CM Punk removed from all live events

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Originally Posted by Gorgeous Dale Newstead Was it not the beginning of '02? And yeah I remember, he went onto have one of the flattest wrestlemania main event feuds with Chris Jericho, which Jericho took years to recover from, because Hunter blamed him for it, even though it was just awful booking and all it was, was Hunter vs Steph. And when he one the championship at mania, you could hear a pin drop.

I would argue that this was more the WWE's fault rather than Triple H's. This was TERRIBLE booking on the WWE's part.

The main-event of Wrestlemania that year should have been Triple H vs. Austin.....with Triple H going over. Either that, or you could have just had Rock/Hogan as your main-event, and make it a title match.

The WWE completely fucked over Jericho during his World title run. Even though he defeated Austin and Rocky on the same night, it was made to look like a complete fluke. All throughout Jericho's run, Jericho was made to look wildly inferior to his opponents while continuously getting "fluke" victories.

Jericho's lack of established credibility as a World Champ, thanks to woefully bad booking of his character, helped lead to a lackluster main-event. The WWE also changed Triple H's character way too much (as they have a tendency to do when they attempt to turn a successful heel into a successful face) and so Triple H's pops had been on decline since his January return.

Jericho never had his "Triple H over Foley" moment.

If I had to do it all over again, I would have kept Austin as a heel champ until Mania.