Man, I wish they went the other way with HHH/Orton

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Originally Posted by Fox Trips was worried someone else was becoming the hottest heel on RAW, and rightfully so. Orton was SO over back then, it was unreal. These days, he seems to be grasping at straws, trying to establish himself as the top heel he was during his run as IC Champ, but without Evolution, he just can't do it.

I don't think its about Evolution being gone, it's about his momentum being killed. His IC reign and the fueds with Foley and Benoit were so great.

Then all of a sudden it was killed by Trips. Now he lost the momentum and regardless of what push they give him it won't come back fully.
Trips killed him, then they fed him to Taker. Then he fizzled out slowly and now hes back on Raw. RKO has been good, but Edge shines out as a superior heel in my opinion.

Plus his "legend killer" schtick wasn't much helped by the fact that he got made to look like a chump by HHH, then couldn't snap Takers streak, and then couldn't pick up the title on Smackdown, or go over Hogan.

I think beating Hogan cleanly, followed by a wrestlemania push this year would have helped him. But he got jobbed, put in a fued with Carlito, and then (IMO) became the secondary member of Rated Rko. Right now his momentum is not only gone but in the gutter.
Not to mention how he was made to look as the Raw version of Cena in 04, maybe even stronger. And now he's just fed to him.