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I'm sorry, this binding verbal deal has already been done. Commishes, make it so.
PSYCH, you only have one player named Jack. Do the right thing and accept.
Showtime apparently doesn't want Thornton for Elton Brand. Hey, GOOD TEAMS. I'm going to give you a talent upgrade and you only have to sit on an injured player for a week or so. GIVE ME SOMEBODY.
So they're going to go that far out of their way to get the title off Bryan, have him lose or give up his rematch, somehow make Cody the #1 contender, and then move Sheamus to Raw to face Punk (who's now feuding with Jericho). I have that right?
Can I just have some money now?
Semantics, sure. But my point's the same. Two years ago is a lifetime, and Orton/Cody could definitely work a year after Cody beat Rey at WM. Hell, put the IC title on the line and let Orton carry it for a couple of months.
Seriously? I'm giving up the far better player, and you can afford to lose like 2 categories for one week. I'm the one who needs the help now. I'm handing you Thornton. Come on.
Orton wins the Elimination Chamber and you have Sheamus/Orton/Bryan at WM. Book it. You know they'd rather have a proven main-eventer in the title match, after all.
Cody's considerably more credible than he was then, and it's kayfabe feasible that he improved in the ring enough to go 1-on-1 with Orton. That, and he pretty much went even with Orton a few months ago. Orton would've been crushed by HHH in 2002-03, after all.
1996: Nobody's going to pay money to watch this balding smallish southern guy, even if he's fighting Bret Hart
2000: Nobody's going to pay money to watch these short WCW castoffs in main events.
2002: Nobody's going to pay money to watch this Mark Wahlberg-looking motherfucker with lame...
You're actually stating the problem. They could have made an effort to have someone ready for this match, but instead you have the Barretts and the Zigglers of the world losing over and over again to the Randy Ortons of the world. The guys I'd legitimately put in the match over HHH right now...
To be honest, I was sure they were moving on from Punk/Jericho. I was thinking Jericho/Orton for WM, and I chalked Punk's "Best in the World" talk up to inside jokes with Bryan.
Jericho saying nothing after 15 years of being known as a talker is interesting. Undertaker being the strong silent type is...what he's been doing since 1990.
Yeah, which is more interesting:
Jericho doing something unpredictable every week for a month and legitimately building suspense
Undertaker coming out every week and pointing at the big word on the ceiling until HBK gets HHH to say yes to the match.
Obviously Undertaker.