WWE likes to use Chris Jericho as a stepping stone. Every time he returns, he puts over someone who is currently in a big push, and then he goes away while that person becomes an even bigger star... Or at least that's the idea. In practice, things don't work out like that.
Here are the last people Chris Jericho put over:
• Wade Barrett on March 18 Raw
• Jack Swagger on March 15 Smackdown
• Fandango @ WrestleMania 28
• Dolph Ziggler on April 12 Smackdown & April 22 Raw
• CM Punk @ Payback
• Ryback @ Money in the Bank
• Curtis Axel @ last match on SD before leaving the company
Look at all those names. Almost immediately after getting put over by the greatest of all time, these guys' pushes were over.
Wade Barrett beat Jericho in an IC title match, he was then left off Mania, and then his push came to a screeching halt, losing it to Curtis Axel. Curtis beat Jericho a couple of times and then dropped the IC title, lost Paul Heyman, and became a tag team jobber. Same goes for Ryback. Jericho was his last big win.
Dolph and Jack were both in the World title scene when they went over Jericho. Then they were buried down the card. Jack rebounded much later in the year with a tag team run, but he lost most of his matches. Dolph has yet to rebound from the purgatory he's stuck in.
As for Punk, he was definitely protected throughout the year, but at the time when he beat Jericho, he was in the main event scene. He was stuck in the midcard treading it out with Ryback and Curtis for the rest of the year before calling it quits.
The only names I left out from the list are Rob Van Dam and The Big Show. Jericho put both of them over, but they're too established already to be buried. They both ended up getting a PPV world title match after beating Jericho, although they both pretty much disappeared after that.
So what do you guys think? Is it just a coincidence that all these guys got buried after beating Jericho or is there something more to this connection?
Here are the last people Chris Jericho put over:
• Wade Barrett on March 18 Raw
• Jack Swagger on March 15 Smackdown
• Fandango @ WrestleMania 28
• Dolph Ziggler on April 12 Smackdown & April 22 Raw
• CM Punk @ Payback
• Ryback @ Money in the Bank
• Curtis Axel @ last match on SD before leaving the company
Look at all those names. Almost immediately after getting put over by the greatest of all time, these guys' pushes were over.
Wade Barrett beat Jericho in an IC title match, he was then left off Mania, and then his push came to a screeching halt, losing it to Curtis Axel. Curtis beat Jericho a couple of times and then dropped the IC title, lost Paul Heyman, and became a tag team jobber. Same goes for Ryback. Jericho was his last big win.
Dolph and Jack were both in the World title scene when they went over Jericho. Then they were buried down the card. Jack rebounded much later in the year with a tag team run, but he lost most of his matches. Dolph has yet to rebound from the purgatory he's stuck in.
As for Punk, he was definitely protected throughout the year, but at the time when he beat Jericho, he was in the main event scene. He was stuck in the midcard treading it out with Ryback and Curtis for the rest of the year before calling it quits.
The only names I left out from the list are Rob Van Dam and The Big Show. Jericho put both of them over, but they're too established already to be buried. They both ended up getting a PPV world title match after beating Jericho, although they both pretty much disappeared after that.
So what do you guys think? Is it just a coincidence that all these guys got buried after beating Jericho or is there something more to this connection?
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