This would seem designed to put Michaels over, since it's kind of his specialty. However, I don't think he needs another World Title run. I see this as a beautiful chance to really put Jericho over, having him beat HBK in his own match, thus retaining the World Heavyweight Title. He still wouldn't get the pinfall victory over him that I've been waiting for, but it's something.
Sadly, while they can show footage of Shawn's past ladder matches, building up to the event, they definitely won't be showing any clips from the classic ladder match that Jericho had with Chris Benoit, back at the 2001 Royal Rumble. WWE isn't big on digging into the archives to place more importance on a match and add to the story, but this would be pretty sweet.
I'm just sorry they glossed over a few things, promo-wise. Keeping with the storyline...
HBK is a complete egomaniac. He could have just retired with a phone call or something, but he had to do it on PPV. Also, he made everyone wait and order the PPV even to find out if that was, in fact, what he was doing. He couldn't admit the toll that Jericho's beating had taken and give him credit for, at least, putting the final nail in his coffin. But the worst was yet to come.
He ducked out of the way and allowed his woman to take a shot right to the mouth. Though she was right back up, he did nothing. Instead of being a man and tracking Jericho down in the locker room, hotel or airport, he waited. An honorable person would have found him as soon as he could and taken revenge right there. Not the egomaniacal HBK. He needs to do it in front of the world...in a wrestling ring. He's sooo pissed off, yet he's got enough restraint to wait for the next PPV. Last night, they were in the very same ring together, but there was no big build-up. It was just Raw, not a PPV, so he sat there and let Jericho talk to him like the chump that he is.
Michaels doesn't want revenge for his wife. If so, he'd have laid waste to Jericho in a dark parking lot or something, the night of Summerslam. Or, better yet, shown up at his house a day or two later. Knock on the door and when he answers, smack him in the mouth with a brick and lay a beating on him in his own front yard. Those would be the actions of a man determined to get revenge for someone assaulting his wife. What does he do instead? He waits and cuts promos on TV and asks for a wrestling match. Why? Because it's really about him and his craving for the spotlight. HBK is glad his wife got nailed, because it gives him more sympathy. That's the manipulative bastard that is Shawn Michaels.
As for his claim that he needs his revenge in a wrestling ring because then whatever he does is legal, that's just horsesh*t. No real man would have bothered thinking of that. You're wife gets KO'd, you stand up for her and tear the guy's throat out. You don't worry about getting in trouble, like some kindergartener.
Jericho has been right all along. I wish he'd bring some of this up, because I think it fits.
Sadly, while they can show footage of Shawn's past ladder matches, building up to the event, they definitely won't be showing any clips from the classic ladder match that Jericho had with Chris Benoit, back at the 2001 Royal Rumble. WWE isn't big on digging into the archives to place more importance on a match and add to the story, but this would be pretty sweet.
I'm just sorry they glossed over a few things, promo-wise. Keeping with the storyline...
HBK is a complete egomaniac. He could have just retired with a phone call or something, but he had to do it on PPV. Also, he made everyone wait and order the PPV even to find out if that was, in fact, what he was doing. He couldn't admit the toll that Jericho's beating had taken and give him credit for, at least, putting the final nail in his coffin. But the worst was yet to come.
He ducked out of the way and allowed his woman to take a shot right to the mouth. Though she was right back up, he did nothing. Instead of being a man and tracking Jericho down in the locker room, hotel or airport, he waited. An honorable person would have found him as soon as he could and taken revenge right there. Not the egomaniacal HBK. He needs to do it in front of the world...in a wrestling ring. He's sooo pissed off, yet he's got enough restraint to wait for the next PPV. Last night, they were in the very same ring together, but there was no big build-up. It was just Raw, not a PPV, so he sat there and let Jericho talk to him like the chump that he is.
Michaels doesn't want revenge for his wife. If so, he'd have laid waste to Jericho in a dark parking lot or something, the night of Summerslam. Or, better yet, shown up at his house a day or two later. Knock on the door and when he answers, smack him in the mouth with a brick and lay a beating on him in his own front yard. Those would be the actions of a man determined to get revenge for someone assaulting his wife. What does he do instead? He waits and cuts promos on TV and asks for a wrestling match. Why? Because it's really about him and his craving for the spotlight. HBK is glad his wife got nailed, because it gives him more sympathy. That's the manipulative bastard that is Shawn Michaels.
As for his claim that he needs his revenge in a wrestling ring because then whatever he does is legal, that's just horsesh*t. No real man would have bothered thinking of that. You're wife gets KO'd, you stand up for her and tear the guy's throat out. You don't worry about getting in trouble, like some kindergartener.
Jericho has been right all along. I wish he'd bring some of this up, because I think it fits.
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It was very good to see Jericho go over in this match, though sorry he had to break a tooth in the process. This should be the definitive win that he needed to end this fued and move on. Hopefully, he can go on to feud with Punk and not Batista.
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