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Originally Posted by Tedious
See, no. Letting "his moment" make him is stupid. It would have left nothing for him to continue with. Every since the whole "Bryan wins, Orton cashes in" theory was advanced, it's made sense. It gives Bryan the win over Cena, which he can make serious hay with, while keeping him hungry and in a title hunt. Bryan with a short-term (weeks to <2 months) title run would have looked weak, Bryan with a longer term run would have gotten stale. This was the way to go.
Actually, the one-Pedigree-and-down move makes much more sense. It was the equivalent of a gunshot basically. It makes Orton even more heelish; he won the move with a pinfall on an unconscious man. Having Bryan not move a muscle was the best possible option. And WTF "one move from a largely retired wrestler?" It's not like Dusty Rhodes went in there and elbowed him. The Pedigree has a long history as a finale. It was a move HHH used to beat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania for fuck's sake.
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Haitch shouldn't have won at WM, which is the larger point. If the point is for Lesnar to be a special attraction but he's already lost to Cena and The Lord And God of Human Growth Hormones, how much credibility could he possibly have left? HGHHH certainly shouldn't have used his played-out, stale, broken-down finisher on the newly crowned champion only for the most overrated main eventer since Shawna Michelle to cash in on him.
It was vastly telegraphed, still didn't magically give Ortard a shred of charisma in any discernible way, and probably gave Lord Haitch even more X-Pac heat than he already had.