[quote name='Sporadic']That was, what, almost 3-4 years ago?
Give me a HHH 4+ year run as champ over a 1 year run from Cena or JBL anyday. At least HHH can still wrestle and put on a good match, even if his character is stale.
Cena and JBL just suck[/quote]
it still hurts. it just...it still hurts.
seriously though, it really just sapped all my interest in watching because there weren't any surprises. i won't argue its any different today. orton winning the title was one of the first legitimate surprises i've gotten out of wwe in a while. but still, with that hhh run...it was always just him holding down the fort, with creative trying to come up with more people to simply feed to him. week in and week out. endlessly. even if he can put on a decent match, it gets stale. the outcome was always astoundingly apparent.
i'm not saying someone like jbl or cena should have won; cena was the reason i was still leary of tuning back in, and even if jbl was actually the one that managed to peak my interest enough to try and get back into it when he was commentating, i just can't get excited about him in the ring. orton was at least interesting to watch, though, since it made no sense how he held on to the title and there was always the genuine thought he'd lose it. now he has, and it's not to anyone who has anything interesting to bring to the table. its just (probably) going to be trips on another monster-crushing run.
edit: oh, and i'm not spoilering my shit here if it was already "ruined" on the last page by myke. it seemed ridiculous anyway.