tms
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Post by tms on Jan 4, 2016 0:04:38 GMT -5
Classic example: after the screw job when Owen came back all his momentum was halted by being beaten by HHH and DX at every turn Even during his midcard days Hunter damn near never put anyone over, which stuck out like a sore thumb given he was supposed to be a heel. I remember he feuded with Mero, Goldust, and Owen yet I can't remember him ever putting any of them over, let alone in a clean pinfall/submission. He's the most protected heel in wrestling history by an enormous margin.
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Post by benstudd on Jan 4, 2016 2:43:52 GMT -5
Goddamit guys, I thought I was fine with HHH and all of these are rushing back in my memories and I'm boiling again.
When they changed the decision with Jericho it was like someone literally grabbed my heart out of my chest Temple of Doom-style.
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Post by funakifan88 on Jan 4, 2016 3:03:19 GMT -5
Triple H is a butt
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 4, 2016 5:27:59 GMT -5
Classic example: after the screw job when Owen came back all his momentum was halted by being beaten by HHH and DX at every turn Even during his midcard days Hunter damn near never put anyone over, which stuck out like a sore thumb given he was supposed to be a heel. I remember he feuded with Mero, Goldust, and Owen yet I can't remember him ever putting any of them over, let alone in a clean pinfall/submission. He's the most protected heel in wrestling history by an enormous margin. His early protection likely comes from being HBK's stooge.
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Post by TGM on Jan 4, 2016 6:07:15 GMT -5
The only one I've ever had a major problem with is Orton in 2009. Randy Orton was at his absolute hottest but that match wasn't very good and is a rare example of something that should have been overbooked but wasn't.
Austin is another one in 2001 but that kinda made sense with Austin's heel turn coming up and plans to feud the two of them.
Goldberg maybe but I can't really remember all the details of their feud off the top of my head, but I recall HHH losing the title, but winning it back in a triple threat by pinning Kane (I could have that entirely vice versa though), so I guess Goldberg wasn't made to look a complete chump.
Booker was probably my favourite guy who didn't deserve the HHH loss but soon enough it became clear that they wanted Goldberg to be the man to take HHHs title. Yeah Booker could have dropped the belt at the next PPV but then I think people would have complained about the short reign he was given so who knows.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Jan 4, 2016 6:31:29 GMT -5
The Rock at WrestleMania 2000, that should have been The Rock's WM moment dammit.
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Post by Rave on Jan 4, 2016 6:35:17 GMT -5
I can't tell you when this one happened, but it was a go-home Raw before a PPV. Cena was going into some big match or other, needed the momentum. Trips was doing pretty much f***-all at the time.
Trips went over.
It was stupid and I was not happy. Made no friggin' sense.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jan 4, 2016 6:35:23 GMT -5
Sigh. Even the picture makes me angry.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 4, 2016 6:48:40 GMT -5
I have to wonder where the WWE would be now if Hunter hadn't signed from WCW, the guy cut a swathe through the careers of rising stars when he has NEVER been enough of a draw to justify it. He's a Jeff Jarrett level talent who has been pushed like a Cena level guy, going over people who could have done more with the opportunities he was granted.
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 4, 2016 7:24:52 GMT -5
Steiner? Some of you actually said Steiner? Did you not *see* their match at the Rumble? Steiner was ASS for the first 6 months of his WWE tenure.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jan 4, 2016 7:35:01 GMT -5
Most people he ever faced as a heel. He's a heel that never needed any rub, not since 2000 anyways.
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Post by ZERO on Jan 4, 2016 7:39:06 GMT -5
#1. Is definitely CM Punk. Punk was the hottest thing in the company in years, and he was blatantly cooled off on purpose. He could have been a MUCH bigger star if they'd rolled with his momentum faster. You know what is equally baffling about that one? Something that started as CM Punk vs the establishment (Taking CM Punk's "Pipebomb" building MITB as the start of it), basically culminated as HHH vs Kevin Nash. In 2011. Neither man was a full-timer. Think about that for a moment.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jan 4, 2016 7:40:57 GMT -5
Classic example: after the screw job when Owen came back all his momentum was halted by being beaten by HHH and DX at every turn Even during his midcard days Hunter damn near never put anyone over, which stuck out like a sore thumb given he was supposed to be a heel. I remember he feuded with Mero, Goldust, and Owen yet I can't remember him ever putting any of them over, let alone in a clean pinfall/submission. He's the most protected heel in wrestling history by an enormous margin. And even then the baby spent close to two decades bitching about being squashed by the Ultimate f***in' Warrior in his f***in return match. How ridiculous would that have been if it would've been a competitive match?
