Do Triple H's Critics Get To Him?

[CM Steel]

Ever since Triple H got in a relationship/marriage with Stephanie McMahon people within and out the WWE have looked at Triple H in a sinister light. Many felt that Triple H was only interested in Stephanie McMahon because of the power she represented in the WWE as chairman Vince McMahon's daugther. Now with Triple H being included in the McMahon family on the inside business wise. Triple H's critics have become more vocal than ever about his position in the WWE and it's future.

Even more so the vocal jabs had been included into the feud between Triple H and CM Punk last year during the summer. Where CM Punk did a very infamous shoot (with the infamous pipebomb) on Triple H & his wife Stephanie. On a episode of RAW one night in a backstage segment interview. Triple H told his critics to "take a number and get in line" about why he hooked up with Stephanie, including CM Punk.

And last week on RAW during the HHH & HBK segment in the ring. Triple H said openly to Shawn Michaels, "no matter what the WWE universe, the guys in the back, you (HBK), one day this whole thing is going to be mine! And that's a load that I carried on my back like a ton of bricks". So it looks like Triple H is caving into the pressure of his critics (Fans, Internet, Media).

 

[KnowMyRole-ShutYourMouth]

Storyline wise perhaps that's the direction the WWE is going. Personally, I don't think Triple H gives two shits what anyone says about him. He is where he is, and it is what it is.

 

[GameOver]

agree completely with the post above, and why should he give a shit
people still tune in to watch and he always gets a huge ovation everytime he appears despite all the bitching and moaning on site like these

Whether anyone agrees with his success or not, is not gonna change his status in the company and he'd know he's safe which takes a huge weight off his shoulders in that respect instead being replaced with helping to run the shows with Vince looking over his shoulder the whole time, if anything is gonna get to you it's that pressure, not whether u or i like him or not or agree with how he got there.

as for talent taking shots at him, it could be no different then Vince telling talent to stand up for yourself or just let rip when they are in a segment with him & in the attitude era in general all bets were off, go as personal as you want but be prepared to get the same in return. He's a big man i'm sure he can take it, he can certainly dish it out

 

[GeneralKarim]

What else is there to say.He is where he is, he doesnt give a crap what ICW or anybody else thinks about his career and how he rose up in the ranks and bla blbla.

He is there he has his future secured and..that's that.

 

[derkman7]

Simple answer: If HHH gave a damn what anyone thought, he wouldn't have beat Punk, he wouldn't be facing the Undertaker at WM, and he would have gotten a nose job a long, long time ago. Seriously, that thing is huge.

That being said, I like HHH, and I hope he plays a similar role to McMahon and puts over up-and-coming talent in one off matches from his power position.

In conclusion: No. He does not care. He's married to a McMahon, and he will be on top of the world once Vince dies. When that happens his already huge ego may just engulf the Earth and kill us all. Maybe that's what the Mayans foresaw.

 

[Its_A_Snake!]

Yea, I agree with the guys above.

Triple H is the heir of a billion dollar company, he is the most powerful wrestler in the world behind the scene's.

I Doubt he would give a flying monkey's if critic's talk shit about him. Sure he married the boss' daughter. Who cares. It's Triple H. He's no idiot. Imagine if Zack Ryder was in his position. Who would you rather have in charge of WWE in the future? Exactly

Sorry to go off topic abit but I doubt Triple H give's a toss

 

[gers09]

story wise yes real life hell no maybe he got more chances at belts because of being married to Steph but neither Vince, Shane, Linda or even Steph got the fans to cheer or boo him like they do that was HHH he got the fans reaction himself and at the end of the day that's what matters if the fans don't react to you you're going nowhere.

Now Vince is at a time where he winding down and letting some else takeover and who that going to be Shane no he gone doing something else Linda no she around same age as Vince and she doing her own thing so it is Steph and HHH.

 

[JohnJohnson]

Here is what I don't get about Triple H's critics and all the shit people bitch about him for.

1) How could you say that his success comes from his relationship with Stephanie? It's not as if he was a talent less wrestler who got shoved down our throats like Cena when he first started getting his big pushed. He really is what he claims to be and other top superstars like Taker, and Hogan who have been in the business for decades will talk about how there is no one better to work with in the ring than Triple H. So it's not like his booking was unjust.

