Triple H retires

[CBright7831]

I've been reading through the forums that I post on that are still out there and the consensus on HHH seems to be a mixed bag. Some are praising him fondly, some are also in the middle, and some are happy and not shedding a tear that his career is over. Fair enough. I barely watched RAW from late 2002 to early 2004, because he was using that show as his personal playground (he still used the show as his sandbox until 2005.) I'm also thankful for all that he did BTS at NXT. How many of the stars there are now the top stars in WWE? HHH deserves all the praise he's getting, but that doesn't mean he can't be called out on his many shortcomings too. I'm not going to wish death on a guy, because he went over some guy twenty years ago in professional wrestling. I'm glad that he's better as he's lucky to still be alive right now.

Much respect to HHH.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Originally Posted by CBright7831 I'm not going to wish death on a guy, because he went over some guy twenty years ago in professional wrestling.

Has any reasonable critic wished death upon him? I'm assuming Ronic may have but I don't read that nonsense.

It's good to know he's feeling better because...well...he's a human being.

I just don't think his official retirement deserves much hullabaloo. Why did he feel the need to even fucking announce it when bigger stars than him have walked away without the pomp and circumstance?

That doesn't mean I begrudge him his fans. If you like him, he earned it. But I'm not about to start mythologizing a motherfucker because he retired when he was already retired in everything but name. Wrestling once or twice a year is retired. Especially the shitty way he'd been wrestling those couple times a year and all the air time his horrible matches hogged up.

And IMO it's necessary to push back on the aggrandizing of someone who already is far too aggrandized, despite being pretty good in his prime (but definitely not any good anymore).

[CBright7831]

Originally Posted by Ol Dirty Dastard Has any reasonable critic wished death upon him? I'm assuming Ronic may have but I don't read that nonsense. .

Oh yeah. There's other posters on other forums that I post on that have come just short of wishing he dropped dead. The internet can be a terrible place.

It's good to know he's feeling better because...well...he's a human being. I just don't think his official retirement deserves much hullabaloo. Why did he feel the need to even fucking announce it when bigger stars than him have walked away without the pomp and circumstance? That doesn't mean I begrudge him his fans. If you like him, he earned it. But I'm not about to start mythologizing a motherfucker because he retired when he was already retired in everything but name. Wrestling once or twice a year is retired. Especially the shitty way he'd been wrestling those couple times a year and all the air time his horrible matches hogged up. And IMO it's necessary to push back on the aggrandizing of someone who already is far too aggrandized, despite being pretty good in his prime (but definitely not any good anymore)

When he beat Booker T at Mania 19, I thought it was BS and was sort of livid about it. HHH basically played a racist during that entire program and then went out and beat Booker cleanly. If they weren't going to put the belt on Book, maybe they should have just ran a different angle.

When he derailed Punk's "Summer of Punk" run in 2011, I complained about it like a number of people. Punk went a long with it and never complained about it until he walked out. Speaking up in the moment helps.

When he pinned Sting in the middle of the ring at Mania, I rolled my eyes. Sting should've kept up on his hunch that the E was going to do something screwy with him or worked out a better deal. Nobody wanted to see Sting/HHH anyway... they wanted Sting/Undertaker.

The point is: I got over it, and none of it really matters to me anymore nor does it bother me. Booker went on to become Champion later on and he's in the HOF now. So is Sting. Punk went on to try UFC and he seems happy enough in AEW. They all worked out for the best.

Holding a grudge over something that happened in a scripted sport close to twenty years ago just seems petty to me.