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Their mistakes weren't made at the Battleground PPV, they wrote themselves into a corner by having this match at all. As soon as it was announced everybody knew Big Show was going to have a pretty big involvement in the match/finish.
First off, they never should have vacated the title. Daniel Bryan's victory in the next few months would have so much more impact if Randy's held the title for months. As soon as the fast count occurred at NoC, they should have had Trips come out and strip D-Bry of the title. This title vacating crap just looks silly and, frankly, doesn't really need to happen.
Then the match itself. As I said at the top, the entire thing comes across as a bit lazy to me. Why not give the Orton/Bryan feud a break for the PPV? Why not have a story with Triple H forcing Bryan to face someone else at the PPV in order to get his title shot at HiaC? Orton and Bryan have competed several times in the last few months - this was the perfect opportunity to have a break in order to freshen it up.
As for the Big Show story, it's actually a half decent story. My only issue with it is the fact it involves him at all. Why not Ziggler? Just because he can't act as well as Show won't have that big an effect on the story. Plus, it's ten times more believable having an up and comer being worried about being fired, rather than a guy who supposedly has an iron-clad contract and has been in the business for decades (they've obviously covered that up with the bad investments, but still, meh), panicking about getting fired.
Ahh well, I guess I wasn't angry, but I was still disappointed they had to go through with such a crap finish. I was especially disappointed by how terribly they delivered it.
First off, they never should have vacated the title. Daniel Bryan's victory in the next few months would have so much more impact if Randy's held the title for months. As soon as the fast count occurred at NoC, they should have had Trips come out and strip D-Bry of the title. This title vacating crap just looks silly and, frankly, doesn't really need to happen.
Then the match itself. As I said at the top, the entire thing comes across as a bit lazy to me. Why not give the Orton/Bryan feud a break for the PPV? Why not have a story with Triple H forcing Bryan to face someone else at the PPV in order to get his title shot at HiaC? Orton and Bryan have competed several times in the last few months - this was the perfect opportunity to have a break in order to freshen it up.
As for the Big Show story, it's actually a half decent story. My only issue with it is the fact it involves him at all. Why not Ziggler? Just because he can't act as well as Show won't have that big an effect on the story. Plus, it's ten times more believable having an up and comer being worried about being fired, rather than a guy who supposedly has an iron-clad contract and has been in the business for decades (they've obviously covered that up with the bad investments, but still, meh), panicking about getting fired.
Ahh well, I guess I wasn't angry, but I was still disappointed they had to go through with such a crap finish. I was especially disappointed by how terribly they delivered it.