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Originally Posted by Scott Delaney
Interesting how you stayed silent when people blamed Triple H for the low ratings a few years back (circa 2002).
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lol wtf are you talking about with this statement, really? BECAUSE THEY WERE RIGHT is probably why i "stayed silent". But anyway, ask anyone on this board, or ANYONE ELSE for that matter (except for YOU of course) why those ratings were at a "peak" then. I'm sure HHH and Shane weren't provoking/promo'ing about Val Venis or JBL. Hmmm, probably Rock, Austin, or whomever was making him look good. Rock & Mankind's "This is your life segment" was one of the highest rated segments of RAW history. NOTHING to do with your sugardaddy, until he came out because he HAS to be part of SOMETHING (or at least his nose) big. All i'm saying is that if you are THAT dude, then you don't always have to be in the title hunt. Since 99, he has been 9/10 of his career. The 1/10 was when he was injured.
Look, i'm not knocking HHH or what he has done. It takes two. But come the fuck on ppl, in 2002 you JUST came off of the invasion angle. JUST CAME OFF ONE OF THE DREAM ANGLES OF WRESTLING. But WHO was thrusted in the spotlight? Who kept holding people down and getting in the "higher-ups" ear? Katie fucking Vick?? Are you kidding me? How is it that the early part of that year, NOT only was it soooo fucking predictable that HHH was going to win the title at WM, but made Jericho look like Steph's lap dog.
Jericho was the FIRST UNDISPUTED champ, and he (HHH) alone made that shit look irrelevant.
Booker T was as over as he ever was when him and HHH were fueding. HHH HAD to go over though, right? Saying that Booker should get his "bags" and shit like that. Yea, it was supposed to be heat, BUT THIS IS TRIPLE H WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? lol he is supposed to be the biggest heel "ever", but everyone knew that Booker deserved that win.
RVD fucked himself over? You know what, when you are one of the most over ppl in the WWE, getting "Rock/Austin pops", and isn't even a WWE-breed then MAYBE you should at least get SOME kind of title run to see where it leads. It is something fresh, new, and would pull more ECW viewers that probably weren't watching then b/c they knew Vince/HHH wouldn't have any part of a champ from ECW.
Why did HHH have to put over HBK? Lol?! HBK coming back alone gave him more fanbase because his injury was "career ending". So you are going to put someone over who is already going to be big and has established himself in the WWE already?
Vince may not have realized what he was saying when he said it, but when he brought in the nWo, didn't he say "If the WWE is going to die, i'm going to kill it myself by bringing them in" or someone of that relevance. Who was the "top guy" then? I may be incorrect with this statement, but i do remember Vince saying something like that. And why would you even need to bring the nWo over if you are doing soooo well with HHH at the top?
I've said it before and i'll say it again. HHH WANTS be to Flair, wants to be The Rock, wants to be Austin, wants to be Hogan (in terms of popularity) for this generation i guess. But we as fans now know what goes on back there and what he does in order to get himself to the top. Why do you think he has had so many "character changes"? lol c'mon. How many fucking times is he going to make these big comebacks that require signifigant amounts of promo time? Why does he need to be the closest to Ric Flair in terms of title wins?
HHH is good, but imo and in alot of others he will not be thrusted into the greats because of his lack of caring about the long term.
Just another note, i bet you The Rock, Foley, Austin (to an extent), Piper, Undertaker (the guy has been consistently over so he deserves it), and some others get more respect from fans and the industry that the likes of HBK, HHH, Hogan, Jarrett, etc. And at the end of the day, if you have that, you won't have to bury ppl.