The Canadian Mafia

[Guest Big Poppa Popick]

Does Lance get to shine, or will they bring Jericho in on this...or who else could become a part? Mike Awesome?

 

Your thoughts on the newest, and pretty much only, stable

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Make-Chris-Jericho-the-leader.

Then....

Have-Test-lose-a-match-to-an-American.Jericho-and-crew

are-angry,whoop-Test'-ass,and-kick-him-out-of-the-group.

[Guest TheDames7]

Jericho would give them somewhat of a main event rub. Mike Awesome isn't even really Canadian...and yes, I know he was in Team Canada, but Lance was the only Canadian in the group.

 

Dames

[Guest Dangerous A]

If it's to get Lance, Christian, and Test over, then I wouldn't mind having Jericho be their leader.

 

Only problem is it means a step down for Jericho, which SD really doesn't need.

 

Man this is a predicament. The Canadian Mafia needs a speaker because the other 3 are not strong on the mike as a leader. Storm is getting better, but he is not there yet.

 

Maybe have Jericho start as leader and as Storm develops as a leader on the mike, he can take over, possibly leading to a Jericho face turn?

 

But I hate face Jericho as much as I hate face HHH so scrap the last part.

[Guest El Psycho Diablo]

Leave Jericho out of it, thank you.

 

Lance/Christian/Test would be a fine enough group.

 

Those three guys need elevated on their own. Jericho dosen't need stuck with them. His character is too much of a 'spotlight hog' to work with a group anyway.

 

-Shiro

[Guest TheDames7]

You know what...scratch what I said earlier. Let them build Lance up to ME status and have them occasionally tag with Jericho.

[Guest Nezbyte]

Jericho should be a sometime conspirator, never full time member.

[Guest Army Eye]

I think Storm can be a fine leader. It would take a while for the fans to take the group seriously since Storm and Christian have been jobbed out badly, but that's ok. Slow and steady.

 

I don't think Jericho as leader would help the other three too much. He would completely overshadow them.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

i think it should be sorta like the kurt angle-edge and christian friendship of old, when they were all heel

[Guest Human Fly]

The Mafia should be fine on their own, but have Jericho's back every now and then.

[Guest Austin3164life]

Lance Storm, Christian, Test, and Chris Benoit as a leader. He's technically property of Smackdown, right? Well, since this is the WWE, let's throw logic out of the window. Benoit being the uber-heel goes back and forth from each show whenever he chooses. He's the leader of the new "Team Canada". They run roughsod in the entire WWE until they meet *gasp* the nWold. They pretty much take them out because the nWo has only two active workers who aren't good. There's your dominant stable......

[Guest El Psycho Diablo]

I don't like the idea of Jericho or Benoit being involved with them. Simply because they'd wind up "stealing the spotlight" to quote HBK. Jericho is too much of an egomaniac in character, and Benoit should be pretty much a loner (except for Eddy, because they have history together). Besides the fact it'd be a tool to get him the belt. No. If he gets there, it should be on his own..like everyone else. No stable, no manager, just him. Same for Jericho.

 

I feel like having a Team Canada-ish stable works for Lance, Christian, and Test. Give Lance his time to shine. Same with Christian, and even Test. (*waits for heads to explode*). Jericho and Benoit are well out of reach of these guys right now. Let them get elevated their own way, and TC their way. No need sticking perfectly good main eventers with guys who have yet to be elevated.

 

(Besides. I'm a Lance Storm mark. He's been doing the work, gathering people..so let him lead the stable.)

 

-Shiro

[Guest LJSexay]

I dig all three of them. If they let them do their thing, they WILL get over, easy. Test could have gotten over easy if they just let him run the ball with immunity, but whatever...

 

and Lance was over during the beginning of InVasion, and Christian . . . you know he can get uber-over too.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

Give time to shine... Test.

 

Never saw this before

[Guest JAxlMorrison]

My view is this should have happened when Jericho was World Champ and he needed them as his uber Horsemen group.

 

Jericho=Flair

 

Test=Sid

 

Lance=Arn

 

Christian=Tully

 

Need I say more? But then again that's a topic for the past and something the WWE would have continued with if they had any intention of getting Chris over when he was champ.

 

For now? Nah. Let the three of em try to get over on their own talent and find Jericho something else to do, meaningful, unless that is too much to ask. Let someone else suggested, they could be co-conspirators, but never make Jericho an official member.

[Guest DrEvil]

This group needs Storm and his no-nonsense, business first attitude as it's leader. He's been criticized for speaking in a monotone voice with no emotion but that's what makes it work. He's easy to hate because he's that guy who comes in, doesn't want any of that pleasantry bullshit, just do what I want and get out. That seems to be the direction their taking this group, they're Canadians, they're not here to brag about how great they are and show off, they're here to kick some ass and chew some bubble gum, and they're all out of bubble gum.

 

Jericho just wouldn't fit in with this group. He's a Larger Than Life Living Legend, king of the world, a bragger, a showman. They can give each other a rub by having the CM help Jericho here and there because of his nationality, but they should never join forces because the characters don't mesh.

[Guest Prince Paul]

The Mafia should be fine on their own, but have Jericho's back every now and then.

I agree. They should both have eachothers backs from time to time...but Jericho doesn't need to actually join the group.

 

Jericho needs to build back his credibility as a Main Event threat. It's going to be hard, but it can be done. First Hogan should job to him. Then, and I know this will probably never happen, but Jericho must beat HHH in some kind of high profile match. Otherwise, he will always look like, or be remembered as HHH's little bitch. Damn that HHH. DAMN HIM TO ALL HELL!

