The "Solid B+" line...

[Steveweiser]

Stephanie saying that Daniel Bryan was a "solid B+" to Randy Orton's A+ was a reference to Dave Meltzer writing in a 1998/1999 (he wasn't sure which of those years) issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that he felt Triple H was "a solid B+". So they've been carrying that grudge for goddamn near 15 years!

Credit: Wrestling Observer Radio, August 20th edition

[Push R Truth]

It's a pretty common saying where I'm from.

Except my old teachers used to say C+ about me

[Snaptastic]

Surely the McMahon's are not that petty.....oh sorry what am I saying?

[Chip]

It says a lot about Hunter that I fully believe that that line has kept him awake at night.

[Deleted]

Either pro wrestlers are most paranoid, bitter and thin-skinned profession on the planet, or Meltzer is reading too much into it.

Probably the latter.

[muzzle]

The amount of power Meltzer has and he doesn't even know it. I'd be trolling every week if I was him.

[Emmet Russell]

I can fully believe that someone with the ego of HHH would let a line like that get to him. Sure, I bet he smiles when it's mentioned but secretly he's crying on the inside.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I feel like this angle is going to be playing on insecurities, theirs and those of the wider internet fanbase, all the way through.

[Deleted]

Aug 20, 2013 6:57:34 GMT -5 Chip said:

It says a lot about Hunter that I fully believe that that line has kept him awake at night.

And last night, Stephanie got plowed a little extra for finally getting him past it......

[PKO]

Sure that's possible, but it's a pretty simple line that could also have zilch to do with that.

[paywindah]

Miltzer trying to make it about himself. Kind of like Trips. Two peas in a pod.

[wildojinx]

Is he going to burn a copy of the observer next week a la hogan at WW3?

[Snaptastic]

Maybe Steph was screaming "Yes" too much in the bedroom and Trips got paranoid?

[JTG Fan]

Triple H is the same guy who in like 2009 referenced a line Michael Cole made on commentary in 1999, so I feel this is pretty believable.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Aug 20, 2013 7:03:34 GMT -5 @kingpatch said:

Either pro wrestlers are most paranoid, bitter and thin-skinned profession on the planet, or Meltzer is reading too much into it.

Probably the latter.

The former seems pretty damned likely too. This is a job where ya get blackballed for not shaking hands right.

[N E O G E O B O Y S]

so... bryan will marry aurora rose in 14 years and will had 11 world championships?

["Hollywood" Cactus Matt]

Aug 20, 2013 8:28:56 GMT -5 JTG Fan said:

Triple H is the same guy who in like 2009 referenced a line Michael Cole made on commentary in 1999, so I feel this is pretty believable.

What was the line?

[________ has left the building]

So when is Ryback going to beat up an evil dirt sheet writer named Davey?

And both Meltzer and Trips must have perfect memories to remember throwaway lines from a decade ago.

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Aug 20, 2013 8:52:46 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

So when is Ryback going to beat up an evil dirt sheet writer named Davey?

And both Meltzer and Trips must have perfect memories to remember throwaway lines from a decade ago.

What I was thinking. F***, I can barely remember scripts I wrote last week, this guy remembers individual lines from thirteen years ago?

[The Masked Heel WAS WRONG]

Aug 20, 2013 7:57:46 GMT -5 PKO said:

Sure that's possible, but it's a pretty simple line that could also have zilch to do with that.

Shhh don't bring logic into a HHHate fest.