Jim Ross shoots on reports that HHH was burying his opponents in 2008

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[@Jim-Tuner]

The thing about JR's comments is that Hunter was around 40 years old at the time and had been in the WWE for 14 years. He was basically at the end of the career for any normal wrestling and JR is talking about him like he is an immature kid at the time. If you are married to the bosses daughter and 40 years old while burying other talent like Jericho & Booker, that isn't a maturity issue. Its a personality issue.

[@georgebeard7445]

More than likely it's both immaturity and personality issues.

[@thomass789]

Perfectly stated!

[@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats]

Thanks Freud

[@mexmexican8619]

It’s pro wrestling. They’re all immature children with personality issues.

[@Wolversquall]

He learned from Shawn

[@kelsohunt460]

Booker t should have won the title at wrestle mania.

[@TheRealCcE]

This comment should be pinned

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

No he shouldn’t, Booker never sold a T-shirt, he couldn’t sell tickets

[@robertjackson1987]

@@IblewuponyourfaceIII And Hunter could?

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

@@robertjackson1987 Triple H was the greatest Heel perhaps ever. His “The Game” & “I Am That Damn Good” shorts sold. He did, actually.

[@metpach]

@@IblewuponyourfaceIII hold on bro. Would i have put Booker over at mania? No. But the guy was a fun character and fun to watch. That grocery store brawl with Austin is classic.

[@Rockhound6165]

People have to remember that HHH learned from the best: HBK, Hall, & Nash. Those 3 buried more people than a mortuary.

[@KendallMcNeilClark]

Scott Hall? Who gave 16-year-old Jeff Hardy offence? Who dropped the Intercontinental Title to Goldust without a peep? HBK and Nash are well, a given. But Scott Hall, apart from the drunk driving and absentee parenting, is a pretty ok guy.

[@shelbourne14]

@@KendallMcNeilClark RIP Scott Hall

[@FernandoGarcia-yk8ev]

@@KendallMcNeilClark he's talking about Scott Hall? The guy who put over the 123 kid when he had just started out in the business. Hall git a lot of shit for putting him over but Scott didn't give a fuck. That Scot Hall?

[@recephava4cakar940]

Not scott

[@mosthatedandroidtunernolim9800]

Scott hall wasn't like that

[@princeekeson12]

"He's the Kevin Federline of professional wrestling." -Scott Steiner

[@soundsscenesbymarcus5981]

But he sits atop of the company. I never thought he was great but he’s at the top.

[@pigdick2233]

Steiner always hated Kevin Federline any chance he gets to take a shot at him he takes it

[@wereallscrewed9714]

Federline is more famous than the 2 of them combined tbh

[@TL2354]

You’re quoting Scott Steiner? You have zero credibility

[@ibramblebush]

Dead on accurate description.

[@dontletyourdreamsbememes]

Triple H will always be bitter he was never as big a draw as Austin or Rock and that he wasn't as likable as Foley or Undertaker. He was just that guy who worked with them.

[@adzcop8461]

Your wrong

[@anaheimswillyg2238]

Yeah Triple H will never be on their level, let’s face it if he hadn’t married Stephanie he would be doing Indy shows right now

[@adzcop8461]

@@anaheimswillyg2238 I don’t agree with you , Triple h was a great Talent and 1 of the greatest of all time he was the main reason why I was watching Raw back in 2004 2005 and 2006

[@LordSesshomaru86]

@@adzcop8461 That more likely means you can't look at him objectively then. Triple H got spotlight because of dx. Before then he had the rich boy persona that wasn't popular at all, after dx was over he only got treated as a top guy because he was married to steph

[@mariitz_]

@@adzcop8461 Triple H never had the ability to get over on his own. He needed someone to get him there. He was Shawn’s butler, Had Chyna, NAO kept him relevant when they joined DX, moved on to Stephanie and got the storylines, Rock ,SCSA ,Foley angles, the Shane vs Vince group he was in, Shawn coming back and using him for a rivalry, Evolution and then the DX reincarnation. Everything after that is pretty irrelevant cus he’s about over the hill at that point.

[@YeTism]

Triple H made raw torture to watch in the early to mid 00s

[@DmanDice]

Wasn't much better in the late 90s either lol

[@metalgamer83]

At that point, it wasn't Raw, it was The Tripple H show.

[@WafcPassion]

@@metalgamer83 Could you not see John Cena?

[@metalgamer83]

@@WafcPassion Cena was, and still is awesome.

[@WafcPassion]

@@metalgamer83 He certainly had ruthless aggression!

[@4zafinc]

I'm glad JR dint beat around the bush with this one. He gave as straight an answer as he could

[@adamandanna]

Yeah refreshing since Bruce Pritchard wouldn't have said anything bad about HHH

[@Rschr101]

Hit a thousand people with that sledgehammer, never drew a dime.

[@hihaters2004]

😂

[@markula_4040]

Spoken like a true basement dwelling virgin, so congrats on that. You finally have something to put on your tombstone.

[@stevenspears6937]

Spoken like an OSW Review fan.

[@XHEADTOWALLX]

@@markula_4040 you may be taking this too serious.

[@only1icon1801]

@@markula_4040 you ok hun?

[@Rishieh]

Once Austin and rock left and it was basically the Triple H show, and he buried Booker at Mania, I stopped watching wrestling for like 15 years. He was not interesting enough to be in the position he was in for as long as he was in it, and it led to the permanent loss of millions of viewers.

[@RT-bt5ql]

Pretty weak reason to stop for 15 yrs

[@TheJokerman321]

@@RT-bt5ql not really the two greatest stars left the show and it wasnt the same

[@sonicthekid249]

Facts

[@sonicthekid249]

@@RT-bt5ql triple h’s 3 year reign or terror definitely drive ratings down.

[@thestarseeker8196]

And T was ten times the wrestler HHH was..

