8 Ups And 4 Downs From NXT TakeOver: Orlando

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4. It’s Your Baby, We Get It

Triple H NXT
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Previously, this item has gotten a pass, and it has gotten mild criticism. But Saturday night, Triple H’s presence – even as a voiceover – is a “down.”

Even in storyline, it’s widely known that Triple H is heavily involved in the operation of NXT and the development of its wrestlers. He kicked off NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn in 2015 in the ring and this column blasted him for that. Same goes here, even though he was only heard, not seen. It still doesn’t make sense.

Triple H has a match a night later at WrestleMania as the hated corporate boss, but 24 hours earlier, we’re supposed to cheer him for his creation. If this was a completely separate universe and there was no overlap, maybe. But you don’t get to be a proud papa on Saturday and jackass boss on Sunday.

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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.