Even "The One" gimmick wasn't bad...

...they screwed him over by buring him. He was getting HUGE reactions. I have them on tape, seriously, his pops were incredible. His 2 week reign with the Intercontinental Championship wasn't great, but even there the fans still were behind him...then they dropped him down to HeAT for no reason, still getting solid reactions, Royal Rumble came along and he still had the crowd on his side despite being all but meaingless in the Rumble match, had him come in at No Way Out and win the Hardcore Title for 15 seconds, and then totally denied him a place on WrestleMania 17...and through all of this he still got huge pops. He was the king of jobbers, and the crowd still ate him up...