It's Official: We Are In WWE's Endgame

At the heart of all this is Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque. He spent decades of his life preparing for this moment, and the man widely accused of being the most self-serving headliner in wrestling history has naturally used WWE’s post-Vince McMahon popularity to put himself over as an auteur on the ‘Unreal’ docuseries. Levesque wants you to know that all of this is his grand vision unfolding. He is the man on the headset telling everybody when to take an extra second to register a moment for maximum dramatic effect. He is the architect of everything. This is broadcast on Netflix for the entire world to see - that’s if the programme even charts - and that is no accident. Levesque is in full control, when he isn’t getting pushed around by the Rock and Ari Emanuel, and the problem is that he thinks you’re an idiot.

Triple H has said this in the guise of his barely fictional onscreen character. You’ll recall his infamous “me and my friend Mark are gonna stop watching” promo of 2016. A decade on, he still holds you in contempt. Whenever you have the temerity to complain about the product - which you did not do at Royal Rumble 2023 or WrestleMania 40, when Levesque was doing a good job - he lashes out. He says you need to chill out, have fun, and enjoy the ride. The subtext is not difficult to decode. He thinks you will forget every creative misstep. He thinks you’ll ignore how bad Jey Uso is in a singles main event setting because Yeeting is fun to do in a crowd. He thinks you’ll fall for every ref bump, which is why this happens multiple times in virtually every big main event. He thinks you’ll pay the highest prices ever set because you are lucky to bask in his genius. He thinks you will keep watching. He thinks you’re a mark. He thinks you don’t like it because it’s trendy not to like it.

When a man like that is in charge, a man who thinks you have no mind of your own, is it any wonder WWE feels like such mindless slop 95% of the time?