How Would You Book Chris Jericho's Return? (Mine Included)

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The night after Night Of Champions, Chris Jericho was obsessed with finding the GM's identity. Annoyed at this, Randy Orton would challenge him to a match the next week on Raw. After the match, Orton punted Jericho in the head and sent him out of action for quite some time (kayfabe, of course).

As many of us should know, Chris Jericho was eliminated from DWTS. As Jericho said, he is guaranteed to be coming back. With Edge gone, and the likes of CM Punk and Rey Mysterio hanging their boots in the space of a year, WWE most likely needs Jericho back.

Now what I want to now is:

How would you book his return?

Would he be face or heel?

Would you bring him back as Y2J or "The Best At What I Do" or a completely new gimmick?

I'd like to see Jericho brought back as a face. With his stint on a big show like Dancing With The Stars, I think him coming back as the serious heel he's been for the past few years just wouldn't have the same feel to it.

I'd do something similar with the old Y2J countdown back in the day. I don't think he should be quite as...hmmm, well, rebellious I guess, for lack of a better term. He can still be very energetic and dynamic and all but nothing over the top. Jericho's 40 years old, and watching a 40-year-old man try and act like a 20-year-old frat boy is a sad sorry sight sometimes. Just like at the last run of Triple H and HBK and DX.

I'd have Jericho's big return happen on a special episode of Raw, maybe a three hour one for instance. At some point during his big return promo, he'd address the anonymous Raw GM and the animosity that was between them a while back before eventually laying into some classic Y2J insults.

The Raw GM chimes in with a message saying something very "corporate", I guess, maybe how Jericho's presence on Raw creates a hostile work environment. He puts Jericho in a match against someone, and, if he loses, he's heading to SmackDown!. During his match, say against maybe either The Miz or Alberto Del Rio, for instance, there'd be some interference from one of the SmackDown! stars that winds up costing Jericho the match, so he's sent to SD! as per the terms of the match.

I think SmackDown! could use the star power Jericho would bring. Also look at the potential programs he could have: Jericho vs. Cody Rhodes, Jericho vs. Wade Barrett, Jericho vs. Sheamus, Jericho vs. Daniel Bryan, Jericho vs. Christian etc