6 Problems With Having Triple H As WWE Champion

3. We Now Know That Imagination Is Dead In WWE

One of the things I have heard in the hours since the match concluded is that €˜there was no other option€™. Because of a disastrous run of injuries, and because fans were not necessarily taking to Reigns as much as WWE wanted, gifting the title to HHH was the best bet. Um €“ what? Maybe this is fanciful, and perhaps it's giving too much credit to the creative department at WWE, but isn't one of the major points of wrestling to try and surprise people? Picking HHH as Champion was like shooting fish in a barrel. Anyone that had been watching the product for even the past month knew exactly where this was going. Having the fans know what's happening is the exact kind of opportunity at which any creative team should leap. The formula is as old as wrestling itself - you set up the most obvious route, you indicate it's going to go that way, and you swerve the customer. HHH winning wasn't a swerve €“ to assume that people who aren't part of the IWC couldn't see this result a mile off is insulting to their intelligence. 28 other wrestlers in the ring weren't HHH or Roman Reigns. They€™ve known for weeks/months that they have injuries to big stars, and yet nobody was built up as a credible alternative because it was too hard. One segment with the Wyatt family attacking Lesnar isn€™t enough to make them seem like a real threat after they€™ve been jobbers for the majority of their career.