Oof.

Oh god he hinted at getting emotional and he had all the sincerity of a president kissing a baby.

Beginning of the “Wednesday night wars”:

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Three years later:

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Oof.

Gotta put the spin on it.

Lol I heard the full quote. He started out downplaying it by saying it was never a war which is fine because I don’t think he ever actually claimed it was a war to begin with.

But then he followed it up with that and… yeah…

HHH is still HHH. People laud him as a hero but he's a shrewd, reprehensible fuck from time to time. I respect him as a shark--and he obviously has a mind for wrestling. But he a piece of shit.

Never forget the reign of terror. And never forget that he's responsible for white-washing (or McMahon washing) so much of the overall wrestling and WWE narrative. He's a propagandist to the highest degree.

He's just trolling AEW

I also heard a clip from an interview a few weeks ago where he echoed the old “Vince took wrestling out of dingy bars and high school gyms” narrative.

That definitely came to mind. Like he--of all people--knows that's just not true lol

Lol @ all the mizarks getting their mom washed undies in a bunch

haha shut the hell up, Gertner

Lol Gertner transitioning into a Triple H mark as he becomes a Vince clone is gonna be a wild scene.

I wonder how long it is until we hear about HHH sexually harassing young masseuses.

Agreed. I’m no Triple H fan. Almost all the guys he pushed in NXT are the sorts of guys he wouldn’t have been caught dead working with. His boutique product was designed to get himself over. I’ve always questioned how he would actually handle the main roster. And I’ve got some criticisms of his approach so far.

That being said, if you want to talk about spin, look at the desperate measures AEW and its fans go to trying to turn 1 million viewers on TBS into some sort of win. You’ve got carnies both side.

Noid if we all admit Tony Khan is a bit of a dink and AEW could be better would you finally stop blitzing us with further, bloated hot takes?

Change “a bit of a dink” to “big fucking idiot” and “AEW could be better” to “AEW isn’t good at all” and I’ll still keep giving my premium opinion. But at least you’ll be honest and up to speed.

LOL this has been admitted countless times

People pay the likes of Meltzer for their uniformed opinion. We’re getting Noid’s for free!

They end the show with a Wyatt Family re-debut. Everyone forgets Drew lost.

Bray?

What a pic

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That sounds horrible, lol.

To you. There’s a large portion of fans that want Bray back. I could do without Braun and Rowan being there personally.

Not knocking you like it’s your preferred booking, XL. Just the potential reality of the idea.

If there’s somewhere to debut Bray, because you HAVE to — have him do something The Judgment Day once they are done with Edge & Rey. Dominik’s turned heel and they’re all in the ring. Bray comes out and hugs Balor. Or something.

On Clash: I’m surprised that AJ Styles doesn’t have a match. He won the WWE Title there a few years ago. I’m not saying it was a MASSIVE moment or anything, but it would have been nice to see them cultivate that appeal. That’s why I had Lashley vs. Miz vs. Styles vs. Omos on my card for it. They get AJ, Lashley who is also a huge babyface and someone to see live, The Miz who’s one of their stars and Omos as a spectacle. Ciampa can run interference. Dexter Lumis could get involved and take Styles out. Ciampa can run off MVP and Lashley can beat Miz for the finish.

Those people can’t wipe their own asses. Bray’s been pretty consistently horrible. I get why they want to try and course correct their failed projects, and he’s a big part of their dark years, it’s just so many steps backwards.

For the record, I think Bray and Braun will both be back. There will be the idea to get all their former pushed guys back. Bray moved merch too, so the change in management will be seen as a fresh slate for him. Hell, I can see them going back for Bo Dallas too, should he be open to a return (he’s only 32). I DON’T think it’ll happen at Clash at the Castle though. I think Bray gets weeks and weeks of vignettes. I could see the show closing with something from Bray — like a Michael Cole sounds off, we go to a dark room kind of thing.

I’m still feeling the title change for Drew. I just can’t see the UK guy not winning. I think it’ll be met with controversy, but I see them going for the hot finish. I can unfortunately see Braun getting involved in that. Karrion Kross pulls out the referee on a Claymore. Knocks out the ref. Riddle runs down and takes out Kross. Braun’s music hits, he comes down, Powerslam to Roman. Drew wins. The sword is dangled that the other referee will try and reverse the decision, do a Dusty — or that they’ll use this to try and separate the belts. Nothing comes of that.

If the referee is “new” and someone that can work, that could be good for eventually getting them involved in the story when they don’t reverse the decision. They can become a target for The Bloodline. If he wasn’t released, someone like Trent Seven would be good for this.

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Surprise ending

Full show predictions:

* Balor & Priest beat Edge & Rey. It’s predictable, I’m not a fan of the idea, but I think they’re going to have Dominik turn heel and join Judgment Day. That seems to be the only reason he’s out there. I like the idea of Edge wanting to kill Dominik and Rey trying to stop him. I hope Heyman can steer this in the right direction. Pretty funny that Buddy Matthews used to bang Aaliyah Mysterio in the story, and now Dominik is going to kayfabe get with Buddy’s gf.

* I’m increasingly optimistic that Shayna might beat Liv Morgan for the SD Women’s Title. Liv can still hover around the title scene with Shayna and Ronda there.

* Gunther beats Sheamus in a fucking banger.

* Matt Riddle beats Seth Rollins in another fucking banger.

* Damage Ctrl defeats Bianca, Asuka and Alexa because it’s the right thing to do.

* Drew wins the belts.

Ordered this shirt today

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I am going to say never. Linda might have been a pushover, but Steph is the ultimate ball buster. Trips doesn't have the stones to cheat on her :?:

DESTOR IT'S A ROFL! GET HIM!

My bad, ill fix it bros!

lol I was kidding. Plus--I don't like H but he's WAY too sharp to get caught up in that nonsense. His assholishness has never been as outwardly megalomaniacal as Vince's, anyways. He's more just an arrogant, cutthroat dickhead.

100%

He was on that Weakest Link show, and kept voting Booker as the Weakest link JUST because HHH didnt want to put Booker over, even there!

But you better believe he condescendingly pretended to like Booker backstage.

HHH confirmed the much talked about Lesnar walk out and return when Vince was fired in his interview the the MMA fella.

Where’s that? I can only find him saying there’s “some truth” to it because Brock wanted to digest the change in management.

What Triple H said about Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman gives me hope. He didn’t flat-out dismiss either guy, but basically said Braun was polarizing and that if he wants to do this at the highest of levels, he’d give him another look. That reads to me like “sort your shit out, go to Japan, don’t fuck up, maybe one day.” Bray seemed more 50/50, but Trips did imply that Bray was his own worst enemy.

Hopefully they’re both off the radar for the time being.

Braun also posted a picture of himself in a CYN singlet and he looks so jacked that I don’t think he’d pass the Wellness policy.

Meanwhile he is definitely trying to court Sasha Banks back into their camp.