Was he ever actually over?
2002 return and DX reunions. Those reunions were always weird as fuck since Shawn always felt like the sidekick for some reason
>>19682773Yeah, during all DX incarnations and after his first major injury. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
>>19682773I didn't really care for him as a kid. My older brother did, but I always thought Gaytch was boring, never felt anything when he lost the belt or got injured. Usually cheered for the opponent he'd face for a title. >>19682778Yeah, his two return runs with DX did do that with Shawn, huh?
>>19682773Never over, the least popular of the DX guys and thats with the whole WWE machine behind him because he married the boss's daughter
>>19682773From '98 to '02....and that's it.
>>19682778good point. He did make HBK the sidekick of his own group during their shilling reunions.
>>19682773During and immediately after the attitude era, WWE was so cool that basically everyone who wasn't a complete shitter was over. So HHH was about as over as anyone else who wasn't a complete shitter. Never at any point in his career was he Rock/Austin level over.
>>19682773he was never over as a main eventer and he never had a single good match in his career
>>19682773>25 things you didn’t know about Triple Hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGbmWI-7DE>17 of Triple H's most devastating Pedigreeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiophNNnHYs>Triple H’s 30 greatest rivalshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK8LZxV7uy4>Triple H's history of dominance in the ringhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diUiHoCq82U>Triple H entrance compilationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wZeVgREync>Triple H mocks and impersonates Mr. McMahonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWdvMcjqkDs>Look back at D-Generation X's chaotic historyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKfXv2TM_B0
>>19682773The Game promo was really good and he had a cool entrance
>>19682773In DX yesoutside of DX no
>>196827732002 return for 2mins.He was not over in DX.The other members were over
TruthNVKE>The Pedigree was over>The suck it chop was overTriple H wasn't.
>>19682773Triple Gaytch was never over, except for the times the Rock made his candyass famous during 1999-2000.
B+ player.
>>19682773Yes, he was a top guy for almost 20 years. People love to rewrite history with him
>>19683569he was a top guy because he married stephanie. whether he was over or not, he would have been in that position just based on who he married.
>>19683455Pedigree was always lame cause he always landed on his knees so obviously. Even as a kid when my suspension of disbelief was higher I thought it looked fake and painless. Same when he was "hitting" people with his sledgehammer and put his hand on it.
>>19683572He was a top guy long before he was ever dating Stephanie. This is what I mean about rewriting history
>>19683171Good E-Drone- HHH
>He was a top guy long before he was ever dating Stephanie. This is what I mean about rewriting history
>>19682773Triple H was never over. He was always a heel that no-one cared about. He existed for faces to beat, not for himself to lose.With DX he wasn't over, Shaun, Chyna & Road Dogg were over. Evolution it was Batista and Ric Flair who were over.He was like Bischoff with the NWO. Not over, but basking in how others were over and pretending like he was over as well.A return pop isn't being over, it's getting a pop (this was when kayfabe was dead and buried remember) for fighting through to end the match he got hurt in, and the series of vignettes that no-one else in the company would have got that showed his hard work in returning. Not even a week later at the Rumble he won he wasn't really over, he just got the usual winner pop. After the Rumble he got into an absolutely dogshit feud with Chris Jericho that Triple H politicked to be the WM X8 main event instead of Hogan/Rock. Then it was Katie Vick and feuding with Nash, who no-one cared about.The only time he ever came close to being over was the Steph feud with Angle, but he got uncomfortable and killed it.
>>19682773yea he was over, all right....as in covered all over with mud and pigshit from henry godwinn's hogs.
>>19682773>game over?>you’re damn right I’m overHHH wins again.
>>19683569He worked with top guys because Stephanie, he never main evented anything. People would buy a ticket to see Austin, Flair or Rock wrestle with a broomstick
>>19682773He thought spitting water all over himself was cool.
>>19683569Pretty easy to be the top guy when your Vince's son n law and work with him in creative and bury everyone and get people fired you think might be a threat to you or remotely piss you off or just bury the shit out of them.
>>19682773Jeans jacket over a leather jacket over. Listening to Motörhead over. Banging the boss' hot daughter over. Being the game over. Being the ultimate ass kicker over. Being the cerebral assassin over. Being the king of kings over. Being the Chief Content Officer and saving wrestling over.
>>19682773This thread is full of zoomer retards who watched the Attitude Era through tiktok edits. >Long answerIn reality, Triple H was over as fuck in 98 as leader of the face DX but he wasn't a main eventer yet. His heel turn was initially a dud but once Taker was gone and Rock turned face, Triple H finally picked up the ball and was the biggest heel in the company and a smark favorite for a long time until his quad injury. We was over as fuck again when he returned in '02 and became the biggest heel again in the same year. Then we get to a long stretch of Triple H fatigue until '06 when DX reformed again. This is what people think of when they think Triple H wasn't over, but it's not that he was never over, he just failed as the face of the company.>Short answerYes.
>>19684272>Not even a week later at the Rumble he won he wasn't really over, he just got the usual winner pop. After the Rumble he got into an absolutely dogshit feud with Chris Jericho that Triple H politicked to be the WM X8 main event instead of Hogan/Rock This is what happens when you try and reconstruct a form of live entertainment through Wikipedia articles and TikTok clips. I appreciate the confidence you’re trying to project as if you actually believe this. Unfortunately you have no clue what the fuck you’re on about.
>>19685594>In reality, Triple H was over as fuck in 98 as leader of the face DXoh cmon paul you were the least over member of DX lol it went like new age outlawz > chyna > xpac > paul
>>19682778>2002 returnLiterally for 1 (one) show>DX ReunionsCheap nostalgia pops
>>19685634Triple H and Jericho were in a feud over stephanie's DOG, anon.
He was over when he became "the game" and always a very credible guy for his roleDid anyone like trips? No, and his reign of terror was fucking awful for the business. But he was believable
>>19682773not a single solitary dime
>>19685678And this is exactly how I know you weren’t watching it as it was happening and haven’t bothered to go back and watch even though it’s all streamable. You skimmed some wikis and figured out exactly what was who and who was what…Except it wasn’t Stephanie’s fucking dog. If you can’t even get that right I’m supposed to let you tell me who was over and who wasn’t?
>>19682773He's basically Dolph Ziggler but used nepotism and politicking to put himself in the main scene
>>19683569>Yes, he was a top guy for almost 20 years. People love to rewrite history with him
His first theme song was over with me, that's about it.
>>19685913Nepotism and politicking is how you make it to the top and it’s how you stay there. It’s part of the business. The company controls your presentation and dictates how much exposure and push you receive which is more important than “talent”. In that aspect of the business Triple H may be the best that ever did it.
>>19685943That statement isn’t that far from the truth. He wasn’t THE top guy, but he was A top guy. He was a B+ player. Maybe even an A- player. There isn’t room for multiple Michael Jordans. Someone has to be Scottie Pippen. That’s still a better career than being Kevin Duckworth.
