7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (March 31)
3. Triple H Is Spouting MORE Total Nonsense
Triple H didn't stop at more or less claiming that the number one contender to the WWE Championship hadn't fulfilled his potential after fifteen years in the big time - he also echoed the company rhetoric about how babyfaces and heels don't matter anymore.
"Isn’t [Roman Reigns] already the biggest heel we have? If 70 percent of that crowd is booing him, then he’s a heel. We’re just presenting him to you in a different way that makes you hate him.” That's not really true. Reigns isn't some sort of postmodern heel, at least by design. WWE has done everything possible to convince every quarter of the fandom that he's a babyface. He has been endorsed by The Rock and Daniel Bryan. Endless obstacles have been placed in front of him. He's won World Championships. He's lost World Championships at times surgically designed to generate sympathy.
The stance isn't difficult to comprehend. WWE has for years positioned muscle men as megastars under the impression that they and they alone draw.
Only, look at Daniel Bryan. The man was universally adored by both adults and children alike. WWE has talents under their employ that could appeal to every cross-section of the audience; on the aforementioned WWE 24: WrestleMania Monday, AJ Styles' babyface potential popped as vividly as Jinder Mahal's veins - but Styles will never be seen as "the guy" because he's short, southern and flippy.
That, reductively, is the sum of it.
The mental gymnastics Triple H performed would have made Vader blush.