[@neilm2794]

Marrying the owner’s daughter is sketchy. Cheating on your current gf to go after the owner’s daughter or any other woman is sketchy. Sketchy is as sketchy does. All the money in the world doesn’t make you a good person.

[@Old-Boy_BEbop]

this... which is a shame HHH does have a great choreographed wrestling style i would just say his finisher was meh but everything else of him was dog shit... ego took over and paying second fiddle to HBK back in the 90's he clearly felt like he should be number 1 regardless of who

[@sjdhgydhfyrn1023]

Hunter was in the right place at the right time, and screwed the right woman, brother! He knew how to play THE GAME-UH!

[@CapLives]

Damn, HHH did Booker dirty twice. SMH

[@jasongodfrey823]

He buried Booker T twice only one who didnt bite the bullet twice was CM Punk

[@keithcrockett7838]

Austin & Rock burried BOOKER.... ROCK with his "WHO IN THE BLUE HELL ARE YOU" promo.... AUSTIN with the "GROCERY STORE FIGHT" angle..... HHH did what he was supposed to do, Cut heel promos whilst owning booker on the mic and beating him proving WWE was tops to WCW.....

[@dmothafuccinjaccson]

@@keithcrockett7838 How the hell did they bury him if he still got way more popular than before and ended up gettin a title shot at mania he didn’t get buried until he came face to face with Triple H and that racist ass storyline

[@keithcrockett7838]

@@dmothafuccinjaccson what was racist about it....?

[@dmothafuccinjaccson]

@@keithcrockett7838 U can’t be serious rn… let’s start with the ppl like u don’t get to be world champ the nappy hair comment you’re here to entertain ppl like me now do a dance for me how about offering a damn dollar to get u a towel are u serious he tried to treat the man like a damn slave and you’re gonna act blind like u don’t remember that

[@keithcrockett7838]

@@dmothafuccinjaccson ok the ppl like you comment Could be said about EUGENE, HURRICANE and countless others that do entertainment segments..... Nappy hair comment, did anybody get upset when rock called booker a NAPPY HEADED WHOOPI WANNA-BE....?

[@mrsinister8943]

I remember when he first became the game and he was an underrated character back in the attitude era and a piece that made wrestling so great but after the top dogs left he had free reign and used it often. The biggest mistake was not putting booker over at WrestleMania. Undertaker,SCSA,Rock,HBK and arguably Foley were above triple H

[@412StepUp]

Foley was definitely above HHH.

[@evergray5063]

Underrated character? He was in both incarnations of DX, the first one with Shawn essentially kickstarting the Attitude Era, then DX 2.0 was second only to nWo. Then he gave the interview with Ross to become “the Game” in the midst of the AE. There were plenty of people above him until he became the top heel, but I just disagree he was underrated during that period. He was doing pretty big things.

[@kamfisher1714]

Lol dude just shut up smark

[@tomvu1470]

HHH was the best baggage handler for Shawn Michaels....nobody comes close.

[@Traypeats]

Facts

[@thomass789]

And when you say "baggage handler" are you referring to Shawn's ball sack being rubbed, is that the baggage being handled?

[@TheSweetestScience]

Is that you BAM BAM???!!!

[@LordSesshomaru86]

@@TheSweetestScience bam bam's dead so..probably not

[@Sw3rveDaddy]

You mean by taking care of a drug addict in the middle of a terrible addiction. That’s a true friend

[@DorellJones]

I’m watching WWE on peacock, the Mcmanhon-Hemsley era was brutal. I can’t believe I was really watching that as a kid. They drag that on. I’m still rooting for The Rock, like it’s a new episode. HHH and HBK really didn’t like the rock, and tried to bury him. Rock was too great of a superstar to let it happen. That’s why we never seen a HBK vs The Rock.

[@BrendenNichols]

Yeah because HBK was too much of an egomaniac to ever consider putting anyone over, let alone one of the greatest performers in WWE history in The Rock. Really a shame because they could have worked magic together.

[@tonygates4902]

Shawn Michaels was retired from 98-02. Rock was gone to Hollywood by 03. When would HBk vs the Rock have happened realistically?

[@Bigbigenergy]

Michaels wasn't around during the Rock era

[@Old-Boy_BEbop]

@@tonygates4902 when HBK got back??? HBK had the fued with Jericho which led to wrestlemania 19 as Jericho was gonna put HBK over. The Rock didnt nor wouldnt, and Shawn wasnt retired he was in rehab looking for god and the Rock left WWE in early 2004.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

2000 was a great year in every other facet, but the main event scene sucked when HHH was at the top. Boring promos, boring matches, fully predictable match endings, and no entertainment value overall.

[@selfiekroos1777]

That's utter BS!!!! Hunter was burying opponents from 98-07 and from 09-Now. He took a break in '08

[@My19812011]

Completely buried Randy Orton in 2008 and made him his bitch for about 4 months from what I remember of that year, in fact I think he made Orton his bitch pretty much from 2004 to 2008.

[@kyleflavel4336]

@@My19812011 he buried orton at mania 25 in 09 when he should of put him over

[@My19812011]

@@kyleflavel4336 he also did between the night after WrestleMania 24 and One Night Stand or Judgement Day, Triple H buried Orton every year from Unforgiven in 2004 through to mid 2009 outside of the odd tag or multi man match.

[@kyleflavel4336]

@@My19812011 everybody says cena had the golden shovel I believe hunters shovel was bigger

[@wadjay1117]

He took a break from burying after the breakup with Batista. He sort of fell off as the king of the show. He then began fighting Flair.

[@DopeItzTheeOne]

Triple been burying people for a long time now, there's no excuse why Booker T shouldn't have won at wrestlemania 19 he was so over in 2003

[@fanenthusiast3802]

Haha good toke

[@user-kv6ki9ge2z]

That was a hell of a match too! It's an underrated Wrestlemania match. Brooker was at the top of his game that night. He out performed Triple H. He should've won that match.

