When did you start to dislike Triple H?

[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by The Naitch How come he didn't want to have a program against Austin? You'd figure that that feud would make both guys look good

It would have, but it was typical HHH.

If you recall the PPV before Mania 2001 they had HHH beat Austin in what some might have called to that point the best match in WWE history (arguable point obviously). With the Austin heel turn and HHH getting more over with the fans, it would have made sense to turn Hunter, and since he got the win over Austin a month before Mania he would make the perfect challenger. However, the problem was they didn't want to take the title off Austin, so in order to stay in the top angle without having to do any real JOBs he decided to stay heel and they did the whole 2 man power trip deal.

Its possible they still planned to go to the HHH-Austin program at some point (maybe Mania 02?) but as he's done many times since he got out of doing JOBs.

[Batsu]

Originally Posted by The CyNick It would have, but it was typical HHH. If you recall the PPV before Mania 2001 they had HHH beat Austin in what some might have called to that point the best match in WWE history (arguable point obviously). With the Austin heel turn and HHH getting more over with the fans, it would have made sense to turn Hunter, and since he got the win over Austin a month before Mania he would make the perfect challenger. However, the problem was they didn't want to take the title off Austin, so in order to stay in the top angle without having to do any real JOBs he decided to stay heel and they did the whole 2 man power trip deal. Its possible they still planned to go to the HHH-Austin program at some point (maybe Mania 02?) but as he's done many times since he got out of doing JOBs.

Ugh... I know Austin pretty much "HBK"-ed him by not wanting to drop the belt to him back in '99, but I definitely wanted to see a face HHH vs a heel Austin...that's what the fans were wanting to see... instead we got a really boring 2 Man Power Trip. Well, it at least got Benoit and Jericho closer to the main event at least.