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6. WrestleMania Changes Impact 'Show Of Show's For Chris Jericho, Fandango & Ryback
WrestleMania 29 was a little short on enduring moments, and it's perhaps why the traveling fanbase had so much fun with Fandango's theme on Monday Night Raw 24 hours later.
Along with Dolph Ziggler's euphoric World Heavyweight Championship cash-in, the episode will forever be remembered for the live crowd making a proto-meme out of the dancer's catchy entrance tune following his victory over Chris Jericho. That same group went wild for Ryback's supposed heel turn too - his assault of John Cena was greeted with thunderous cheers.
The two latter responses are more connected than they might initially appear. Ryback had lost to Mark Henry in a soulless bout the night prior, while Fandango's win over Chris Jericho felt too inauthentic to resonate as a rub.
Fans were dictating new narratives for the pair, as the company itself had done along the way. At one point, the 'Show Of Shows' was supposed to feature Jericho putting over 'The Big Guy' instead, but the above inferior changes resulted in those two fairly unrewarding outcomes instead.