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Source: Pwinsider.com
The feeling backstage was said to be very mixed on the end of the SummerSlam PPV last night. Everyone felt that the work was fantastic in the main event, but the post match events and Orton winning title caused a split opinion. Some feel that this will lead to a great story, where Bryan gets his revenge, and it will get him over even more. Others feel that the company should have let Bryan have his moment and that it would have made him right there.
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See, no. Letting "his moment" make him is stupid. It would have left nothing for him to continue with. Every since the whole "Bryan wins, Orton cashes in" theory was advanced, it's made sense. It gives Bryan the win over Cena, which he can make serious hay with, while keeping him hungry and in a title hunt. Bryan with a short-term (weeks to <2 months) title run would have looked weak, Bryan with a longer term run would have gotten stale. This was the way to go.
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As far as the way the title change was done, many feel that it made no sense for Bryan to take one Pedigree and that there was so much time between that and Orton cashing in and then pinning him with no additional offense. The feeling from some is that it was ridiculous that Bryan took one move from a largely retired wrestler after he just survived the onslaught from the company’s top guy, John Cena.
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Actually, the one-Pedigree-and-down move makes much more sense. It was the equivalent of a gunshot basically. It makes Orton even more heelish; he won the move with a pinfall on an unconscious man. Having Bryan not move a muscle was the best possible option. And WTF "one move from a largely retired wrestler?" It's not like Dusty Rhodes went in there and elbowed him. The Pedigree has a long history as a finale. It was a move HHH used to beat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania for fuck's sake.
08-20-2013, 12:21 AM
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