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After a rather long hiatus, The Sports Monarchy Dynamic Duo is back looking to expand our horizons and achieve greater heights. We're back to talk NFL, NBA, WWE, TNA, and once in a while we'll go off topic and discuss movies and music.
For the first topic back, I want to talk about something that's been irritating me: Namely, this Daniel Bryan/Randy Orton storyline. When Triple H screwed Daniel Bryan out of the WWE Championship at Summerslam and sided with Randy Orton, the Attitude Era fan in me was excited to see a Corporation 2.0 and how they would do it. But they messed it up. ROYALLY. Shocker. Last night was the first time that I was interested to see where this angle goes next.
The night after Summerslam, Orton should've come out in a Suit and Tie and cut a nice, lengthy promo on why he did what he did. Instead, Triple H talked for 10 minutes and Orton had something along the lines of 2 sentences.
And that brings me to my main problem with this storyline: Triple H. I was a big Triple H fan in the Attitude Era, but him taking center stage in a feud that is supposed to be about Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan is beginning to get on my nerves. Randy Orton is the Corporate sellout. He should be coming out cutting promos in a suit and tie telling the people what he thinks about them and how he is everything Daniel Bryan isn't. But Triple H is doing the bulk of the talking and Orton is getting no chance to garner heat on his own. The feud is now Daniel Bryan vs Triple H and Orton is just in the background. Orton's not even the WWE Champion anymore!
In 1998, when they ran this Corporation Angle with The Rock. Yes, the premise was Mr. McMahon getting the belt of Stone Cold and onto somebody who he felt was "worthy" of wearing it, namely The Rock. But Mr. McMahon never did ALL the talking for The Rock. The Rock was able to cut promos and gain heat on his own. Not one time did The Rock become an afterthought in an angle that was about him selling out to become the WWF Champion. Randy Orton became an afterthought long ago.
Also, RAW didn't end 4 weeks straight with Austin getting his ass handed to him by The Corporation.
The build to their match at Night of Champions was horrible. Instead of building a proper story and balancing out Bryan and Orton getting the upper hand on each other, it was Bryan getting laid out EVERY SINGLE WEEK. Your challenger is supposed to look strong to feel like he has a shot against the dominant Champion. But instead, he looked weak heading into this match. Still over, still sympathetic, but weak.
I personally believe it was too early for Bryan to win the WWE Championship anyway. Having the fast count ref as a fail safe in case Orton lost was cool, but executed a little poorly. Orton should've beat Bryan one-on-one in classic heel fashion. Striking him with the belt, or low blow followed by RKO. Orton retains in heel fashion, but Bryan doesn't lose any steam.
But no, Bryan had to get stripped of the title. Bryan is a two time WWE Champion and he hasn't even held the belt for a full day. The booking of the WWE Championship is absolutely horrid. But last night was a glimmer of hope that they're gonna put this angle on the right track.
Since the WWE Championship is vacated, this is what I would personally do:
Triple H comes out announces there will be a Deadly Game Tournament at Survivor Series to crown a new WWE Champion. For those unfamiliar, The Deadly Game Tournament was used in 1998 and was a 1 night tournament to crown a new Champion because the title was vacated around that time as well.
ALL are able to compete except for Daniel Bryan. Triple H then strikes Bryan a deal. It'll be Daniel Bryan vs Triple H at the October ppv. If Bryan wins, he's in the tournament. He loses, Bryan never gets a shot at the title again. Bryan beats Triple H, gets in the tournament, faces Randy Orton in the Tournament Finals and beats him to FINALLY win the WWE Championship.
The angle literally writes itself. But somehow, WWE will find a way to mess this up. Hopefully, they get things right sooner or later.
This poor excuse of this new Corporation, McMahon-Helmsley Era rehash, or whatever it is they're doing is losing steam. It had initial appeal, but repetition and having ONE guy taking the bulk of the storyline and making the anti-authority character look WEAK is dragging it down.
They need to pick it up and make this thing interesting.
My two cents.
By: Gerald "Showstopper" Prophete
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