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oh I agree with the Jeff Hardy and Shelton Benjamins. They are over enough to pull off a fluke, or as I would like to call it, and upset and have a subsequent underdog reign, as long as it was short enough it wouldn't destroy credibility. At least not with the core fans.
Thats one of the things that was so great about the attitude era. Wrestlers like Xpac and Road Dogg would get title matches and you believed that they may actually win, and if they did fans would be fine with it. From a booking standpoint it'd be important to make it happen by luck, and end quickly, but it'd be nice to see.
The Jericho title win was great, and I don't see why they couldn't have let him keep it for a week, or until smackdown, or even until later that night. At the time they probably wanted to give that rub and set the pace for that future fued, without giving Jericho his first title win. But in retrospect, that title win and moment that never happened was better than his first and last title win, that was terribly booked and dissapointing. So in essence, his great title win never really did happen.
I'd love to see stuff liek this happen occasionally. Not David Arquette type stuff, but yes I love the idea of some upset quality. It just has to be an acceptable upset, with a star who's over enough to be a champion even if only an underdog fluke one.
For instance, Rey winning. I was perfectly fine with Rey winning the title at Wrestlemania 22. I just wish they booked him better, made it a little shorter and made it about him and not Eddie. His match with Sabu was his only real credible match. He should have come out of that shocking, yet clean upset win, and defended it cleanly once or twice more. Then he should have had a few escapes from imminent loss. Then the underdogs luck should have run out and he should have gotten beaten cleanly and decisively by a strong champion and ended it at that. It works that way. Because although Rey is small and a fluke, he's over enough with fans for them to buy it and appreciate him as long as he's booked properly and its short and sweet.
I'm sorry if I came off like a total bitch.
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