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A feud with Shelton or Jericho, with Shelton or Jericho going over. Honestly, though, Triple H is at the stage when seeing him face a face in a match on PPV gives off a main event feel. If they had Batista defend against someone fresh, and had Triple H face someone else, you basically have a double-main event right there.
Vengeance is looking something like this at the moment:
-Hell in a Cell: Batista vs. Triple H
-Grudge Match: Edge vs. Kane
-IC Title: Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Jericho (although I have a feeling Y2J will be wearing SD! colours soon
-Grudge Match: Victoria vs. Christy Hemme
-Grudge Match: Chris Masters vs. Val Venis
-Grudge Match: Rob Conway vs. Sylvain Grenier
The prospect of any of those matches won't light the world on fire, except a possibility the HIAC Match will get some people in. If the WWE did something different and had something like this, though:
-Hell in a Cell: Batista vs. The Undertaker
-Singles Match: Triple H vs. Chris Benoit
-Grudge Match: Edge vs. Kane
-IC Title: Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Jericho
-Grudge Match: Victoria vs. Christy Hemme
-Grudge Match: Chris Masters vs. Val Venis
-Grudge Match: Rob Conway vs. Sylvain Grenier
That's not much different, but it creates another main event quality match that people might be interested to see. Hell in a Cell is a good excuse to ponder buying a PPV, but you need some other good quality matches to make that decision. Especially after what was New Year's Revolution. Triple H can easily play the role where he can step down for the semi-main event, and make it seem important enough to buy the PPV. Couple that with a solid main event match, and a good undercard with *build*, and you're set for doing what you were doing in 2000. Getting higher buyrates, even when there are smaller guys "no one cares about" in matches on the card.
Triple H could really help restore the WWE if he stepped down for a motnh or two at a time. If he went to SmackDown! in the draft, it would really help as well.
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