Dude, just because you like RVD it doesn't mean he deserved to be put over. Look what RVD did when given the ball, he was more over, he had the momentum of just returning, winning at MITB and becoming IC champion. He was given both WWE and ECW title. His reaction, gets high and caught by the police. Then, showing he didn't learn the lesson, says WWE shouldn't care about wrestlers doing marijuana. Do you imagine what would happen back then when he was more inmature and just an overpopped midcard act?
And Lesnar. The thing is, they where in different brands. All what HHH did was cut a promo on the other champion bashing him, and it made sense in storyline. HHH was the Number One Contender and Steph says Lesnar is now exclusive to SD. It makes sense for HHH to come out and tell Brock is/was afraid of him.
Let's see , 2005, 2006 and 2007 for HHH shall we, and let's see how much he has swept in PPVs.
NYR05: Wins the EC in controversial fashion thanks to Batista.
RR05: Defeats Randy Orton, cleanly
WM21: Loses to Batista, cleanly.
Backlash: Loses to Batista, cleanly.
Vengeance: Loses to Batista, cleanly.
TT: Loses to Ric Flair.
SS: Defeats Ric Flair, but it wasn't clearly. Ric survived three Pedigrees.
NYRL Midcard Match with Big Show, wins cheating.
RR: In the Rumble Match, final three.
WM22: Taps to Cena
Backlash: Loses to Cena
Vengeance: DX reunion defeating SQ
Summerslam: Defeats the mcmahons.
Unforgiven: HIAC defeating Mcmahons and Big Show
CS: Loses to Rated RKO
SS: Cleans house with Team DX
NYR: Loses by DQ to Rated RKO
Summerslam: Return match defeating Booker T.
Unforgiven: Defeats Carlito
NM: Defeats Randy and Umaga, loses to Randy.
CS: Defeats Umaga.
SS: Victory by Team HHH
Armageddon: Loses to Jeff Hardy.
In two years, his PPV record is 13-9, with only one loss being controversial. And if you have a problem with DX defeating the Mcmahons and the SQ, then I have nothing else to say.
He defeated Orton, Carlito, Booker T and Umaga cleanly. With Orton, that ship has sailed long time ago. Face Orton didn't succed and Randy himself has said it. Booker was his return match and if you want a returning man losing you are crazy. Big deal, Carlito. Poor guy, he had never been given the chance to succed. I mean, he was in a segment in WM with Stone Cold and Roddy Piper, was in Team Raw, was in an EC, feuded Mick Foley, feuded Ric Flair, was IC and US champion. Oh yeah, he had never been given the chance and it was HHH fault he lost his chance.
HHH has putten over in the past two years Cena, Batista and Jeff Hardy, Both are the best two faces in the company thumbs down, at least in pops and reaction. And Jeff Hardy, well, you have seen the momentum one can get with defeating HHH.