Thread: Was JBL a transitional champion?
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Old 02-01-2020, 10:51 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Iceman King Gertner View Post
But that doesn't make him a transitional champion. A lot of time and money was put into him. That doesn't happen to transitional champions.

And JBL had a lot of title defences against wrestlers who have drawn money. They could have easily taken the belt off him.
Remember that the endgame is Cena ends up champion and is the new poster boy who is going to help get Vince his diamond-encased casket. Anyone in between that time frame is holding down the fort until that happens. That's the whole point of a transitional champion. You're transitioning to where the real money is going to be made. Again, I know there were other people who could have taken it off Layfield in the middle of his reign and, yes, there was significant time and effort invested in him but that goes back to the point of Vince being a spiteful and stubborn human being.
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