Official SummerSlam 2004 Thread

[Average Joe]

Originally Posted by Nowhere Man -Received major push way before his skills could catch up with him as a heel -Took out established wrestling legend (Lesnar/Hogan; Orton/Foley) -Feuded with the Intercontinental Champion and lost (Lesnar/RVD; Orton/Edge) -Won the World Title at the next PPV See a pattern emerging? Deny it all you want, they're pushing Orton in the exact same way as Lesnar, Goldberg, the Ultimate Warrior, et al. Whether or not he's better than them doesn't change the fact that he's being lined up as just the new "Quick Champ Du Jour"

While the push may be the same, Orton is different from Lesnar in the fact that Orton came onto Raw in January 2003 (from what I remember, anyway. He came in as part of Evolution which started at that time), and didn't get the monster push until now, a time span of about 19 months, possibly more if he was there before. Lesnar came out of OVW in March 2002, and won the title in August 2002.

While you can say the circumstances of their title wins are similar, you can't say it was exactly the same. Lesnar didn't have a 9 month IC Title reign, and was in WWE for a lot less time than Orton. I'm sure there are more differences besides that.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to Raw, and Orton as the champion. Makes me wonder what feud WWE has lined up for him.