The Game returns...Soon!

Minto

So with the return of Triple H expected soon,

Especially after RAW last night.

, who do people think he will feud with?

My money is on Misssterrr Keennnnedy (....Kennedy!!). I would have said Orton, but it seems Triple H has poo-pooed all over the idea. So, I think Kennedy will be the guy. Although, WWE.com seem to be pushing towards a Lashley/HHH feud.

Mitch Connor

Minto wrote:

So with the return of Triple H expected soon,

Especially after RAW last night.

, who do people think he will feud with?

My money is on Misssterrr Keennnnedy (....Kennedy!!). I would have said Orton, but it seems Triple H has poo-pooed all over the idea. So, I think Kennedy will be the guy. Although, WWE.com seem to be pushing towards a Lashley/HHH feud.

Kennedy did some jobbing last night on RAW, losing to Super Crazy in 10 seconds in a beat the clock match - makes him look like an idiot; so i don't know what they are going to do with him.

I still think it will be Orton, the WWE have put a lot of effort in to building him as a cold, calculating, legend killer in recent weeks - kind of a young HHH, apparently cause HHH wanted it. I reckon it will be him

particularly given that Lashley is up against Cena at GAB for the title, so it looks like it will be Cena and Lashley for the title come Summer Slam too, so Orton will have little to do around then (can't see a Kennedy vs Orton fued as both are similar charactors)

Spud83

King Booker

H will be going after Orton when he comes back, as he was feuding with Orton when he got injured and Orton has been built up recently. Looks like Orton is also getting a meaningless feud/match for the GBA, where he will bury/injure another wrestler like he did to RVD/HBK. This will build Orton up even more.

Once he has buried Orton he will go straight into the title picture. Either way we can expect to have RAW returned to the Triple H show.

kronsington

King Booker

from wrestlezone, usually a fairly reliable website

http://www.wrestlezone.com/article.php?articleid=185404167

Ph3n0m

Boo to HHH coming back - this is going to get very boring, very quickly

I would much prefer him doing an angle like he is climbing the mountain again - working his way up, wrestling on Heat, and lower down the card, etc - actually justifying him getting his top card place again - plus it may actually keep him fresh for a couple of months if they do it right

Gillie

Ph3n0m wrote:

Boo to HHH coming back - this is going to get very boring, very quickly

I would much prefer him doing an angle like he is climbing the mountain again - working his way up, wrestling on Heat, and lower down the card, etc - actually justifying him getting his top card place again - plus it may actually keep him fresh for a couple of months if they do it right

Would love to see that too but I don't see it happening!

fatal

kronsington wrote:

from wrestlezone, usually a fairly reliable website

http://www.wrestlezone.com/article.php?articleid=185404167

I would love to see that....Im a big Orton fan these days:D

ShawnRaven

King Booker

I'm actually looking forward to HHH coming back to RAW, he's been missed and maybe it'll be the end of the John f'n Cena show once and for all, kiddie free wrestling sounds good to me!

As for him climbing back to the top of the mountain. Do people actually realise he's spent about 18 months away from the top of the mountain? People bitch when he's overexposed and they bitch when he's not. Always happy, never satisfied! :rolleyes:

A feud with Orton would be good too as Orton wasn't quite ready the last time and he sucks as a face.

VR!

Ph3n0m

validreasoning! wrote:

As for him climbing back to the top of the mountain. Do people actually realise he's spent about 18 months away from the top of the mountain? People bitch when he's overexposed and they bitch when he's not. Always happy, never satisfied! :rolleyes:

Absolutely - the guy has been away and you guess that right away he will be back in the title hunt? We have seen this countless times - HHH is away, comes back, right into the title hunt - now call me a bitch, but I find that very boring, very predictable and crap

As for overexposed - yup he has been overexposed over the past few years - most of it has been good for wrestling - however that "most" cannot apologise enough for the tripe, crap and downright stupidity of what we have been exposed too - because of HHH.

