5 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (September 10)

5. Siphoning Heat

Triple H
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It seems pretty obvious that WWE has decided that the best way to generate heat for the “Last Time Ever” match between Undertaker and Triple H is through Shawn Michaels.

Last week, HBK went back and forth with Taker after Michaels expressed his opinion that HHH would win the Super Show-Down match. The ensuing promo made fans more excited for a Heartbreak Kid comeback against the Deadman than anything else.

Monday, Triple H extensively referenced last week’s promo and how Undertaker was bothered by Michaels’ opinion, then transitioned to how he and HBK’s four WrestleMania matches against Taker robbed him of his aura and changed him, and now UT blames them.

Ummm, what?

Triple H essentially glommed onto the HBK/Undertaker aura, stapled himself to Michaels and proclaimed that Taker is mad at both of them. It might have made more sense to just say they booked the match to sell tickets.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.