I absolutely hated him back when I was a smark teenager. Thought he was an overrated overpushed little shit. I remember nearly crying when he beat Matt Hardy V1 for the Cruiser title on an episode of Smackdown.
I'm not as stupid as I used to be and now recognise he's great with the right person, very good with most people and very very rarely has a stinker, and his longevity is incredible. The fact he's still going out there and wrestling on a weekly basis now when it looked like he was one match away from a heart attack in 2006 is crazy.
I don't like to hold all the shit angles and storylines he's been in against him, as if we did that then 90% of wrestlers would be guilty too. But in saying that, he really does have more wrestlecrap against his name than most.
If I had to compile an all-time top wrestlers list he'd be in the upper-card along with someone like Jericho, but doesn't break into the top tier for me.