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Originally Posted by The CyNick
Yes, to the first one. The whole point should have been Orton did what Hunter couldn't (beat Benoit). The next couple months should have been Hunter acting like he was happy for Orton, and struggling with taking a secondary role in the group. Then I would have had Hunter win the title in some type of multi person match where he didn't pin Orton. Then have Orton ask Hunter for a rematch saying we can have an all time classic match, the belt will stay in the evolution family, and we will shake hands after, but i just need to know if i can beat you. Hunter then does the deal where they beat him down.
Yeah to me they rushed it with moving the belt to Hunter. However, at the end of the day they turned the angle to get over Batista instead of Orton. So it's like I would have booked 21 to be Orton v Hunter with Orton getting revenge as a babyface. They moved Batista into the role, Hunter looked unstoppable then because of the Orton angle, and the show did a massive amount of buys. So in the end maybe they made the right call.
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I agree with this. At the time I was pissed about, but it everything worked out in the end. Also the Orton mark is still somewhat upset about it, because to this day HHH has never put over Orton, and it doesn't make sense to me.
Also I feel like they lucked into the Batista thing. It didn't feel like that was the original plan to put Batista in that role, but it just kind of happened. I forget what caused Batista to pick up so much steam.