The Worst Year Of Triple H's WWE Career
No. There are no twists here, he always wins.
That feeling you've had for the last 20 years or so that this guy just keeps f*cking winning isn't because you've seen him pin more shoulders than an acupuncturist. Even in 2014, with those difficulties and inconveniences, he still moved on from a blow-up with CM Punk to have a WrestleMania showstealer with Daniel Bryan, reformed Evolution for a banger feud with The Shield and remained top heel in the company thanks to The Authority's domination over all the babyfaces. In the show that never ends, his major losses are ones that rarely last.
This is the inherent problem with Triple H. Well, one inherent problem. Most guys have had years they'd rather forget at some point or another. Stone Cold Steve Austin burned brighter than anybody in the history of the industry, but by 2002, he was burned out by his own admission. Hulk Hogan avoided complete turkeys until about 2006 when stuff started getting weird. The Undertaker struggled to have good matches in years where he only worked once.
We use these names not because 'The Game' is comparable to the biggest stars in the history of the industry but because they're just that, and if the biggest stars can't even go a career without elongated spells of things going to sh*t, how has he managed it?
Control. And that - because it's been put off enough - finally takes us to 2003.
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