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The Evolution stable dominated Raw from 2003(or 2002 if you include Triple H/Ric Flair feuding with RVD, Kane and Booker T(2003)) to early 2005. It was a modern version of the Four Horsemen with Triple H beign the "Ric Flair" of it and Randy Orton and Batista representing the future.
My question is, did anyone actually enjoy this stable? I started watching wrestling in Summer of 2004 since WWE returned to national TV after about 10 years and everytime a WWE show debuts in a network overseas they only send a 45 minute episode so the whole show was pretty much about them even more than the original uncut version. I really hated Triple H at the time because he was just so damn boring with his 20 minute promos that were all the same and orto nand Batista didn't interest me one bit and if I remember it correctly neither did most of the crowd, they went dead everytime Orton and especially Batista opened their mouth/wrestled.
The problem is, there wasn't a Top Face on Raw in 2004 who could stand up against them and get the fans behind him. Triple H beat everyone, Bischoff the General Manager didn't have a problem with him being World Heavyweight Champion and thsis jsut made the whole thing boring. They tried to make Orton into a babyface but it flopped miserably and he only beat Triple H once at a PPV and a couple of times on Raw, that wasn't convincing at all.
Also, when I look back at Triple H's promos back then he seemed kind of forced, I mean after I checked Triple H's History in the WWE it really didn't make much sense that a guy like him went fro ma Degenerate-Rebel-Funny guy to a Badass to a guy wearing suits and trying to act liek Ric Flair and riding limousines and private jets. I'm sure many of you thought the same thing as well.
What's interesting is that I barely remember anything that this stable did in their prime, I can only recall the tiems where Triple H was about to lose a match and then Flair and Batista would run in and beat down Triple H's opponent. And who can forget about their disband? Batista slow Face turn and beatign Triple H clean 3 times in a row was the hottest feud in 2005, he instantly became a favorite of mine and many others overnight and we just wanted him to kick Triple H's ass, kinda strange.
My question is, did anyone actually enjoy this stable? I started watching wrestling in Summer of 2004 since WWE returned to national TV after about 10 years and everytime a WWE show debuts in a network overseas they only send a 45 minute episode so the whole show was pretty much about them even more than the original uncut version. I really hated Triple H at the time because he was just so damn boring with his 20 minute promos that were all the same and orto nand Batista didn't interest me one bit and if I remember it correctly neither did most of the crowd, they went dead everytime Orton and especially Batista opened their mouth/wrestled.
The problem is, there wasn't a Top Face on Raw in 2004 who could stand up against them and get the fans behind him. Triple H beat everyone, Bischoff the General Manager didn't have a problem with him being World Heavyweight Champion and thsis jsut made the whole thing boring. They tried to make Orton into a babyface but it flopped miserably and he only beat Triple H once at a PPV and a couple of times on Raw, that wasn't convincing at all.
Also, when I look back at Triple H's promos back then he seemed kind of forced, I mean after I checked Triple H's History in the WWE it really didn't make much sense that a guy like him went fro ma Degenerate-Rebel-Funny guy to a Badass to a guy wearing suits and trying to act liek Ric Flair and riding limousines and private jets. I'm sure many of you thought the same thing as well.
What's interesting is that I barely remember anything that this stable did in their prime, I can only recall the tiems where Triple H was about to lose a match and then Flair and Batista would run in and beat down Triple H's opponent. And who can forget about their disband? Batista slow Face turn and beatign Triple H clean 3 times in a row was the hottest feud in 2005, he instantly became a favorite of mine and many others overnight and we just wanted him to kick Triple H's ass, kinda strange.