Defending The Indefensible: Triple H

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Touched upon in the "Who killed rock, you did because you are gay" thread... Jean-Paul Levesque.

It seems as if the entire Internet, including ones that don't even know who he is, have this man down as Satan.

Interestingly enough, though, this month's Power Slam leads with a sort of apologia for "The Game", with an article that takes a brief look at the history of self-preservation in pro-wrestling, from Bruiser Brody to Rick Steiner, basically concluding that Helmsley's holding down/working with friends schtick is nothing new.

He was never that great a worker in the first place, to believe anything else is wrong. From his time as a WCW jobber, up until his eventual D-X breakout... name one classic match the boy put forward. Really the only **** match he's ever put on in his career was the SummerSlam 98 ladder match with The Rock.

And now... well, many would argue that him and his big-boned bride to be are killing wrestling.

So, Triple H.... defend the indefensible.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I really didn't know wrestling was all that "alive", tho

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't watched for a while: is his fiancee Vince Mc Mahon's daughter?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

fucking great in 2000, thanks to help from Mick Foley and the feud with Kirk Angle was killer until they pretty much dropped it about Sept of that year.

also, Scott Keith can do an entire book on the guy(and probably will, someday), and what he's done with his position in the company. He made an interesting comment about one of the side effects of prolonged steroid usage being a weakening of connective tissue, say, the kind tissue that could break when you blow out a quad on nationwide TV.

Still, I haven't watched wrestling on a regular basis in almost 2 years thanks to the shit that the WWF/E has degenerated into.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 September 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The balldrop in 2000 was, in my view, the heel-turn of Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania. It shifted the focus of the event from what it should have been (The Rock being fully instated as lead babyface at a Wrestlemania), into yet another McMahon-family fest. The failure to add any summation to the Angle/HHH/Steph triangle at the year's end (which was the last time a wrestling angle was HOT) just seemed like another nail in the coffin.

And the "Triple H" diet... hmmm. It's amazing how one man can grow 40 pounds of pure muscle in three months by just working out. What commitment he must have.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 5 September 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

HHH is a tremendous heel, namely because, as Martin S. has said before, he is the best pure actor in the bunch. I've also mentioned the Fatal Fourway Wrestlemania where Mick Foley 'retired' as terribly underappreciate -- the wrestling was great, and the drama was intense as hell.

Despite his physique, though, he's a fairly weak (both technically and strength-wise) grappler in-ring, the result of the roids no doubt. Forgetting backstage intrigues for the moment, he might be more suitable as a commissioner who sticks his anteater nose into the biz.

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 5 September 2003 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

His intro during the Stone Cold era was pretty cool. Worst finishing move of all time. That is all.

― J (Jay), Friday, 5 September 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

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