[@robgbaby]

The worst part is Triple K went out of his way to humiliate him by waiting 23 fucking seconds to pin him. Triple K really is a racist.

[@merledixonforce]

Triple h as much as I like him and he did bust his ass off, is highly overrated simple, he never drew a dime in his prime, and anytime someone gets over or a big name comes into the company he has to incert himself into that program just so he can say I was part of those big ratings segments, the proof is fucking their

[@christophersuswal9544]

I cracked up at the Triple K comment. That's good shit, pal!

[@mickporter1488]

HHH buried opposition because Ultimate Warrior done him dirty at mania

[@Wolversquall]

Hahaha he knew that was going to happen before he even stepped in the ring .

[@darshannarayan5483]

Hunter will always be remembered as stain of Burial, and backstage politics. It's very difficult to respect someone like him.

[@mikepeterson764]

That's your perspective. He also created nxt, brought stars back to the company for the hof like Warrior and Bruno, and in later years put over guys like Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. It's all about how you look at it.

[@luistorres8005]

Lmao no he won’t

[@DmanDice]

@@mikepeterson764 Im starting to think that was given to him to make the stink of his burials go away. No proof, just a thought.

[@TL2354]

You worked for the company back then or you’re just going by what others that weren’t there say?

[@metalgamer83]

HHH was Hogan without the charisma. Hell, the only good things Hunter brought to WWE were DX and Motorhead.

[@magsxx9735]

and DX was really brought to the WWE because of Shawn, he was just carrying his bags then.

[@100tuti001]

@@magsxx9735 richy Hurst helmsley was trash

[@jyetaylor6898]

You forgot Batista and Orton

[@thomasclark-puia5864]

Greatest entrance ever though

[@l.arandom1631]

@@jyetaylor6898 Batista and Orton would’ve been big without HHH too. Especially Randy

[@Marc_Masters]

A big Triple H fan but JR is absolutely right

[@Ram65651]

Give ur cock to hhh

[@davidaames1624]

HHH's ego, insecurities and back stage politics cost us wrestling fans of so many moments and NXT will never make up for it !!!

[@keithcrockett7838]

What "MOMENT" did it cost YOU...? OHH, because he beat your precious babyfaces.... HES A HEEL... HEELS get over by burrying ppl, IN RING & PROMO.... HHH DID HIS JOB, became the most despised HEEL on WWE HISTORY.....

[@davidaames1624]

Westlemania 18 the match that should closed the night was hogan vs the rock...hhh lobbied to have his his match vs Jericho to close out the night instead hogan vs rock. Rock vs hogan is a legendary match, people are still talking about it till this day. Second example HHH killed cm punks momentum back in '2011/2012 summer of era' by refusing to put him over. CM PUNK WAS THE #1 WRESTLER IN THE WORLD....HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT TO STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN...HHH, BECAUSE HE'S VINCE'S SON IN-LAW GET'S HIS WAY...IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE HIM BEATING PUNK. There more examples man!!!!

[@outis439-A]

@@keithcrockett7838 Yeah, I think they just wanted to experiment. Like Hogan Vs Perfect, Mr Perfect never beat Hogan once except by a count out.

[@keithcrockett7838]

@@davidaames1624 buisness would've died within a year or two if they would've burried the "UNDISPUTED" Championship at that exact time..... That title was the most important thing in the industry AT THAT TIME....

[@sonicthekid249]

@@keithcrockett7838 so I don’t really believe you can bury someone via promo.. & I think you confused triple h hatred… people disliked him as a person not a wrestler. There is a difference. Like people disliked Roman as a wrestler and didn’t want to see him win but had no issues with him as person. Most people wish triple was never in wrestling

[@atifqavi2054]

Triple H (and his boyfriend HBK) also buried Owen Hart in 1998.

[@erickgarcia6379]

For me, Triple H buried Owen at Wrestlemania 15, and in my opinion, if Owen won that match, his career could be on the rise, but he lost and after that he passed it as a jobber.

[@retrogamermax8287]

@@erickgarcia6379 It's weird you say that because Owen was originally scripted to become The Game instead of Hunter back in the day. The only reason it didn't happen was because of Owen's death at Over the Edge 1999. Had Owen continued to live, he would have been The Game instead of Hunter.

[@erickgarcia6379]

@@retrogamermax8287 well it's a shame because the only thing owen lacked was a new character and in the end if you realize the ones who benefited were Jarrett & Hunter.

[@Lynn_Shae0915]

I mean this ain’t nothing new triple h been burying people since being linked to Stephanie

[@jonbourgoin182]

Even before Triple H got with Stephanie, he was conspiring with Shawn Michaels to bury The Rock. You can’t hold back greatness though.

[@vampirascoffin870]

@@jonbourgoin182 facts loll o boy he was jealous of the rock and hbk was a heater

[@jonathancoleman3444]

@@vampirascoffin870 test also

[@StanStacks]

He was also the one to tell Shawn to fuck Bret.

[@TheRealCcE]

Back when HHH was Hunter Hearst Helmsley Stephanie was a teenager who was infatuated with wrestlers (ie Randy Savage). He definitely knew what he was doing.

[@nelson3512]

Seems like triple h was always jealous of jericho for whatever reason. Has jericho ever beat triple h clean?

[@thnzxc]

One time, but it's not in the "books"

[@surferguy1974]

@@thnzxc - He did beat him in Smackdown of '02 but of course that wasn't clean.

[@encyclopediaespx1128]

Interesting that you mention it like that. Seems like every interaction they had on-screen it felt more legitimately tense than kayfabe. For some reason, even when Jericho was the heel and H was the face, I always got the impression like H was akin to a bully in his dialogues with Jericho.

[@speedking7224]

@@encyclopediaespx1128 maybe but apparently there's no hard feelings now since Jericho gave a birthday message to triple h not too long ago

[@codino97]

Simple Jericho was the guy Steph flirted and talked the most behind the scenes

[@tomvu1470]

HHH didn't bury Katie Vick.....

