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Tier 9-B Bone Crusher Tournament (2022): Chris Jericho vs Shikata (SEMI-FINAL)

Jericho was able to manipulate thousands of people using a t-shirt gun. What makes you think he can't trick Shikata into falling for one of his traps.
 
No. That was not a finishing move.

He beat up Eddie a bit and then threw the fireball. And in the second one, you literally can't debunk the fact that Jericho used that first thing, so the whole point that Shikata using TK before Jericho using fireballs falls apart.
So he didn't start with it against Eddie and used to finish the fight, doesn't that sound like a finishing move?
The second one wasn't in a fight, Jericho shot a fireball at some dude because they were wearing a shirt of someone Jericho didn't like
What is this argument that it's gg the moment Shikata uses TK? In literally every fight she's been in, she has never tried to kill. Not saying she wouldn't here, but she has only shown to push people back. Never go in for the kill. Jericho is surviving those attacks every time.
Again, even if she doesn't go for the kill with TK, her range is still far above Jericho's.
He's gonna keep getting TK slammed and won't be able to do anything about it
Plus, are y'all still forgetting Jericho's Social Influencing? This alone seals the deal.
You're talking about influencing a random audience. I don't think that's the same as influencing someone he's fighting.
Shikata is also a very knowledgeable assassin with decades of experience
 
Jericho was able to manipulate thousands of people using a t-shirt gun. What makes you think he can't trick Shikata into falling for one of his traps.
How the hell is influencing a random audience that are aware of who he is comparable to influencing a tricky skilled assassin? That's not even going to work
 
And also, Shikata is just gonna interrupt him if he even tries to present a toy gun that she hardly even cares about
 
Jericho shot a fireball at some dude because they were wearing a shirt of someone Jericho didn't like
Yes and that defeats your argument of him not using in fights because fights has rules (Even using Steel steps or chairs instantly get's you disqualified)

Jericho doesn't enter fights to break rules of the company, But when he does fights people like Eddie and there are no rules so he does use it
 
Jericho didn't immediately start with it against Eddie, and I doubt Jericho has been in only 1 backroom fight
 
Jericho mentions people's personal lives or appearance to get into their head, He uses it to make sure people intentionally get's aggressive and can convince them to stop fighting such examples in pro wrestling are very common as Cm Punk here uses his Social influencing to stop Zack Ryder attacking him 8:11
And yes that's being used by Punk in battle as an opening move and Social influencing works same way in Pro Wresting.
 
So he didn't start with it against Eddie and used to finish the fight, doesn't that sound like a finishing move?
He only beat him up a little bit. This isn't a 20 minute matchup. If Jericho is willing to use it to play dirty, why wouldn't he use it here.

The second one wasn't in a fight, he shot a fireball at some dude because they were wearing a shirt of someone Jericho didn't like
So? What's your point here? If anything, this further proves that he'd be willing to use it.

Again, even if she doesn't go for the kill with it, her range is still far above Jericho's.
He's gonna keep getting TK slammed and won't be able to do anything about it
And Jericho is going to survive it. A 2.46x dura gap + Immense Pain Tolerance (he's able to go on despite suffering a severe amount of blood loss). This is not doing shit.

You're talking about influencing random audience. I don't think that's the same as influencing someone he's fighting who's a very knowledgeable assassin with decades of experience
??? How is manipulating thousands of people different from one person who happens to be an assassin? How does this make a difference? Jericho is able to sway people to his side and think that he's a good guy. Why wouldn't he do the same here? Trick Shikata into thinking he gives up and letting her finish him off before striking her out of nowhere ending the fight.

How the hell is influencing a random audience that are aware of who he is comparable to influencing a tricky skilled assassin? That's not even going to work
Refer to what I said above. If anything, it's more impressive that he manipulated thousands of people who already know who he is. That would mean that they know how he acts. Shikata knows nothing about Jericho. She can easily get tricked here. Being able to manipulate an audience doesn't make a difference here.

Plus, Jericho can just insult Shikata to get in her head (he's been known for doing this against his opponents, especially women). This is vintage Jericho. Jericho is known for throwing insults or messing with his opponents/enemies to get in their head so he can have the upper hand. A prime example is how he would insult a woman who he considers an enemy. There have been multiple instances of him insulting Stephanie McMahon. He doesn't spare anyone when it comes to his taunting abilities. Jericho can easily utilize this against Shikata.
 
