No I remember the angle but I dont think the podcast and Bruce should be judged on the basis of that.
In respect of the angle itself, I think about it now and feel that they fuked it up themselves
That initial promo when Paul said that "people like you dont get to be champion" can be interpreted as being a WWE vs WCW thing rather than a racial one.
For example, if he said that to someone to a white guy like Scott Steiner then it would be obvious what he meant by that.
For me, the racial undertones of the angle were displayed with the whole get me a towel remark. Now thats on creative, not HHH. People need to understand the difference.
Now somewhere leading up to Wrestlemania, Vince must have lost confidence in Book. He must have had second thoughts on making him the guy.
It must be remembered that HHH was the one who was drawing in the company at the time and working with different wrestlers the same way Flair used to do back in his heyday.
Could you see Booker taking over this role? Can he have work with wrestlers with different styles? Would he have drawn?
These are the questions that Vince must have been asking himself and in the end he must have decided to take the safe action and keep the belt on reliable HHH
Ofcourse it doesnt look good with the build up but at the end of the day, business comes first for Vince.