[@thomass789]

But he DID bury the bone in Katie Vick. 🤮🤮

[@akshaykotian3063]

But Buried Kane

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

The only time he ever really built up another guy was Batista, and I'd bet my bottom dollar that he knew from day one that Dave would be shipped to Smackdown at the end of their program. You don't maintain such a bad rep for over 20 years without cause.

[@joshb1137]

He also tapped out to Cena in the main event of WM which was a huge deal for John at the time. He took over from Rock/Austin and then helped build the companies next two big stars Cena & Batista, he did his job fine. He tried to help build others before that too like Shelton Benjamin and Jeff Hardy but they didn't have what it took. He was ready to drop the world title and put over Edge at Taboo Tuesday 2004 too. Not saying he never buried anyone but he's not all bad he did the job for guys he believed would succeed.

[@sonicthekid249]

@@joshb1137 cena was already king of the mountain. He had no choice but to put cena over.. cena was the top selling merch person in the company & the biggest draw. At the end of the day Vince is gonna do what draws the most money

[@nasirjones9149]

@@joshb1137 Yeah sure lol.

[@Old-Boy_BEbop]

@@joshb1137 huh??? lol no Cena was pushed long time ago already and he was already than the face of WWE, HHH did what he was told this time and couldnt get away from being the spoilt brat

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

​@@joshb1137Cena already became man in 2005 he was drawing huge ratings to SmackDown so Vince transferred him to raw because it was considered A show hhh couldn't do much in this situation

[@nathanrobertson1223]

Love me some HHH, but I can’t deny his backstage politicking almost rivals that of Hogan

[@Chillboyhaad]

It’s worse than Hogan in my opinion, cause at least Hogan was the biggest star of all time. I don’t think Triple H is even a top 15 BIGGEST star in wrestling history. In terms of drawing money, captivating crowds, having memorable title reigns, promo ability, ect. Just off the top of my head Hogan, Flair, Bret, Austin, Rock, Cena, Savage, Bruno, Dusty, Sting, Goldberg, Piper, Undertaker, Andre, HBK, Foley and Nash were all more over than Triple H at his peak. You can argue for more guys too.

[@Fektthis]

Hogan didn't marry the bosses daughter to get where he was. Dude was a legit draw in his prime he was top dog. He helped, better or worse, make pro wrestling what it is today. I'm not a fan but I won't deny the obvious. HHH? Decent for a guy his size. He could have a good match with a good opponent but he couldn't carry a match. He was never going to make the match any better than the guy across from him could allow. That's a mouthful but there are some guys who can elevate others. He's not that. His promos? A smirk is not a promo. Growling, might be what some people like but I was never impressed. Not saying he's the worst. He could carry his end of a feud but it was more the other guy if I even cared.

[@StuUngar]

People actually liked Hogan. That’s a bad comparison. The 80’s were the Hogan and Flair era. The late 90’s were the Austin, Goldberg, and Rock era. There was never a Triple H era unless you’re counting the “reign of terror.”

[@nathanrobertson1223]

@@StuUngar nobody liked Hogan backstage. That’s the point. Besides Brutus. HHH has been far more popular with the locker room. That’s why he ran NXT so well.

[@StuUngar]

@@nathanrobertson1223 But they liked Hulk out in the audience and that’s what’s most important. Plus, Bret talked about, at length, in his autobiography about how Hulk was well liked and several of the wrestlers would pay court to Hogan as a “thank you” for drawing the house and helping them to feed their families.

[@Y2JLionHeart]

Definitely should've dropped the belt to Booker. IDK if that was his decision or not. And I think RVD should've won it. He was beating EVERYONE during his initial push (yet everyone acts like WWE didn't push him just because he didn't beat HHH). Booker and RVD winning the belt off of him wouldn't have been bad for HHH or business IMO.

[@wingedhussar1453]

ok but lets think about this after rvd and booker win then what? how do u carry the story, what do u do with evolution? they already didnt think booker and rvd were the huge next star but built up batista in the end ,which in the end was the right move.

[@kamfisher1714]

You don’t know anything smark

[@surferguy1974]

I'm just curious. Has RVD ever had a singles victory over Triple H in his career? Because looking back i really don't remember but i do remember how he always buried him back in 2002.

[@kamfisher1714]

Why does it matter ?

[@troyf.9050]

"Austin's GONNNNa!! Rocky's GONNNNa!! Now it's my time to SHINE-a!!!.....aGAIN!!" -HHH

[@datacipher]

To be fair HHH was decent in the ring, and decent on the mic… that’s about it. Upper mid card kind of guy if you take away his extravagant ring entrances. Obviously he’s a smart/conniving guy. lol.

[@ized2380]

Tell me one good match Hunter perfomed

[@nicholasfloyd7211]

@@ized2380 Against taker at X7

[@evergray5063]

Pedigree is still one of the best, most believably brutal finishers of all times.

[@datacipher]

@@evergray5063 uh… ok sure. It’s alright! It’s an easy move to do, anyone could use it, and I whirl I think it looks good, it’s not particularly spectacular or athletic. Not sure why you’d think that somehow elevates HHH to being more than upper mid card. Lots of lower guys have had as spectacular - or more - finishers. Others have done the pedigree just as well if not better.

[@evergray5063]

@@datacipher the Pedegree, in a real world scenario, would be legitimately, devastating. Holding a guy‘s arms behind his back while you drop him on his face on the concrete is a legitimate move, not some hokey, showey move that requires participation from the recipient and would never be effective or practical in real life. That’s why is said “ believably brutal”. And regardless of your opinion, he WAS in the top echelon for over a decade, so your opinion that he was not above a mid-carder is factually inaccurate. Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one, they all stink, yours just happens to be sh¡tt¡er than most

[@bertmustin]

Dusty Rhodes had an ego the size of Texas but ended up being a great mentor to many NXT wrestlers who are now mainstays on the WWE roster.