2) Why do people complain about him beating Punk and say he squashed Punk's momentum? If he didn't beat Punk, then it would hurt the HHH vs Taker feud for Mania. If HHH beat Taker til he couldn't walk away from the ring then him losing to CM Punk in his very next match would make it seem as if Punk would be able to beat the streak as well. Taker and HHH are the last of their kind, which is both part of the story and also true. Also Punk was at the beginning of his push. Why would he right away be able to suddenly take out the best wrestler on the roster and veteran, Triple H, just because he did a worked shoot? People complain about lack of credibility, but then get all pissed off whenever a seasoned veteran who doesn't need a victory beats a rising star. I'm tired of hearing "....doesn't need this/that". That logic has turned the U.S. and IC titles in accessories for developing future main eventers instead of a legit championship. That logic forces people who aren't ready yet into the main even/title scene. And since when does one loss bury someone's momentum? Punk lost momentum because he just got stale. He started off doing things new and differently, but then just kind of became repetitive.

3) How can you say HHH doesn't put people over and books himself to the top, when the guy is tied for most Wrestlemania losses? He had all this power and influence in the back and if the guy was as bad as you guys make him seem, would he have really let Chris Benoit win his first WHC in WWE over him and his best friend at the biggest event in wrestling? Or those times he lost to Cena at WM? What about when he turned jobber Orton into main event status Orton? What about when he let Batista go over him? Was he not one of the four contestants to be the first ever undisputed champion? What did he do there, bury the others? No, the underdog got it. Sheamus ring a bell? And then people say well he only gives a rub to his friends. So what if he is friends with some of these superstars. He is still putting people over. Who do Cena or Orton put over? nobody. What about Punk? Maybe his long time friend DB but nobody else. Hell Triple H was multiple time world champion before Cena even debuted, yet Cena passed him up in title reigns. Is that part of HHH's back stage politics? Letting young guys pass his record and possibly pass his freind Flair's record soon?

4) One of the most absurd was that HHH shouldn't have been champ after 2001. Why not? The guy was in tremendous physical condition. He had the in ring skills. He was a believable dominant champ. Triple H was never unbelievable as champ ever. he didn't become champ until he had been wrestling for several years, had feuded with other top guys and former champs, and completely changed his whole look and gimmick. Nowadays you just throw the belt on a guy because he had a brief case he won in a mid card ladder match, or because they need the belt to push themselves. Triple H has worked with everyone and can make a decent match with anyone. You could put him in the ring with Alicia Fox and Big Show at the same time and make the match look decent.

5) Just to ask to date the daughter of your boss, especially when your boss is VKM of all people has to take a lot of balls. And Vince even made them break it off at one point but he proved himself and they worked out. Do you think Vince is so stupid that he can't tell when someone is using him or taking advantage?

To be honest I think a lot of it is people trying to be cool and fit in by criticizing him. People feel they are clever for talking shit about him because it makes them feel like they have some kind of "inside" knowledge. Also, there are a lot of people who are just simply haters. There are certain people that, when they see someone succeed, have to talk shit and say they only got there because of *insert bs excuse*. Triple H is the perfect example of what a wrestler should be. He creates those moments, works great in the ring, understands the business, and knows how to adapt.

 

[dkorolenchuk]

Triple H is still kewl though,every time that music hits,fans rise to their feet and we at home get goose bumps during his entrance.
Despite all the "boss's son-in-law" crap he is still probably one of the greatest heels of all time and now like Flair had his last couple of WWe years,even when he is supposed to draw heat he still gets cheered out of respect.

 

[jeritroll94]

Triple H is one of all time fav 5! I have watched regularly since 2000 but have watched past matches from the 90s. I wonder if people forget that HHH had already become a 7 time world champion by the time he married Stephanie.

I highly doubt Triple H's critics get to him, just like Cena, Rock etc. Haters can hate but at the end of day, HHH does give a damn about what some think. I agree with the previous point made about Ric Flair. Triple H can still do some heel tactics but get applauded for it. I remember what Triple H said to CM Punk in their rivalry. HHH said something about the whole wife joke has been going on for years so find some new material. Everyone has critics...but most just don't care about them and HHH is a pure example becasue he is that damn good!!

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

It had to be done...

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Anyways, does it really get to Paul Levesque? Doubtful. Frankly, he's probably too busy to care. Plus any celebrity of any kind knows no matter what, there's gonna be haters out there. Even writers on this site get shit just because they're in a public light.

