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hulkamanialives4eva
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WHY2j
by hulkamanialives4eva on 4/23/08 12:57 PM
The title of this blog may not portray what the blog is about properly, I'm just going to say that right now. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Jericho. I agree that he is one of the greatest wrestlers to ever grace a squared circle. But there is something I am about to say that I never thought I would say in my lifetime: Y2J is going to ruin the match at backlash. Adding him as a special guest referee was completely unnecessary. Here we had what appeared to be a great, emotionally charged match between HBK and Batista. The two alone would have made a good match, hell, I would go so far as to say that it had the potential to be as epic as the likes of Batista/Undertaker at Wrestlemania 23 (i know that's pushing it, but its true). But then, as the WWE loves to do, they overdosed on storyline. The WWE believes that a match cannot be good unless they smother it with a storyline like they are doing here. What the WWE doesn't get is that a match doesn't need a whole lot of background in order to be a good match. It is possible to just put two people in the ring and have a good match. I'm not saying I don't like storylines. Hell, I thought the direction they were going with HBK/Batista was excellent because it was relevant, with Batista being a favorite student of Flair and HBK being the man that had to pull the trigger on Naitch's career. But Y2J was excessive. In my opinion, save for a few circumstances (like Trump/McMahon at WM 23), the special guest referee stipulation should solely be used on the weeknight shows to promote a pay-per-view match and not in the pay-per-views themselves. They generally kill the quality of the match, and are just not necessary. Now it is your turn to voice your opinion. Do you think special guest referees help or hurt pay-per-view matches?


Comments
(3 total)
From jeff on 4/23/08 1:57 PM
It depends on the role the guest referee plays in the rivalry. Like last year when Austin was the guest Referee of the Batista/Taker match at Cyber Sunday. It was a really good match and Austin did nothing wrong. Or at Bad Blood 2003 when Mick Foley was the guest referee of the hell in the cell match between Kevin Nash and Triple H. Despite Triple H hitting Foley with a chair and Foley giving him the mandible claw the match was pretty good. Foley didn't like Triple H but let him retain his title. As for Chris Jericho's involvement in the Batista/Shawn Michaels I don't know what he will do. Jericho doesn't like Michaels or Batista, but it will probably have a controversial ending.
From theone86 on 4/23/08 9:05 PM
I agree with Hulk, there was really no need for Jericho. I'm really not all that excited about the match anyways because it has gotten such a crappy build. Sometomes I think they WANT to make Backlash a bad PPV. I'm way more into Batista's involvement in the Title picture on Smackdown than his Backlash match. Since Mania Batista and Michaels have done nothing but cut promos on each other and attack Y2J. No matches against each other, no matches against Y2J, hell maybe a KOTR angle would've done some good, but no, they had to come out and cut the same promos they've been cutting all month and leave. It might be a good match, but it has an awful build.
BTW, I think it's HILARIOUS how Batista is calling Michaels out for taking shortcuts to get to the top. Of all people, he has NO place to talk.
From damn123 on 4/23/08 9:08 PM
wow its great and its weird cause i did one about him