Add in zero innovation regarding in ring moves or in the personality he brought.
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Add in zero innovation regarding in ring moves or in the personality he brought.
All you're doing is proving he needed the pulling power of some of the most iconic wrestlers of all time to drag his middle of the road talent into the spotlight. Take away the roids and he's even less impressive as a package.
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If the Mount Rushmore of wrestling was Flair, Hogan, Austin & Rock/Andre there's only 1 in that group better in ring than HHH.
Could probably also argue pre injury Austin also maybe on par but not comprehensivey better.
I like (not love) HHH but wouldn't say he's overrated
Could probably also argue pre injury Austin also maybe on par but not comprehensivey better.
I like (not love) HHH but wouldn't say he's overrated
Yeah nah. No clutching of straws here.
Punk and Bryan could have a regular match and it would be as good as anything HHH ever did and 99% of the time better.
As we've seen with Cena being an arse kissing company man can get you a lot of belts and inflate ones "legacy" when it doesn't actually match the talent.
I assume whoever put up the Mount Rushmore idea was looking at icons of the sport. As far as icons go, once again, HHH isn't in the top 10.
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This was the first one that came to mind for me, and unfortunately the only one.
Could not name another "classic" he has been in.
His matches against Lesnar when he returned and String at Wrestlemania were pathetic.
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Yeah granted. My point was more that he shouldn't really be considered overrated talent wise. By no means do I consider him legendary or anything.
For what he does in the ring and the accolades he's been handed they guy is way overrated when you consider the amount of belts he's held and the air time that's been given.
Go and look at Michaels and the belts he held, then compare them to HHH. There's no contest as to who was the complete package between those two.
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HHH is forever the bloke who married into the family. Reckon that plays a major part.
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No doubt the accolades look out of wack on paper but I dare say that HHH (as a renowned hard worker off screen) probably wasn't doing blow & tarnishing his own legacy between matches for half his career so there's that.
Would also be interesting to see some sort of 'days as title holder' stat between the 2 as opposed to the 'number of titles held' if that's possible.
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WWE Title:
HHH - 9 reigns, 548 days and counting
HBK - 3 reigns, 396 days
World Heavyweight Title:
HHH - 5 reigns, 616 days
HBK - 1 reign, 28 days
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His 2003 feud with Scott Steiner put me off WWE for the better part of a decade with only intermittent interest in shows like One Night Stand.
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Hell in a Cell v Undertaker with HBK as guest referee. Another AMAZING match!
Triple H has been involved in so many classic moments in the last 20 years it's ridiculous. He's definitely in the top 10 of all time.
He's good on the mic, tells a great story in the ring, bumps like a mofo and has one of the best entrances in the game. (no pun intended)
According to Marty Jannetty, HHH's kids might not all be his... 
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Haha I saw that. Why the * would you say something like that?
Apparently he didn't like his name mentioned on Raw in that awful Steph/Reigns/Ambrose segment. He may have been on something though...
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Looking at his Facebook, I don't think "may" is the correct word
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love the triple h hate. all the new indy guys everyone wants to ride are in the e because trips wanted them in. also going on and on about punk he was sloppy as *in the ring that savage elbow drop was a disgrace
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And I'd much prefer the guys from NJPW to stay there. So that backfired.
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I get that but nakamura says he was burnt out from njpw and the same old s**t
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Ah damn.
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paraphrasing he said he felt like he was in a rut and doing the same thing year after year. moving to a new company/audience and new match ups excite him. also the fact styles and co are going and joe is already there made it easier
