This has to be Bruno.
Bruno just went over Austin, even HHH would have a very hard time going over a prime Austin clean, let alone in as dominant a manner in which Bruno won.
Bruno is a living legend, the longest reigning world champion in WWE history, sold out MSG more times than I care to count and HHH in his prime didn't draw anywhere near the amount of money that Bruno drew.
HHH was a great competitor (heck, he still is), but Bruno is one of the, if not the, greatest of all time and should go over here rather comfortably.
Vote Bruno
Most of this is utter bullshit.
First of all, Bruno went over Austin because of the stipulation. It was an Iron Man match and the case was made that Bruno would do better across a 60 minute match than Austin would. That was the decisive factor in the match, whether you like it or not.
Second of all, comparing any sort of reign is just comparing apples to oranges. We all know that the WWE of yesteryear was far different from the WWE of today. Bruno might be the longest reigning Champion of all time but that is in an era when the idea was to keep a title on a guy for a long time. Bruno might have been the most successful aspect of that but it was still symptomatic of the times. Not ground breaking. Plus. You are comparing him to a guy who has 14 World Championship reigns, 5 Intercontinental Championship reigns, 2 European Championship reigns, 3 Tag Team Championship reigns, a King of the Ring victory and 2 Royal Rumble wins. He's also the second EVER Grand Slam Champion. He was also named Wrestler of The Decade during the 2000's and in his prime.
Money is another thing that bothers me about this tournament. Big fucking deal if you drew money or not. If that were the case, Bruno probably wouldn't have gotten past Austin in the last round. Money doesn't mean jack shit when it comes to this tournament and everyone knows it.
The point I am trying to make is that Championship and money are things that are passed from person to person, they genuinely don't mean shit when you compare two guys from different eras. So if you want to use that to make up your mind, then go right ahead. But you're wrong.
The folly of this match is trying to find any sort of weakness in the game of either superstar, quite frankly. Both of these guys stayed at the top of the company for a long, long time. And both of them have gone on to have celebrated and triumphant careers that have been lined with success and accomplishment. Bruno will forever go down as one of the greatest wrestlers in history but, make no mistake, Triple H should definitely be alongside him in that regard.
In fact, I would go as far to say that Triple H is probably the best modern-day heel in the wrestling world and he has been that way for well over a decade. And the reason that people hate him is because, at the core of it, they know how good he is. He has a reputation for burying the future but that's not true whatsoever. Triple H, simply put, is one of the best ever to step between the ropes. Does he have fantastic matches? Probably not as often as he would like. But he is a true student of the game and knows the business inside out – the same tactic that he is going to use to take down Bruno in this match.
Like I said, Bruno was a magnificent name in the world of professional wrestling and I am not goin to try and de-construct him to make a case for Triple H. Instead, I want to try and point out some of the strengths in the game of Triple H that will help him succeed in the match.
First of all, he is a smart son of a bitch. Triple H should not have had the career that he did, no one will argue that. I pointed out all of his accomplishments earlier on in the post for reference. But if you had asked people back in 1997 if Triple H was going to be one of the most successful wrestlers of all time, they would have probably laughed in your face. The fact remains that Triple H has accomplished that feat. People might not talk about his matches as being very entertaining but he has, undoubtedly, found a way of winning that suits him down to the ground. He has proven, time and time again, that he is a general inside of the ring. He adapts to wrestle a match a certain way and, a lot of the time, he takes his opponent out of their comfort zone and punishes them. His ring-knowledge is so good that he can find new and inventive ways of punishing you that you could never even dream of.
Second, Triple H is a superstar who will stop at nothing to pick up a win. You've seen the matches that I am talking about. Remember those matches against Mick Foley at Royal Rumble 2000 and No Way Out? You really would have thought that those matches would have been the undoing of Triple H. But, like I pointed out earlier, Triple H has an uncanny way of doing what you do best better than you ever could. In those matches, Triple H inflicted more punishment to Mick Foley than anyone would have guessed. Triple H has no hesitancy in getting his hands dirty in the name of the win, that's for sure.
Third, for all of the hate that he gets, there is no denying that Triple H is a good wrestler. I've seen him wrestle matches technically, physically or strategically. People don't like John Cena and Batista. The first thing they did was jump on their wrestling skills and brought them down to nothing. People don't like Triple H but they do not doubt just how good he cam be inside the ring. Throughout his career, Triple H has gone toe-to-toe with all manner of different wrestlers and, more often than not, he comes out on top.
Let's also not forget that Bruno was billed at 5'10” and 265 pounds. Whether that is true or not, Triple H has a massive size and power advantage over Bruno. And I know that Bruno has went face-to-face with others of Triple H's size and come out winner. But let me make this clear, he has never went toe-to-toe with The Game.
Love him or hate him, there is simply no denying that Triple H is a fantastic wrestler and a man who can get in the head of his opponent before the match has even started. Like I pointed out, he is probably the greatest heel wrestler in the business for my money. And with the history that Bruno has with the McMahon's, you can bet that Triple H would consider and make the most of that history before the match is even wrestled. Triple H is the master manipulator and I feel that he would play Bruno like a fiddle before the match is even wrestled.
So, like I said, I am not gonna take Bruno apart because, quite frankly, I don't know enough about him. There's no doubting he was good but that was in a by-gone era and there is no doubt that Triple H is one of the best too. This match is a contest, no doubt about it.
What I do know about Triple H, however, is his spirit and his determination to get to the top. If he can have the career he did, alongside the likes of The Rock, John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker, then there is no doubt in my mind that he would stop at nothing to beat Bruno here.
Vote Triple H 