[@LordSesshomaru86]

Booker T was a colorful character. See what you did there, JR lol

[@Dakatari]

Paul Michael Levesque is known for burying performers who were better in the ring and on the mic than he was he learned that from Shawn Michaels. Stephanie probably had a crush on Jericho which hurt Paul's ego

[@rustyross4693]

Hunter in my opinion, was the most lethal, smartest wrestler inside and outside the ring. He knew how to play the game of business and be a entertainer on top of that. He sealed his fate with Steph and he knew that would be his meal ticket to get close to vince.

[@keithcrockett7838]

Ppl don't realize... "ITS A CUT THROAT BUISNESS".... roll on or GET ROLLED ON

[@TheRealCcE]

Yes. Several rumors that Stephanie was infatuated with wrestlers. HHH saw that and paid attention to her.

[@idevourdhasour2572]

thank youuuuu

[@nasirjones9149]

*Biggest piece of shit in the business

[@MrNigeriaboy]

Funny bcos HHH was my favourite wrestler, but man the stories told about him over the yrs is telling. I'm surprised he didn't end the streak himself.

[@TheRealCcE]

He knew he couldn’t cross Vince’s true favorite Undertaker.

[@bruhvenant]

To me it goes to show that Triple H was basically the kind of guy who used his influences to bury people he dislikes and prop up his friends and protégés. Because despite his many many unforgivable burials, he also is responsible for turning Batista, Orton, and The Shield into megastars, and he had three good matches with the Undertaker with the last one being absolutely excellent and having the perfect opportunity to believably end the streak with the Superkick/Pedigree combo that was instead used to cement Undertaker as invincible instead (which Vince forgot about instantly in favor of putting over up and coming obscure small time talent Brock Lesnar). So in the end, it’s hard for me to completely hate him because for as much as he took, he also did give back a fair amount.

[@sonicthekid249]

@@bruhvenant you lost all your credibility when you said Brock is a small time talent lol.

[@markrobinson9394]

Triple H was definitely using his position to his advantage in 2008. Look at the list of guys he beat during his title reign on PPV: Backlash: Randy Orton Judgment Day: Randy Orton One Night Stand: Randy Orton Night of Champions: John Cena The Great American Bash: Edge SummerSlam: The Great Khali Unforgiven: Jeff Hardy, MVP, Brian Kendrick and Shelton Benjamin No Mercy: Jeff Hardy Cyber Sunday: Jeff Hardy 9 PPV wins in a row, including beating Orton, Cena, Edge and Jeff, who were arguably the four biggest stars in the company that year. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@thomass789]

Well uh, you knowwww uh, that the reasonnn uh, that Triple H uh, buried other wrestlerssss uh, was because he couldn't lett uh, other wrestlersss uh, bump him into the mid card uh, where he belonged uh.

[@marcelopena3537]

Agree-uh

[@squirtle8060]

Hunter half way got over only because of the people he wrestled. His relationship with Stephanie kept him pushed to the top of the card after him and Shawns angle diminished. No one would watch him and a midguard guy and give a damn about it.

[@mariitz_]

I also heard that he would use Shawn as his mouthpiece when he had a problem with something.

[@clairestark9024]

As an older man I wonder if hunter understands his mistakes now. I'd love to be a fly the wall in his most vulnerable moments now he seems more even tempered

[@kingsosa2481]

I love how nerds think triple h will save wrestling when vince dies 🤣🤣🤣

[@carloslozada470]

Hhh and Steph ruined the wwe

[@keeganhurley119]

How they’re the two forefronters of the women’s evolution and HHH has made the product look great with NXT and his recent work

[@ShadyBwady]

I'll always respect HHH but man I really do NOT like his 08 run. The way he won it at backlash wasn't bad but then why not just win it at WM24 and just put Orton over at wm25

[@yourbiggestfan746]

That wrestlemania 25 main event was a pain to see. At that point. It felt like we’ve seen their fued play out for too long. And the match itself wasn’t that spectacular. Add to the fact hunter litterally cheats to retain his belt. (If I remember correctly). Then only to lose the belt next month at backlash.

[@ShadyBwady]

@@yourbiggestfan746 agreed and again yep just to lose it the next month at backlash.. doesn't even make sense. I do believe the wm25 main event would be remembered more fondly if Orton won

[@yourbiggestfan746]

@@ShadyBwady I read somewhere that the only reason they had triple h win. Was to give him that wrestlemania moment as a babyface. Apparently him winning in the main event in 2002 is forgettable coz rock vs hogan took place on the same night. And no one cared about the main event.

[@ShadyBwady]

@@yourbiggestfan746 sounds about right.. HHH didnt want the measly triple threat win at mania24 lol

[@yourbiggestfan746]

@@ShadyBwady here’s another funny rumor. Apparently in 2007. triple h was set to win the rumble. Get his rematch cena and actually win the belt then. But obviously he got injured and taker won the rumble. There also was the fact that HBK would have been in trumps corner in that billionaire match. That makes sense when you factor in the fued they had at the time.

[@davidcgrabowski]

That was like 2003-2006, must have just finally been coming out. Booker T at Mania onward

[@loublanco1976]

As bad as the booker T thing was wrestlemania 2000 was even worse when the rock should have gone over.

[@surferguy1974]

Rock should've also "pinned" HHH at King Of The Ring 2000. NOT Vince Mcmahon.

[@coldbloodedreality9636]

Na I can take that one. That set up the stage for Austin coming back for backlash. From both a wrestling and business standpoint that made sense.

[@cats362]

he really didnt answer the question,

[@thomass789]

I felt the same way. Almost seemed like he was being careful not to further singe his already charred bridge back to Vince, just in case.

[@marcelopena3537]

@@thomass789 yep

[@christophercarroll6345]

JR never does, brother.

[@bennywatts4174]

Don't burn bridges

[@zakiy180]

Triple H was probably good to him personally and probably felt that it’s best that he doesn’t burn bridges.

