10 Things You Might Have Missed At WWE Roadblock

The referee didn't miss much, at least...

WrestleMania draws near, but before the show of shows there came Roadblock, a special WWE Network-only event designed to play spoiler for the Showcase of the Immortals. Roadblock was built around Dean Ambrose's challenge to Triple H and whether or not "The Lunatic Fringe" could upset the balance of WrestleMania by beating "The Game" for the WWE Championship. The company offered conflicting reports as to what would happen if Ambrose was successful (WWE.com announced that his WrestleMania bout with Brock Lesnar would become a title match, while during the show, announcers said he'd face Reigns if he were to win), and it all made for a chaotic environment that sold the gimmick well. The show was enjoyable top to bottom, with three other title bouts (including an NXT Tag Team Championship match). Wrestling-heavy shows usually deliver for WWE, and this was no exception - and while the entire event felt a little less consequential than the typical Pay-Per-View, it beat Raw by leaps and bouts. Just imagine if Raw could look more like this every week, stacked with matches and low on nonsensical angles and promos. Like all other WWE programs, there was much the eagle-eyed viewer could glean from a close watching of the show....

10. Triple HHH

WWE's hype videos are always well-produced and typically draw praise - for all of the problems with the current product, it's exceedingly polished and professional-looking. That's why it's so rare for the company to make a major gaffe in a video, but that's just what happened as Roadblock opened up. The show started with a promo building up the fact that the road to WrestleMania has hit a roadblock, complete with plenty of shots of Toronto and Canada (for those not aware, even though WWE showed some shots of snow-capped mountains, Toronto is not particularly close to any mountainous region). The real problem came when the video showed the names of the main event competitors - "Triple HHH" and Dean Ambrose. For the record - Triple H stands for Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, a name which has three words, all of which begin with the letter H. "Triple HHH" means there are nine Hs, and that the guy who's been all over WWE TV for the past decade has more names than any of us have ever imagined. Or, more likely, it was a comical error, and nobody is safe. Hopefully, "The Undertaker" is spelled properly at WrestleMania.
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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013