25 Years Of Triple H In WWE: That Damn Good For One Damn Year
Triple H owes an awful lot to Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and especially Mick Foley for getting over in the manner he did as WWE reached its commercial and critical zenith in 2000. The three actual biggest stars of the Attitude Era were sacrificed more than once each for the fourth, but he initially repaid those good deeds with some truly transcendent work.
He’d been building up credibility as a topline act in measures both small and large at the end of 1999, thanks to a surprisingly powerful angle against a babyface Vince McMahon, but little of it mattered until he had the matches that proved him worthy of the spot the company had worked hard to wedge him into. Don't ever believe his own narrative that he never got handed anything - few on their way to superstardom were given more wins - but lots have wrestlers have fumbled that which they've been handed. He told the world he was 'That Damn Good', but when he started to show it, he was even better.
The speed at which he went from being a wrestler perpetually in the debt of those that put him over to the sort that could make any opponent in one night was incredible. This spoke to a deep-rooted truth beneath the bluster Hunter had gotten by on for years - his relatively robust foundations could be teased from boring to brilliant after all.
The recommendations are long and legendary, so if you happen to be reading this with a bit of time on your hands, make sure to add the following clashes to your Triple H playlist on the off chance that WWE don't over the next week or so...
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