As I was watching Swagger vs. Kofi last night on SmackDown! (which was a great match), I couldn't help but notice how much Swagger has fallen from last Spring. I was then that I remembered that Swagger was a World-Champion, I couldn't believe I forgot about it but his reign wasn't all that memorable also.
It began when he won the Money in the Bank Contract, most of us thought Swagger would begin to gain his credibility back slowly after jobbing to the likes of Santino and Mark Henry, but instead, he cashed in 2 nights later at a SmackDown! taping against Chris Jericho. From there, Swagger was sowing palpable improvements both on the mic and in the ring. He was given clean wins over Edge and Jericho in a Triple-Threat Match, and Orton at Extreme Rules. This was the pinnacle of his reign. Slowly after, Swagger's reign began deteriorating, he was losing most of his matches cleanly, and being dominated by Big Show. At Over the Limit, Swagger lost to Big Show by means of DQ, around this time, most of us knew Swagger didn't have much time left as Champion for the reason that the Fatal-4-Way PPV was the next month. At said PPV, we thought this was WWE's way of having Swagger losing the belt without being pinned. We were wrong. After taking a 619 from Rey, Swagger's first and so-far, only WHC Reign had come to an end.
Some thought he would regain the belt at following PPV's, others thought he was doomed and wouldn't be WHC for a long time, by the looks of it, others were right. Swagger's been jobbing to the whole SD roster and their mother, I'd compare his downfall to that of Punk's, doing something incredible (ending Jeff Hardy's Career, who was arguably the most over SuperStar at the time) and then, two months later, falling to nearly mid-card status. My question for you is, have you forgotten about Swagger's reign? Was it really as bad as it looks? Is he in line to be the next WHC? Or will that not happen for a long time?
It began when he won the Money in the Bank Contract, most of us thought Swagger would begin to gain his credibility back slowly after jobbing to the likes of Santino and Mark Henry, but instead, he cashed in 2 nights later at a SmackDown! taping against Chris Jericho. From there, Swagger was sowing palpable improvements both on the mic and in the ring. He was given clean wins over Edge and Jericho in a Triple-Threat Match, and Orton at Extreme Rules. This was the pinnacle of his reign. Slowly after, Swagger's reign began deteriorating, he was losing most of his matches cleanly, and being dominated by Big Show. At Over the Limit, Swagger lost to Big Show by means of DQ, around this time, most of us knew Swagger didn't have much time left as Champion for the reason that the Fatal-4-Way PPV was the next month. At said PPV, we thought this was WWE's way of having Swagger losing the belt without being pinned. We were wrong. After taking a 619 from Rey, Swagger's first and so-far, only WHC Reign had come to an end.
Some thought he would regain the belt at following PPV's, others thought he was doomed and wouldn't be WHC for a long time, by the looks of it, others were right. Swagger's been jobbing to the whole SD roster and their mother, I'd compare his downfall to that of Punk's, doing something incredible (ending Jeff Hardy's Career, who was arguably the most over SuperStar at the time) and then, two months later, falling to nearly mid-card status. My question for you is, have you forgotten about Swagger's reign? Was it really as bad as it looks? Is he in line to be the next WHC? Or will that not happen for a long time?
