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Originally Posted by mike adamle
He beat Jeff Hardy cleanly in TLC. He was THE man for most of this year, IMO.
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I don't quite agree.
Jeff Hardy was another one of those guys that was never really a top guy despite being a multiple world champion. Reason? He never really ever got a clean and decisive victory, one-on-one, over any of "The Big 5." Maybe it's just me, but I think there's a difference between being a World champion, and being a legitimate #1 guy in the company...or on a show. It's the same reason why guys like Jericho, Booker T, Rey Mysterio, and many other world/WWE champions since 2002, have never really reached that upper echelon despite having been world champions.
These guys never beat ANY of "The Big 5"....cleanly and decisively.
Even if these guys managed to get a win over any of the Big 5, it was made to look as flukey as possible. Even a guy like Edge has never really had a big and clean win over someone like Undertaker, Triple H, John Cena, or Batista. Thankfully, Angle and Foley helped Edge out.
CM Punk is quite possibly the biggest ray of light that the WWE has had in years. I hope for their sake, that they don't screw him up.