From Wrestling Observer Radio Show yesterday
Meltzer: I actually talked to a lot of people, and got a lot of emails from people about that thing on Monday night.
Alvarez: The Jericho thing?
Meltzer: Now that the smoke has cleared, [here are] just a few things on that. This really occurred to me last night when I was writing the Observer up on the Triple H thing, and I was actually, like, reading my notes. That actually was one of the dumbest promos I think I've ever...I can't say dumbest, but it's one of the dumbest promos from a smart person that I've ever seen. I mean, in a sense what Triple H did was, he basically told the entire roster that "none of you are stars"; he told the fans, more importantly, that none of the entire roster are stars. The only stars are the guys who don't wrestle anymore. And that winning the championship, which, you know, should be the goal, or even making it into the WWE Hall of Fame, means nothing because you're not really a top guy.
The other thing is that none of those three guys [Jericho, Edge, & RVD] were contacted ahead of time. So if it was an angle, or meant to be an angle, it was a very unprofessional angle. Because if you're gonna do that, you're gonna tell the guy ahead of time.
Alvarez: Especially if you're shooting an angle with three guys that are not currently under contract. This would be a foolish angle to shoot without alerting them.
Meltzer: The other thing is with the Jericho thing. When he tweeted that he "doesn't care anymore", you know, like "ah, it's no big deal." That says that the earlier tweets were in fact a shoot, and not a work. Because if they were a work, he'd keep the work up!
Alvarez: Well, he did two tweets Monday night. One of them was the tweet that said "goodbye WWE" and that one, he took down the next morning.
Meltzer: Right, I think that he figured "that's a little too harsh."
Alvarez: Seems like an odd thing to do if it's all an angle.
Meltzer: No, well clearly from the Jericho standpoint...I mean I can tell you with 100% certainty with the Jericho situation, that it was not an angle. As far as can it turn into an angle? It's possible.
The dumbest of all is that by Randy Orton wrestling Daniel Bryan, tells you that Randy Orton isn't even that big of a star, because none of the big stars would waste their time with Daniel Bryan.
Alvarez: That's right.
Meltzer: And even if Daniel Bryan wins the championship, he didn't accomplish anything, because winning the championship isn't even a big deal because in fact, Jericho, Edge, and RVD have all at one point held that championship. And none of them are big stars!
As far as the talent in the dressing room -- the reaction that I got from a couple of people, was basically that they all thought that the interview was counter-productive. They all felt that Triple H, while he will say "well, I was only working", those were his true thoughts on those guys, and it didn't make people very happy overall. But what are you gonna do?
Meltzer: I asked about the scripting of it, and I didn't get a clear answer as to what was and wasn't scripted, past the point that "Triple H felt very passionately about what he said." So as far as the format of what it was -- whether he wrote the actual words or not -- he wrote the ideas. The point is, that it was not a script-writer writing all of these things. And I knew it wouldn't be. You know, just going "here say this" and then he'd look at it and go "ah, I don't know if this is a good idea" and Vince goes "ah, just say it anyway!" No, it was him.
[Meltzer & Alvarez talk about the contract situations of the three guys, and they by Supreme Savings">confirmthat there was behind the scenes heat with Edge for not signing a contract they wanted him to sign.]
