Triple H Needs to Move On

[krozor]

Feb 26, 2019 16:09:52 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Feb 25, 2019 23:40:55 GMT -5 Prince Petty said:

Oh god, his entrance is going to be absurd. What 80s action movies hasn't Triple H ripped off yet?

Commando. He's going to walk to the ring carrying a phone booth on his shoulders with Drake Maverick inside it.

"Remember when I promised to siphon off your heat last?"
"That's right, Hunter! You did!"
"I LIED-UH!"

[mcstoklasa]

Feb 26, 2019 18:48:21 GMT -5 @returnofthestryker said:

Unapologetic Hunter mark here. I kind of wish he were a bigger part of the show each week.

At the very least his Mania matches have been the highlights of the last several years for me.

But more than Hunter, I think the company need to stop featuring legends and focus on the current generation. That includes Austin, HBK, Hogan and the interminable, awful appearances for The Rock from time to time. Just enough, and if that means I don't get any more Hunter then so be it.

Austin barely shows up once a year.

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Feb 26, 2019 21:55:50 GMT -5 mcstoklasa said:

Feb 26, 2019 18:48:21 GMT -5 @returnofthestryker said:

Unapologetic Hunter mark here. I kind of wish he were a bigger part of the show each week.

At the very least his Mania matches have been the highlights of the last several years for me.

But more than Hunter, I think the company need to stop featuring legends and focus on the current generation. That includes Austin, HBK, Hogan and the interminable, awful appearances for The Rock from time to time. Just enough, and if that means I don't get any more Hunter then so be it.

Austin barely shows up once a year.

And I don't feel he should show up at all. Any of them, for a long time, Austin is just a name I use because of his stature. The company needs to stop relying on the nostalgia pop and stop trying to recreate stars of the past.

[S-Chrome]

Another thing in light of the direction they're taking this feud.

Triple H is known and shown to be a Grade D babyface. No sympathetic angle nor any vulnerability whatsoever. Batista is back in the fold for Wrestlemania season in what will likely be his very last match. What are the chances midway through the angle, never mind Wrestlemania itself, that Batista wins over the crowd(s) and they start crapping all over their designated conquering HHhero? (A la the Lesnar feud) I'd say very high.

And then there's always the Heel-Face flip-flopping that H & Stephanie seem to do over the better part of five years now. It'd be so much better for the company if the entire McMahon clan fell back and not have their grubby mitts all over the product this time of year.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Feb 26, 2019 18:48:21 GMT -5 @returnofthestryker said:

Unapologetic Hunter mark here. I kind of wish he were a bigger part of the show each week.

At the very least his Mania matches have been the highlights of the last several years for me.

But more than Hunter, I think the company need to stop featuring legends and focus on the current generation. That includes Austin, HBK, Hogan and the interminable, awful appearances for The Rock from time to time. Just enough, and if that means I don't get any more Hunter then so be it.

Yeah and in fairness to Triple H, the last few years he has shown himself way more willing to put over younger talent, including at Mania. I usually prefer if the legends work with younger guys, but there are pros and cons to each.

[Mid-Carder]

It's sad that while talented guys are leaving because they're frustrated, guys like Triple H and Batista will be prominently featured in Wrestlemania, fourteen years after their Wrestlemania main event. If they put as much effort into everyone else as they do building Triple H's overhyped precious legacy, they would be in a much better position now. 

[Milkman Norm]

How dare he have a **** match once a year!

[Hulk With A Mustache]

You'd think he would've learned his lesson from Crown Jewel.

[Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley]

I just hope Trips vs. Big Dave goes on last so I can go to bed before it.

["Trickster Dogg" James Jesse]

Feb 27, 2019 18:33:04 GMT -5 Milkman Norm said:

How dare he have a **** match once a year!

I can't tell how this post is sarcastic: is it taking the piss out of this thread or actually agreeing with it?

Has Triple H had that many good Wrestlemania matches in, say, the past 10 years? Since 2009, he's wrestled

- Randy Orton in the main event for the WWE title.
- Sheamus in a singles match.
- The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match.
- The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match.
- Brock Lesnar in a No Holds Barred match.
- Daniel Bryan in a singles match.
- Sting in a No Disqualification match.
- Roman Reigns in the main event for the WWE title.
- Seth Rollins in a non-sanctioned match.
- Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey in a mixed tag match with Stephanie McMahon.

Of these, I think only 4 stand out as being exceptional: the two with the Undertaker, the Bryan match, and last year's mixed tag match. Even then, I know a lot of people aren't huge fans of the 'Taker matches, so only the Bryan match and the mixed tag match stand out as being well-liked by the majority of comments or reviews about them that I've read (or remember reading at the time).

Still, the majority of Triple H's matches have had bells and wells to cover up a lot of weaknesses of the match-up itself or the feud leading into the match: weapons, no DQ rules, false finishes, match stipulations, run-ins, and so on. It will likely be more of the same with Batista, which isn't even a fresh pairing, minus the face/heel alignment (maybe).

I don't know. Triple H, to me, as a fan who stopped watching in 2016 precisely when he won the WWE title, again, is completely unnecessary as a TV presence, and the same goes for his wife, his father-in-law, and brother-in-law. He's not even uninteresting in a 'boy, I hate how uninteresting this guy is' kind of way. The very idea of a Triple H Wrestlemania match in 2019 is so whatever, a forgotten fart in the wind, that I'm totally perplexed why it will be a thing.

[lemonyellowson]

I’m down for trips v big bad dave

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

The Verne Gagne syndrome.

[paulbearer]

He should dress up as Norris from Delta Force with a huge bazooka lol

[lucas_lee]

How do we know that Batista didnt request Hunter as his last opponent?

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Mar 1, 2019 23:26:25 GMT -5 lucas_lee said:

How do we know that Batista didnt request Hunter as his last opponent?

Considering he's been on record to say that he wants his last match to be against HHH, I'd say that's not even in doubt.

[Nr1Humanoid]

I wish the fans would give him the standing ovation he's so desperate for.

[Shai]

See I don't understand the complaint about Hunter at Mania cause... it's not like he wins. Tho rather then Dave I would have rather seen him go against Ambrose to complete him feuding with each member of the Shield at Mania,plus his Roadblock match with Dean was damn good.

[schma]

Mar 3, 2019 18:48:00 GMT -5 Shai said:

See I don't understand the complaint about Hunter at Mania cause... it's not like he wins. Tho rather then Dave I would have rather seen him go against Ambrose to complete him feuding with each member of the Shield at Mania,plus his Roadblock match with Dean was damn good.

Part of it I think is that people would rather see that spot go to someone current.  I generally don't mind him being involved in WM except for 2016 when he was Champion and main eventing with Roman.  There was no excuse for that.

[Shai]

Mar 3, 2019 18:55:34 GMT -5 schma said:

Mar 3, 2019 18:48:00 GMT -5 Shai said:

See I don't understand the complaint about Hunter at Mania cause... it's not like he wins. Tho rather then Dave I would have rather seen him go against Ambrose to complete him feuding with each member of the Shield at Mania,plus his Roadblock match with Dean was damn good.

Part of it I think is that people would rather see that spot go to someone current.  I generally don't mind him being involved in WM except for 2016 when he was Champion and main eventing with Roman.  There was no excuse for that.

I'll agree with that. Tho that entrance is my personal favorite because he and Steph went full ham with the Authority routine

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Mar 2, 2019 7:21:29 GMT -5 Nr1Humanoid said:

I wish the fans would give him the standing ovation he's so desperate for.

I think the people who attended SummerSlam 2012 STILL chant "You tapped out!" when they see him.