Why Vince McMahon Has Erased Triple H's Legacy

He - pronouns pal - Vince McMahon didn't get it then, he doesn't now, and it's likely that he never did. We were naive to think that McMahon even knew Triple H had drawn genuine critical acclaim with his vision of developmental, let alone assume he'd want to build on that for Raw or SmackDown's medium-to-longterm future.

McMahon's erased Triple H's legacy because he's annoyed with himself for letting 'The Game' build one that was ultimately so bloody pointless. Pointless to him anyway. F*ck our treasured memories, pal. Those TakeOvers didn't do enough for his bottom line, the TV shows didn't draw the biggest numbers on the WWE Network and the extended USA Network version of the show got trounced in a ratings war. McMahon asked for Triple H's four best guys on that wretched 2019 Raw, but he didn't want Ciampa, Gargano, Black or Ricochet. He wanted four anybodys called Joe Anybody that would permanently elevate his ratings and sell some more replica belts. Rash, brash, instant success stories. The polar opposite of what Hunter and his project was ever about.

Nobody got what they wanted. It just took a little while for McMahon to enact changes his son-in-law was desperately guarding against for years. Hunter knew of them, because he'd been them. We have witnessed the act of retconning wrestling history countless times in WWE, much of it perpetuated by Triple H himself.

It was once troubling thinking just how much control of the narrative he'd seemingly have forever. It's been almost as mind-blowing watching it fritter away.

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