five-minute squash with Jericho looking like a novice.
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:02 AM   #2
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3. Chris Jericho vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
I haven't watched a lot of wrestling lately, but I have been checking results. Have I missed something? Where does Austin come into it?
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:38 AM   #3
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I haven't watched a lot of wrestling lately, but I have been checking results. Have I missed something? Where does Austin come into it?
Mainly from rumours. But prior to that, Austin vs. Jericho was a match that I could have seen happening, simply by the process of elimination. Who else is Jericho going to face? Everyone else is tied up. Granted, he could serve in Money in the Bank again, but Jericho might be a little too big for that, no?
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Old 02-12-2009, 11:13 AM   #4
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I haven't watched a lot of wrestling lately, but I have been checking results. Have I missed something? Where does Austin come into it?
My take on this line of thinking was...
  • Jericho starts ranting about Rourke portraying a beaten up, old wrestler who can't resist one last hurrah in the spotlight.
  • He singles out Ric Flair as the personification of this. The guy who wrestled well past his prime and just wouldn't/couldn't quit.
  • Jericho tries to coax Flair out of retirement and into a WM match, thus proving his theory on Flair.
  • Flair turns him down stating that he had his "one last hurrah" at WM24 and subsequently on the Raw following. However, he does know a man that has retired and that does want that "one last hurrah". That man is none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin.
And we have SCSA v Jericho at WM25.
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