Jericho mentions people's personal lives or appearance to get into their head, He uses it to make sure people intentionally get's aggressive and can convince them to stop fighting such examples in pro wrestling are very common as Cm Punk here uses his Social influencing to stop Zack Ryder attacking him 8:11
And yes that's being used by Punk in battle as an opening move and Social influencing works same way in Pro Wresting.
Jericho can literally make her an offer to Join The Jericho Appreciation society only to trick her in combat and hitting Judas Effect or Fireball "which he can do anytime" and wins considering the fact that Accelerated Development users such as Omega aren't able to dodge it nor will Shikata = GG
 
And why wouldn't she wanna join Jericho's Appreciation Society which has mixed martial artists such as Jake Hager/Jack Swagger and Jericho's will use his mic skills to sell her on how excellent they are and she would be a valid asset, He can literally give her bullshit lies and why wouldn't it work
After all....
Shikata was sent by Richard Damien to take in Spider-Man so yeah.
 
Isn't Shikata's main thing that she wants to fight people to the death? I don't Jericho saying he gives up will work
 
Refer to what I said above. If anything, it's more impressive that he manipulated thousands of people who already know who he is. That would mean that they know how he acts. Shikata knows nothing about Jericho. She can easily get tricked here. Being able to manipulate an audience doesn't make a difference here.
I doubt she would even care to even listen to a word he even gotta tell her, if anything, it just makes the opening blow more possible.
Plus, Jericho can just insult Shikata to get in her head (he's been known for doing this against his opponents, especially women). This is vintage Jericho. Jericho is known for throwing insults or messing with his opponents/enemies to get in their head so he can have the upper hand. A prime example is how he would insult a woman who he considers an enemy. There have been multiple instances of him insulting Stephanie McMahon. He doesn't spare anyone when it comes to his taunting abilities. Jericho can easily utilize this against Shikata.
I doubt she's that easy to anger.


And why wouldn't she wanna join Jericho's Appreciation Society which has mixed martial artists such as Jake Hager/Jack Swagger and Jericho's will use his mic skills to sell her on how excellent they are and she would be a valid asset, He can literally give her bullshit lies an why wouldn't it work
After all....
Shikata was sent by Richard Damien to take in Spider-Man so yeah.
I doubt any of those would be of any use to her at all. and also, you do realize that Shikata instantly revoked his offers.
 
She would listen as she works for people, Jericho doesn't work for anyone.
Social influencing is indeed an ability and his Influencing is so strong it made people Join his group. (both team 2.0 and Daniel Garcia are his enemies feuding him since past 4 months all the sudden gets convinced to join his stable and stops attacking Jericho)

True she does as a noble fighter but hearing there is another Elite Group of Assassin's exist especially told by Jericho who is very good at convincing people is going to get her attention and that's all he needs a Knock out victory
 
He only beat him up a little bit. This isn't a 20 minute matchup. If Jericho is willing to use it to play dirty, why wouldn't he use it here.
Shikata only needs to get hit 1 or 2 times to realise she's outmatched, so that point's moot
And Jericho is going to survive it. A 2.46x dura gap + Immense Pain Tolerance (he's able to go on despite suffering a severe amount of blood loss). This is not doing shit.
Sure, he's going to survive the first one, but what about the second and third and forth and so on?
Remember she has the Stamina advantage
 
Surely the green mist and fireballs would disorientate her? All well and good to talk about about optimal strategies but that probably isn’t the top of her list after being sprayed in the eyes with a heavily acidic substance or whacked with a high temperature projectile?
 
She would listen as she works for people, Jericho doesn't work for anyone.
Social influencing is indeed an ability and his Influencing is so strong it made people Join his group. (both team 2.0 and Daniel Garcia are his enemies feuding him since past 4 months all the sudden gets convinced to join his stable and stops attacking Jericho)

True she does as a noble fighter but hearing there is another Elite Group of Assassin's exist especially told by Jericho who is very good at convincing people is going to get her attention and that's all he needs a Knock out victory
Shikata wouldn't take orders from anyone if she is willing to fight them to the literal death, ergo, She's just going to ignore what Chris even does and just go in for the kill.
 
Surely the green mist and fireballs would disorientate her? All well and good to talk about about optimal strategies but that probably isn’t the top of her list after being sprayed in the eyes with a heavily acidic substance or whacked with a high temperature projectile?
We're kinda arguin that he doesn't start with those
 
Has she ever ignored offers from people who are like dozens of time richer then her and offers her a spot bigger than spiderman villains ?
 
I doubt she would even care to even listen to a word he even gotta tell her, if anything, it just makes the opening blow more possible.
It's Social Influencing for a reason. She isn't just going to ignore it.

I doubt she's that easy to anger.
She is if she's constantly getting insulted.

I doubt any of those would be of any use to her at all. and also, you do realize that Shikata instantly revoked his offers.
Does Richard have Social Influencing like Jericho does? Ignoring the offer is basically defeating the whole point of Social Influencing. It wouldn't make sense if Shikata ignored it, and went for the killing blow. That's not how Social Influencing works.

