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I think it has always had "title of their choosing" as the wording. The letter of the law vs. spirit of the law sort of thing. They just never ran into a situation like this where someone had such an iron grip as THE world champion, MITB never felt so arbitrary and pointless.

While it doesn't excuse treated Theory like a scrublord, it is a thing they could always do. The secondary titles were just never the "semi-main event" championships this rare situation afforded them. I will say I imagine HHH's aim is, "Roman, Seth, Lashley, Lesnar, Wyatt, name 10-15 other guys are in their mid-late 30s/40s. By the time they age out, Theory won't even be mid-30s. Let him recharge his character, rather than force feed "The Next Orton/Cena" like Vince" had him being RIGHT now."

Again, I'm not saying Theory should be beaten into the ground like he has been. But Vince was doing the exact opposite, and going too fucking fast. It could have backfired either way.