Does it get to HHH the character? Well it seems they're writing that into the storyline a little bit. The OP said it himself about what they said on the Raw with HBK. But that shouldn't be taken very seriously as a real issue. If there's one thing that every wrestling fan should know, if it's on WWE television, it should immediately be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Stephanie: "Paul come to bed already, it's 3am and you have to drive the kids to polo practice tomorrow."
HHH in front of a laptop: "Shut up woman! A 12 year old called me a backstage politicker on the internet and I need some time to cry it out!"

This is silly. HHH literally and metaphorically appears to have thick skin. He's been in the business for too long and accomplished too much for this kind of crap to get to him. Not only did he accomplish a ton pre-Stephanie, he already had a so-called "backstage" reputation with some of the IWC before he ever sniffed her lady parts.

 

[Archangel_Haven]

Ever think that HHH's behavior was carefully planned? Drama sells, and HHH is selling big time. People want to see him fight, to either see him hurt someone, or see a more popular force break him. Either way, when he's around, he causes people to talk, to debate on what he does. He's had a legendary career (no matter how he achieved it, it happened, he made money for both himself, and the company.)

He's been hurt, he's hurt others. He's chased championships, and he's been a great champion multiple times. Some helped his career, and in turn he's helped careers.

Let the critics bitch, because it sells, conspiracy sells, HHH sells.

 

[ae_wrestler123]

It doesn't get to him cuz Paul knows that mcmahon billion dollar company is going to Shane o Mac. No way in hell is vince gonna pass down his legacy to the Levesque family. Shane is already a businessman and the wwe is a business. Maybe the levesques will just help run it not own it. If vince gives paul his empire it will be the end of the world as you know it.

 

[jrichardson25]

Storyline wise perhaps that's the direction the WWE is going. Personally, I don't think Triple H gives two shits what anyone says about him. He is where he is, and it is what it is.

That's how I feel. The guy would have been great regardless if he married Stephanie or not. He's not dumb by any means and this story makes him a bit of an egotist but I dig it. Definitely a side to Trips we haven't seen in a while. I'm sure he's always heard the critics and didn't give a shit. Dude has more important things to deal with...

 

[Nate DaMac]

It doesn't get to him cuz Paul knows that mcmahon billion dollar company is going to Shane o Mac. No way in hell is vince gonna pass down his legacy to the Levesque family. Shane is already a businessman and the wwe is a business. Maybe the levesques will just help run it not own it. If vince gives paul his empire it will be the end of the world as you know it.

Wow. You're kind of stupid, huh? Let's see, you're suggesting that Vince, father of 2, is going to leave his multi-billion dollar business to the child that left him high and dry to go work somewhere else and not leave it to the one who has remained working for him and is the current Vice President of Creative? Not to mention that the spouse of said child is the Executive Vice President of Talent? You, my friend, are a tool.

As for the topic, pretty silly if you ask me. It's one thing for talent to sit around, caring what the fanbase thinks of them. They probably have a little bit of leisure time on their hands. But I'm pretty damn sure Hunter has far bigger things on his plate than worrying whether about the opinions of a bunch of internet warriors like us.

 

[PlayTheGameHHH]

Triple H doesn't give a shit. They've been together all this time and they have children together, yet, despite all that, people still have the nerve to say he married her to further his career...

Even if he did he's still one of the best of all time so

 

[BaconBits]

The only time he sweats the critics is when the critics happen to be his family. I mean seriously, he's not going to give a flying fuck what "writers" on da innerwebz think about him. I'm sure there are some folks backstage that don't like him, and others that do. It's like that in any workplace. If the folks that don't like him are critical, like any other workplace. He's going to do what, in his opinion, is best for business regardless.

 

[Mustang Sally]

I'm sure Paul and Stephanie Levesque understood even before they married that Paul was going to suffer the slings and arrows of others inside and outside the wrestling business if he married the boss's daughter. They probably reacted with a shrug of their shoulders. Let 'em eat canvas!

Triple H has earned everything he's gotten. He was working hard for WWE eight years before he married Stephanie. The body of accomplishment this guy achieved was gained working match after match, including playing the horse's ass in Arkansas Hog Pen matches with Henry O. Godwinn and the 30-second embarrassment against Ultimate Warrior. I remember Trips wrestling five matches in one night on RAW even though he was already in a program with Stephanie on-stage.