As for not being overexposed - when was the last time that actually happened?

ShawnRaven

King Booker

Ph3n0m wrote:

As for not being overexposed - when was the last time that actually happened?

2006 when John Cena would come out and hog 20-25 minutes at the start of RAW with his boring promos

VR!

Prufrock

Bobby Lashley

I'd like to see him get the title again. Then again I think Cena has to lose the feckin thing some time so why not now? I'd have preferred HBK to be the champ for a while but that's not going to happen.

MikeHoncho

Edge (I know he is on SmackDown!, but he was there when HHH got injured)

I want to see HHH given a lengthy run as a bad ass face. Every time he is a face they either turn him really quick or have him go to the goofy DX persona. I want to see him as his more aggresive heel persona but in a face role. Keep him out of the title picture for the time being. Have him feud with Booker for a while I think.

ShawnRaven

King Booker

MikeHoncho wrote:

Have him feud with Booker for a while I think.

Aw dude, tell me you're kidding. That feud and match at Mania XIX was god awful Do you REALLY want to see that again? King of Kings vs King Of Harlem?, i can't see it working!

VR!

Spud83

King Booker

Since cena is facing lashley, and orton is facing seems to going against Rhodes at least for the GBA who does this leave kennedy and booker to feud with

The Sparrow

King Booker

Hopefully its Randy Orton that he feuds with... whoever it is they are going to be jobbed badly to HHH so out of that list Orton and Lashley are the only two that I would be quite pleased to see HHH run through. And it is obviously not going to be Lashley so up steps Orton... I hope they have been building him up as of late as a sacrificial lamb for HHH!

Gillie

When's HBK back? They'll probably have the 5 yearly DX split where HHH beats the píss outta him for no reason whatsoever!

MikeHoncho

Edge (I know he is on SmackDown!, but he was there when HHH got injured)

validreasoning! wrote:

Aw dude, tell me you're kidding. That feud and match at Mania XIX was god awful Do you REALLY want to see that again? King of Kings vs King Of Harlem?, i can't see it working!

VR!

Seriosly man that match was 4 years ago. It would have a whole new dynamic now with HHH as the face and Booker as the heel.

fatal

Firstly I think that it is only a matter of time before John Cena loses his title.If you look at alot of house shows recently,the main even has most of the time involved Orton and Cena and there have been even many Cena vs Orton matches.
I think that we will soon have a Cena Orton rivalry that will result in Orton winning the title at Summerslam at the earliest.Hopefully by the time this rivalry is over we will see Cena as a heel..
As for HHH,before putting him in the main event picture,I think that he will have a brief rivalry with the likes of booker or lashley before moving onto the main event picture which should go all the way to after wrestlemania 24

ShawnRaven

King Booker

MikeHoncho wrote:

Seriosly man that match was 4 years ago. It would have a whole new dynamic now with HHH as the face and Booker as the heel.

Also put into the equations that they have both been out twice with serious injuries since then and are shadows of the workers they were then too!

VR!

Fozzy

I like to watch Booker a lot more these days than I did back then

I see HHH jumping straight into a feud with Kennedy though

Mr.Nice Guy

King Booker

validreasoning! wrote:

As for him climbing back to the top of the mountain. Do people actually realise he's spent about 18 months away from the top of the mountain? People bitch when he's overexposed and they bitch when he's not. Always happy, never satisfied! :rolleyes:

Let's take a closer look at this though - in 2006 he brought Edge's first title reign to an abrupt halt by pushing heavily for Cena/HHH at WM22 and, had he not suffered an injury at New Year's Revolution, it would have been Cena/HHH AGAIN at WM23.

That's why people bitch about him being overexposed.

With the exception of WM23 where injury kept him off the show, he has been involved in world title matches on the company's biggest show from WM18 through to WM22. That's five Wrestlemanias in a row. Hogan didn't have that many and he is on another planet to Triple H in terms of popularity.