[@dqmiller2532]

I will say this...every single opponent HHH every wrestled and I mean "EVERY "..he needed them more than they needed him..think about it!! each person he faced was hot and ready for a main event match anyway..each and every one of them .

[@azizulhakimtimin4871]

wrestling is always about backstage politics. it funny people always blaming Hunter for the burial but turning a blind eye when Stone Cold and JOhn cena do the same thing. at least later in his career he contribute a lot of knowledge and experience to new talent, he also instrumental on signing many wrestler for wwe

[@felipeortega4975]

who turns a blind eye to Cena? he is the most criticized for burying, much more than Triple H, and Stone Cold no one talks about it because everyone idolizes him

[@KnucklesWTD]

@@felipeortega4975 which is dumb in retrospect because the level of talent he “buried” was mostly mediocre mid carders at best except wade Barrett

[@felipeortega4975]

@@KnucklesWTD Exactly, I don't think any of them were going anywhere, and Barrett did well later with the intercontinental title, I don't think they really thought about giving him a world championship

[@KnucklesWTD]

@@felipeortega4975 it’s just people trying to justify their dislike of Cena it’s irrational

[@BxHiTMaN21]

Which episode is this from?

[@hatepriest9128]

Ric Flair should of became a 26x whc and retired

[@rigormortis3532]

Triple H was great. He was far better than Booker T or Jericho. I never thought either of them were ever world championship material. Yeah maybe in WCW because their roster was so limited at the end there, but not in wwe. Vince says who wins and loses. Not triple h. Triple h was a world champion before he even got with stephane. only idiots try to say he was only successful because he got with steph. so dumb.

[@thesupervisor3270]

I remember HHH said in a promo if Chris Jericho or RVD was World champ during the MNW they (WWE talent) all would be working for (Ted) Turner 😂😂

[@meladgoat]

i don't remember hhh being world champ during Monday night wars tho. if he was it wasn't that long. so what does that say about him?

[@codino97]

@@meladgoat he was in mid late 99 won it the night after SummerSlam lost it to vince on SmackDown

[@misaelchavarin5931]

HHH has limited in-ring. He literally had the same matches throughout his WWF/WWE career. Really boring to watch.

[@VERDICTInsanity]

1 year of burying talent is nothing compared to making a career of burying the talent like Hogan and even HBK to a certain extent

[@TL2354]

@Holy or if Meltzer and his errand boy Alvarez say so

[@DeosPraetorian]

@Holy The thing is that undertaker is a lot better than the other two

[@dxfifa]

Except he did it as much as possible from 2000-2014, only really Batista, and top draws like Cena, Stone Cold ever got one on him clean

[@CamSTL]

It's hard to say he wasnt mature in 2008. In 97 - 2001 and after he came back from injury in 2002 thru the Reign of Terror in 2004, yeah I can see ppl saying he wasnt mature yet but how long is enough time? I was never a fan of HHH but I was a fan of his Smackdown work in 08-09. He lost his fair share of matches and was giving back more on TV on the regular

[@codino97]

Dude u legit had to insert Edge in the title picture at survivor series because he refused to lose to Hardy... This was the last ppv of 08... At Armageddon

[@Nyg5618]

It’s a tiny thing, but does anyone else notice that JR mixes up the words “imply” and “infer” all the time? He uses them interchangeably. The speaker implies, the listener infers. Just a tiny thing that I’ve noticed a bunch of times.

[@realsteel7260]

Dam all this hate on Triple H for “burying” talent Here’s a list of people who he put over Batista Randy Orton John Cena Shelton Benjamin Jeff Hardy Chris Benoit Daniel Bryan All members of the Shield Ric Flair Edge Brock Lesnar Big Show Kane Most losses at WM Who did he bury besides Booker t? Nash Goldberg Steiner? Only other guy he buried was CM Punk Undertaker 3 times at WM

[@RK-rf8rc]

Please sort out that audio clipping. I really want to listen to these clips but that popping sound makes it unlistenable, sorry.

[@edgar22452]

Triple H buried Booker T, RVD and Cm Punk.

[@BlossomField91]

HHH is the best social climber in the business. Got in with the Kliq and became a close friend of HBK (top draw at the time), married the daughter of the boss, etc.

[@southsudani983]

hhh made himself win 30 titles for no reason lol he’s became so annoying just to live up to the reputation of the rock and stone cold

[@chiefelephanttuskbong8081]

The way Booker had to lay there for 20 minutes before HHH pinned him was awful, Booker deserved way better than that B.S. The whole reign of terror era was awful, he just had to bury everyone

[@notboundtofollowsuit7863]

I can tolerate Conrad even though he can be annoying but the damn popping noises throughout the videos are why I rarely listen. Can't be that big of a fix?

[@ThatDamnDoughboy]

It isn't.

[@ModernDayDebate]

Ur just overly sensitive and cringe. I didn't even notice it

[@ThatDamnDoughboy]

@@ModernDayDebate ...that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@aluminumsalmongames6277]

I'm inclined to agree. Is it really so hard to go and buy a microphone that wasn't made during the Ford administration?

[@ThatDamnDoughboy]

@@aluminumsalmongames6277 Its a bad connection or cable. Super easy fix.

[@omarbabakarkhail]

HHH buried a lot of wrestlers, sure - but he also gave the industry future talent like Orton and Batista. Batista won clean against HHH not once, but three times.

[@Chopan8809]

I've never understood why fans liked hhh so much. Never saw anything special with him.

