QUESTION - What will the MAIN-EVENT of Wrestlemania 27 be?

**NeanderCarl** · 03-29-2010, 10:22 PM

The problem I have with Taker vs Jericho is the 'element of doubt' factor.

Over the last few years, WrestleMania has pretty much been booked as The Undertaker's show. In order for anyone to pose a viable realistic threat to the streak, there has to be that element of doubt - on both a kayfabe and smark level - that the challenger would actually be booked by the office to end the streak.

I can buy Jericho as a threat on a kayfabe level, but I doubt there would be many smarks out there genuinely considering buying into the match on the chance of Jericho ending the streak.

While I can switch to the ole suspension of disbelief and buy Jericho as a challenger within the confines of the storyline, when I think outside the box from a real world perspective I cannot imagine the office would consider putting 40 year old Jericho, who has reached the pinnacle of his career and has nowhere new to venture, over the Taker at WrestleMania.

If you really want to draw a buyrate that works on both levels, guys like Cena and Orton are far more viable, with bigger 'elements of doubt', than Jericho.

03-29-2010, 10:22 PM	#11
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	The problem I have with Taker vs Jericho is the 'element of doubt' factor. Over the last few years, WrestleMania has pretty much been booked as The Undertaker's show. In order for anyone to pose a viable realistic threat to the streak, there has to be that element of doubt - on both a kayfabe and smark level - that the challenger would actually be booked by the office to end the streak. I can buy Jericho as a threat on a kayfabe level, but I doubt there would be many smarks out there genuinely considering buying into the match on the chance of Jericho ending the streak. While I can switch to the ole suspension of disbelief and buy Jericho as a challenger within the confines of the storyline, when I think outside the box from a real world perspective I cannot imagine the office would consider putting 40 year old Jericho, who has reached the pinnacle of his career and has nowhere new to venture, over the Taker at WrestleMania. If you really want to draw a buyrate that works on both levels, guys like Cena and Orton are far more viable, with bigger 'elements of doubt', than Jericho.