10 Ways Triple H's WWE Dream Became A Complete Nightmare
4. WrestleMania Falter
Let’s be honest: 95% of WrestleMania 39 was tremendous. Over
the course of two nights, WWE was on pace to have the best Mania of all time, a
love letter to fans, rewarding them for sticking with the company through years
of horrendous, unimaginative booking designed to entertain a deranged
septuagenarian.
And then came the waning moments of the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match. Everything had built to the perfect crowning moment, and for whatever reason, WWE elected to have babyface Cody Rhodes not be able to finish the story that they had so masterfully told from Royal Rumble to Mania.
It seems clear now that we’re on pace to have a rematch at
WrestleMania 40, and there’s always a chance that they can recapture a lot of
the heat and momentum, but they will never recreate the magic that existed
that April weekend over the course of both nights. Even if Rhodes' coronation goes off perfectly, you're asking all the stars to align again up and down the card. And not to try to speak something into existence, but a lot can happen during the next eight months.
What should have been a triumph for Triple H – booking arguably
the greatest Mania ever – was immediately marred, frustrating fans who saw the
old WWE creeping back, pulling the rug out at the last minute and then selling
a little snake oil afterward to justify the decision.