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jan 4, 2016 8:11:01 GMT -5
Steiner? Some of you actually said Steiner? Did you not *see* their match at the Rumble? Steiner was ASS for the first 6 months of his WWE tenure. Steiner needed surgery, he knew that, they knew that as it came up in his medical, but they were so desperate for another big name for Triple H to go over they had him work hurt with a condition that makes walking a challenge, nevermind wrestling a match. The WWE are to blame for this, Triple H too as he would have had plenty of other opponents to choose from while Steiner got the surgery had he put people over.
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 4, 2016 8:30:28 GMT -5
You know, if you use hindsight (which I know doesn't work too well in wrestling), the win against Punk becomes even more ridiculous.
Guy claims the company is corrupt and purposely holding him back, so the boss comes in and plays the big hero and beats him, making him admit he shouldn't have doubted him.
Two years later we learn that that boss actually IS corrupt and spends the rest of his tv time trying to keep the belt on his chosen ones.
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Post by darkjourney on Jan 4, 2016 8:38:47 GMT -5
Brock should pretty much NEVER Lose (until he puts the next big star over at the end) or he gets ganged up on by a million wrestlers or they use weapons on him. The fact HHH (WHo rarely wrestled, is much older, and who never shows ring rust) beat him just shows the ego this guy has.
Beating Punk though (when Punk was at his peak, red hot) was the final nail in the coffin for me. And I think it was personal. Punk was never hotter and could have started a mini-boom period if he was continue to be booked right. HIs feud with Vince was awesome (New version of the Austin/Mcmahon angle) than here comes HHH to ruin it all like always.
THis guy's ego and insecurity is FARRR worse than Vince's Thats why when anyone says they want Vince to step down and HHH/Steph take over, I have to scratch my head. Sure, maybe Vince does need to step down, but those two shouldn't take his place.
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Post by funakifan88 on Jan 4, 2016 8:51:44 GMT -5
Sheamus
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Post by moondoggie on Jan 4, 2016 8:52:43 GMT -5
The bastard didn't have a problem losing to Cena at Wrestlemania 22 which was a time everyone kind of wanted Triple H to bury the guy but instead ended up tapping out like a bitch. Man i was so pissed when i was there to witness it.
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Post by celtics543 on Jan 4, 2016 10:45:28 GMT -5
The Owen one was the worst simply because there's no excuse for it. Both were in the mid card at the time, only Owen was super hot after the screw job and getting a big win over HHH would've been a huge moment. Owen vs DX in general was huge and I understand that the company was going with Austin as the world champion, and clearly it was the right move but Owen should've gotten that secondary title. HHH just never put the guy over at any point and it crushed all the momentum he had coming out of Montreal.
At least with the other ones the HHH character had been built up as the "king of kings" and legitimate world title contender. In 1998 when he was holding Owen down he was a lackey for HBK and really was mostly a lower card to mid card guy.
I'm not a big HHH hater, but he's not that entertaining and really doesn't deserve the spot he's in. He's been living off the feud with Mick Foley and that return pop at MSG for over a decade now. Everyone acts like he's on the Hogan/Austin/Rock level but really he's much more of Kane/Big Show/Nash/Hall level of guy. A serviceable title holder but not defining and era by any means.
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Post by SeVeN: #TheBadGuy. on Jan 4, 2016 10:53:46 GMT -5
#1 is Goldberg, a guy who was built as one of the biggest stars EVER by steamrolling through everybody and looking unbeatable. the crowd wanted it, it made sense, it made Goldberg legit... so he loses to an injured HHH Being the resident HHH fan girl, this is my answer. During that period I loved to hate H and was dieing to see him lose the belt.Summerslam rolls around and I thought it was a guarantee that he was losing, because of injuries at the time. One sledge hammer to the dome and it twas not to be. I remember being legit pissed at that outcome. Gberg should have shook it off and won the match, would have made him look like a monster.
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