Stephanie Mcmahon: "HHH almost defined the Attitude Era"

[Kiffy Lube]

In my opinion though, his feud with Owen Hart should have been for the world title or something. He was a damn good heel during that time, I really enjoyed his promos. When I think of Triple H and the Attitude Era though, I mainly think of DX.

I'll be going into heavy detail about that feud over the European Title in the book I'm writing about Triple H's deal with the devil that cost Owen his life. It wasn't supposed to be anything special, it was to make Owen look like an afterthought.

 

[Deezy]

Second post nailed it right on the head and should've ended the thread right there.

It was Forbes, not like they were talking to Meltzer and saying things like this, and they are the true winners of wrestling right now, and they get to rewrite history to favour them.....They have the powah so they get to make up "facts", Like how Vince made WCW look like it was run by boobs who never had an original idea in their whole life. Or how Verne Gagne was so stuck in the past that it drove off all their major stars.

 

[The Cork]

Trips deserves more credit for staying with WWE after the Attitude Era than for the era itself. Rock and Austin were pretty much done by 2003 and the show belonged to H. So he should be praised for being a true professional instead of this.

He basically got creative freedom and a show revolving around him, I'd be more shocked if he left that on the table and went elsewhere (besides, there was no 'elsewhere' to go)

He was better as the guy feuding with the star, rather than being the star himself. Raw in 2003 reminded me of Nitro in '97, just replace Hogan and nWo with Haitch and Evolution. The 30 minute opening promo and prolonged gang beatdowns stay the same.

 

[We Are Legion]

She's actually right considering DX was a major component of the era and turning on them instantly made him the biggest heel in the company and arguably the best heel of the entire Attitude era. The Rock was obviously a major heel during that period, but Rock was never quite as hated as Triple H was in 99-2000 because Triple H wasn't pandering to the crowd simultaneously with humorous catch phrases that were winning almost as many fans over as the heat he was drawing from the others. Triple H was a full-fledged heel in every sense of the word. Even when he was with Michaels in DX from 97-98, he was practically unanimously hated, even though Michaels was the primary heat magnet of the two at the time.

Though I wouldn't put Triple H over Austin, Rock, or even Foley in terms of their icon status to that era, Triple H was always a serious part of that era. And considering how many wrestlers walked in and out of the company during those years, #3 or #4 really isn't too shabby and no one can say that era could have been just as good without him because it most certainly wouldn't have been. And quite honestly, Rock/Triple H in 1998 was arguably the best rivalry of that entire era outside of Austin/McMahon and Austin/Rock and their ladder match match at SummerSlam 98 was MOTY worthy.

 

[Deezy]

DX were nothing more than a midcard face faction in 98 and a non-factor in 99. Triple H was nothing more than a midcarder during those two years and floundered as a heel in late 99 and was bombed as champion the first run, and was continuing to do so before Foley made him.

Rock was on top in 98 after his feud with Triple H, Triple H was still nothing than a perverted Santino Marella concerned with his dick and fart jokes. It wasn't until he dropped the dx shit that he stated being taken seriously. Hardly a major component in the Attitude Era, he had his place, but he wasn't anything major yet. He had one big year in 00, and was injured through most of 01, I don't consider that a defining character.

And I still think the second post summed up everything perfectly.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Triple H as soon as he won the title was booked horribly with his first run and even the start of his second run. Seriously, he took out both Mankind and Steve Austin with a sledge hammer at SummerSlam but they made him wait until the next night on Raw to win the belt. Then he loses it on an episode of SD! to Vince McMahon who he doesn't even get to destroy to get the belt back. Of course some swerves a couple months later do satisfy me.

 

[~Fallen Angel~]

He was a major part of it but defined it? Nope.

 

[DeathChamberzMusic]

Austin vs McMahon defined the attitude era

But he was part of DX which was a big part of the attitude