Is WWE Rushing to Chris Jericho vs The Undertaker too fast?

WWE added Chris Jericho to the World Heavyweight Championship match at Survivor Series this past week on Smackdown.  This means Chris Jericho and The Undertaker will be facing off in a championship match at one of the big four PPVs.

Sure, the entire scenario leading to this match does make some sense:

Big Show turning on his teammates at Bragging Rights as part of a deal with Teddy Long to earn a title match against The Undertaker (although what doesn't make sense here is that Teddy Long is giving Raw the opportunity to be home to both world titles for the victory at Bragging Rights that ultimately means nothing to the brand) and Chris Jericho's jealousy leading to him asking to be added to the match (and I do applaud that he had to earn the spot - though I don't see why Kane was the one he faced when Rey Mysterio wasn't pinned in the four-way at Bragging Rights)

But Chris Jericho vs The Undertaker was a match many were tossing around as a possibility for WrestleMania 26.  Perhaps WWE had no desire to consider going that route, and instead are planning on Jericho facing a returning Edge, but the problem there is that there is no guarantee Edge will be ready by then. 

So now we're getting Chris Jericho and Undertaker, in a three-way match where the build-up will likely be more about Chris Jericho and Big Show being the tag team champions and less about The Undertaker, and it takes a little bit of the luster off of what could have been a unique match for the biggest show of 2010.  Or any future singles match between Chris Jericho and The Undertaker. 

Let me pretend WWE does go ahead and still do a Jericho/Taker match at WrestleMania.  And let me try to come up with a way to set that up, even though we'll be seeing the two of them compete this month:

Like I said before, I think (but don't know) that the three-way is going to be built more around Jericho and Big Show than Undertaker.  Not only is the "tag team dissension" the built-in storyline, but it takes a lot of the responsibility for the match off of a hurting Undertaker.  WWE could have Chris Jericho win the title at Survivor Series.  What makes me think there's even a chance of that?  The December PPV is the TLC Tables Ladders and Chairs PPV.  Can Undertaker really perform at the level needed right now to defend the title in a TLC match?  I don't think so.  I have no doubt in my mind that by the time that PPV rolls around, the champion on Smackdown will be either CM Punk or Chris Jericho.  (and if Rey Mysterio wins out against Batista, he's the perfect challenger for either of them at the TLC PPV, unless WWE would give that spot to John Morrison)  So for Jericho to win at Survivor Series and keep things going for a potential singles match against Taker down the line, he would need to pin Big Show to win the title.  That way, Undertaker lost the title to Jericho without losing the match, and you can set up the chase for Undertaker to get Jericho in a singles match to win the title back - perhaps with an Undertaker vs Vince McMahon match as a speedbump on the way - and Jericho continually mocking Undertaker by adding "winning the title against The Undertaker and Big Show in one night" to his glowing list of accomplishments.

But I know a lot of people are assuming things are happening for different reasons.  And I wouldn't doubt WWE has something totally different in mind that what I wrote above.  You have a hurting Undertaker, so you pit him against someone who can work an easier style with him - Big Show.  We've seen that match many times on PPV already though, and it's certainly not something you expect to be a show-stealer.  So you add Chris Jericho to the match.  Adding the "tag team dissension" angle to the match, adding someone who can bump around the ring throughout, and adding someone who can take the pinfall from Undertaker.

Then to get around having Taker in a TLC match, you put the title back on Punk on TV via some type of screwjob.  (which could be what leads to one of those other little rumors - Undertaker vs Vince McMahon at WM26)  I don't remember if there's a 3-hour Raw coming up before the TLC PPV, but if there is, and Taker is still champion - I wouldn't be shocked to see a title change there.  (seriously, if Undertaker defends the title in a TLC match, I will watch Vince Russo promos on a loop for 5 hours straight)

I have no idea how the match will go at Survivor Series, so I couldn't help but think of the worst possible outcome and the best possible outcome in my mind.  What do you all think is going to happen?  And what would you like to see happen, if not the same?