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Post by normcoleman on Feb 13, 2007 16:20:31 GMT -5
When it is all said and done about Hunter, what will his legacy be?
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Post by bjboston on Feb 13, 2007 16:21:15 GMT -5
One of the top 10 performers of all time.
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Post by Chris Decker-The Wild Rover on Feb 13, 2007 16:23:03 GMT -5
not top 10. definatly 25.
he'll be known as the smartest man in wrestling buinsess. i mean he married the boss's daughter. as long as they keep poppin out babies, he's got a job for life. plus the fact he's a crazy good worker.
although i can imagine if steph and trips ever call it quits, i wonder how long till trips is on tna saying steph has herpies
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Post by Square on Feb 13, 2007 16:23:41 GMT -5
the best wrestler of his gereation
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Feb 13, 2007 16:24:39 GMT -5
Heeeeee hasssss-aaaaaahhhhh beatennn-aahhhhhhhh themm alll-aaaaaaaahhhh.
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Post by STMP on Feb 13, 2007 16:29:13 GMT -5
I don't know.
I've always seen him as 'the other guy' and it doesn't help that he carried the WWE in a lousy time with a bad main event scene that he totally dominated.
As a performer he is a good wrestler, but not the best. His matches are always good, but barely ever great. He has very consistent matches, always delivering. But to me, Triple H has been at the same level for years. Never improving and never standing out.
I'd like to compare him with a wrestler, but to be honest I can't remember anyone and that is the problem.
In 20 years fans will look back on wrestling and will keep reading HHH's name, but not really knowing what exactely he did or who he was. He will be more of a name than a legend.
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Post by bitteroldman on Feb 13, 2007 16:30:21 GMT -5
Good worker, better politician. Mark for a title belt, yet doesn't seem to take himself too seriously. Incredible pain threshold.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Feb 13, 2007 16:36:31 GMT -5
I don't know. I've always seen him as 'the other guy' and it doesn't help that he carried the WWE in a lousy time with a bad main event scene that he totally dominated. As a performer he is a good wrestler, but not the best. His matches are always good, but barely ever great. He has very consistent matches, always delivering. But to me, Triple H has been at the same level for years. Never improving and never standing out. I'd like to compare him with a wrestler, but to be honest I can't remember anyone and that is the problem. In 20 years fans will look back on wrestling and will keep reading HHH's name, but not really knowing what exactely he did or who he was. He will be more of a name than a legend. Yea i'm sort of in this boat too. He'll defenitely go down as one of the smartest guys of all time, going from a never ending jobbing streak, to D-Generation X to marrying the boss's daugther and guaranteeing him a top spot for life. And like homeboy above says, his matches are good but barely ever great, i can't even think of a huge HHH 'moment' off the top of my head aside from the huge pop he got after coming back from his quad injury, but thats about all that sticks in my mind from that night, if you think of other Attitude top guys, Austin has Wrestlemania 13 and 14 under his belt as two of the biggest moments of his career that most people remember, The Rock has Wrestlemania 18, standing out big time as Corporate Rock that made him the star he is, HHH though, hmmmm....just a series of consistent matches, no promos too memorable. I guess it's a case of waiting and seeing - he'll go down fondly as a good wrestler and a smart man in my eyes - but not as incredibly popular as Rock or Austin. |
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Post by Mr. Zombie on Feb 13, 2007 16:40:23 GMT -5
He'll be remembered along the same lines as someone like Harley Race, Bruno Sammartino, Dusty Rhodes, and maybe Bret Hart.
He's not even close to that upper echelon of Hogan - Stone Cold - Rock- Andre (maybe Foley and Flair).
How I rate him: greater than Diabiase and Hennig, not but not quite as good as Macho Man.
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Post by bjboston on Feb 13, 2007 16:42:47 GMT -5
I think he's consistently underrated because of people's perception of the backstage stuff. As an actor, he is very versatile. He can do both humor and intensity with the best of them. I disagree that he's never had great matches - he's one of the top all-around workers ever in my book.
