Frustrations of Jericho

[Guest Trivia247]

Source: PWTorch]

 

-- Chris Jericho, who has become even more outspoken than ever about WWE, may not renew his contract. His deal with the company ends late this year, and he has been very open about his frustrations. A source close to Jericho backstage, says that he is stale and knows it, but is frustrated that he isn’t given more attention from the creative staff.

 

The creative team, of about 8 or 9 members, feels that it’s not worth heavily investing any time in him until he renews his contract. This means that Jericho isn’t a top candidate to be moved to Smackdown in the upcoming draft, and given a renewed push.

[haws bah gawd 0]

I read this a few days ago. I can see both parties sides on the matter. I don't blame WWE for not wanting to invest a lot of time into a character that they aren't even sure will still be around with the company by the year's end. I can also see Jericho's frustration. Having one of the most poorly-handled World title reigns in history, and essentially being the same character for the past 5 years has got to be irritating him.

[Slayer 0]

The creative team, of about 8 or 9 members, feels that it’s not worth heavily investing any time in him until he renews his contract.

Apparently he's been not-renewing his contract for the last 5 years

[SuperJerk 0]

Did it ever occur to those fuckers that pushing him might be an incentive for him to renew his contract?

 

Its not like there's an abundance of skilled veterans willing to carry inexperienced workers and put younger talent over. The WWE needs Jericho. Look at Triple H's total incompetence when it comes to getting other guys over. Both Orton and Batista lost whatever heat they had the second they started feuded with HHH. Even HHH's feuds with veterans made the stars less popular than they were when the feud started. Jericho's much better at making other guys on Raw look good.

[Carnival 0]

i can see them letting him go. They've jobbed him beyond belief.

[tbondrage99 0]

Since Jericho is my favorite wrestler, I dont like this news much at all. Stupid Creative.

[haws bah gawd 0]

Anyone else think he may get destroyed by Shelton Benjamin at Backlash? I can see them doing with him what they did to Maven a few months back against Benjamin, just to piss him off.

[2GOLD 0]

How stupid would the WWE have to be to let one of their most entertaining wrestlers go?

 

They couldn't be that dumb.

[BorneAgain 0]

How stupid would the WWE have to be to let one of their most entertaining wrestlers go?

 

They couldn't be that dumb.

*Remembers recent developments on Raw*

 

A second Diva Seach.

 

Cutting the legs out from their new World Heavyweight Champion.

 

Putting HHH vs. JR as their ten-minute main event.

 

The Masterlock challenge.

 

 

That dumb? I beginning to wonder.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

There is no room for advancement on RAW, either as a heel or a face. If he doesn't move to Smackdown, there isn't much purpose in keeping him around. The only thing he does anymore is the Highlight Reel, and even there he isn't nearly as entertaining as Carlito.

 

I used to be a big fan of Jericho. But he's been jobbed out so much, that I find it hard to even care about him anymore. Say all you will about Benoit, but he has been treated with far more respect than Jericho has, and thus he is still capable of being a threat in big matches and rarely loses midcard matches. I wouldn't be suprised to see Jericho get jobbed out to Hurricane. That's how far his star has fallen.

[Guest news_gimmick]

You know, I feel that if he can find a great alternative to WWE, he should take it. I really think he deserves better than this shit and I can totally see why he would be hesistant at this point to resign. Who really wants to resign when you've had the past few years he has had? As much as they need him I think they deserve to lose him and pay for mistreating him for so long. How could he put faith in WWE promising a push when they have shown to be unwilling to get behind him in the past, even during his big title reign.

 

In fact, as much as we always hear about so and so making an "impact" for TNA, Jericho would be the perfect star to build their image upon instead of Jeff Jarrett, but that only matters if they get a tv deal.

[tbondrage99 0]

How stupid would the WWE have to be to let one of their most entertaining wrestlers go?

 

They couldn't be that dumb.

They let Hogan go a bunch of times, why wouldnt they stop Jericho from going as well.

