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I actually love Cena/HHH from Mania 22. The crowd was epic hot and they put on a great match. i think the dislike for the match comes from fans who wanted to see Cena job but because he didn't, it left a stigma on the match itself.
For me, HHH/Orton from last year was an epic let down. They had, arguably, the hottest, most personal feuds in recent memory. Everything was in line for a great match. And it's not as if these two guys are known for putting on stinkers. But the match was slow, dry, and just didn't have that same intensity that the weeks of television preceding it was packed full with.
Orton, even though he lost, should have came out of that match looking like a monster. He should have dominated the whole time looking like the vicious, vindictive ruthless monster they had spent months building him up as. Instead, we got an Orton who could barely keep up and looked useless the end of the match. I really felt Orton's character lost a lot of steam at that point.
The booking should have had Vince and co. coming out and saving Hunter's ass so the end was a family united to defeat a common evil, which still would have had Orton looking good even though he lost.
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