Look at this link here. Punk stopped The Great Khali from attacking him. It was for a good 30 seconds before Khali attacked. This is more than enough time for Jericho to hit Shikata with his fireballs or poison mist, and it's gg from there.

Shikata only needs to get hit 1 or 2 times to realise she's outmatched, so that point's moot
You're exaggerating a lot here. You're telling me after 1 hit, she's immediately going for TK? You'd have to give me a 10/10 explanation as to why. That's how much I doubt that Shikata would go for TK after 1 hit, let alone 2.

Sure, he's going to survive the first one, but what about the second and third and forth and so on?
Remember she has the Stamina advantage
Yes. Jericho can legit last a whole hour, add on Pain Tolerance and you have a tough opponent to take down. Shikata literally has no justifications for her stamina. We have no idea how long she can last for.

Shikata wouldn't take orders from anyone if she is willing to fight them to the literal death, ergo, She's just going to ignore what Chris even does and just go in for the kill.
Already explained this. This literally defeats the whole point of Social Influencing. She's not going to automatically ignore what he says and go for the kill. She's going to listen for a bit, and that's when Jericho goes in for the finishing blow. You guys are exaggerating a lot here.
 
Has she ever ignored offers from people who are like dozens of time richer then her and offers her a spot bigger than spiderman villains ?
She actually has, since she instantly revoked the offer to kill Spider-Man and she wanted to do it for herself honorably. And she killed the same person who sent her to kill Spider-Man. And if Shikata is willing to kill you, there's nothing you can do to stop her from that. She will fight you to the death.
 
It's Social Influencing for a reason. She isn't just going to ignore it.
This is clearly a fight to the death that she is willing to go through.
She is if she's constantly getting insulted.
She hardly even took Spidey's insults seriously during battle, you really think Jericho's going to be that different?
 
You're exaggerating a lot here. You're telling me after 1 hit, she's immediately going for TK? You'd have to give me a 10/10 explanation as to why. That's how much I doubt that Shikata would go for TK after 1 hit, let alone 2.
Maybe it's the fact that Jericho is more than 2 times stronger than her and is so much more skilled that she can't even land a single blow on him
Yes. Jericho can legit last a whole hour, add on Pain Tolerance and you have a tough opponent to take down. Shikata literally has no justifications for her stamina. We have no idea how long she can last for.
If the wiki states Shikata's stamina is superhuman, it is superhuman for the sake of the match.
 
And if Jericho is saying he's going to throw fireballs at anyone who he dislikes even just by looking as he did to Jon Moxleys fan he's going to do it as well, And I'm sure Spider-Man social influencing is no where near Chris Jericho and how social influencing works in pro wrestling,
She hardly even took Spidey's insults seriously during battle, you really think Jericho's going to be that different?
Expect Spider-Man is a good guy not giving her what she wants, While Jericho is not. He's offering her what she wants, And that's to become the greatest assassin just like how he convinced 4 people to join his group.
 
She actually has, since she instantly revoked the offer to kill Spider-Man and she wanted to do it for herself honorably. And she killed the same person who sent her to kill Spider-Man. And if Shikata is willing to kill you, there's nothing you can do to stop her from that. She will fight you to the death.
That guy did not have Social Influencing.

This is a perfect example right here. Punk literally stops Zack Ryder in his tracks and convinces him to join the Straight Edge Society before immediately attacking him. And to justify this even more, this was a Royal Rumble match. Whoever wins gets a guaranteed World Title shot at Wrestlemania, which every single wrestler desperately wants. It's every man for himself. This is more than enough proof. Shikata's ******.

Looking at the scene where she revokes Richard's offer, this is plenty of time for Jericho to hit her with a fireball or poison mist.

I have 2 solid evidence that 100% proves that all Jericho is a small opening and Shikata's done for.
 
Maybe it's the fact that Jericho is more than 2 times stronger than her and is so much more skilled that she can't even land a single blow on him
It's not taking 1 or 2 hits. You're literally assuming in the first few seconds, she would use TK.

Jericho dodges. Lands a hit. Shikata uses TK. You see how dumb this sounds?

One dodge and a hit is not nearly enough for Shikata to realize she needs to use TK. You're exaggerating a lot here. Just because someone dodges one attack and lands one hit doesn't mean you're going to resort to something you only use when you 100% know for a fact the opponent has the upper hand. That makes no sense at all.
 
This is a perfect example right here. Punk literally stops Zack Ryder in his tracks and convinces him to join the Straight Edge Society before immediately attacking him. And to justify this even more, this was a Royal Rumble match. Whoever wins gets a guaranteed World Title shot at Wrestlemania, which every single wrestler desperately wants. It's every man for himself. This is more than enough proof. Shikata's ******.
This seems like a No Limits Fallacy.
It's not taking 1 or 2 hits. You're literally assuming in the first few seconds, she would use TK.