HHH is a good wrestler that is hyped up to unbelievable levels making him seem better than he really is. When he returns he will destroy Orton and run through everybody else culminating in ANOTHER main event match at WM24. It's so predictable.

MikeHoncho

Edge (I know he is on SmackDown!, but he was there when HHH got injured)

validreasoning! wrote:

Also put into the equations that they have both been out twice with serious injuries since then and are shadows of the workers they were then too!

VR!

OK il put it to you this way. Who would you rather see HHH bury when he comes back? Kennedy, Orton or Booker?

ShawnRaven

King Booker

MikeHoncho wrote:

OK il put it to you this way. Who would you rather see HHH bury when he comes back? Kennedy, Orton or Booker?

Orton in a heartbeat! The other two don't blow their opportunities every chance they get!

VR!

ShawnRaven

King Booker

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

With the exception of WM23 where injury kept him off the show, he has been involved in world title matches on the company's biggest show from WM18 through to WM22. That's five Wrestlemanias in a row. Hogan didn't have that many and he is on another planet to Triple H in terms of popularity.

Fair point, but when you mention Hogan though, he was in the title picture for seven of the first nine wrestlemanias, and for the two that he missed he was still around for the final match of IV interfering and getting the belt to Savage and was still in the Final match at VIII.

Also it's somewhat of an unfair comparison, because there was only between 1-5 PPVs a year and Hogan wasn't on TV that much back then, so we didn't exactly have Hogan overexposure. Even with his ridiculous 3 year title reign.

HHH is a good wrestler that is hyped up to unbelievable levels making him seem better than he really is. When he returns he will destroy Orton and run through everybody else culminating in ANOTHER main event match at WM24. It's so predictable.

Again i will agree with you here. He was a shadow of his former self coming back from injury in 2002 and spent the guts of that year re-adjusting to work a different style (especially with the extra weight gain), so god knows what it's gonna be like now with two dead knees.

But again, the reaction for his return is gonna be unreal.
VR!

Ph3n0m

validreasoning! wrote:

2006 when John Cena would come out and hog 20-25 minutes at the start of RAW with his boring promos

VR!

And the other hour and half was the Triple H show

ShawnRaven

King Booker

Ph3n0m wrote:

And the other hour and half was the Triple H show

Nah, precious little time went on DX skits. If anything HBK got more exposure in the first half of 2006 with his feud with the McMahons. Meanwhile Umaga was rapidly being build up and every midcarder under the sun was being fed to him.

I found there was too much bloody Spirit Squad than there was HHH last year.

VR!

Ph3n0m

heh I dont remember mentioning DX - I said HHH

Gillie

validreasoning! wrote:

But again, the reaction for his return is gonna be unreal.
VR!

Any idea when the return is? You can spoiler it or PM me so that it's not ruined.

I got rid of Sky Sports recently but I gotta get the return taped!:D

Ph3n0m

all the video said was "soon"

ShawnRaven

King Booker

Although rumour sites have been saying he's scheduled for a return for Summerslam, which means it could be the RAW after the Great American Bash as that's the last PPV before Summerslam and they'll need to time to develop a storyline

I'll probably be recording the RAW for his return Gilly, so can throw ya a copy.

VR!

Spud83

King Booker

Not putting this in a spoiler as it is only my guess.

Orton will face Cena at Summerslam, Orton has been built as a credible heal lately, and this will continue till Summerslam. Triple H will return AT summerslam and cost Orton the title. Leading to a Triple H v Orton feud, Cena v Booker/Kennedy fued. I think Triple H will stay away from the title until royal rumble/wrestle mania. I dont think booker or kennedy were brought to RAW without the intention of putting them in the title hunt.

Prufrock

Bobby Lashley

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

HHH is a good wrestler that is hyped up to unbelievable levels making him seem better than he really is. When he returns he will destroy Orton and run through everybody else culminating in ANOTHER main event match at WM24. It's so predictable.

