Scott after watching Raw last night I feel I have to get something off my chest. Feel free to throw this on the blog if you'd like. I think it may stir up some discussion.
I don't quite feel worthy to rant here, because after all you are the founder of Rantsylvania, the Netcop (wait can I still say that?), the showstopper, main event, and best there ever will be, brother. But for the love of Hellwig, what in the holy flying PIGSHIT is going on with the WWE these days?
Fucking BATISTA as the #1 FACE? No, seriously? REALLY?
Batista is NOT LIKEABLE. He receives face reactions, and he is portrayed as a face, yes. But what about him is actually likeable, nay - good?
He doesn't take his opponents seriously. (Keeping in mind I'm speaking in the context of whatever is left of kayfabe) Every FUCKING TIME he is on screen doing a promo against a heel, we have to deal with his shit-eating laugh before EVERY DAMN RESPONSE. I"m reminded of when Mick Foley said that if you treat your opponent like a joke, and you win, what have you accomplished? All you beat was a joke. If you lose, then YOU look like the joke. If Batista loses to Jericho at Cyber Sunday, what the FUCK grounds would he even have to stand on in asking for any type of title match anymore?
What makes it worse is that Jericho, despite playing a prickish character, is mostly right and justified in everything he says. He may not say it nicely but he's not really inaccurate. He is made to have to overcome odds every week and get screwed around with by Adamle despite his claim being true (AGAIN THIS IS WITHIN KAYFABE) - he IS the champion and he IS The most valuable asset on the roster.
Jericho, the supposed villainous heel champion, gets to job by DQ to Mark Henry, and then Kane's foot, while Batista goes over them + Regal in mere seconds? REALLY? This is supposed to make people want to see Jericho lose on Sunday? Him LOSING twice while his FACE opponent gets to go over strong? Isn't this backwards? Shouldn't Jericho be looking like the total bastard, cheating, lying piece of shit and screwing Batista at every possible turn in order to build heat on this feud? Remember how fucking well HHH pulled it off in 2000? It's because he was SUCH an asshole that people WANTED TO SEE HIM LOSE. Why do we need to see Jericho lose; why would we want to? He's already treated like a joke by his opponent, and jobbed twice on Raw in one day. The GM fucks with him under false pretenses. Shouldn't this kind of shit be happening to faces?
I am convinced, 100% convinced, that if they were to keep up this same pattern of the course of six more months (maybe less), that Jericho and Batista would switch crowd reactions. If this keeps up, Jericho is going to look more and more like the disrespected, sympathetic chamption with the odds against him, while Batista is going to come off as a greedy, bullying, irreverent choker.
Am I completely nuts or do I have some kind of point here?
Well I don't watch the show so obviously my opinion on the subject is limited, but I'll certainly throw this one out to the floor for discussion.
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