10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About WrestleMania 39
1. How Good It Was
This seems ridiculous.
Triple H was very intent on telling the fans how good WrestleMania 39 was. Of course he was. He stuck his nose right in the bouquet of flowers thrown his way.
The thing is, 'WWE' and 'Triple H' are no longer synonymous. If he was ever truly making all of the decisions, he isn't anymore. Vince McMahon and WWE, once again, are one and the same - and he will want you to forget that, across 47 hours and 40 minutes or so, the power truly was back in the minds of his enthused regular viewers.
This is armchair psychology, so take it for what's it worth. Nobody is Vince McMahon's biographer.
But the idea that WWE succeeded and expanded its viewership without him would not have sat well. He surely doesn't want you to think that Triple H did a better job of "putting smiles on people's faces" than he did. If he could truly sanction the idea that Triple H did a better job, he wouldn't have sat where he did last night.
Vince for the last nine years or so has operated under the model of delayed gratification. It's a hateful, ultra-carny approach. What Cody went through at 'Mania and on Raw wasn't too dissimilar to Roman's big babyface push, and look how that turned out. 95% of WrestleMania was such a happy and rewarding experience. From 2014 to 2021, between the mercenary Brock Lesnar and Tribal Chief Roman Reigns characters, the house that Hulk Hogan built has long since evolved into a heel territory. Vince for whatever reason has constantly felt the need to stop making fans happy. It's as if he is always saving something. Is it a form of insurance as a booker? Or does he really hate you all that much?
It's weird, but WrestleMania 39 was in fact too good to be true.