Chris Jericho obviously did not need this title win to be considered an obvious Hall of Fame inductee. He could have retired years ago and be inducted into the Hall of Fame by now. He has won a ton of titles. He is popular. He is one of the best ever. The United States Championship is one of the few titles he had never held between the WWE and WCW. I would not have had him win it. He doesn't need it.
At this point in his career, Chris Jericho doesn't really need title reigns. He has spent the last few years as a jobber to the stars. He has jobbed to some people that just might make some fans sick of seeing him show up at all. Maybe they could have given him a title a few years ago. Maybe it would be better if he was pushed better during those previous runs.
The only situation where I would be all for a Jericho title run at this point is if it is part of a good storyline. Like what? Like when Jericho and AJ Styles were teaming last year. I would have been for them winning the tag titles. It would have helped to sell the relationship and make the storyline more interesting. I felt the WWE rushed that storyline and didn't really handle it right. Most fans won't care. You have two popular smark favorites. Nevertheless, that was a situation I would not have hated to see a Jericho title run. This recent situation with the United States Championship does not really involve a rich storyline where Chris Jericho needs the title.
Another reason I dislike this title change, go back to what I was saying recently about the Intercontinental Championship over on Smackdown. Dean Ambrose won the title. Miz held it before him. Dolph Ziggler held it before him. Ziggler won it from Miz. All these guys are former World Champions. I did not like that they are not letting midcarders hold the midcard title. They are treating the title like it is important, but maybe too important for the midcarders. Raw has not been that bad. Jericho is a former World Champion. Reigns is a former World Champion. But Rusev and Kalisto were the two United States Champions before that. Those are midcarders. The WWE really should be using the midcard titles to improve the midcard, especially in this brand-split era.
Who else was there to win the title from Reigns? How about Braun Strowman? He is a heel. He is a midcarder currently getting a monster push. He is currently involved with Reigns in some way. He was standing right there last night. He definitely could have been the guy to take the title off Reigns. He could then continue feuding with Sami Zayn, but now a title would be involved. I would say this would have been the better option for the midcard.
What does this loss mean for Roman Reigns? Some smarks dreaded the possibility of Reigns holding two titles at the same time. That is now unlikely to happen, but I would say the possibility that he does win the Universal Championship has gone up. I doubt Reigns takes back the United States Championship from Jericho.
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