^^^As an Orton fan myself, I would have liked to seen it go on longer too.
But as a consolation, at least this title reign didn't fail like his first one. If this one had crashed and burned, I'm not sure if he would have been given any more shots.
His reign was very good if you ask me. Much better than Edge's reign over on SD. He did a fine job with it. It started off slow, as it appeared they were overprotecting him, but as the months went on he really grew into his own.
Also, maybe taking the belt off Orton now is a good thing. He sort of went out on top in some respects. He lost at the height of his reign and before it became redundant and boring, as usually becomes the case with WWE booking nowadays.
I'm sure he will get another title reign within the next year and half.