NegativeFeedback
Mid-Card Championship Winner
Everyone remembers the infamous Triple H vs. Randy Orton main event from WM25. It followed one of the best matches of all time with a horrible stinker of a title match that kept the fans sitting on their hands.
Well, here's what Randy Orton had to say about it:
I kinda agree with him. When you build a feud for its climactic ending, you're hoping for a real fight. But we didn't get that because of WWE's tendency to keep the main events as straight-up singles matches.
There was only ONE No DQ match in each of the past 3 WrestleManias. Guess who had them? The one and only Triple H, who refused to be shackled by the rules anymore and booked himself into No Holds Barred matches with Brock and Taker, and a Hell in a Cell in between.
I wonder why Triple H is the only one who gets that special treatment though. I think WrestleMania would REALLY benefit from ending lots of these top feuds in hardcore matches. And not just No DQ's, I'm talking about LMS matches, I Quit matches, Tables matches, etc.
Imagine if the 5-star Last Man Standing match between John Cena and Edge had occurred at WM25 instead of Backlash. It would have made the event much more entertaining.
Imagine if the boring Orton vs. Kane at WM28 had been replaced with the Falls Count Anywhere match they had a month later?? Or if Punk/Jericho had been a Street Fight like their Extreme Rules match for that matter??
I think WWE has really undervalued the idea of being able to use stipulations to boost the quality of their card (well Triple H obviously hasn't). I wonder why they always book a few stipulation matches all year and then focus on keeping WrestleMania single-match-central.
When was the last time a World title match had stipulations at WrestleMania?? I have no idea. I'm guessing it was the No DQ at X-7, which is one of the best WrestleMania main events of all time. I think WWE should try recreating that type of magic by allowing their main eventers to let loose and really sell their feud with some hardcore stips.
Well, here's what Randy Orton had to say about it:
Randy Orton:
"I think when all that happens and then you have this match where he can't be disqualified or he loses the title, you kind of screw yourself," Orton said. "Matt and Jeff Hardy had a hardcore no-holds-barred match. They were able to use all the bells and whistles to beat the hell out of each other. Everyone was expecting Triple H and me to do the same, but we had rules that put a fence around everything we were able to do. We weren't able to go to the extreme. If anything hurt us, it was that."
I kinda agree with him. When you build a feud for its climactic ending, you're hoping for a real fight. But we didn't get that because of WWE's tendency to keep the main events as straight-up singles matches.
There was only ONE No DQ match in each of the past 3 WrestleManias. Guess who had them? The one and only Triple H, who refused to be shackled by the rules anymore and booked himself into No Holds Barred matches with Brock and Taker, and a Hell in a Cell in between.
I wonder why Triple H is the only one who gets that special treatment though. I think WrestleMania would REALLY benefit from ending lots of these top feuds in hardcore matches. And not just No DQ's, I'm talking about LMS matches, I Quit matches, Tables matches, etc.
Imagine if the 5-star Last Man Standing match between John Cena and Edge had occurred at WM25 instead of Backlash. It would have made the event much more entertaining.
Imagine if the boring Orton vs. Kane at WM28 had been replaced with the Falls Count Anywhere match they had a month later?? Or if Punk/Jericho had been a Street Fight like their Extreme Rules match for that matter??
I think WWE has really undervalued the idea of being able to use stipulations to boost the quality of their card (well Triple H obviously hasn't). I wonder why they always book a few stipulation matches all year and then focus on keeping WrestleMania single-match-central.
When was the last time a World title match had stipulations at WrestleMania?? I have no idea. I'm guessing it was the No DQ at X-7, which is one of the best WrestleMania main events of all time. I think WWE should try recreating that type of magic by allowing their main eventers to let loose and really sell their feud with some hardcore stips.