Dark Age

Who says Benoit needs to cut 'the money promo'? Couldn't Flair, or Jericho do that if he was feuding with either of them? If a good Benoit interview is that important, then bust out the old black screen interviews he did during his feud with Angle. They were pretty awesome. What's wrong with a simple storyline? Jericho wins a shot, talks about respect for Benoit and the belt, Benoit and Jericho team together and try to one-up each other, Jericho gives interview talking about his and Benoit's history, and how Benoit has got the better of him on most occasions, they show clips of past matches and Jericho says he's learnt from them. Usual stuff follows where they tease turning on each other, then at a pay per view they tear the house down. Not much wrong with that.

It is often said that Jericho held the belt that Benoit has. They said Booker had held the belt when Trips was champ. They consider the World Heavyweight Title as the WCW Title.

Rock chased Heyman into the crowd when Heyman was saying Brock could take Rock.

NY, I though Orton was walking away because he didn't want to be blamed for Eugene going missing?

I'm with you. Benoit as champ leads to so many potential ppv main events. Jericho, Shawn, Orton, Christian, Batista, Flair, Shelton and Edge could all face Benoit on pay per view, and some of those matches couldn't happen without the belt. What does Trips as champ lead to that's new and fresh? Orton? Edge? That's all I got.

Jericho looked stoned against Batista.

Austin: You've got a hell of a physique on ya there, kid - you ever think about getting into the wrestling business? You'd be a natural! Stasiak: Well, Mr. Austin, I'm - I'm part of the Alliance! Austin: Hahaha I'm kidding ya, having a little fun with you, of course you're part of the Alliance! I had my eye on ya. Stasiak: And I am so happy that you are our leader, you know, I'm just so... Stasiak takes his hand off Austin's shoulder when he realises Austin is looking at it. Austin: Listen, I've got my eye on you. You're gonna be a great superstar here. I got my eye on you. You're a great kid. You mean the world to me! You're part of the organisation. Go get 'em! Stasiak: Thanks, man. Austin: You got it. Good luck to you! [To Debra] Who was that? Debra: Steve, he's in the Alliance. Austin: Never mind.

What I'm saying is it's a shitty way to get them on the show. Just do Eddie/JBL.

Rodz, Then why (when the US Title was brought back) did they make a big deal about all the former champions, and how Benoit or Guerrero would join that list (despite the fact that they held the US Title themselves)? From the way it was put over, WWE want us to look at this US Title if it is 'The' US Title. It's the same belt, it has the same lineage, the same history. Benoit's World Title is often referred to as the same belt that WCW had. Jericho has held the belt that Benoit is wearing, according to Jericho, JR and everyone else in WWE. They consider it to have the history of the WCW belt.

Is there an urgent need for a heel to win the title? You could have Benoit keep it for the rest of the year. It's not like business is bombing, so keep someone new at the top, as opposed to going back to Triple H AGAIN. Benoit can feud with Jericho. What's wrong with a face vs face feud? By the end of the year, you could have established a new top heel (Kane, Orton, Christian) to take the belt, you could turn a face (Edge, Jericho, Shawn), you could move it onto another face, or, heck, even turn Benoit heel. All better options than the same old babyface gets the belt for 3 months, H wins it back again. Shawn, Edge and Jericho are all much better options as the next champion.

Building a WWE title match without any backstory so far in just THREE shows seems kinda stupid. Common sense would say to book the blow-off to Eddie/JBL.

Actually, I was saying the Bret/Diesel match at Rumble 95 was better than the KOTR match.

4? And they expect to build an entire card during this time? I thought there would have been atleast 5. How are they gonna build the Bradshaw/Taker feud (if it happens) in 3 shows when the feud hasn't even started?

Well, Vengeance was earlier than it normally is, so they did plan to have a longer build. How many Raws are there between now and Slam?

But three ppvs bringing in 200,000 buys each is better than than 2 bring in 250,000 each. Of course, the set, the arena, etc take up some costs as well, but overall I'd say they would make a bigger profit from this experiment than they would otherwise.

Huh. I always though that Bischoff giving Trips the belt was him taking back HIS half of the undisputed title after SD broke the agreement. Which would be him taking the WCW title, and SD keeping the WWE title.

The Royal Rumble match was better.

It was stupid. It will make them more money, which is all WWE cares about, but having just one a month could make more cash in the long run as it would allow longer build, better feuds and the chance to really sell a pay per view. They didn't wanna overshadow the other brand's pay per view, so we get last minute rush jobs with pointless matches made the weekend of the show. They should stick to one a month.

That's cool for you. Triple H is your favourite wrestler(?), huzzah! But the fact is, no one has 'beat' him. Shawn? Lost BOTH feuds with H. Goldberg? Triple H got the last laugh. All the other losers were beaten by Triple H. Who has really beat the guy? Benoit has a chance, but he's jobbing at SummerSlam by all acounts. Trips will then probably lose to Edge, but it doesn't matter, because he will get that win back when they need him to drop the belt to someone else. WHY is Triple H getting the belt back? So he can 'put Edge over'? Can't Benoit do that? Surely if Benoit got a decisive, feud ending victory against Triple H, he would have enough 'rub' to put Edge over. Tell me Z, apart from your own personal reasons for Triple H to get the belt back, what will it do for business?

So, considering the belt that Benoit is wearing has the same history as the WCW title (does it?), then how does that history plan out? Rock-Jericho-HHH-Hogan-Taker-Rock-Brock-vacant when Undisputed title becomes disputed-HHH Or is it: Rock-Jericho-Vacant for no reason-HHH OR, is it just completely different title histories?

That would be all well and good, but at the end of the day it leaves us back where we started: Triple H as champion. I'm not a Triple H hater, but the fact is, it's time for someone to 'beat' him. Not win a match against him, BEAT HIM. Who was the last guy to get the last laugh in a feud with Triple H? Undertaker in 2001? That would be fine, but Triple H is a BAD GUY. The good guy is supposed to win the feud, not the bad guy. Why not have H win last night, then Benoit wins at Slam to make it 2-1 in the series, win the blow-off, win the feud and both guys can move on to something else? Instead, we'll get Triple H winning the title, defeating ANOTHER babyface, and we'll be back at the point we where at 6 months ago. That was to MrZ, btw.

But it was still two titles. When Brock went exclusive to SD!, the deal was broken and the Unified belt became 2 again. Does that mean that the WCW title's histroy is just non-existant from Vengance 2001 to H getting it in 2002?

Becase Backlash brought in MILLIONS! Here's an idea: Why not just save the match for SummerSlam instead of having 2 matches? At the end of the day, the Vengeance bout isn't going to matter, the SummerSlam one is the blow-off. Seriously, NO ONE on the active roster draws big money any more. Benoit vs Triple H at SummerSlam won't bring in an extra 500,000 buys. I'd say it would get pretty much the same amount of buyers as Benoit vs Jericho or Orton or whoever. And did you even respond to anything I said, or just use my post as another excuse to post about how Triple H is the biggest draw, or the best or whatever? And 'Thank God some Of you don't run the company? Wow, I feel so fulfilled now that I've recieved criticism from YOU! Thank you MrZsaysZ!

Do we count Triple H, Rock, Taker, Hogan and Brock's undisputed reigns as two seperate world titles reigns?

Why should benoit have won the match clean? If he did, there'd be no reason for a rematch. Because we really need a rematch? How about Benoit dropping to the title to someone not named Triple H? Orton, Jericho, Christian, Batista, Edge, I really don't care. ANYONE but Triple H. It's boring. I don't care about last night's finish, Triple H can come out on Raw and call himself the best, I don't care. Just get him AWAY from the title scene.