How WrestleMania 40 Will Ruin Triple H's WWE Story

If the miraculous does actually go down and Rhodes tells Dwayne to do one during the Las Vegas press conference set to go down inside of the T-Mobile Arena on February 8, then... what was the point of all this again?

Sure, the ordeal has added more fuel to the fires that burn for the 'American Nightmare', but they would've been blazing without Rock threatening to spoil the party.

It's worth noting that the Hollywood megastar had reportedly been pushing for a 'Mania match with his cousin for some time.

And while interest in a Rock/Roman war would have unquestionably still been there in a year's time, perhaps the TKO board member saw an opportunity to be front and centre at a time when the company had almost never been hotter and didn't care who he stepped over (Cody), or on (Trips), to take it.

At this point, the damage has been done.

Rhodes could whip Johnson out of Vegas with his weight belt on Thursday and the story will still be one of WWE once again stupidly fumbling the easiest of open goals. The more things change, eh.

Will having the most successful wrestling crossover star of all time on the card bring more eyes and money to the two-night extravaganza? Undoubtedly.

But enough to justify the conversation going from being on an exciting WWE future focused on sensational rising stars like Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill, Bron Breakker, and the present top names who've made the promotion as popular as it is today, to all about Dwayne's game? Perhaps not.

WrestleMania XL once looked like the event that would act as both a celebration of all Triple H has achieved over the last 12-months - getting multiple babyfaces ridiculously over, making the jump up from NXT the seamless/thrilling one it always should have been, telling logical stories over long periods of time, breaking many an attendance and grossing record - and the beginning of yet another rewarding chapter.

Now it just feels like another Rock vehicle designed to get 'The People's Champion' back in the spotlight after a few hit-and-miss years at the box office.

If Trips' time on the creative throne has shown fans one thing, however, it's that nothing is over 'til it's over...

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