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Originally Posted by Karlsberg
They obviously were not thinking at all.
The fact that the creative team consists of hollywood writers and some moron from Nickelodeon who until recently thought that they used fake blood tells you all you need to know about how they managed to fuck up Benoit's time in the spotlight.
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This is pretty unfair to say, considering the writer from Nickelodeon was not even under the employ of the WWE at the time of Benoit's title reign.
You want to know what they were thinking? I think they were just trying to say "thank you" to Chris Benoit for all the time and effort he has put into the industry, but I really don't know if Chris Benoit is as over as some people may think he is. I think the longer a person has watched wrestling, the bigger a Benoit fan they probably are, but to the casual viewer just flipping through the channels, Chris Benoit really is nothing special.
It hurt to type that last sentence, but really, besides being amazing in the ring (which really isn't that important in the GRAND scheme of things, ask the Undertaker if you don't believe me), what else has Benoit got going for him? Mic skills? Nah. Charisma? Not so much to notice.
He's just a great guy and a great wrestler, and the whole reign was probably the WWE's way of saying "Thanks dude, you rock".
I don't have any numbers, but it would be interesting to know what kind of numbers the WWE did during his reign. Anybody have them?