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To address the thought that JBL, as a heel champ, SHOULD have shady wins...
I think Cynick's covered this, and some others as well, but it's not really his tainted wins over Eddie, Taker, and Booker that I have a problem with... it's that he wasn't even built up before he won the title. Flair and Michaels may have barely won their title matches, but they were established as threats before they started their reigns. As Cynick said, JBL came out of nowhere.
Hell, look at the Seattle Supersonics right now... they have the best record in the NBA, but no one takes them seriously because they haven't been that good these past few years. Everyone expects them to collapse anytime soon. Now, if they continue to play well, then that'll change people's opinions, but say they continue to win, but each victory is because of a ref's bad call. Well, people will still think that Seattle is overrated.
That's the way I see JBL's reign. He's only become "credible" because of time. People are getting used to it. But even as he's barely beating Eddie, or Taker, or Booker, it's not like he's picking up clean wins against Hardcore Holly, or Charlie Haas, or even a Bill Demott. They could have had him beat Billy Gunn when he was still on the roster or something.
Anyway, that's my reasoning. I do find him entertaining though. Really, if he wasn't a real life ass hole, I'd prolly overlook his credibility issues, as I mentioned before.
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