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It's not that I hate Randy Orton (despite the thread title...), it's merely that I don't think he deserves what he's gotten thus far in his WWE career. Many, many, many other more talented wrestlers have been busting their asses in the company and haven't seen a World Title shot, EVER. Yet, because of Orton's alignment with Triple H, he's getting treated like royalty (much like Batista).
He is still very, very young, and I'm sure that was time goes on, he will get better in the ring and on the mic, but he's NOT there yet. He's not there yet, and he continues to get pushed towards the main event over guys who could take his place in the same angles and do it much, much better (Jericho, for a prime example).
Orton also has a very dislikable personality on the screen right now. His cocky heel persona was perfect for who he was, but now his Nick Lachey-like persona just bugs the shit out of me and most other wrestling fans too. And yet the WWE continues to shovel his shit down our throats. We have every right to bitch.
As far as your comments, DeadManWalkin, Austin may have never been built like a tank, but his angle with Vince McMahon and The Rock shot the WWF to levels of popularity that no one ever dreamed of. His beer-gut look WAS his character, and blue-collar America could relate to him. Shawn Michaels is one of the smaller WWE Champions in history, but his unbelievable charisma and talent in the ring made up for it and even surpassed it until you didn't even notice that HBK was smaller than most of his opponents. He was that good. Randy isn't.
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