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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Sept 1, 2013 1:32:09 GMT -5
Growing up I hated this feud because just two years earlier I recall Jericho being the underdog trying to dethrone the Corporate HHH and suddenly Jericho was the Heel and Triple H, the very same asshole who tried killing Austin and taking over WWE was a face. I figured they were going for a revenge/redemption story for HHH but it made 0 sense on terms of the whole Jericho/HHH story. What do you recall from it and feel about the storyline 10 years later?
Hell, did they even explain why Jericho was siding with her or why he even cared about their little rift?
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Post by Sparkybob on Sept 1, 2013 1:35:44 GMT -5
I really wasn't watching back then (too young) but all I know was Jericho was picked for that feud since it will be believable for Hunter to comeback and beat him clean.
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 1, 2013 1:38:34 GMT -5
It was super boring.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Sept 1, 2013 1:51:17 GMT -5
One of the most one-sided feuds ever. Almost painful to watch.
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Post by Clawley Race on Sept 1, 2013 1:53:30 GMT -5
It was just horrible knowing how unbelievable and very-predictable it was...But Jericho got to close WM, and win the undisputed title, so it was not all a loss.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Sept 1, 2013 1:58:23 GMT -5
It was the worst.
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Post by The Portable Stove on Sept 1, 2013 2:18:37 GMT -5
This was the year that they had a Hell in a Cell match, right? I never figured their feud to be that heated that it needed to go there. Hell, and that was only Triple H's second (third? I forget if he was in the Armageddon match or not) Cell match.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2013 3:06:46 GMT -5
Angles like this are why Triple H has his reputation. You have no right to mock the concept of HHHate if you didn't see this feud.
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Post by Straight Edge Scrotum on Sept 1, 2013 3:16:12 GMT -5
I never liked Jericho since the day I first saw him. So watching HHH wear him out at every turn was just fine by me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2013 3:29:22 GMT -5
I wasn't watching at the time, but having gone back and watched it, it was one of the worst major feuds I can think of; - Jericho spent the entirety of his reign as Undisputed Champion bitching about nobody taking him seriously
- Triple H returned and won the Rumble, spent most of the time feuding with his ex-wife Stephanie
- Jericho and Stephanie teamed up, putting all of the focus on Stephanie and placing Jericho on the back-shelf
- Their match at Wrestlemania was over-shined ten fold by Rock/Hogan
- The 'rematch' on Raw focused entirely on Stephanie leaving the WWF
- They had a Hell in a Cell match which HHH won, but nobody remembers it because the feud had zero heat
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2013 3:34:58 GMT -5
I wasn't watching at the time, but having gone back and watched it, it was one of the worst major feuds I can think of; - Jericho spent the entirety of his reign as Undisputed Champion bitching about nobody taking him seriously
- Triple H returned and won the Rumble, spent most of the time feuding with his ex-wife Stephanie
- Jericho and Stephanie teamed up, putting all of the focus on Stephanie and placing Jericho on the back-shelf
- Their match at Wrestlemania was over-shined ten fold by Rock/Hogan
- The 'rematch' on Raw focused entirely on Stephanie leaving the WWF
- They had a Hell in a Cell match which HHH won, but nobody remembers it because the feud had zero heat
And the feud one day led to the Tim White skits to boot.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Sept 1, 2013 3:40:33 GMT -5
Am I the only one who never saw Jericho as the biggest deal in the world when they were younger like everyone else seems to? When he won the title, I thought it was the most BS thing ever since he wasn't better than Austin or Rock to my 10 year old self. Not to mention although I did enjoy his debut, it was never this amazing thing that solidified him as a star forever. And considering he immediately started feuding with Ken Shamrock and X-Pac, I think some people forget that he wasn't a main event guy right away.
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Post by TGM on Sept 1, 2013 4:30:22 GMT -5
I was more annoyed by him losing to Shawn Michaels the following year.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2013 6:22:03 GMT -5
I wasn't watching at the time, but having gone back and watched it, it was one of the worst major feuds I can think of; - Jericho spent the entirety of his reign as Undisputed Champion bitching about nobody taking him seriously
- Triple H returned and won the Rumble, spent most of the time feuding with his ex-wife Stephanie
- Jericho and Stephanie teamed up, putting all of the focus on Stephanie and placing Jericho on the back-shelf
- Their match at Wrestlemania was over-shined ten fold by Rock/Hogan
- The 'rematch' on Raw focused entirely on Stephanie leaving the WWF
- They had a Hell in a Cell match which HHH won, but nobody remembers it because the feud had zero heat
And the feud one day led to the Tim White skits to boot. So it wasn't a total bust.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Sept 1, 2013 6:23:47 GMT -5
It was a shitty feud made even worse by having Jericho being pushed into background so it would be become about the implosion of the unholy union between HHH and Stephanie McMahon.
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Post by DragonMasterP on Sept 1, 2013 6:30:42 GMT -5
The less said about it, the better.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Sept 1, 2013 7:50:10 GMT -5
I wasn't watching at the time, but having gone back and watched it, it was one of the worst major feuds I can think of; - Jericho spent the entirety of his reign as Undisputed Champion bitching about nobody taking him seriously
- Triple H returned and won the Rumble, spent most of the time feuding with his ex-wife Stephanie
- Jericho and Stephanie teamed up, putting all of the focus on Stephanie and placing Jericho on the back-shelf
- Their match at Wrestlemania was over-shined ten fold by Rock/Hogan
- The 'rematch' on Raw focused entirely on Stephanie leaving the WWF
- They had a Hell in a Cell match which HHH won, but nobody remembers it because the feud had zero heat
And after spending so long building Triple H up as the returning hero, creative hears a Hogan ovation and decides he has to take the strap.
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Post by EyeofTyr on Sept 1, 2013 8:20:41 GMT -5
As a fan that liked both Triple H and Jericho, and loved their earlier feud...
I. Hated. It.
It made no sense in terms of continuity and I hated the fact that rather than play off of what their earlier feud was all about, Jericho proving he was HHH's equal successfully, they reverted him to below HHH.
I tried to look on the bright side at the time, that HHH was back & he was getting some deserved shine on his star and that surely Jericho would be back in the title holder position soon enough...
I know, the next few years were rough as a Jericho fan.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Sept 1, 2013 8:27:48 GMT -5
Seriously, all this feud needed to be was: "You put me on the shelf for eight months so I'm coming back for revenge and to take your precious undisputed title!" No more, no less.
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Sept 1, 2013 8:53:55 GMT -5
When he won the title, I thought it was the most BS thing ever since he wasn't better than Austin or Rock to my 10 year old self. So basically how a 10 year old today might feel about someone like Punk or Bryan beating Cena or Orton although luckily both Punk and Bryan were booked way better than Jericho was for their first WWE championships. I was a big Jericho mark back then and was pretty pissed when he ended up turning heel when I had been looking forward to his big babyface world title win someday like the teased one on Raw. But that was ruined now (along with Angle turning heel again and HHH being a big face and Austin back as a face made me pretty disillusioned with with this time period). I was still happy when he ended up winning the title even though it felt so anti-climactic but it was awful seeing his feud end up dedicated to HHH getting back on top and Stephanie who Ive found useless since 2000. As the OP said I just couldn't forget their 2000 stuff and how I could never root for HHH over Jericho.
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