[Jericholic82 0]

Well you know I have some words on this subject. Yeah theyve pretty much done all they can to kill his character, yet he remains over enough, that if they tried to make him a challenger for the world title (heel or face) the fans would buy it. Benoit is in the same position. Face it, my nero and paragon of virtue will never be the top anything in WWE. He was bascially the next big thing in the WWF back in 99. By early 2000 he was over enough to have a world title reign.

 

But hey, if he doesnt like whats going on, I dont blame him for wanting to leave the cesspool that WWE has become. He's getting older now, and he may be on borrowed time (luckily he has had very few injuries in his career so that may not be the case)

 

TNA is a joke so forget that. I can see him going back to tours of Japan and Mexico perhaps. He can command decent money anywhere he wants due to his WCW and WWF/E exposure.

 

 

If he does leave.....well godbye Chris we hardly knew ye (well thanks to HHH)

[Twisted Intestine 0]

If TNA signed Jericho, Hardy, and Rhyno and fired Nash, Gunn, and Pac, I think they'd have a chance.

[humongous2002 0]

The creative team, of about 8 or 9 members, feels that it’s not worth heavily investing any time in him until he renews his contract. This means that Jericho isn’t a top candidate to be moved to Smackdown in the upcoming draft, and given a renewed push.

Just like they did with RVD when he went to SD.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

The creative team, of about 8 or 9 members, feels that it’s not worth heavily investing any time in him until he renews his contract. This means that Jericho isn’t a top candidate to be moved to Smackdown in the upcoming draft, and given a renewed push.

Just like they did with RVD when he went to SD.

Jericho is a lot more talented than RVD is though. There isn't much you can do with RVD.

[Guest eBayBrison]

The creative team, of about 8 or 9 members, feels that it’s not worth heavily investing any time in him until he renews his contract. This means that Jericho isn’t a top candidate to be moved to Smackdown in the upcoming draft, and given a renewed push.

Just like they did with RVD when he went to SD.

Jericho is a lot more talented than RVD is though. There isn't much you can do with RVD.

I disagree. With both superstars I don't think WWE has let them unleash their true potential. They both are really great workers (look at Jericho WCW and RVD in ECW). They both are main event material IMO.

 

Bri.... nevermind.

[humongous2002 0]

I agree with that because Y2J and RVD are very different performers with different qualities, if WWE was smart enough to give them a chance to get over I would bet that both of them will be able to do it with flying colors.

[Guest dropkickguy]

It seems to me that every time a mid-card wrestlers extends his contract they receive a limited push and in 8 months they are back to being in the same stale rut they always were. The only that changes is the contract terms and maybe a promise of a world title run down the line. I.E. RVD's last contract re-negotiation. I love Chris Jericho but I think he should just walk away while he still can.

[Guest Neon]

The latest on Jericho from today's Observer update.

 

Just to clear things up, Chris Jericho has every intention of re-signing when his contract comes due later this year. He actually did say that, but has talked about the difficulty of balancing the singing with the wrestling schedule. If Fozzy skyrockets, of course that could change, but the odds are also against that happening.

[Brett Favre 0]

Jericho shouldn't get a push till he grows his hair back. Not that he recieved tons of them when he did have long hair, but he looks like a fruit right now.

[Jericholic82 0]

Jericho shouldn't get a push till he grows his hair back. Not that he recieved tons of them when he did have long hair, but he looks like a fruit right now.

I have to agree his current haircut is pretty bad. Fozzy skyrocketing? LMAO

[Guest Shadow]

The latest on Jericho from today's Observer update.

 

Just to clear things up, Chris Jericho has every intention of re-signing when his contract comes due later this year. He actually did say that, but has talked about the difficulty of balancing the singing with the wrestling schedule. If Fozzy skyrockets, of course that could change, but the odds are also against that happening.

I would imagine after 5 years with a very nice income and the fact he has a good head on his shoulders and has side projects such as VH1 and Fozzy and would still be able to work in TNA with that very limited schedule that he would be willing stop the madness.

 

What does he have left to stay for? he clearly knows no push is forthcoming, that they'll likely never release a Best of Jericho DVD like they did Eddy, Rey, Benoit(three other guys that left wcw for wwe) and that Lord HHH will shove him down at every opportunity.

