10 Times KARMA WAS REAL In Wrestling
5. The Atmosphere In The Stadium When Triple H Worked WrestleMania (Half Of The Time)
Triple H always insisted that he was a better and more important wrestler than he actually was.
When he was great, he was great. He bumped like a light switch. Panicked like nobody's business when he got trapped in a submission. Generally prowled the ring like a master who knew how to build the drama of a big-time WWE epic.
The other half of the time, and that's generous, he just assumed that the fans were invested in his matches - after all, 20 minute opening promos count as long-term storytelling - and arrogantly stalled his way through 25 minute slogs under the deluded belief that the fans were engrossed by every story beat and had to wait patiently for the next one.
Crowd psychology in pro wrestling is the manipulation of emotion, the success of which is measured by volume, and on that basis, Triple H could do with going to his own Performance Center and learning how to work.
Chris Jericho at 'Mania X8. Randy Orton at 'Mania 25. Brock Lesnar at 'Mania 29. Roman Reigns at 'Mania 32. Seth Rollins at 'Mania 33. Batista at 'Mania 35.
All played out to humiliating near-silence as Triple H wielded his immense backstage influence to work a long, major match that nobody gave a toss about.
Karma, evidently, is no friend of nepotism.