[@andrewilliams4180]

Me to honestly like for real 💯

[@cosborne06]

I never liked how many main event spots Triple H was in during the early 2000s but he was a great villain like heel for the other top guys for sure

[@dilnaylomogorhaiyee1450]

Because WCW went out of business… WWE had no competition… Vince wanted his easily manageable son in law to be the top guy so he did not have to deal with big egos. Hunter gleefully accepted the role and buried as much people as possibly to hopefully put himself over as a big talent like a Rock, Stone Cold or Taker… but NO… HHH in the eyes of fans who are mature and is a man… your BS we all see through it. You are not even as popular as a Foley, or a CM Punk let alone Hogan, Rock, Taker, HBK or Angle. You will forever be the guy who married the bosses wife

[@thedragonchaser]

As opposed to what other years?

[@JasonSmith-eu4ng]

I think wrestlers use survival strategies at times and it’s human nature to use the most effective and easiest strategy in some cases shifting focus to other workers is a way to keep the focus off yourself, and in the world of wrestling let’s be honest as long as the boss thinks your fine at what you do your safe even if everyone else sees through you so burying other people may just be a way of maintaining your self worth. I don’t agree with this tactic but it does seem to yield results. Not going to state examples because it’s not necessary you know who are slackers and who busts there asses day in and out.

[@kieranwillis395]

Hadn’t they gone through this like 8 years earlier Triole H burying Chris Jericho and then he became immensely popular? Seems like triple h had a lot professional jealousy over Chris- probably his charisma and creativity

[@MrKillian1983]

It's not reports., it's facts. Triple H is one of the most overrated and over pushed wrestlers of all time. There is no reason he should have been in the main event scene or held the title as often as he did when there were always guys that were better then him.

[@rasheedqe]

Basically CM Punk was right about HHH.

[@aaronlafond]

This is why I don't understand people praising Triple H so much. He was the major reason why the WWE sucked after Austin and Rock left. He took over and made the WWE boring. People talk about CM Punk being a problem - how about Triple H.

[@javierbaeza375]

Jericho was undisputed champion only because the Shovel Levesque was injured, or we probably had HHH the first undisputed. When the shovel came back he buried Jericho so Hard After Wrestlemania 18 that chris left wwe in 2005 without another major title run.

[@88smjls]

The peak of Triple H burying guys was 2004.

[@surferguy1974]

Ehh.. I mean yes and no i felt 2003 was more of his peak. I mean he did allowed Benoit to go over in 2004.

[@nasirthesenatejohnson6935]

@@surferguy1974 Then he buried Randy Orton later than year, killing all potential of Randy becoming the top face.

[@Dayday905]

Triple beating orton at mania 25 pizzed me off. I remember when he broke into Randy’s house on raw and I was in shock😂😂

[@sharpshooter07]

Since 2008? How about since his career started?

[@gregorywilliams8555]

A Professional Wrestler Playing Politics! What A Newsflash?(Not)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@daa589]

I still am upset dx broke up. 😅😭

[@thomass789]

Haha That DX reunion the last time was so awkward, not funny, and uncomfortably cringey. It was like watching two 48 year old dudes hanging out at a high school keg party, still rocking their class rings, and trying to impress the teenagers with humor that the 48 year olds think will make the kids laugh.

[@TheRealCcE]

@@thomass789 what a great comparison

[@thomass789]

@@ohnewhandle If that's really what they said, then they are only saying that after the fact, after it sucked so bad. And I don't know about you, but IMO dad humor is better than that was. That was embarrassing watching two old guys trying to act like they were making fun of the way they use to act. At that point, why even do it?

[@jimmysdadgoingcrazy]

I wish Jeff Hardy had won the WWE championship in a straight up one on one with Triple H. The story of Jeff Hardy chasing the title and coming up short was made for that kind of ending

[@codino97]

He refused to lose to Hardy thats why u had to add Edge to the mix

[@Grassyknolldallas]

Triple H buried everyone and that was one of main reasons I quit watching back then. When you know he’s married to the owner’s daughter it kind of loses its luster when he’s constantly winning and staying champ.

[@kamfisher1714]

Nobody cared when you stopped watching

[@Traypeats]

Hhh is so overrated

[@thomass789]

Agreed. Take away the rock star (literally) theme music, take away the rock star lighting entrance, and give him the same TV time every week as the rest of the roster, and we are looking at an upper mid carder.

[@bennywatts4174]

Never drew a dime

[@GurlsiLike]

@@thomass789 dude married Steph, and made sure he had badass Motorhead make his theme lol his entrance is his best attribute

[@foreverred105]

@@thomass789 Fully agree my friend. Couldn't said it better myself

[@luistorres8005]

What a bunch of morons in these comments JESUS 😭😭

[@gregharper6382]

Wasn’t the match with Booker a return match for him? Why tf wouldn’t he go over??

[@msq3762]

Bcz Booker was super over in 2003 and HHH even cut some racist promos against him. There was no post-wrestlemania retribution for Booker either. He could have been a superstar in his prime. HHH killed it.

[@TylerMorganShow]

More Good ol Jr wisdom

[@jansapp]

All the biggest nightmares in WWF/E history end up being at least in part Vince's fault for not reigning them in. Shawn, Nash and Hunter were all rewarded for bad behaviour over the years, to say nothing of how much Hogan got away with in the 80s and 90s. If you can't deal with the egos of the talent then you share partial responsibility for the toxic behavior. WCW during the nWo era thru the Russo era to the death of the company was an even more extreme example of this ugly dynamic.

[@timboslice9071]

I'm a HHH fan and you only have to watch the match he had with Steiner to understand his mindset back then. He wasn't as bad as Cena at destroying competition and making everyone but himself look terrible, but watch how he wrestles in that match. Sandbagging and just generally being out of place to make Scotty look like crap. That era of HHH was his worst, and it sucks that the "big stars" of that time were so keen on promoting themselves and burying everyone else because today's landscape would likely be a lot richer had we not suffered through a decade of kneecapped upstarts (Nexus, Spirit Squad, etc.) and castrated non-homegrown stars (Steiner, Bagwell, Book at first, etc.). The Invasion era should've been the tide to lift all boats but it was a bunch of petty bullshit that IMO wrecked the industry.

