When HHH fell off a crane

[mcstoklasa]

Remember Survivor Series 2000 when Austin spent a whole match punching Triple H in the face and then picked HHH up with a crane (HHH was in a car) and dropped it from about 30 feet?

There's kind of an online joke where HHH showed up the next night on RAW, or maybe the RAW the following week, with just like a plaster on his head and otherwise no ill effects.

The moment is funny enough on it's own, but coupled with the idea of Triple H back the next night sporting a plaster makes it hilarious.

Is this exaggerated? How soon did HHH actually come back, and did he come back with just a plaster on his head to sell the devastating car wreck he'd been in?

[Tony Schiavontay]

Taped ribs is all you need. These are wrestlers, they're trained for this.

[chazzbusby]

He came back 8 days later on Raw, quite literally wearing a plaster on his head, to cost Austin his match with Angle.

[chazzbusby]

Worse still - Triple H gets the better of Austin, beats him down, rips his shirt off and reveals ZERO damage to his body.

[mcstoklasa]

Was that a championship match on RAW, Austin vs Kurt?

[Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer]

He didn't wrestle on TV until Armageddon so maybe the intention was there to sell his injuries. First match back in a Six Man Hell in a Cell though lol.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

If it was Cena, he would have dropped Edge and Christian from the crane to prove that he was OK.

[Emmet Russell]

Man, I told my parents HHH had died when this happened. I didn't like HHH, so I sounded quite chirpy about it. I was highly disappointed to know he was alive 8 days later.

I was a messed up child.

[mcstoklasa]

Bork Laser in your sig. That guy needs to be champion forever.

[Deleted]

HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

[Adam Black]

Aug 30, 2014 8:30:03 GMT -5 Emmet Russell said:

Man, I told my parents HHH had died when this happened. I didn't like HHH, so I sounded quite chirpy about it. I was highly disappointed to know he was alive 8 days later.

I was a messed up child.

You must be disappointed that Cena's still alive.

[Mid-Carder]

Triple H was my favourite wrestler at this time as a 12-year-old mark and I was really concerned that this was The End. When he came back 8 days later I was like "see?! See how amazing he is?! He's back already!"

Simpler times

[mrtuesday]

The night HHH no-sold death.

[Hit Girl]

Jim Ross: "How do ya learn to fall when you're upside down inside the wreckage of car being dropped by a telescopic crane onto a concrete parking lot?"

[DjZonk]

To be fair, the exact same thing happened to me one and I only scratched my elbow.

[audiencewatching]

Reminds me of JBL driving into Cenas face, Cena was back the next week.


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Aug 30, 2014 8:30:03 GMT -5 Emmet Russell said:

Man, I told my parents HHH had died when this happened. I didn't like HHH, so I sounded quite chirpy about it. I was highly disappointed to know he was alive 8 days later.

I was a messed up child.

I too thought he was dead and was happy about it. I was 8.

[Dr. Mantis Toboggan]

I remember when it happened, the commentators were really silent and acting like he was killed or at least seriously injured. The next night on Raw, Stephanie came out and said that he was perfectly fine, which got massive boos and possibly a "bullshit" chant. To be fair, it was warranted as it was pretty preposterous and made the whole moment pointless. Dude couldn't even bother to sell a near-death experience?

[JTG Fan]

This will always be hilarious to me. It was almost the equivalent of having a someone shot point-blank in the head and coming back the next week. The crane drop would clearly kill anything inside of the car.

[Hit Girl]

I'm going to say it right now, I hate any angle in wrestling involving cars, trucks, ambulances, etc...

Vehicles and wrestling don't mix.