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**Mr. Nerfect** · 03-01-2011, 08:47 AM

I haven't seen RAW yet, but I'm becoming more and more excited about the idea of the match. I think I'll enjoy the story more than the match itself.

Ten years ago, Triple H was cutting a promo about how he's beaten everyone in the WWE. Then The Undertaker came out and said "Boy, this is my yard." It led to a clash at WrestleMania which saw The Undertaker finally best the resilient Triple H. Also, correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe this may have been one of the first mentions by Jim Ross of The Undertaker's budding WrestleMania streak. The defeat of Triple H is where this streak became not just a statistic, but something of legend, and a drawing point of WrestleMania itself.

We then got the draft, and Triple H and The Undertaker, for the most part, controlled different dominions. Triple H used politics, his ambition, his brains alongside his ring skill to gain steady control of RAW, while The Undertaker used his mystique and legacy to intimidate all those as the icon of SmackDown!.

Somewhere along the line, due to personal issues with Triple H's father-in-law, Vince McMahon, Triple H's close friend and later-stage mentor, Ric Flair, was forced to put his career on the line everytime he entered the ring. Flair eventually fell to Triple H's best friend and arguably greatest rival, Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV. Triple H had to watch his best friend kick a man who had become his father figure in the face.

A year later, HBK challenged the The Undertaker at the silver anniversary of WrestleMania, where HBK came up short, but their battle eclipsed the main event -- which saw Triple H successfully defend his unprecedented 8th WWE Title and 13th World Title in the WWE -- a record which stands today. The following year, Shawn Michaels & Triple H would lose their first Tag Team Championship together due to Michaels' distraction with The Undertaker -- the one win that evaded him, and the part of the boyhood dream left incomplete in his journey to become "The Greatest of All-Time." HBK would challenge The Last Outlaw again, against the advice of Triple H, and would become The Undertaker's 18th WrestleMania victory.

Now, a year later, sitting at home with his children, accepting that his career might prematurely be over due to the actions of Sheamus at Extreme Rules -- Triple H hears that his close friend, Shawn Michaels, has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame almost instantly after his career ended, about a month before Triple H's was -- and he has to hear him referred to as "The Greatest Ever." Can that sit well with a man who has won as many world championships in the WWE as The Rock and Shawn Michaels combined? He literally married into the company's corporate lounge, and yet HBK, whom he does greatly respect, gets the attention and the label as "The Greatest Ever?"

A year after HBK's career ended at The Grandest Stage of the Them All, and almost a year after he was told he should never step foot in a WWE ring again -- a man who called himself "The Game," returns to prove that he can beat The Undertaker at WrestleMania -- something no one has ever done in twenty years. Because he's that damn good...

03-01-2011, 08:47 AM	#9
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,634	I haven't seen RAW yet, but I'm becoming more and more excited about the idea of the match. I think I'll enjoy the story more than the match itself. Ten years ago, Triple H was cutting a promo about how he's beaten everyone in the WWE. Then The Undertaker came out and said "Boy, this is my yard." It led to a clash at WrestleMania which saw The Undertaker finally best the resilient Triple H. Also, correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe this may have been one of the first mentions by Jim Ross of The Undertaker's budding WrestleMania streak. The defeat of Triple H is where this streak became not just a statistic, but something of legend, and a drawing point of WrestleMania itself. We then got the draft, and Triple H and The Undertaker, for the most part, controlled different dominions. Triple H used politics, his ambition, his brains alongside his ring skill to gain steady control of RAW, while The Undertaker used his mystique and legacy to intimidate all those as the icon of SmackDown!. Somewhere along the line, due to personal issues with Triple H's father-in-law, Vince McMahon, Triple H's close friend and later-stage mentor, Ric Flair, was forced to put his career on the line everytime he entered the ring. Flair eventually fell to Triple H's best friend and arguably greatest rival, Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV. Triple H had to watch his best friend kick a man who had become his father figure in the face. A year later, HBK challenged the The Undertaker at the silver anniversary of WrestleMania, where HBK came up short, but their battle eclipsed the main event -- which saw Triple H successfully defend his unprecedented 8th WWE Title and 13th World Title in the WWE -- a record which stands today. The following year, Shawn Michaels & Triple H would lose their first Tag Team Championship together due to Michaels' distraction with The Undertaker -- the one win that evaded him, and the part of the boyhood dream left incomplete in his journey to become "The Greatest of All-Time." HBK would challenge The Last Outlaw again, against the advice of Triple H, and would become The Undertaker's 18th WrestleMania victory. Now, a year later, sitting at home with his children, accepting that his career might prematurely be over due to the actions of Sheamus at Extreme Rules -- Triple H hears that his close friend, Shawn Michaels, has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame almost instantly after his career ended, about a month before Triple H's was -- and he has to hear him referred to as "The Greatest Ever." Can that sit well with a man who has won as many world championships in the WWE as The Rock and Shawn Michaels combined? He literally married into the company's corporate lounge, and yet HBK, whom he does greatly respect, gets the attention and the label as "The Greatest Ever?" A year after HBK's career ended at The Grandest Stage of the Them All, and almost a year after he was told he should never step foot in a WWE ring again -- a man who called himself "The Game," returns to prove that he can beat The Undertaker at WrestleMania -- something no one has ever done in twenty years. Because he's that damn good...