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Post by Raskovnik on Oct 17, 2016 13:33:13 GMT -5
Yes, and he'll defend against Rollins in the main event of WM33.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 13:59:25 GMT -5
He will at the very least get one of those "he's past his prime, his time is over, he's old now" final title runs left in him before an already established guy beats his ass.
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Post by IMPRESSIVE knightwing1047 on Oct 17, 2016 14:18:03 GMT -5
I still don't get why they celebrate how many wins vs. length of reigns. I feel like I'd be more proud of being a 2 time champion with years long reigns than being a 16 time champ with short reigns.
16 time champ means you lost it 15 times.
But to answer the question, never underestimate Vince and his "break glass in case of emergency" champ Triple H.
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Post by sebulba on Oct 17, 2016 16:28:33 GMT -5
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Post by Lupin the Third on Oct 17, 2016 16:33:40 GMT -5
Will he? Probably.
Do I want him to be? F*** no. Never should've been champion in the first place.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Oct 17, 2016 17:58:54 GMT -5
He seems to be trying to downplay his on-screen involvement a fair bit and putting his time into NXT, and I see that continuing for a long time to come. It's kind of unfair to throw out the whole matter of him having won it this year when that was the most panic booked reaction to "we have almost no top draws for this Mania and we need to do something". May not have been a good idea, but hardly a sign that the Reign of Terror 2.0 is upon us. Hell, after putting Roman over, he didn't show up again on TV for months[/]. I can easily buy it as a mostly Vince idea.
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Post by JCBaggee on Oct 17, 2016 18:03:12 GMT -5
To settle the legacy, it's decided there's only one solution: Triple H vs. John Cena vs. Ric Flair in a Championship Scramble where every title win counts to settle who is truly the greatest!! Flair keeps Flair Flopping and the ref keeps counting it, resulting in Ric Flair becoming a 25 time World Champion. The next night on Raw, Triple H throws pretense out the window, retires all world titles and crowns himself the new WWE Ultimate Champion. {Spoiler}Ric Flair trips getting in the ring and wins the belt off him. |
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Oct 17, 2016 18:06:15 GMT -5
Absolutely. Bookmark this shit.
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Post by bigbadbull on Oct 17, 2016 19:17:19 GMT -5
It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when HHH becomes World Champ again
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Post by No One on Oct 17, 2016 19:22:53 GMT -5
I'd blocked out that he won the Royal Rumble. Ugh And he won it fair and square. There could have at least been some shenanigans involved; that would have made it easier to stomach. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 19:29:50 GMT -5
He seems to be trying to downplay his on-screen involvement a fair bit and putting his time into NXT, and I see that continuing for a long time to come. It's kind of unfair to throw out the whole matter of him having won it this year when that was the most panic booked reaction to "we have almost no top draws for this Mania and we need to do something". May not have been a good idea, but hardly a sign that the Reign of Terror 2.0 is upon us. Hell, after putting Roman over, he didn't show up again on TV for months[/]. I can easily buy it as a mostly Vince idea.The dude just beat up Rollins and Reigns during a match to win the title for Kevin Owens, then stood in victory with him. Instead of y'know, having him win it himself, or have Jericho be the one to help him. Triple H can't help but make things revolve around himself. |
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Oct 17, 2016 20:23:38 GMT -5
I'd blocked out that he won the Royal Rumble. Ugh Me too. I completely forgot he was champion and main evented Mania EARLIER THIS YEAR I was thinking "Probably, he's overdue a reign it's been years since his last one". I just...what does it say for the product that I forgot the Mania main event? I keep thinking Roman/Lesnar was 2 years ago as well when it was only 1. That's how much my interest has lapsed. |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Oct 17, 2016 20:38:57 GMT -5
He seems to be trying to downplay his on-screen involvement a fair bit and putting his time into NXT, and I see that continuing for a long time to come. It's kind of unfair to throw out the whole matter of him having won it this year when that was the most panic booked reaction to "we have almost no top draws for this Mania and we need to do something". May not have been a good idea, but hardly a sign that the Reign of Terror 2.0 is upon us. Hell, after putting Roman over, he didn't show up again on TV for months[/]. I can easily buy it as a mostly Vince idea.The dude just beat up Rollins and Reigns during a match to win the title for Kevin Owens, then stood in victory with him. Instead of y'know, having him win it himself, or have Jericho be the one to help him. Triple H can't help but make things revolve around himself. Thanks to NXT, he gets to have his cake and eat it, he gets to be booed on the main roster and kid himself it's because of his great heelwork, while taking credit for the success of people who've busted their asses on the indy scene to get to where they are. Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, he's positioned himself so they're his guys and the gets some of the rub from their success, and people ignore the fact Hunter doesn't book, assign and develop characters, train, scout talent or do much of anything on the creative side of things. |
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Oct 17, 2016 21:45:25 GMT -5
