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What prevented WWE from doing Orton v. Taker or even Cena v. Taker in 2009-2010?

2K views 23 replies 17 participants last post by  DesoloutionRow 
I wouldn't have wanted to see it in 2009 because it's doubtful the match is better than the Michaels match we got that year, but I'd have been fine with it happening in 2010. There was no need for a Michaels rematch (or the two straight Triple H matches that followed it.)

The real problem is WWE didn't do it between 2011 and 2014. For a stretch in the latter half of 2010 (around the time when he stopped jobbing to Swagger and started getting top face-strength booking for the only time in his career), Orton was the most over guy on the roster (deny it all you want, you can watch the tapes for his entrance pops at the time, the pops confirm it); and then that all got pissed away to put over Miz (who was eventually pissed away and fed to Cena.)

Any year after 2011 could have safely delivered a Cena/Taker streak match because the WWE had a hot enough face to transition to if they'd had the guts to do so; Orton was there at the peak of his face popularity in late 2010 for WM 27, Punk was there for WM 28 (you could have even turned Cena against The Rock that year); Punk and Bryan were there for WM 29, Bryan obviously at WM 30.

I'd say it should have happened at WM 29 or WM 30, because that "Twice in a Lifetime" bullshit robbed us of Rock/Brock II and a Cena/Taker streak match. You also could have done Bryan/Lesnar or Lesnar/Batista or something else like that the next year if a Cena/Taker streak match was happening there.
Pretty much this.
 
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