[Guest FeArHaVoC]

I say just keep the 3 of them, at least for now. This is their chance to really get over and it looks like the WWE is really trying here.

 

Only problem I have so far. The whole "America Sucks!" I know that's the point of it all, but come up with something else. Be a little bit more creative. (That's asking for Alot, I know, I know)

 

At least Bret had a pretty good storyline building for him. They need to focus more on the "Conspiracy Victims" angle and not just keep saying "America sucks" at the end of every sentence.

 

Time will tell I guess.

[Guest dreamer420]

they need a bigger name in the group. speaking as a canadian, lance storm, christian, and test aren't exactly the three guys I want leading team canada. we need a brave and strong leader. preferably with the first name chris. benoit or jericho i don't care.

[Guest mach7]

Storm should be the leader and stay the leader. No Jericho is needed. Let him piss away on his fans. At least Storm doesn't turn on you when the going gets tough.

[Guest treble charged]

Storm as the leader is fine by me. They'll never be a main event stable, just a mid-card one, and that, as well, is fine by me.

 

I don't know why people say Storm can't cut a promo, he's no Rock, sure, but for the role he plays, his mic work is fine. He's better than Benoit on the stick, IMO (and I know that's not saying a whole lot, but still).

[Guest Brian]

If Jericho work with them, but then they eventually turn on him by plotting against them, it'll get both big time over plus really get Jericho back to major facedom that he had back at the phantom switch.

[Guest Downhome]

Jericho should stay out of it. He is doing find and dandy on his own right now, there isn't a single reason for him to join the group. Lance Storm is the only guy that should be the "leader" of Team Canada, he is the guy that needs the push up the ladder, not Jericho as he is already up there. I say a stable of Storm, Christian, Test, and perhaps one or two other Canadians would be good enough. The only question, is which other one or two Canadians?

[Guest Downhome]

One more thing, who in the world is going to be a good enough guy or group of guys to even go against Team Canada? Because we all know a stable is only as good as the ones they oppose. Anyone got any ideas on THAT one?

[Guest Brian]

They have Val Venis and there's history with Rhyno and Christian if needed, plus they can always use Edge. Jericho should pay them off to do things, until one day when Jericho gets cocky (but in that face way) and screws them over, prompting them to kick the crap out of him.

[Guest Downhome]

They have Val Venis and there's history with Rhyno and Christian if needed, plus they can always use Edge. Jericho should pay them off to do things, until one day when Jericho gets cocky (but in that face way) and screws them over, prompting them to kick the crap out of him.

I think Val Venis should stay face (although not as much as I think he should change his in-ring name), and as for Rhyno, I didn't know he was Canadian, so in that case he SHOULD join the group once he returns. Now THERE is an enforcer for ya! Also, as long as Jericho isn't technically IN the group, then I would be ok with him working with them and their doing his bidding sometimes, as LONG as it climaxed with them finally beating the hell out of Jericho, his turning face, and Team Canada becoming that much MORE of a heel faction.

[Guest Big Poppa Popick]

who says they need anyone to go up against them..just use the wwe random match generator and put upper card faces randomly teaming to stop the canadian menace, only to get beaten down

 

until finally...the split ends

and you bring back the horsemen

 

4H v5? vs. HF v.3?

[Guest Downhome]

who says they need anyone to go up against them..just use the wwe random match generator and put upper card faces randomly teaming to stop the canadian menace, only to get beaten down

 

until finally...the split ends

and you bring back the horsemen

 

4H v5? vs. HF v.3?

Usually, for a stable or team to be succesfull, they need another group of individuals to counter them, to be their enemy. Hmmm...

 

...are you sure you aren't Steph under a different name?

[Guest Redhawk]

Only problem is it means a step down for Jericho, which SD really doesn't need.

I don't see why it would be a step down for Jericho or Benoit. There are plenty of main eventers who have led stables: Shawn Michaels (DX), Bret Hart (Hart Foundation), Undertaker (Ministry), Hulk Hogan (nWo), Kevin Nash (Wolfpac) and so on.

 

The trick is to elevate Test, Christian and Lance Storm enough so that it wouldn't be a step down for Jericho or Benoit.

 

How do you do that? It's simple, but they blew it last night. Instead of Mark Henry and Rikishi feeling the brunt of the Mafia after Storm's anti-America promo last week, it should have been someone important: Rock, HHH, or Hogan. If Team Canada was allowed to beat down a main eventer, then they'd be instantly over enough to have Jericho or Benoit lead. And with HHH injured, wouldn't he have been the perfect person for them to beat down?

 

And it's not like the WWE is hesitant to push mid-carders up to main eventers nowadays. If they're pushing John Cena and Brock Lesnar, they can push Christian and the rest of the Mafia.

 

As I said earlier, that's what hurt the Invasion out of the gate: The only people from the WWF who gave a fuck about the Alliance at first were Faarooq, Bradshaw, K-Kwik, and a bunch of jobbers.

 

   

[Guest El Psycho Diablo]

It's like I've said earlier. I don't want Benoit or Jericho in it. All they'll accomplish is being a semi-main eventer with three flunkies. No thanks. Lance is doing a good enough job as the leader from my point of view.

 

It also comes off as sort of a crutch for the Chrises. Jericho would use them to get his ruined credibility back..and Benoit would use them because his mic skills aren't quite main event level yet.

 

Leave Team Canada out of it.

 

-Shiro