This era of Randy Orton is still one of the greatest runs every wrestler had, ever I don't know how they fumbled it, he should've been one of the top stars of all time, but he just fizzled out at one point
>>18903702Triple Bypass went on another burying streak in 2008-2010.
>>18903702>Orton's style of wrestling is boring rest holds>main rival was the even more boring John Cena>other main rival, Triple H, had an ego that would never let him lose seriously to Orton>lost in the WM25 main event where he really needed the win>title reigns in 09 came during the infamous celebrity guest host era>Vince eventually found a nearly 7 foot tall 300lb Irishman and decided Orton was old news after spamming Cena vs. Orton for 4 months>last great year was 2011 where he feuded with Christian on SmackDown>brand extension ends immediately afterwards which means he loses his status as SD's top face>stuck feuding with Kane and Del Rio the following year>wins MITB but it's immediately ruined by the god awful Authority angle and becomes Triple H's lackey yet again>gets squashed by Lesnar in a main event slash Brock ego trip should never have happened>next title win is ruined by terrible Bray Wyatt matches>loses to Jinder fucking Mahal in another terrible feud>subsequent heel runs are Orton at his cringiest>wins the US title for some fucking reason
>>18903771Jesus, I remember that era of Orton from late 2015 to like 2021 honestly where the crowd just collectively decided to give him the silent treatment, and no one would react to anything he did. It's impressive he recovered
>>18903781You can thank BBC (big BRO cock)
>>18903702He really should have been the one to end Taker's streak. He was offered too and he turned it down like a ding dong diddly dipshit.
>>18903702This was a breath of fresh air in shitty PG WWE, ngl
>>18903702>I don't know how they fumbled itOh yes you do, pal. Same thing as always.
>>18903998>Triple H booked himself!!Take those figs out your bussy
>>18904010He was fucking the boss's daughter with her dad's blessing. He could literally do whatever the hell he wanted and did. Of course he booked himself to win every single title won. Paul wanted to LARP as an 80s NWA heel champion so Vince gave him a whole reign of terror with Flair's belt and his own Horsemen. Paul wanted to win clean in every single match against Orton and only let him win by cheating, and so it happened. Paul wanted a 170-day reign as the top face, so Vince gave him the whole SmackDown brand (and ruined Batista in the process). Paul wanted to bury WCW, so Vince let him bury Booker T, Kevin Nash and Goldberg, and then let him do a whole re-enactment of the Monday Night Wars at WM31 so he could stand on top of Sting's, and WCW's, dead body. In a just world, RA era Raw would have been Y2J's show. It was Y2J's show even without the title. Triple H should have never gotten the keys to the kingdom, he should never have won a title after 1999. Without Shawn he'd be nothing. Without the filthy, dirty, disgusting, bottom-freeding trash bag ho, he'd be nothing.
>>18904010>>Triple H booked himself!!unironically yes he did
>>18903781You mean 2015-present
>>18903702>I don't know how they fumbled itHis WrestleMania match against Triple H sucked
>>18903771>>18904054Holy shit hogwheels you're going off the deep end
>>18904054This is what smarks actually think
>>18904054>Paul wanted a 170-day reign as the top face, so Vince gave him the whole SmackDown brand (and ruined Batista in the process)Redpill me on this, the part about Batista to be specific. Is this title reign from when WWE first went HD and he kept beating Jeff Hardy?
>>18904066RKBro resurrected his career
>>18904098Yeah that's the one. Batista got drafted Raw and got lost in the shuffle in a really top-heavy roster, got booked in boring Orton matches, got injured, then got booked in more boring Orton matches, got injured again then lost in the Smackdown shuffle until he turned heel and had that really cool "spotlight" gimmick.
>>18904090What's the reality, then?
>>18904118Fair enough. It's weird that nobody ever discusses that period of Raw but we all remember B-show stuff like Jeff Hardy's title shots and Mark Henry's gigantic silver belt kek
>>18904118>boring Orton matchesLess boring than your gay ahh AEW matches, Hoggers.
>>18904191Batista and Orton really didn't have in ring chemistry, hence why they barely wrestled each other, and why their matchup in 2014 was so hated (besides being a part-timer and hijacking Bryan's push).
