I can understand it in CERTAIN gimmick matches (street fights, cage matches) or when it's a match between bitter rivals (HHH/HBK matches in 2002 is a good example)...but yeah, just randomly doing it to add to a match is pretty lame.
random question: in his WCW and WWE days, has Benoit bladed much if at all? I don't seem to ever recall him doing that...same with Jericho for that matter...seems like Flair, HBK and HHH are the only ones doing much of that anymore