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Originally Posted by SirFozzie
Ok. I've gotten several hours of COVID-infused "sleep" to try to dampen my disappointment at that result, but I'm still not pleased with it.
So you get angry,snarky, defensive Foz instead of clear-thinking Foz.
The only vehicle to have more people step off, confused and crying then the Eddie Kingston bandwagon is the infamous porn BangBus.
Jericho and Kingston was a battle of pro wrestling and sports entertainment. And folks, nothing says sports entertainment like a hastily rushed main event that has the wrong guy win and everyone wondering "What was the purpose of that?". All it needed was Tony S. yelling "Folks, we're out of time, we'll see you on Thun...er.. Rampage!"
Maybe from now on, we should let super important matches lead off the show instead of at the end, because well, one of the problems with a show that offers its performers such freedom is that timing and time management can rear its head...
Honestly, I know, "In Coach Tony we trust", but I just don't get it.
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Pretty sure the point of Jericho winning was to even the feud at 1-1. I think they allow it to cool off for a period but they'll eventually have a winner take all blow off down the road. If Eddie wins on Wednesday night, he's up 2-0 and there is no point in a trilogy.
The first match from Revolution was a love letter to pro wrestling and specifically AJPW, this match was pure sports entertainment overbooked garbage. I think that was really the point though (ie. this time the sports entertainer prevails via sports entertainment), but perhaps the whole idea of it was a little too meta.
I have no real issue with Jericho wining and things being a bit of a schmoz although I agree that could have still been the outcome, yet have done some things differently with a better result.
The botched Kingston-Jericho-Sammy spot after the match also left a real lasting impression that I think hurt people's opinion of it.