How Triple H Has Created Evolution 2.0 For WWE With The Undisputed Era

Ultimately, hindsight has shown that Triple H got Randy Orton wrong, and did wrong by him. 'The Legend Killer' didn't have the aptitude and attitude for the push he received at the time, but didn't deserve to be killed by a legend himself before he'd even been pushed properly in the first place.

World Champion and bonafide main event star Batista was such a resounding net positive that Orton could be considered a worthy war casualty by comparison, but Triple H doesn't drop bombs like he used to. The Undisputed Era won't have his petty politics, but his persistence and patience. In NXT, they are made men - the best b*stards in any building and stars far beyond the four small walls of Full Sail. In WWE, they are TBC, like everybody else. Triple H, as he presumably often has to be, will be the angel by Vince McMahon's ear, trying to pass on all the magic spells he cast in making these men and women megastars in his mini-Universe.

'The Game's pitches to "nnnnDAAAAADuhhhh" obviously haven't all worked, but using his stable's success could be the secret to selling Adam Cole and co. Hunter need only point to Orton over on SmackDown, Batista in Hollywood, and himself in the hot seat as examples of what can be achieved with a well-worked stable story.

Adam Cole has laid the groundwork for the group winning all of NXT's gold in 2019, but could this actually be a bar too low for the industry's quintessential quartet? Evolution might still be a mystery to anybody named McMahon, but Paul Levesque has always known the secrets and he's finally sharing them with these prodigious talents.

Better late, than never.