The thread where we get CyNick to defend maligned storylines, and tell us how we don't understand...

[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ So wait, with the exception of Cena, no current main event guys can beat the previous generations main event guys? Yeah, that will help get new talent over with the crowd and over the hump.

I may need to learn another language to help get my point across.

WWE had a Mania card. HHH was in a more high profile match than Punk. Therefore you should keep the semi main as strong as possible. That meant HHH over Punk.

[BigCrippyZ]

Originally Posted by The CyNick I may need to learn another language to help get my point across. WWE had a Mania card. HHH was in a more high profile match than Punk. Therefore you should keep the semi main as strong as possible. That meant HHH over Punk.

You're telling me a legend like HHH going up against another legend like Undertaker at the company's biggest show of the year wouldn't have been enough of a draw? HHH needed to go over CM Punk (who was probably the second biggest star in the company at the time) prior otherwise the HHH v. Taker match wouldn't have been any good?

What does that say not only about Vince & co. beliefs in HHH and Undertaker being able to build to a match and ability to draw? As I have a tremendous respect for HHH, Taker and Punk, I happen to think that HHH vs Undertaker would've been just fine had HHH lost to someone on the same level as Punk prior. If HHH really needed that victory to help keep the Mania card as strong as possible, that's probably not a good thing.

[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by BigCrippyZ You're telling me a legend like HHH going up against another legend like Undertaker at the company's biggest show of the year wouldn't have been enough of a draw? HHH needed to go over CM Punk (who was probably the second biggest star in the company at the time) prior otherwise the HHH v. Taker match wouldn't have been any good? What does that say not only about Vince & co. beliefs in HHH and Undertaker being able to build to a match and ability to draw? As I have a tremendous respect for HHH, Taker and Punk, I happen to think that HHH vs Undertaker would've been just fine had HHH lost to someone on the same level as Punk prior. If HHH really needed that victory to help keep the Mania card as strong as possible, that's probably not a good thing.

Its a debate that I'm sure was had internally.

Traditional booking would state you want the guys in your top matches to be strong heading into the big show. Especially in this case when Taker had already beat HHH the year prior. HHH was working a limited schedule, so if his big matches for the year were constant losses, it hurts his credibility.

Vince had tons of faith in HHH and Taker, that's why they were positioned ahead of Punk on the show and why HHH went over Punk.