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Hack-Man wrote:

> 6.  Triple H (w/Ric Flair) pinned Booker T for the Raw World Title
> in 18:50
> 
> Booker T pulled out his Harlem Hangover near the end.  The ending
> seemed to come out of nowhere, as HHH didn't really doo a finishing
> move--he draped his arm over Booker.  This is probably HHH's best
> match since his quad tear, but is still below just about every match
> of his from before the quad tear.  HHH is a lot smaller than he was
> at the Rumble, which probably helped his stamina in this match.
> It's probably a good idea to have HHH win this match, since it
> established Booker as someone who can work a good match with HHH and
> hopefully they'll let the feud develop for a few more months and
> then give Booker a multi-month title reign.  If they had given
> Booker the title tonight it wouldn't have meant as much, since it
> hasn't had much build-up.

I really hope you're right, but I have a feeling that both will move on 
to new feuds.  How To Book 101 says "If you're gonna keep a feud going, 
don't have the bad guy win the first big match clean in the middle."

Michael


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