Well that was bloody brilliant. For those who don't know, it was indeed Jericho making his return. He did nothing but play the crowd, yell "come on baby" a few times, get the crowd to partake in those 'who's the loudest side?' challenges and few very entertaining laps of honour. He then retreated to the back with a smirk on his face without actually saying a word. The fact so many comments online- but not the ones here! - seem to be calling it 'lame', 'boring', 'pointless', and 'cheesy' misread the situation completely. It was
supposed to be 'lame', 'boring', 'pointless', and 'cheesy'. He was parodying the cliche/cliched behaviour of the Returning Babyface and how people will cheer without questioning why - thrown into even sharper focus by the fact he was a Grade 'A' heel when he left! I'd even wager that the vignettes were intentionally over-the-top pieces as well.Considering Jericho booked the HBK and Rey feuds himself - in conjunction with the two of them respectively as appropriate - he has shown in the past he has a real mind for the business, I have no doubt all of this is his own idea. Not sure where this is going to go next, and that's how it should be. Here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcUazK6OrmM
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