I don’t wanna write a bunch since I’m sure I’ve discussed dude here or other forums before and most of the major talking points have been covered. In fact
@Nero Christ said a lot of what I was gonna (and with like the same vernacular
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Firstly, I’m not afraid to say in the past I was a big fan of the guy
I’m pretty indifferent to him now but way back when I rocked with him. Not as much as like, Rock or Austin, but still. When I do these reviews, the biggest things I take into consideration are that person’s match catalog, promowork, how their work holds up, and what their overall impression on me was. For Triple H, he’s always just seemed like a dude who, as said, did way too much. His promos are the epitome of that. He can talk, but it takes him 30 minutes to make his point. His promos are the verbal equivalent of that last minute essay you bullshytted on, basically repeating yourself every sentence in a paragraph just to meet the requirements. It got so bad every time I’d turn on RAW and see him on the screen I’d immediately change the channel.
In the ring, he can (or atleast could) go. His peak run is still late 99 to early 01, but he had some good work after that. Just not much of it between 2002 till early 2004 anyway. And that’s kind’ve to me what hurts his profile. He’s not this elite worker who’s got a boatload of classics to his name, like a Bret, or Angle, or HBK. He’s not a name that transcended the business like Hogan, Austin, or Rock. He’s not on the Taker level of this hugely respected vet with this mystique to his name. He’s not like hugely inferior to any of those guys, but it’s those differences between them and him that make it hard to say, justify having him spearhead RAW for all those years while having bad feuds and bad matches, going over whitehot talent in the process. That make it hard to justify doing that same thing in a veteran role, going over a CM Punk. That make it hard to justify him coming back every Mania and more or less shoehorning himself into the card. He’s basically not the worst of the worst, but he’s not as good as he thinks he is. And that’s reflected itself in these reviews. For the entertainment he gave me, I give him a 7, but he’s also a guy who I totally understand earning 1’s & 2’s from others on here.
For favorite promos, I have none.
Favorite matches would include vs. Rock over the years, vs. Cactus Jack at RR & No Way Out, No Way out 01 vs. Austin, SSlam 02 vs. HBK, the triple threats with HBK & Benoit, End of an Era, vs. Bryan, and with Evolution vs. the Shield