Ryback On Why He Didn’t Like Chris Jericho V. Darby Allin

On “Conversations With The Big Guy”, Ryback gave his thoughts on why he didn’t enjoy Chris Jericho V. Darby Allin. Here’s what he had to say:

I didn’t like the main event. I love Chris Jericho. I think this is just me. I don’t know what the ratings were for the main event but I think to me Darby Allin is really talented. I think it was such a mismatch appearance-wise that I thought Jericho was wrestling a little kid to me. And I’m looking at it from a standpoint of how people look at wrestling who are tuning in. Again, the match was great. Everything was good, but you can tell watching it – to me, we know it’s entertainment but it didn’t appear believable. Chris Jericho is a big guy, he’s a thick guy, so to me, I felt like I was watching Chris Jericho play wrestler against a little kid. I’ve seen Jericho be more intense and vicious; Chris Jericho is a tough mother f***er and I just didn’t feel like I was watching a Monday Night RAW or a Monday Nitro big-time main event on that, even though Chris Jericho is a big-time main event.”

Again, you do make stars by bringing Darby in there with a guy like Chris Jericho, but Darby hasn’t been built enough in my opinion to have that kind of match with Chris psychology-wise. Darby hasn’t been built up as a credible threat for a world championship match in my opinion from a fake storyline perspective to suspend your disbelief with that kind of match with Chris. Chris having his arms tied behind his back took everything he had to defeat Darby Allen who is, at this point, in the game. The equity on him isn’t anything in pro wrestling where it will be in time.

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Credit: Conversations With The Big Guy. H/T WrestlingInc.