7 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (June 12 - Results & Review)

1. Chris Jericho Remains At Large

Chris Jericho
WWE

Chris Jericho continued his dire, vibe-ruining run as the 'Learning Tree' in the latest segment of 'TV Time'. It's bad. It's a distraction.

AEW elsewhere on the night, with the Owen Hart Cup announcements of PAC and Shingo Takagi, international influence, and stellar main event, actually substantiated, on a global scale, its Where The Best Wrestle slogan. TV Time was awful.

The basic gist was that Jericho, using a cadence nobody does in real life, told Private Party that they need guidance on how to properly climb the top rope. He showed them how at their urging. Private Party, sparking a brawl, pushed him off the top turnbuckle. Bad artificial-feeling promos, daft props, rubbish slapstick comedy.

Congratulations, Chris. A reviewer thought your segment was sub-2010s WWE dross.

That means you have "heat"!

You always win.

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