10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About Triple H's WWE

2. He's Scraping The Barrel For Talent

Rhea Ripley Raquel Gonzalez Dexter Lumis NXT
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OK, it is funny that Triple H re-signed Top Dolla.

It was funny at the time - Dolla is not great in the ring, did f*ck all on the indies, and his latest rap was more Rodney Dangerfield than Rakim - and it's even funnier now that Swerve Strickland has proven, not that he needed to, that he was the star of Hit Row.

Karrion Kross did nothing to prove that WWE made a massive mistake letting him go, either. Dexter Lumis is the epitome of "And then the bell rang", and he was hardly fielding offers. Tony Khan's frantic, undisciplined signing spree sunk morale and normalised too much of his TV show, but the byproduct was amusing. The wealthiest wrestling promotion on the planet, faced with very few hot free agents, had to go to the nearest half-empty autograph convention.

The anti-Vincels might laugh at this, but Johnny Gargano is a fantastic professional wrestler and many AEW fans wish, deep down, he was All Elite. Dexter Lumis is actually getting really over with live crowds, whether you personally hate serial killer bullsh*t or not.

Braun Strowman might be an imbecile, but he's over, and if anything, Triple H was savvy to get these names in now, during the honeymoon, because it would have scanned as the most laughable desperation had he waited for them to spike ratings if and when they fall.

 
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