[1997-11-03-WCW-Nitro] Scott Hall vs Chris Jericho

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. Hall is squashing Jericho and Jericho ends up rolling Hall up for a surprise win! But he's immediately laid out after the match and looks worse winning than he would have had he just done a job. Zbyszko ends up finally making the save and wants Hall to sign his contract, but Hall blows him off.

[ajtroma]

Yeah, but see, he did the job! The Clique will job for anyone, see? They have no problems with that? Its a work, you know?

 

Fuck them. Fuck them. Fuck them.

[Kevin Ridge]

Like a nothing win for Jericho as he gets the pin but immediately laid out after. Larry just complains on the mic after.

[soup23]

I thought this was effective. Jericho gets a nice fluke win that the announcers put over and then gets immediately beaten up until Larry has to make the save.

[Dooley]

Sure it would have been better if Jericho was able to run off through the crowd or something, but the idea that Jericho comes out looking worse after getting a clean pin over one of the biggest stars in the company is asinine.

[El-P]

I don't get the criticism either. Jericho was no one on the totem pole. He had a bunch of cruiserweight title reigns that were totally forgetable and was relegated to an afterthought at this point. The story is that Hall was just supposed to beat Jericho in a competitive squash and that Hall himself proposed to let him at least get a surprise pinfall. No idea how true that is, but I don't see how Chris looks bad here. It got a huge pop, the announcers put it over big and it was a nice segway to the angle with Zbyszko as Hall looked even more like a big bully that had just been humiliated by losing to a smaller guy. Good stuff to me.

[Loss]

Hall didn't even "propose" the change. He just called it in the ring because he was pissed off at Terry Taylor over something.

[El-P]

Maybe I don't remember the story well, but the end result is the same. Jericho got a surprise pin instead of getting nothing at all. Not a bad deal overall.

[PeteF3]

This probably did more for Jericho than when Hector Garza beat Hall a few months before, since that was booked as a total stone-cold fluke with a similar aftermath where here Jericho at least looks resourceful. Zbyszko eventually leaves the broadcast position to run Hall off and cuts a good scorched-earth promo on him. Scott Hall is afraid of a 2-handicap broadcaster!