7 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Roadblock
4. A Weird Dynamic
Chris Jerichos heel promo before his match was solid, as he successfully managed to turn a Canadian crowd against him by denouncing his association with the country and calling its residents slow.
But his Canada bashing put the match in a strange predicament, as his opponent was the Real American, Jack Swagger. So you have a Canadian heel who hates Canada and moved out of the country, and an America-loving babyface from Oklahoma. Who does the Toronto crowd cheer?
It produced some silence and apathy, with a CM Punk chant breaking out at one point, and certainly didnt have the energy youd expect for a Y2J match in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_V4l5uaHS0
Perhaps if Jericho faced a Canadian babyface like Sami Zayn or someone such as Neville or Goldust, we would have seen a better reaction. Instead, it was just flat.