Yes, but he’s also the same guy that booked a lot of the stuff that people liked. He was there as the Booker for the vast majority of the last I want to say 10 years or so. I agree that he should’ve put the belt on Marty Scurll, because he was the most over guy in the company at the time, especially once the elite had left that’s what they needed but Matt Taven was not the worst choice either. PCO a year later comes to mind. My goodness. He was finally coming to his own as a character. He was leading his own new version of the kingdom. And he had genuine heat. Don’t let any of these weirdos try to tell you that Matt Taven didn’t generate heat at that time because he did. The only problem is is that people are fickle and they get this weird idea that if they see you as a midcard now you can’t ever escape it. It’s the same shit people were saying about Jeff Jarrett, even though he’s a 10-time world champion and some people still say about Cody Rhodes today. People also try to claim the Cody Rhodes should be world champions since he’s a Midcard guy.
I agree that Delirious didn’t get that the fans wanted Scurll, though, and since the elite guys were gone, the goodwill of the fans was broken and they couldn’t support a different direction so he set Taven up to fail. But, I’m glad people are finally putting respect on his name.