[@dxfifa]

At least Cena was the star and the draw

[@timboslice9071]

@@dxfifa Cena sold t-shirts. The lack of arena sellouts began when he was the "star" and only got worse over time because of the politics that kept him in place.

[@BlossomField91]

@@timboslice9071 Love him or hate him, Cena was WWE's top draw for a long time. This is hard cash, not politics. John Cena never received favourable treatment, at least not before he became a top guy. He was an afterthought of the OVW 2002 class. WWE saw more in Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton, and Batista than him. Hell, he was very nearly released. He never got pushed out the gate (Brock Lesnar) or picked to go to RAW to work a program with HHH and Ric Flair (Orton and Batista) to help get him over, no, he was on SmackDown organically growing in popularity and moving up the card, and that's because he had charisma and knew how to connect with the crowd. He was the best wrestler to touch a mic since The Rock left. Orton didn't work out as a babyface for numerous reasons (one being that he simply suits being a heel 100x better) and when the choice was made between Cena and Batista around '05, he'd earned it. I have no doubt some things would've went unfairly against Batista at the time, like his age, but Cena was simply the better prospect. The real shame about Cena's career is that he never got a good heel run after Dr. of Thuganomics (which btw was something he wanted). It was most profitable to make him the Hulk Hogan the 2000s/2010s, so that's how he was used (Super Cena, etc etc), I think if he'd been given more diversity in roles, he would've been a lot better. Politics, if anything, stifled him. Stone Cold, btw, has said that John Cena could've succeeded in the Attitude Era.

[@Chicago-ed1ns]

HHH was the guy who worked with the GUY. HHH always thought he was bigger than Austin and Rock.

[@MrTaylorAries]

I think he thought the guys he didn't put over were beneath him... Steiner and Goldberg were but jericho and booker t were on his level... Rvd proved to be a screw up and a risk as champion.. I think he saw HBK again in Rvd so he tried to block it. Everyone was against new guys coming over it seems so I doubt his vocal opinion wasn't consigned. If you had one of the last big spots in the business you would protect it from all comers and you would not be light with your critic. People seem to discount he worked with the most dysfunctional group of guys coming into the business... He never worked with any of them but Shawn long term and Nash a little bit. There is no program between him and pac or him and hall. I think even though they are his friends he looked for those traits to keep guys out of the top spots that were similar because they could either crack under pressure and the schedule or get caught up in some drama that would hur the company. That group that left him to be punished probably taught him a lot. He had to rebuild himself and once he ascended finally he did not let go of that spot. I can't see him having the final say vs booker though. Seems like because he had not resigned or committed that they didn't decide to give him the belt. He may have won otherwise but the negotiations period sounded like he was paranoid about the direction his character and that may have rubbed folks wrong in the back and made them favor the more dedicated triple h. He could have left and not endured his burial so I'm sure that Vince feels he owed him so they gave him pretty long heel title runs. He almost makes any face look good against him because fans just carry this disdain for him when in most cases you wouldn't beat the heel unless you had a guy in line for that spot who was going to be bigger or better than that heel. He eventually puts benoit Orton and Cena over no problem... Better appeal and/or better wrestlers. Then he also puts batista bryan and reigns over another set of big name stars. The monster had to be big enough to elevate the face that beat him and most times it worked with him just being as much of an ass he could muster on screen. Winning only elevated the whole status of the title because you got to a point you knew he would find a way to win but you wanted him to lose so bad that you got behind any face opposing him which was the whole goal.

[@RenegadeCDR]

Triple H was the top heal in the attitude era. The fact that all them grown men in the comments still hate him 20 years later proves he was legit.

[@codesm96]

looooooooool that's not why we hate him, we hate him because he deliberately buried the careers of great wrestlers who could have gone further and even more over with the crowd which would be good for the fans and for business but instead we were stuck with Triple H as the main guy on Raw people got sick of it at least put some real stars like Jericho, Booker T and RVD over

[@keithcarsillo1748]

Triple H is great at burying his pedigree in Stephanie.

[@johnnychong44]

Liked his King of Kings thing tho

[@xavierbeats7988]

When you can’t get out of character I’m real life 😂😂😂 hunter really is heel lol

[@pwx13]

HHH was a junior version of Shane Douglas. Shane did his character so much better.

[@immortallegacy100]

Jericho's gone on record saying that he and Triple H are close friends nowadays, and that their problems mostly stemmed from the Monday Night Wars being real and Jericho saying some things he shouldn't have. Even he's said that had he been working for WWF in 1999 and a guy like himself came in saying and doing what he did, he's probably dislike the guy too. I've never heard Jericho say anything bad in regards to Triple H around 2007/2008, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say all that "reporting" is BS. Triple H and Jericho may not have liked each other around that time, but they also worked really well with each other and enjoyed working together. Main eventers look out for themselves. That's just the way it is.

[@jacemacfie1475]

Dude they didn’t like each other. This is well known

[@immortallegacy100]

@@jacemacfie1475 They didn't like each other during the Attitude Era, which is what I said. Jericho hasn't had many bad things to say about Triple H in a long time, and he's freely admitted he wasn't completely innocent around that time.

[@garyfuller6168]

To be fair Triple H put Jeff Hardy over a lot in 2007 & 2008.

[@cwrisgood]

No he didn’t.

[@wingedhussar1453]

i think wwe did right by buring rvd and booker t ,why becasue they couldnt handle running wwe title back then , look at rvd he couldnt even hold it in 2005 without gettting in trouble and booker t needed a rididcolous gimmick to get his world belt.

[@kevinbrooks1104]

He learned it from Nash and Hall . They were able to take down everyone who was even the slightest bit a threat .

[@thechosenone7875]

Hall never buried anyone in the 90s. Nash and HBK did that. When the 123kid beat Hall on Raw it was Hall’s idea to put him over when it was originally supposed to be a Razor squash match.

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

he taught that young punk, John Chyna, how to bury every one.