Jericho dodges. Lands a hit. Shikata uses TK. You see how dumb this sounds?

One dodge and a hit is not nearly enough for Shikata to realize she needs to use TK. You're exaggerating a lot here. Just because someone dodges one attack and lands one hit doesn't mean you're going to resort to something you only use when you 100% know for a fact the opponent has the upper hand. That makes no sense at all.
We're literally talking about a guy who is about 2x stronger than her, You're underestimating her intelligence in combat. She would eventually know she's about to be outmatched as she could analyze him.
 
This is a perfect example right here. Punk literally stops Zack Ryder in his tracks and convinces him to join the Straight Edge Society before immediately attacking him. And to justify this even more, this was a Royal Rumble match. Whoever wins gets a guaranteed World Title shot at Wrestlemania, which every single wrestler desperately wants. It's every man for himself. This is more than enough proof. Shikata's ******.
I mean, she has to be in his range for him to do that

What about 3 hits? My point is that it wouldn't take long
 
In as many hits I’m sure moves like mists and fireballs get used and then she’s just dead lol
 
??? It’s a perfectly good example of manipulating opponents in an extremely high stakes fight
That is basically implying that he can just simply do that to manipulate anyone which makes no sense
 
Still lacks the range to do so
???

How does this correlate to Social Influencing whatsoever?

That is basically implying that he can just simply do that to manipulate anyone which makes no sense
That's literally how Social Influencing works.

Social Influencing is ones ability to manipulate other characters using some form of charm. This has several uses in the form of manipulation. Whether it be to manipulate how an opponent fights, thinks, or to get info from them that the user would want or need. This can be used in a number of ways via their looks, natural charm, or their way of speaking.

While it does not usually seem combat applicable, this skill can be used in many ways that can affect a fight indirectly, including buying time, obtaining information that could be important, or manipulating how a person might approach a situation.
 
To sucker punch someone you need to be, like you know, close to them?
While it does not usually seem combat applicable, this skill can be used in many ways that can affect a fight indirectly, including buying time,
Jericho uses Social Influencing to buy some time in order to get closer. Plus, I can't really see how Shikata can kill Jericho in quick fashion other than using her sword (which requires her to get up close), so your argument makes no sense. Jericho can buy time and the moment he finds an opening, it's gg.
 
That's literally how Social Influencing works.

Social Influencing is ones ability to manipulate other characters using some form of charm. This has several uses in the form of manipulation. Whether it be to manipulate how an opponent fights, thinks, or to get info from them that the user would want or need. This can be used in a number of ways via their looks, natural charm, or their way of speaking.

While it does not usually seem combat applicable, this skill can be used in many ways that can affect a fight indirectly, including buying time, obtaining information that could be important, or manipulating how a person might approach a situation.
That is literally not the point, you're saying that Jericho could just easily stop her in a midst fight to the death that is literally based off impressing his fans, and I doubt Shikata is going to be that stupid enough to fall for a stupid trick like CM Punk proposed. Are you forgetting that Shikata doesn't stop until she fights to the death, literally even Spider-Man tried talking her way out of it and it didn't even work.
 
That is literally not the point, you're saying that Jericho could just easily stop her in a midst fight to the death that is literally based off impressing his fans, and I doubt Shikata is going to be that stupid enough to fall for a stupid trick like CM Punk proposed. Are you forgetting that Shikata doesn't stop until she fights to the death, literally even Spider-Man tried talking her way out of it and it didn't even work.
Dude, we're you not reading the arguments at all? Those were just examples. We were also arguing that Jericho can stop in the middle of the fight and 'convince' Shikata to join the Jericho Appreciation Society. Keep in mind that the link I showed you where CM Punk stopped Ryder mid fight was a match with extremely high stakes. Jericho is more than capable of winning the match like this. All he needs is a small opening, and that's it.

Also, doing a "stupid trick" doesn't even matter because that's where Social Influencing comes in. I pasted the explanation for it already.
 
Dude, we're you not reading the arguments at all? Those were just examples. We were also arguing that Jericho can stop in the middle of the fight and 'convince' Shikata to join the Jericho Appreciation Society. Keep in mind that the link I showed you where CM Punk stopped Ryder mid fight was a match with extremely high stakes. Jericho is more than capable of winning the match like this. All he needs is a small opening, and that's it.

Also, doing a "stupid trick" doesn't even matter because that's where Social Influencing comes in. I pasted the explanation for it already.
Then can you be more specific with how his social influencing goes rather than just examples from other? And I literally already mentioned that Shikata would instantly withdraw from that offer later on, she doesn't take offers from anyone in battle looking at the fights she has gone through with Spidey. And all this seems like you're overselling his Social Influencing making it seem like it's exactly like Mind Manipulation.
 
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