I just liked it because Jericho was saying that he was the Best in the World, and that CM Punk wasn't, so all Punk had to do to prove him wrong was hold up the title. Punk cares about making the title meaningful, and it being representative of being the Best in the World, so it worked for me.
And that's why Jericho's mocking response at the end of the night worked too, because that was his way of saying "If this title means that you are the Best in the World, then it belongs to me already."
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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