[1994-04-02-SMW-TV] Up Close and Personal: The Thrillseekers

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Let's get to know Chris Jericho and Lance Storm! Jericho talks about how he got into wrestling. Storm also mentions volleyball and how it helped him develop his great leaping ability everyone keeps noticing. Jericho mocks the absurdity of that statement. Jericho mentions his two bands -- Great Caesar's Ghost and Black Stone Menace, and his fandom of Beavis and Butthead. They make sure to mention that they are not married. Storm wants a girl who is a little more quiet, while Jericho wants a girl who is breathing and has a couple of ears and eyes. I'm not really sure what to think of this.

[Kevin Ridge]

Yeah, not clear to me what the final result is to be with these music videos and segments. This needed more bumper cars.

[Exposer]

Some of this was funny, some of this was bad, and some of this was uncomfortable and socially awkward. It definitely was interesting though. I glad to here that Jericho isn't a necrophiliac.

[soup23]

Jericho is really starting to come off as too cocky and annoying in these segments. It may have worked better than it should have because Lance is so wooden and goofy also.

[El-P]

I thought this worked pretty well to establish who these guys were, and Lance comes off as actually likeable (shocker) while Jericho already has that obvious heel feel to him. That being said, I like that it was again a reality based interview that allowed fans to know the young guys from a more personnal standpoint. And then it comes. the BLOW-JOB section of the promo, where they say tahy are actually singles, and while Lance oretty much kills his gimmick at this point saying he wants someone to be quiet at hime with (Thrillseeker ? Really ?), Jericho goes all out saying he'll fuck any girl in the territory, no matter if she's hot or ugly. You can blow him, come to SMW shows. Well, he didn't say that but that was the spirit. What a trooper.

[Zenjo]

This was a terrible idea that totally goes against the spirit and intention of the previous videos. Lance comes across as the most boring wrestler alive. The only highlight was Jericho implying that he might fuck the average female fan at one of these shows. The kid was young and naive agreeing to do that bit.

[PeteF3]

The sarcasm from Jericho is palpable here, talking of the "natural progression" from hockey to wrestling, then giving Lance a hard time about talking up his "jumping ability" from volleyball. Water polo players are legitimate badasses, though. I think Storm *was* already married at this point, which pretty much killed his gimmick. Jericho sets his high standards for what he's looking for in a woman. This is pretty hilariously lame, and Lance actually comes off as more likable than Jericho. Their pitiful attempts to kiss up to the local fans are just icing on the cake.

[GSR]

A sit down interview talking with The Thrillseekers, but pretty boring over all. They make sure to mention that neither of them are married (even though, which as Pete already touched upon and Cornette has since said in interviews, Lance already was) and Jericho in particular specifies that he doesn’t have a type (gotta give these women hope!).