He seems to be trying to downplay his on-screen involvement a fair bit and putting his time into NXT, and I see that continuing for a long time to come. It's kind of unfair to throw out the whole matter of him having won it this year when that was the most panic booked reaction to "we have almost no top draws for this Mania and we need to do something". May not have been a good idea, but hardly a sign that the Reign of Terror 2.0 is upon us. Hell, after putting Roman over, he didn't show up again on TV for months[i/]. I can easily buy it as a mostly Vince idea.The dude just beat up Rollins and Reigns during a match to win the title for Kevin Owens, then stood in victory with him. Instead of y'know, having him win it himself, or have Jericho be the one to help him. Triple H can't help but make things revolve around himself. And again, that was a half-baked, panic booked bit of nonsense that WWE has failed to follow up on, with the closest thing we've had to be "payoff" being a network-only post-PPV segment of Triple H stepping out a car and greeting Stephanie. I can't help but feel like the selfish, attention-grubbing, incapable-of-letting-it-go version of Triple H who thinks everything has to be about him all the time always and who booked himself into being world champion again to remind everyone he's still totally the coolest f***ing guy maybe might stick around more than he has? He's made one Raw appearance since Wrestlemania, and every time that something sparks up where he comes in and everyone bemoans his presence, it's when shit's hit the fan and the only real go-to is to pull out Triple H, a guy who for all the grief he gets, justified or not, can still pop a reaction from the audience. Wrestlemania 32 had such a lean roster of name talents that The Undertaker fought Shane f***ing McMahon, and I don't agree with the idea that Wrestlemania has to be about part-timers and only the tip top of the main event scene, but that's how they've booked it whether we like it or not, and in the absence of a whole lot of guys they had their hands tied when it came to what heel they could have had actually put into a slot for Roman to dethrone. Imagine Wrestlemania 32, main evented by Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus. They panic booked Triple H into a top spot and he had a short title reign where he won a handful of matches and buried noody. And then again here, I don't like that their go-to booking idea was "We'll have Triple H interfere, not explain shit, and figure out what to do with it when we get there." But that's how they write Raw when plans go awry. It's dumb and it's one of the reasons I barely ever watch Raw aymore because the payoff is usually unsatisfying and half-baked because they made it up as they went along. I would have loved to see Owens go over clean and to have no authority figure squabbling nonsense ruining seeing one of my favorite guys have his first world title reign bogged down by this. But if Triple H was still the egomaniac who has to be the focal point of the show wouldn't he at least be on the show? Seems to me like he's being used more as a deux ex machina for Vince, same way that The Authority came back because Bonnie Hammer said, for reasons beyond my grasp, that Steph and Triple H were draws and to bring them back. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 21:48:16 GMT -5
Ask this after 10 years of doubt and you have a good conversation.
Ask this within the same calendar year as his 53rd title reign, and it just looks silly.
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Post by audiencewatching on Oct 18, 2016 5:11:16 GMT -5
Well this time last year I would've said no, but look how that worked out. This basically. Hes fairly easy to drop into any situation now as a stop gap champion, so I expect they'll use that atleast a few more times before hes done done. |
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Oct 18, 2016 5:15:18 GMT -5
The dude just beat up Rollins and Reigns during a match to win the title for Kevin Owens, then stood in victory with him. Instead of y'know, having him win it himself, or have Jericho be the one to help him. Triple H can't help but make things revolve around himself. Thanks to NXT, he gets to have his cake and eat it, he gets to be booed on the main roster and kid himself it's because of his great heelwork, while taking credit for the success of people who've busted their asses on the indy scene to get to where they are. Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, he's positioned himself so they're his guys and the gets some of the rub from their success, and people ignore the fact Hunter doesn't book, assign and develop characters, train, scout talent or do much of anything on the creative side of things. It's not like he even picks them out from the indies/Japan. That's Regal and (until his passing) Dusty's job. HHH just says yay or nay. I never had the loathing for his reign of terror that many had heck I think he was a good heel champion, but honestly the last 5-6 years of HHH have been the most intolerable for me. Leeching others' heat long past the point of his own relevance (See: Every 'Authority' champion, Lesnar, Punk, arguably Bryan & Shield), ending up with all the credit for NXT when it's at best a team effort, somehow making the fact that he was the guy to back Roman for a big push Vince's fault when Vince backed Big E a guy lots of people have wanted pushed for a while, the constant "Hey look Cool Dad HHH is here too shaking your favourite's hand, please like HHH!" stuff....It's all really rubbing me the wrong way and smacks of egotism. People think it'll be better when he's in charge fully but I'm not so sure. |
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Oct 18, 2016 6:12:28 GMT -5
Fairly certain his last reign was his last one. |
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Post by Ricky Nightshade on Oct 18, 2016 9:58:36 GMT -5
He probably won't say no to the idea.
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Post by Andy Martin on Oct 18, 2016 10:12:10 GMT -5
Oh absolutely.
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