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**Jeritron** · 03-06-2007, 01:07 PM

And of course, in Trips defense there, he was WWF champion at the time, and Benoit had just came in. Plus its hard to have newcomers who are they exciting get solid heel heat unless they do something like betraying foley and siding with the McMahon Helmsley faction.

I don't see the way they were introduced as too damaging. They were booked to look good, if I remember, they really sold the HHH vs Benoit match since Benoit was WCW champ a few days earlier. If I remember correctly, he lost dirty or at the very least it was close. Why would you have the rival companies most recent champion show up and beat your WWF champion? Or have their midcarders beat yours for that matter?
They sort of paid their dues in that first month. Malenko and Saturn didn't have very bright futures, they could have been better, but they were midcarders in WWEs eyes, who showed up at a time where WWE had a wealth of main event stars and a stacked midcard filled with upward potential.
They didn't amount to much, but oh well.

Approximately 2 months after their first appearance on WWE tv, Eddie Guerrero and Benoit were European and IC champion respectively. And their fueds were with Jericho and Chyna, two TOP stars. By summerslam, Eddie was IC champion and Benoit was #1 contender for the WWF title with a PPV main event under his belt and a second coming up.

They both went on to be uppermidcard success in the IC title picture for the rest of the year, until Eddie was released for his own problems. Benoit went on to work his way into the main event in the Summer of 2001 before being injured, when he returned in 2002 he did a lot of good things before getting a steady push to a world title. Same deal with Eddie with his return in 02.

So it doesn't really hold water to say they were sabotaged by that act alone off the bat, if anything their WWE careeers moved at a fair pace.

03-06-2007, 01:07 PM	#39
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	And of course, in Trips defense there, he was WWF champion at the time, and Benoit had just came in. Plus its hard to have newcomers who are they exciting get solid heel heat unless they do something like betraying foley and siding with the McMahon Helmsley faction. I don't see the way they were introduced as too damaging. They were booked to look good, if I remember, they really sold the HHH vs Benoit match since Benoit was WCW champ a few days earlier. If I remember correctly, he lost dirty or at the very least it was close. Why would you have the rival companies most recent champion show up and beat your WWF champion? Or have their midcarders beat yours for that matter? They sort of paid their dues in that first month. Malenko and Saturn didn't have very bright futures, they could have been better, but they were midcarders in WWEs eyes, who showed up at a time where WWE had a wealth of main event stars and a stacked midcard filled with upward potential. They didn't amount to much, but oh well. Approximately 2 months after their first appearance on WWE tv, Eddie Guerrero and Benoit were European and IC champion respectively. And their fueds were with Jericho and Chyna, two TOP stars. By summerslam, Eddie was IC champion and Benoit was #1 contender for the WWF title with a PPV main event under his belt and a second coming up. They both went on to be uppermidcard success in the IC title picture for the rest of the year, until Eddie was released for his own problems. Benoit went on to work his way into the main event in the Summer of 2001 before being injured, when he returned in 2002 he did a lot of good things before getting a steady push to a world title. Same deal with Eddie with his return in 02. So it doesn't really hold water to say they were sabotaged by that act alone off the bat, if anything their WWE careeers moved at a fair pace.