6 Reasons Chris Jericho's 2014 WWE Run Was A Failure

2. WWE As A Whole Is A Creative Mess Right Now, And Fumbling Jericho Proved It

There's a major lack of clear planning apparent in WWE in 2014. Brock Lesnar is the champion and John Cena is the number one babyface, yes, but beyond that, there's a multitude of problems. WWE broke up The Shield, which in all reality loosed three highly motivated (yet not quite super-over) wrestlers into the space between the mid and upper-card of WWE. As well, there's a class of wrestler including Cesaro, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler and Bad News Barrett who are also ready for more, yet are stymied by the break-up of The Shield (and The Shield's wild popularity) from seeing the top of the card. As well, there's a crew of talents in NXT getting called up to the main roster (firstly Rusev, with more to come) who have compelling personas and draw tremendous heat that makes them worthy of top-of-the-card consideration. However, none of those guys are CM Punk or Daniel Bryan, the two wrestlers who were previously slotted in the #2 babyface position on the roster. Punk was a cross-cultural indie/underground phenomenon, while Bryan is likely one of the most genuinely likable pro wrestlers of all time. In ZERO of the aforementioned wrestlers having those "X factors" WWE brought back Jericho, correctly thinking that he had the right mix of "cross-cultural and likable" to be a bridge between Bryan and Punk. However, the WWE Universe showed WWE creative that Jericho isn't the number two they want, and promptly did not give creative the response they wanted to see the crowd give one of favorites upon his return. Who's the best choice for #2 babyface in WWE? It's probably Cesaro, who won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, has credibility in the fans' eyes and as a person presents himself as a professional and someone you'd not just want to know as a human being, but someone worthy of respect and admiration, too. WWE's creative is a mess, and Chris Jericho being mis-positioned and getting caught up in the undertow proves it.