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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 27, 2013 12:12:43 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this the other day. common knowledge talks about how this angle ruined Kane's credibility for some time, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought "y;know, Triple H didn't exactly come out of it smelling like a rose either" and then I thought "maybe the angle actually did more to hurt him than it did Kane". here's the evidence.
the case for Kane: had to live with the embarassment of being accused of necrophilia, was most definitely made to look like crap because Triple H won every match that mattered, was never officially cleared of any wrong-doing.
the case for Triple H: he's the one that actually made the accusation which made him sound both stupid and crazy, the angle got the wrong kind of heat, at the end of the day he's the one who had to mock-violate a corpse, this angle definitely contributed to the "Triple H never puts anyone over and always makes his opponents look stupid" stigma he's never been able to wash away.
so what do you guys think?
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 27, 2013 12:19:15 GMT -5
It hurt Triple H. Made him look a weirdo, then made him look petulant when he got whined about the reaction to it.
Kane was fine, because his character was a freak anyway.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Jan 27, 2013 12:21:02 GMT -5
Honestly as far as I remember everyone moved on and it didn't really hurt anyone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 12:21:43 GMT -5
I would think it hurt Vince the most. I imagine a lot of fans turned away and never came back because of that little stunt.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 12:22:20 GMT -5
Kane.
The guy was super over at the time, and he was supposedly going to be the first man to hold all the major championships at one time. Obviously, the whole affair derailed him a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 12:23:09 GMT -5
Other: our sensibilities.
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Post by donbot on Jan 27, 2013 12:24:14 GMT -5
I would think it hurt Vince the most. I imagine a lot of fans turned away and never came back because of that little stunt. Ironically enough, wasn't it the highest rated segment of the night? With a 4.0 rating? Anyway, I can't tell who it hurt more because you made a case for both sides.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 27, 2013 12:25:31 GMT -5
Kane. It inarguably stopped his momentum dead.
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Post by Jimmy on Jan 27, 2013 12:28:08 GMT -5
It pretty much killed masked Kane for good, sadly.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jan 27, 2013 12:29:41 GMT -5
The Fans.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jan 27, 2013 15:20:11 GMT -5
Short term: Kane. It killed the momentum. Long term: Triple-H & Vince. Triple-H looked the most here like a doofus that only wants to put himself over than he did in any other angle not including Booker, Vince signaled that things wouldn't be near The Attitude for a long time, if not ever again.
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Post by Stu on Jan 27, 2013 15:23:12 GMT -5
Other: The people holding a funeral in the adjacent room who will forever look back at their loved one's service and remember something ridiculous happening just a few feet away.
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Post by Straight Edge Scrotum on Jan 27, 2013 15:30:24 GMT -5
I thought it was funny.
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