[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Dave Youell Dude, let the Val Venis thing go, he wasn’t going to main event a PPV, I’m sorry for your loss. This whole thing was put together last minute, the overall goal was the get Orton over a champ, he was going to do it against Cena, weather it be last night or at the next PPV, it was pretty obvious that they were going in that direction. Now who was the hottest face they had? HHH If they brought in Y2J just to job to Orton, how would that of looked? Terrible! Totally squashes your new investment If you want to get your heel champ over, have him beat your current top face, and realistically on that night it was HHH. The job Orton did at the start of the night didn’t really hurt him as it was a roll up, which is a classic way of keeping your heel over, as he was out smarted, but not beaten. HHH did a good sell job to Orton later in the night, and they had to still make him look strong (HHH) to keep his own heat. Given the events of the past week, I think they did a good job with the scenario

I'm not bitter about the Val Venis thing. The most I could hope for is that he gets to go over Santino Marella on RAW, or something. This scenario was just screaming for something more exciting that Triple Z. The beginning of the evening was done horribly. I know I am meant to be optimistic and all, but it just made no sense.

First of all, Randy Orton being announced the WWE Champion really made no sense. He injured John Cena in an illegal manner, and gets named the WWE Champion? It's a huge let down for anyone who tuned in wanting to see a WWE Champion decided.

The opening match made no sense. Triple H made fun of Vince and gets rewarded? They had about 6 days to come up with something, and that was all they could do? The school boy pin didn't really protect Randy Orton, either. School boys work well for fluke wins, but this clearly wasn't put over as a fluke win. It was Triple H going over cleanly, and it didn't completely bury Orton, but it made him out to look inferior to Triple H. It make Triple H look smarter, stronger, and overall better. A Pedigree would have done exactly the same thing.

The latter booking of Triple H made more sense. Vince forcing him through the marathon of Umaga and Randy Orton. It was a creative way at getting everything they advertised in, and it made Triple H look good. Randy Orton winning back the WWE Championship at the end was wise, too. Triple H retaining would have made no sense, as Umaga and Carlito could have been sent out by Vince to beat down Triple H and hold Orton up.

What I disagree most with is their decision to not care about disappointing. Triple H was not the saviour the WWE wanted to see. They wanted Jericho. I think they would have preferred a Hardy over Triple H. This was their chance to make a star, but instead they used an established guy, which makes sense, but it is a lot more boring.

I also disagree that they were taking the WWE Championship off John Cena at No Mercy. A lot of people seem to think that was the path they were going to take, but I judging by how Randy Orton won the Unforgiven match, and got to go over John Cena pretty strong throughout the feud, I'm sure it was leading to John Cena standing tall and retaining his title like Superman. They were going to continue the program heading into Cyber Sunday, and I think they would have had Randy Orton go over there, if anywhere. They might have even gone straight into John Cena vs. Triple H for the WWE Championship, and never had Orton so much as touch the belt.