I'm looking forward to it. I think HHH being champ or chasing the title completes his character.

Maby Orton will cost him the title to set up a fued.

rossie1977

cena and lashley seems pretty much nailed on for SS at this stage. They will have their match at the bash, then another at SS, then another at the next pay-per-view, then another on the following raw, its following old lines at this stage.

I agree with those downplaying HHH's return. I never really got into the whole hype surrounding this guy. sure he is a great worker/seller etc but he is missing that one thing (which I can't put my finger on) that made the likes of the Rock, Austin, Hogan, Flair truly great.

ShawnRaven

King Booker

rossie1977 wrote:

I agree with those downplaying HHH's return. I never really got into the whole hype surrounding this guy. sure he is a great worker/seller etc but he is missing that one thing (which I can't put my finger on) that made the likes of the Rock, Austin, Hogan, Flair truly great.

Rock was truly great on the stick, in the ring he was far from it. A six move wonder.

Hogan the same for his WWE career, although he actually can wrestle, he just didn't have to do it in America.

Austins better years happened when he actually couldn't wrestle anymore after his neck/back injury!

Flair, well... sadly most people actually never saw his classic matches and judge the "out of shape old man stinking up RAW lately"

So if you ask me, HHH isn't missing anything at all. Strictly my opinion though

VR!

Fozzy

rossie1977 wrote:

cena and lashley seems pretty much nailed on for SS at this stage. They will have their match at the bash, then another at SS, then another at the next pay-per-view, then another on the following raw, its following old lines at this stage.

I dunno...although I'm not a huge fan of Cena and much much less a fan of Lashley, you can't deny that they're the two most popular guys in WWE right now. I don't see them wasting this match on a ppv like the GAB. This is WM quality stuff (in terms of popularity, certainly not the wrestling!). Raw

with Booker and Kennedy coming out at the end, it leads me to think that they'll make it a fourway for the GAB. Maybe they'll just keep it as Cena vs Lashley and have a non-finish, but it makes bad business sense to me. Or maybe it'll just be held of til Summerslam

Gillie

validreasoning! wrote:

I'll probably be recording the RAW for his return Gilly, so can throw ya a copy.

VR!

Cheers!

Ph3n0m

validreasoning! wrote:

Rock was truly great on the stick, in the ring he was far from it. A six move wonder.

A little harsh - when wrestled as Rocky Maivia or as Flex Kavana he actually had a few moves in his repetoire - shoulderbreaker, diving crossbody, snap overhead belly to belly

But as the Rock - he sucked as a wrestler and his sharpshooter - well it made my cringe everytime he did it (to me it looked like he was crapping on his opponenet, guys like Hart and Benoit were small enough so it look tight and that it looked like it hurt like hell)

ShawnRaven

King Booker

Ph3n0m wrote:

But as the Rock - he sucked as a wrestler and his sharpshooter - well it made my cringe everytime he did it (to me it looked like he was crapping on his opponenet, guys like Hart and Benoit were small enough so it look tight and that it looked like it hurt like hell)

It was mainly his facial expressions he'd pull when he was performing the move. A real embarassment if i do say so myself.

VR!

slicus ricus

From K3 wrestling

Triple H vs. Randy Orton match originally penciled in for SummerSlam in August is now in jeopardy. According a backstage source, both Triple H and Vince McMahon agree it is not the right thing to do at this time. Triple H is pushing for Orton to win the WWE title from John Cena. Internally the thought is that Cena doesn’t need the belt to get over because he gets resentment boos for being a champion. The feeling is more money will be made in Cena chasing Orton for the title. There is now talk of a Triple H vs. Orton match to happen at either Survivor Series or WrestleMania.

I think this would be a good idea and would make more money. I think Trips will fued with Kennedy when he returns. Also, regarding the Kennedy 12sec job on Raw, i would imagine that has something to do with him being still injured rather than WWE trying to make him look like an idiot.