Thread: DISCUSSION - Is it best for business for Triple H to head to Smackdown after WM-21?
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Old 01-14-2005, 10:27 PM   #25
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Austin, The Rock, and how Triple H couldn't hold them down
One more thing:


This applies more to The Rock, but it can also apply to Austin as well (to a much less degree however).


From late 1999 onwards (when Triple H became a main-eventer), how many times did Austin and The Rock defeat Triple H? How many times did Triple H defeat Austin and The Rock?


-From what I remember, Austin only beat Triple H ONCE (while Triple H since 99', defeat Austin at No Mercy 99', No Way Out 2002, and at some other PPV...which I can't remember). Basically. 3-1.

-How about when Triple H fought The Rock in 2000? Triple H won the main-event at Wrestlemania that year. Triple H defeated The Rock in the iron man match.

The Rock never EVER defeated Triple H cleanly.

-He defeated Triple H at Backlash 2000 with Austin's help.
-He defeated Triple H in 2000 to win the World title by pinning Vince McMahon (Undertaker and Kane were Rock's partners, while Vince and Shane were HHH's).
-He defeated Triple H and Angle in a triple threat match at Summerslam that year (by pinning Angle).



Between Wrestlemania 15 and Fully Loaded 2000, The Rock barely had the World title.

Even after he won the World title in 2000 (at Fully Loaded), he lost the title back to Angle at the PPV after Summerslam. After he won the title back from Angle at No Way Out 2001, he jobbed to Austin at Mania'.



The point I'm trying to make, is that The Rock shined in the WWE without the World title. He didn't need the World title all that much, because his natural radiance and charisma was what made him a DRAW.

If I remember correctly in 2000, The Rock also jobbed cleanly to Undertaker.



A lot of times, The Rock was actually made to look BELOW Triple H, Undertaker, and Austin..........and yet he still outshined them all (except Austin....him and Austin were on par IMO).


To make a long story short, I think that if a guy is TRULY a world class sports-entertainer that can potentially draw, then its not like he has to have the world title 60-70% of the time. If a guy like Orton or Jericho really is "all that", then they'll naturally radiate.
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