Chris Jericho Finally Going Back Face?

Dolph Ziggler, who won a briefcase at the recent PPV, was running his mouth on Raw. Chris Jericho came out, obviously to run his own mouth. But Ziggler beat him to the punch and mentioned Chris Jericho's failure since returning. When was the last time he won a meaningful match? Jericho had no verbal response. He did take out Ziggler. Face turn coming? Looks like it. I actually liked that entire segment.

Even though I liked the segment, I should take a step back and look at the bigger picture. I am glad that they are going somewhere with Jericho losing so much. They are turning it into a storyline, turning Jericho into a face, and developing a feud between him and Ziggler, which is fresh. However, all that does not let them off the hook for not capitalizing on the hype earlier this year. If you want Jericho to lose a lot, that's one thing, but you can definitely have done more with swerves or surprises when Jericho did return. They didn't. Whether you want to put the blame on Jericho or the WWE for not pushing for more, all the hype led to absolutely nothing. Not even some clever plan. It was just hype. When they finally did move on to a regular feud between Punk and Jericho, they inserted this idea that Jericho would make Punk drink. He was playing mind games with Punk. He actually had a plan this time. It failed, but it was still something to get fans interested as it was working out. Jericho's return, it didn't have that bite to it. He still could have lost at the Rumble, but seeing some kind of plan to make it a big storyline, similar to his feud with Punk, is what I was hoping for. And having it work out like that wouldn't have really ruined things much to get to where we are now. They could simply sell the idea that Chris Jericho came up with all these plans, talked so big about getting the job done, and failed every time. The hype failed, the plans failed, and Jericho failed. It still could have worked, and possibly might have done a better job of drawing in the fans.

As for Jericho most likely going face, not a bad decision. Then again, you also should bring up Daniel Bryan's recent actions, but that is something for another day. Jericho has been a heel for years. Having him turn makes sense. You frequently see turns coming off of losing streaks. A frustrated face would turn heel. A heel who has failed too many times will go face, especially when another heel is mocking them.

What about Ziggler? For a while, it looked like he would be the one turning face and breaking away from Vickie. Should they have gone that path? If this is a situation where it was either Jericho or Ziggler that had to turn, I think Jericho should have been the one. His character was already heading there and he can connect with the fans as a face or heel. Ziggler is starting to connect with the fans, but if they turn him face too soon, his new character may have gone sour. Let him be developed as a good heel. A good main-event heel. Everything being considered, I think the WWE made the right choice with the set up for this feud.