Originally Posted by EtH
I actually liked The Miz being the champ. Him and Riley actually had a decent thing going on for a while. Like do you guys remember when Miz came out to the Tough Enough candidates and made them all look stupid in like 2 seconds? He did have a legit feeling of a champ at the time. I can't remember what he did to make himself get dropped down so much, but it's fairly unfortunate.
I actually missed JBL's entire run, but I caught it on computer games. I'm surprised to see his name there. From as far as I know, JBL was extremely over at the time, marking one of the best repackages ever (Next to Bray Wyatt, Hall of Pain Mark Henry and Crazy R-Truth).
I'm also a bit surprised to see Triple H in there. Again, I didn't really see the reigns you mentioned, but I kind of associate the WWE big gold belt as belonging to Triple H, the same way I associated the spinner belt with John Cena.
I was updated these as I was reading through them. I'm VERY surprised by the #1. WWF in 2000, especially with Triple H in control, was fantastic to me. Triple H's jealously of the number 1 guy, Rock, and the way he basically gave Mick Foley a Hall of Fame spot based on their feud. Everything was great. DX was both hilarious but in control, Triple H sat on the throne above everyone as a puppetmaster, Steph was crazy hot and not in the running to replace Chyna as the next She-Hulk pornstar (not that she'd replace Chyna of course). Everyone knew Rock was #1, but Rock had plenty of great rivalries during this time with Big Show/Shane McMahon, Chris Jericho, Booker T etc.
EDIT: That Kyle Jackson guy you're debating with doesn't understand. WWE gave Cena the title because they finally got it right. Wyatt couldn't afford to be a transitional champ. Reigns couldn't afford to be a transitional champ. Cena took the bullet. They let Cena get squashed by Brock Lesnar, because Lesnar too is taking the bullet. The WWE title right now has one purpose, being held down until Daniel Bryan comes back. Cena will absolutely lose to Lesnar again. He'll be more competitive, but will look like shit at the end of it and will probably have a lack of self confidence storyline involving big losses.
Also, I saw a lot of people bitching that Cena basically walked through the Wyatt Family on the recent raw, saying he "buried them". Do people not get what being at the top means? Randy Orton cam clean hour with the RKO. The Rock can clean house with his punches. Stone Cold walked down to the ring and singled handedly cleaned WCW/ECW out with Stunners. The guys at the top have the ability to clean house. It's got nothing to do with burying.
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