Mak
I said the matches are good but the value itself isn't where I would like a wee title reign to
be at all. Aside from Cena he hasn't had one standout feud, hell his best match of his wwe career, feud, promos and everything was with Cena
The matches itself are good, but it has no umph. I would say Christians ECW title reign had great wrestling, but it lacked value. Now Big Show on the other hand lacked in the wrestling quality but it is so memorable and made you say damn he's that guy or the man in ECW. To me Punk has had The quality matches but he hasn't had a run that they will mark down and say damn he's that damn good or the best champ ever possibly.
It's just lacking. When I think of runs with more value for the title and the guy I think HHH in 2000, Rock in 01, Austin, Taker as Big Evil, Cena in 07, Dave and Edge with the World title on SD, or JBLs year. They were memorable, something you look back at and say damn they were good as the guy. Now you might pick up a dvd years from now and say damn Pubk wrestled well, but at the end of the day it ain't the same because you may forget he was the champion. They don't even make the belt the main talking point anymore for him. It wasn't in the Jericho feud, isn't with AJ now, wasn't with Trips, and wasn't evennwhennhe was chasing ADR to get it back. It boggles the mind because I know Rey had a dud first reign as did Benoit, but boy they had the memorable win and the belt they had which was a grade lower was still talked about at all times. It's like here is Punk, his opponent, the feud for some randomness, and oh yeah the title is on the line.
Mickie was more than a month; they just booked her strictly with one of Beth or LayCool after she was so sloppy with Rosa, Gail, Kelly, Maryse, and Alicia and that was before the Piggy shtick. . Natalya is an I'm still waiting to see it, as she hasn't really put it together. Beth like I said was built as unstoppable, got thrown in the rumble, and she just doesn't have the same it Chyna had or the strength to pull it off as she struggles even lifting lite men so they turned me off with the Glamazon shit.
Bryan love annoys me and causes the hate more so because his guys are the same ones who weren't even supporting him with the case or the title and then got outraged like how dare you pull the rug from under him, but ignoring the fact they too were shitting on him on just not caring and then wanted to get irrate as they were the same ones not watching nxt for him and so on; I could like the bastard if I didn't have to read the hardon and know they would turn on him just off ring skills alone like I did Finlay or Benoit
Christian to me for years was just there as I always noticed Matt, Jeff, Edge, Bubba, and Dvon in that order before him in their glory days, and likewise it was annoying as hell watching them struggle to get him over by himself when they split him and Edge by using DDP, Trish, Patriotism, Jericho, a body gaurd, Rock, and every other ploy they had only for him to leave when he finally got there. I mean it took forever, two brands, getting credit for taking Book out, the IC title being revived, Trish, DDP, Rock putting him and the peeps stick over on the mic, having to fake burning a flag almost, and some ass cream to get him over only to leave. Then he returned, not really different as his skills were better before he left in the ring, just he was much more confident as you could see when he walked out on ECW. Then he came in as a face put on damn good matches and was somewhat funny as a face with the looney tunes references and talk show host gig, but the fans were lukewarm to the guy on every Raw 3 hour show he would come out on. Then he got a title reign and we all know it solely to please Edge and say thank you because he got forced to retire, not because Christian was that good or deserving on his own merit, but as a favor, and that was about as fucked up as when Rey won but at least Rey was more credible victories wise. Then they made him the whinniest fucking heel in history, almost a repeat of his 2002 shit with DDP as a crybaby. Then he got hurt and came back, and he's been much more tolerable and fun to watch. I will never say lets go Christian (well I will this month it seems) but damn he can work and have a solid niche like Piper and Perfect did, and I'll respect that. I'm less bitter now though that the fucker got the reign and Matt got fucked over years ago when he was hotter than Christian could ever dream of being most of their career and always had him beat with fan reaction and selling.
Jericho to me is talented in that ring. He's talented on the mic too when he is that Y2J guy. I just can't stand the music. I can't stand people trying to act like he is a top star in the same category as a Michaels let alone HHH let alone Austin let alone Cena or Rock. That is what is frustrating. The way people talk about him and then call the title "a prop you shouldn't over value" doesn't go hand in hand. They look at his resume and say beat Rock and Austin on same night, first undisputed champ, multiple titles int eh company ..... Main event talent at its best. It's that the gets me and they get defensive when you say he's a upper Midcard, b brand, or transition guy and then point out that he wasn't even the focus of his undisputed reign every challenger was, or that his band has never been a successful as Cenas music career despite Cena having less exposure from not being inthe attitude era, or the fact he himself admits to having a Virgil like signing despite advertising, and had his outside show cancelled after every critic trashed the concept and his hosting abilities. Jericho to me is the Foley of his era, which is great, but he just isn't that guy who he should and could have been. If he was smart, beating Jericho would mean the world to a lot of guys,mbut he jobbed so often and so wrongly that he hurt himself and the aloft for others, and to topic off he isn't an ass kicker or menacing at all to just suddenly become credible like Kane or Show so that when you knock them off even after jobbing you get a rub and WOW out the fans. I would watch him wrestle every day for 20 minutes no problem, listen to him talk most of the time, but boy I thought they were fuckign trolling me when they brought him back as the star to feud against Punk for the title at WM because he ain't that big a star or that good. To be fair he writes a good book too