isn't anyone who wins anything winning it because of who they are? But I know what you mean, and honestly I respect wholeheartedly the opinions of all of you who disliked that the title went straight to someone and all that. Went through the same thing myself tbh as Dolph, that said we all agreed that Orton holding the strap was where we wanted to go. I know SBS' Orton, I know it can deliver, therefore Orton winning it on the debut fit perfectly for us to establish him early. With that said this wasn't a decision made when NXT started, this decision was made after all the tts were said and done. I personally don't like having a vacant title, so we took the approach of judging ones merit on one show alone so as to give a nice surprise and help get a storyline out quicker instead of going a month without a champion in a brand that everyone is already questioning anyways.
That said SBS is the first Champion, some of you might find it unfair and I see why but with that said all you have to do is what you would do on Raw or Smackdown when your looking for the title. Every crowned champion has to prove why they became champion, not in a single defense but by showing they can keep that title.
EOR vs. SBS for the world title was happening regardless, if you didn't notice it was a tournament to decide the champion the match was set for Vengeance JBL came out and made the match right now to screw orton thus giving him the title that night. The Same exact match was going to happen because of trash talking but because one holds the title a little in advanced it's caused a lot of controversy, I apologize that some of didn't like it as bookers we do some things not everyone will agree with, all we can do is look ahead and try to improve in the factors that you all see a need of improvement on.
-thank you, Rawisrey
