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Its too early to use the term flop, but its moving in that direction. Ive said this before, but listen to the crowd when he comes out, its not top babyface level cheers, not even close.
I called this from the start. You dont turn a guy just because a small portion of the fans start to cheer him. If anything you should use that, and keep building on it, so when you finally do the face turn, fans are salavating at the thought.
Even worse with Orton is that they not only turned him too soon, but they already gave him the title. If they were planning on a face turn, why not have him chase Hunter to Mania for his first title win instead of his second?
I also said they should have turned Hunter, and its clear to me that was the right move, but the WWE isn't exactly on a roll in terms of "right moves".
I hope this doesn't cripple Orton, but I do think a Mania headlined by him as a face will fail miserabely.
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