10 Great WWE Moments We Came Agonisingly Close To
2. The Two Man Power Split
Steve Austin and Triple H forged an intriguing dynamic, in the pre-Invasion scene of 2001, as the ‘Two Man Power Trip’. A duo united in domination, they had the potential to become an awesome inverse to the Mega Powers—with just as seismic a split.
Maybe that’s optimistic; that split, prior to Triple H’s quad tear, would have seen Triple H adopt the babyface role. Austin was still intent on a heel run that, no matter which route the WWF travelled, would have arrived at the same dead-end. But the WWF fandom wanted Trips in the face role, even if they didn’t want Austin in the heel role. Whatever transpired would have been fascinating. Triple H and Stone Cold crafted something amazing and epic (and vicious) at No Way Out’s Three Stages Of Hell. Imagine an escalation of that.
If nothing else, were Triple H not struck down, the complexion of the Invasion angle changes entirely. That’s not a bad thing…that’s a good thing.
It might have spared us from DDP trying to get over by saying “That’s not a bad thing…that’s a good thing.”