4 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Dynamite (5 Jan)

3. Chris Jericho Drags Down Diet Raw Segment

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What felt like a bland WWE Raw segment played out as Chris Jericho made his return to Dynamite, hitting the ring for a short promo on 2point0, who quickly came out to answer him.

That's when things got sucky. Matt Lee and Jeff Parker tried desperately to sell Jericho's awful jokes, putting them over as if the Inner Circle leader had just sh*t on their mothers, but they couldn't save the segment from the low-level dreck Jericho often resorts to on this babyface run. Calling Lee "Squarehead" and Parker "Pinhead" isn't funny, even on a crude, playground level, and that the crowd responded to these with little enthusiasm compared to how they sang Judas moments earlier shows this isn't a minority opinion.

Eddie Kingston, Santana, and Ortiz saved Jericho when 2point0 struck following a Daniel Garcia ambush, theoretically putting additional heat on their Rampage trios match.

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