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Post by Richard on Feb 13, 2007 16:44:26 GMT -5
To me, Trips goes down as a cross between what I think of Harley Race and Ric Flair. He is on great with the mic (like Flair) but, never consistently great in the ring. He is someone who is damn good in the ring and always reliable but, just doesn't have that 5 star in ring greatness over a long period of time (like Race).
That being said, he is Top 10 all time in WWE.
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Post by Austin's Middle Finger on Feb 13, 2007 16:50:39 GMT -5
I'd say Top 50.
I don't think he ever had the appeal or distinction of heels like DiBiase, Jake, Hogan, Flair, HBK etc. Yeah, he had some good matches and was a solid worker, but otherwise he's pretty generic.
At the end of the day, he was just a good businessman
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Post by STMP on Feb 13, 2007 16:51:19 GMT -5
I think he's consistently underrated because of people's perception of the backstage stuff. As an actor, he is very versatile. He can do both humor and intensity with the best of them. I disagree that he's never had great matches - he's one of the top all-around workers ever in my book. To me it doesn't have to do with politics. Politics for me only ruin a match, for example when it is obvious the other guy deserves the win more because he is more over and a better wrestler but still loses because his opponent didn't want to lose. Triple H's matches are pretty much the same. He wrestles the same match against UT as he does against HBK. He doesn't adapt and isn't very original in the ring. His matches are still good so he is not a bad wrestler and he is an extremely hard worker. But I can't name any great matches. I can name good matches, but no great ones. Even the matches that were built as epic encouters never were that epic unlike Micheals for example who does have his share of great matches that are part of pro-wrestling history. |
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Post by RandomHero on Feb 13, 2007 16:52:33 GMT -5
Probably the greatest heel of this generation. I suspect though that when all is said and done the WWE marketing machine is going to have most of us calling him one of the greatest of all time.
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Post by Person With A Hat on Feb 13, 2007 17:14:04 GMT -5
I see Triple H having the same legacy of Michael Shumacher.
Arguably one of the best of his generation, his legacy will be tainted because of who he affiliated himself with, to a point where his legacy will be more talk of backstage politics than anything he ever did (For Shumie, it's the whole Ferrari forces anyone affiliated with him to lose so that Shumie can win fiasco that happened a few years ago. Cast a huge shadow on his career, it did.)
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Post by seanwalsh on Feb 13, 2007 17:18:09 GMT -5
HHH: A Big Star during an age of Bigger Stars.
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Post by normcoleman on Feb 13, 2007 17:21:48 GMT -5
I'm going to go basketball on ya'll. If Rock and Austin are Bird and Magic, HHH is Isiah Thomas. A star in his own right, but not as beloved as the former
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Post by JMA on Feb 13, 2007 17:28:09 GMT -5
HHH: A Big Star during an age of Bigger Stars. That sounds about right. |
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Post by STMP on Feb 13, 2007 17:32:28 GMT -5
I see Triple H having the same legacy of Michael Shumacher. Arguably one of the best of his generation, his legacy will be tainted because of who he affiliated himself with, to a point where his legacy will be more talk of backstage politics than anything he ever did (For Shumie, it's the whole Ferrari forces anyone affiliated with him to lose so that Shumie can win fiasco that happened a few years ago. Cast a huge shadow on his career, it did.) I'd put Hogan in that league. Someone who is known all over the world. Schumacher is the only racecar driver I know. Just like Hogan is the only wrestler most people know. But the things I heard about Schumacher was mostly that he hurt the sport, because it became so boring and predictable. But his legacy can't be denied either. Same with Hogan. Hogan has definately hurt the image of pro-wrestling, it is Hogan who made it look fake. But without Hogan, no Rock and Wrestling either. |
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Post by -Lithium- on Feb 13, 2007 17:39:14 GMT -5
The thing is that he became a big name during the Attitude Era. I mean Ive always thought of the top three Attiude Era guys as Austin, Rock, and Triple H. But still, Austin and Rock are alot bigger then him so...
I mean if he woulda came in a time when it was just him (like Bret Hart and Michaels came in and were the only top guys) then he would prolly have a bigger legacy, but since he came in with Rock and Austin then he just doesnt seem as big...
EDIT - Yeah the dude up there said what I was trying to say. He was a big star in a time of bigger stars...
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