 

He has the money, he got to work with the "best" wwe had to offer, got a modicum of fame and can now leave that headache with a quality source of money in his bank(don't forget, his wife is also well off as well), prospects for his future(fozzy, vh1 countdown shows and japan for a few wrestling gigs a year)

 

However, we basically said this about RVD and he stayed.

 

Jericho isn't going anywhere but he should leave.

[Taker666 0]

The latest on Jericho from today's Observer update.

 

Just to clear things up, Chris Jericho has every intention of re-signing when his contract comes due later this year. He actually did say that, but has talked about the difficulty of balancing the singing with the wrestling schedule. If Fozzy skyrockets, of course that could change, but the odds are also against that happening.

Well thats good news. WWE loosing a talent like Jericho would truly suck. Rhyno,hardy and Molly weren't in his legue so loosing them isn't that big of a deal. Jericho has a much bigger fanbase, and much better talent aswell.

[AndrewTS 0]

The latest on Jericho from today's Observer update.

 

Just to clear things up, Chris Jericho has every intention of re-signing when his contract comes due later this year. He actually did say that, but has talked about the difficulty of balancing the singing with the wrestling schedule. If Fozzy skyrockets, of course that could change, but the odds are also against that happening.

I'm overwhelmed with feelings of indifference.

[The Robfather 0]

You know what's sad? I used to be outraged by the shit the WWE put guys like Jericho through. Now, I just don’t care anymore, I am completely apathetic. I guess I've learned just to accept that is the way things are.

[Carnival 0]

Jericho shouldn't get a push till he grows his hair back. Not that he recieved tons of them when he did have long hair, but he looks like a fruit right now.

The Haircut was probably prompted by steph mcmahon. she used to be big into that.

[cabbageboy 0]

Jericho has been wallowing in mediocrity so long that it's really impossible to care about him. He's such a total jobber storywise that he has no heat left. His main point these days is the Highlight Reel, and Carlito is doing that better than him at this point so moving him to SMDN won't help if he's going to keep doing it.

 

Here's the main difference between RVD and Jericho: RVD is more credible to the casual fan. He is simply perceived as cooler. Both have been jobbed to various degrees but Van Dam retained his "I don't give a shit, job me out if you want muthafucka" attitude whereas Jericho visibly seemed to let it get to him. I also think the debut push a wrestler gets dictates how fans constantly view him. Jericho debuted by struggling with bums like X Pac and Road Dogg, and then jobbed out to Chyna CLEANLY. In a way I don't think his career has ever totally recovered from that early WWF period in 99.

 

RVD on the other hand debuted by having killer hardcore matches with Jeff Hardy, beat Austin, destroyed Kurt Angle and busted him open a few times, beat the Rock multiple times, beat UT once (and jobbed to him in a wild hardcore match). I'm not sure of the lifetime record but it seems like RVD also owns Jericho in their series.

 

Anytime they want they could push RVD again and a lot of fans would buy into it, especially given the renewed interest in ECW. But Jericho? He's become a shell of himself and I don't really think anyone would even buy him as a main eventer at this point.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The latest on Jericho from today's Observer update.

 

Just to clear things up, Chris Jericho has every intention of re-signing when his contract comes due later this year. He actually did say that, but has talked about the difficulty of balancing the singing with the wrestling schedule. If Fozzy skyrockets, of course that could change, but the odds are also against that happening.

Jericho said on O&A Monday that the World Tours (to Australia and upcoming to Europe) were wearing him out, and he had a really rough sounding voice on the show. He also said he likes to get Fozzy shows in on those tours if he can but its a lot of work. He also hosts a show on XM Radio..

[cameron chaos 0]

Jericho shouldn't get a push till he grows his hair back. Not that he recieved tons of them when he did have long hair, but he looks like a fruit right now.

The Haircut was probably prompted by steph mcmahon. she used to be big into that.

I believe it was said Jericho, Edge, Christian and HHH looked too alike so they have changed their looks. HHH has long auburn hair with the Lemmy beard, Edge has stubble and bleached hair, Jericho has shoulder length hair with highlights and a chin scruff beard, Christian now has his short spiky look with goatee.