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In '04?
The build to the Benoit and Guerrero title reigns, pretty much...the ending of Wrestlemania 20, and the big fanfare behind both of them. It was just classic.
Orton's push UNTIL Summerslam. This was the -wrong- time to turn him face.
His title win reminds me a LOT of the Big Show's win in 1999. I'm still not sure
about him as a face yet, though his promo with Flair was absolute PLATINUM.
I dunno about Cena. He's definitely the top talent on SmackDown, but he's also
standing right under the glass ceiling. I would have said '03 was more of a Cena
year than '04.
So yeah, as it stands... the Benoit-Guerrero title reigns were the only things that seemed to pay off. I've never heard Benoit pops as loud as they have been recently...ditto for Guerrero (remember when he was the X-Pac of the Radicalz and people would just chant "EDDIE SUCKS!")...both of them proved that they could be fan favorites and WWE champions.
as for Orton, the verdict's still out. I think past this Monday, people will start getting behind him more due to his own merit, rather than WWE forcing him down people's throats.
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