6 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (8 May - Results & Review)
1. Chris Jericho Is Chris Jericho
You will have already decided if this new Chris Jericho bit is for you or not, such is the “success” of the character to those that are enjoying it.
It’s all very…Chris Jericho. By force will and passing quality of performance, he has managed to find his voice with the ‘Learning Tree’ persona, taking some of the worst-case-scenario crowd reactions and converting them into tangible, functional heat. The usual thing here is to commend the capacity of a performer for their ability to do just this, but there’ll be plenty of that elsewhere online. To cut this long-enough story short, Jericho and Big Bill’s squash win existed for the former AEW Champion to do some more insincerity, adding yet more tweaks to the knowing carny he currently portrays.
It’s taken a while to crack it, and isn’t that the biggest problem of all? This was always going to be a dud until it wasn’t, but who gets opportunity after opportunity to make that so? Hundreds of other wrestlers wouldn’t, but Chris Jericho did and does. Assuming he would go away was always naïve. Why would he, when he can evidently still exert such acute control?