If he was opportunistic....so what? Don't think Steph and her father weren't on the look-out for stuff like that. Hell, if Paul Levesque was able to marry for love and win the hand of an heir to a fortune, more power to him.

And if Triple H has made this "sham" marriage last since 2003 while producing three daughters....... well, if he's been faking it, I must admit he's pulled the wool over my eyes, that's for sure.

 

[Rampage Bentley]

I think it does.

It's human nature to care what other people think of you, and no matter what people say everyone wants to be universally accepted and reaffirmed in what they do. Do I think it affects the decisions he makes and the way he conducts himself? No.

But he's a man, one who's earned his position, and when he hears people say he slept to where he is, that has to get under his skin.

 

[PlayTheGame]

Triple H has actually addressed this very question in the past a few years back in an interview with Opie and Anthony, which you could probably find on youtube. I'll summarize what he said. Basically, Triple H cared about the criticism right after they were married. He was very aware of it, and he took it to heart. This is a guy who worked his ass off to get to the top of the WWE, so when he started hearing the criticism that naturally comes with marrying the boss' daughter, it hurt him. Imagine working hard for something your whole life, getting there, then some trying to say you don't deserve it, or cheated your way to the top. It must have been hard. But, eventually, HHH learned to grow numb to it and realized who was saying it (aka, no one of much importance or credibility), and began to not let it get to him. Now, he's perfectly aware of that criticism and knows that it will never fully go away, but he doesn't even give it a second thought anymore, which is the right way to handle it.

 

[xavyer]

People always have been critizicing Triple H, seriously, it's getting old, what people need to realize is that Triple H is one of the most profesional people in WWE period, whatever role he has he takes it very seriously, like someone posted earlier, people had put him over, so he has put people over as well, what Foley did for him, he did for Sheamus, plus the man has done everything there is to do in this business, i remember when he hurt his leg un a match against Jericho and Benoit, he was professional enough to finish the match even do he didn't had to, not too long ago R Truth hurt himself and people blame the Miz for that,the point is that Truth din't finish the match, but Triple H did finish his match and he was rearry badly injured, but people never mention that, how many times he wrestled injured?? Several times, but since the WWE needed him he didn't think twice about it, so don't say that he's there because he's married to the Boss's daughter, he's there because he has busted his ass to get where he is, i remember Billy Gunn talking trash about Triple H, then a few years later apologized, or Kurt Angle also has talked trash about Trips, he forgot that it was Trips who put him on the map, so he shouldn't give a flying f**k what the IWC think of him, actually, no body should since the IWC doesn't even know what they want to begin with, they are always critizicing someone for something, but honestly, i think Triple h is one of the most professional people in the business because he respects the business.......

 

[H33LTurn]

I highly doubt it. When you've been in the wrestling biz as long as Triple H has been you become aware of how ignorant fans can be. Like Undertaker said in an interview during his ABA days, in the beginning you do listen to the internet fans but then you just learn to tune them out. Theres no reason for a guy whos great in the ring, on the mic, and has a champions look to hold back on his career because a couple of guys on the internet are mad that hes married to the boss' daughter. The WWE is most certainly going to be his in the future and I dont think he gives a rats ass about what the fans think of him because at the end of the day they'll still tune in to watch the product.

 

[Xumer]

Hell no, if he gave a shit he'd never have had Punk job to him in a meaningless loss nor bring in Big Kev for an angle that went nowhere.

 

[SinCityBlitz]

I think some of his critics get him and I don't think he gives a flying fuck what people think. That won't change until the product hits rock bottom. Triple H is what he is and that's not going to change.

His line to the Undertaker about UT winning the battle but Triple H winning the war is really all you need to know about the guy. He is insecure.

Wow. You're kind of stupid, huh? Let's see, you're suggesting that Vince, father of 2, is going to leave his multi-billion dollar business to the child that left him high and dry to go work somewhere else and not leave it to the one who has remained working for him and is the current Vice President of Creative? Not to mention that the spouse of said child is the Executive Vice President of Talent? You, my friend, are a tool.

I guess Linda and Vince should divorce since she left him high and dry to go work somewhere else. When Vince passes he is going to leave the fed to BOTH kids. Shane left with Vince's blessing and is welcome back any time he wants back in.