Jack Brickman
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My main problem with Triple H is that he never truly stood out for me. He just seemed average across the board. But I'm probably seeing him through The Rock colored lenses. H put on some amazing matches at Wrestlemania recently with Taker (join the club). But throughout the Attitude Era he was behind Rocky and SCSA and I grew out of watching shortly before SCSA retired so I never got a chance to see H carry the company.
From his recent documentary it seems like H is a genius when it comes to ring knowledge and again according to the documentary he's as passionate as they come for pro wrestling and training new talent. Three things I find admirable in a guy destined to run the biggest wrestling company in the world.
Yeah he was always behind them in popularity to be sure, but I thought he was much better in-ring than Austin, and comparable to The Rock. The one thing he could never quite match was their mic presence (not that he was bad...just not great), though, which is presumably why he went heel and pretty much stayed there. I just always liked him because I thought he was a good in-ring guy. His matches were pretty much always good and he was never opposed to taking a beating. I can't remember which match it was (I think either the Cactus Jack retirement match or a HitC against Kevin Nash), but I don't think I've ever seen a guy bleed more in a match than Triple H did. His entire head was totally covered in blood when it ended.
I get why people don't like him because of his behind-the-scenes involvement, but I care more about the in-ring ability, especially when I'm going back and watching matches without seeing the full storylines play out.
After watching these WCW guys like Luger, Sting, Nash, Hall, Hogan, Savage etc etc I have a new appreciation for Cena. He is a gazelle compared to WCWs top guys. Plus it's obvious these WCWers mail it in for a paycheck
Cena is more athletic, but he uses about as many moves as Hogan does. :chuckles: