Personally, I'm not too disappointed by it. I know people are going to complain about Triple H winning the belt, but look at it this way. Triple H winning the belt now doesn't necessarily have to mean Orton's momentum goes to waste. Orton might win the belt back at One Night Stand in the gimmick match they're going to have (obviously at Judgement Day there'll be a regular no-stips rematch), and that'd put him over pretty well.Really was a trainwreck of a PPV. Talk about killing all your Mania momentum and going back to the "usual suspects."
Ah well, might watch to see what they come up with in the next couple of weeks. If it doesn't look promising then it could be see you(WWE) at Mania time next year.
Of course Orton will act like an utter ****. The guy only got pushed because of his looks and became the greenest Title holder I've ever seen while guys like Benoit and Eddie busted their asses for decades and got nothing for years. At least he's shown some consistent improvement in the ring and on the mic too but a littler indiscretion like that is hardly enough to warrant a title stripping, plenty of topline wrestlers have done far far worse and not been punished.Barney Rubble said:
I've been hearing for ages that Hunter wants to turn heel again, so I'd imagine it'll happen soon. I doubt we'll get Cena-HHH though, they'll want to save that for a more high-profile time of year. I don't think HHH-Jeff Hardy is beyond the realms of possibility. If they can put titles on Edge, Morrison and Chavo directly following a suspension, I don't see why Jeff (and Mr. Kennedy, oddly) should be kept in the dog-house for so long, second offence or not. He'll come back and they'll use the whole "my house burned down, I lost everything I had" angle to push him again.
Can't believe they might give us a feud we actually want, please don't mess this up it could be off the chain.
Yeah, I'd imagine if Regal does feud with Kennedy it'll be a short feud designed to put Regal over as a future main eventer, and to put over Kennedy as a genuine face, or at least a tweener.Jericho said that nobody goes from pious preacher to backstabbing bastard as quickly as Shawn can!
Also loved Regals' editing of the Raw finish. They're trying to put big heat on him so maybe he might be a bit bigger than a feaud with Kennedy. Gotta say, anyone who does deserve a prominent position in the WWE it's Regal. Oozes class that guy.
Okay, I'll have to put spoiler tabs on though.
Regal has been around for ever. Im suprised he never got pushed that much before.
Very much so, only thing keeping me checking the results right now.
Two problems with this. Try getting Shawn to agree and WWE booking is never this logical.
Longish feuds like that are hard to keep interesting but these two can pull it off. If the blowoff is a gimmick match I'd prefer it to be one that still accentuates their actual wrestling abilities rather than a gimmick which encourages spotfests.
I would say Jericho going over is a realistic possibility, he and HBK are apparently on favourable terms, plus the fact that he jobbed to Orton 3 months in a row last year (cleanly on at least 2 occasions iirc), so an HBK job isnt out of the question....its down to whether or not the E want to really push Y2J, or just have him look like a bitch like they have for the previous 5 years.
