Chris Jericho is one of the greatest professional wrestlers whos ever laced up the boots. Hes a complete performer, as talented on the mic as he is in the ring and has shown a propensity for having good to great matches with a variety of workers. As highly as most fans think of him, hes probably still underrated and underappreciated. That being said, this most recent run has not been good. At all. For one thing, Jerichos persona is infinitely better as a hell. As an in-ring worker, hes got great babyface fire, but his character is far more suited to playing the bad guy. This is probably part of the reason the chemistry with Bray Wyatt has been nonexistent. Take for example the segment from the Raw before SummerSlam with the sit-down confrontation between the two. The levity of Brays words were almost ruined by the silliness of Jerichos scrunched up angry face. As excited as we all were about the prospect of these two feuding, it just hasnt clicked. In addition to that, his work in the squared circle has just felt a bitoff. In both of his matches with Wyatt, he just hasnt seemed like the Y2J we all know and love. It could be that Father Time is finally catching up to him, or maybe he and Bray just dont mesh well together. Whatever the case, as the veteran of the two he carries the most responsibility. At this stage of his career, fans are becoming conditioned to know that Jericho is coming back to work with an up and coming talent and put them over, helping to get them to the next level. And he should be commended for that, the ability to put his ego in check and help out the business by ensuring its future. What happens after he leaves is out of his hands (see Fandango). Hopefully WWE realizes that and makes sure Wyatt means even more after this, especially because this program hasnt done Chris Jericho any favors.
Brad Hamilton is a writer, musician and marketer/social media manager from Atlanta, Georgia. He's an undefeated freestyle rap battle champion, spends too little time being productive and defines himself as the literary version of Brock Lesnar.
