DX has gone on long enough- SPLIT THEM UP!

[miamicanes460]

Now I kind of like the idea of DX returning, as it gives HHH something else to do for a little bit. However, I do not like the direction it is taking HBK.

As we near Wrestlemania, I was pondering main event matches that I would die to see...and almost every match somehow involved HBK.

I would love to see:

HBK vs. Orton
HBK vs. Cena II
HBK vs. Undertaker II
HBK vs. Bret Hart


I feel like one of those matches needs to take place at the big main event, but as long as he and HHH have this DX gimmick going, I don't see him ever branching off and doing his own thing and creating his own story. It will never just be HBK feuding with someone. Every time they want to start a feud now, they simply take a HBK or HHH nemesis and give them a tag partner and they turn it into a tag team type deal.

HBK was not stale, in fact, he is the exact oppisite. It has been a year now since we have seen HBK without HHH on his side, which is sad. I know HHH has gotten stale, but keeping him in the tag team title hunt is just not smart right now. Turn HHH into your top heel! This was his greatest role.

Now tell me if I am wrong: The best way to bring up young fresh talent as a face is to have them feud with the most hated WWE heels. If you were to take a monster heel HHH or a monster heel Cena and put him up against a Kofi Kingston or John Morrison, you would get a fantastic product.

I don't think many up and comers can make it as heels. Sure, they are seen as bad guys, but does anyone really care? Look at Jack Swagger. Dolph Ziggler. These guys are buried now because there are better heels and so many faces.

I would reccomend some major face/heel turns in the making for the 2010 year, so that our top heels/faces list could look something like this:

Top Heels:

HHH
Randy Orton
John Cena
Batista


Top Faces:

HBK
Undertaker
Edge
Swagger
Morrison



I just think it would open up so many feuds that can never exist with HHH as a face. HHH is a great wrestler and a great generator of real heat. People hate him. Make his real-life backstage antics into a wrestling storyline. Have HHH telling Vince who gets title shots. Have HHH putting himself into #1 contenders matches. This is the HHH that people absolutely despised in the early 2000's. Make HHH a sledgehammer bludgeoning beast again.

HBK as a singles competitor can carry a feud with anyone in this company. Keeping these two guys together as a tag team prevents HHH from going full heel and HBK from pursuiting VERY intriguing matches with some of the top heels.


Maybe I'm just talking nonsense, but I think it's overkill to have DX as a tag team, given you have probably your best heel as a merchandise promoting face, and have your best true wrestler competing in tag team title matches. Split this tag team up! Do something creative with HHH. Make a heel your top draw once again. HHH made The Rock with their feud in 2000. Let HHH make some new superstars by having him as your top draw.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

While having The Game turn heel again sounds good. I wouldn't want to see it, and I will tell you why. Triple H has conquered all that can be conquered as a heel. There is really nothing more for him to do in that area that would be new, and refreshing, even if he is feuding with different people. I think there's a good reason we don't see Triple H bashing people with a sledgehammer constantly any more, it was getting old. You still see him break out the hammer every now and then, but nothing like before. HHH as heel kind of peaked out during his Evolution days. As the world heavyweight champion, he was a monster heel, and I don't think him going that route again would be a good idea.

The problem with HBK feuding with top heels is, that he's pretty much done that to the max already. He's feuded with Orton and Jericho before in some pretty deep feuds. What I mean by that is, his feud with Jericho was very personal, especially when Jericho clocked his wife, and his feud with Orton was also personal, when he punted him, and tried to end his career. As far as Cena goes, those two have wrestled each other way too many times already on Raw, and ppvs. Their feud will start to get that, "Oh man not this again" feel to it. I enjoyed their match at Mania 23, but it's time to put this feud to rest. It seems very likely that HBK VS Taker can happen at Mania 26. The problem I have with this re-match, is since WWE has built it up to be a classic, how are HBK and Taker going to top what they did at Mania 25? The expectations for this match will be ridiculously high.

HHH and Shawn being in DX is probably the best thing for both of them right now. It gives a chance to see some new people in the WWE championship picture, and this was a great way to bring Shaw back. What else would have he done? Feud with Orton or Cena again? No, this was a good way to bring him back, and give hime time to get back into the swing of things befroe he gets into singles competition again. The most likely thing that will happen is, once DX breaks up, Triple H and Shawn will probably face off at Mania 26. It's been a while since they feuded, and their friend VS friend feud can be done a different way this time.

 

[mcflyboy]

I'll be honest, and I mean no disrespect, but I'm not really sure what this post is about. The original post doesn't really seem to follow the title of the thread. From the topic, I thought it was going to be a discussion about DX growing stale, but then the poster seemed to go off on tangents (I do that too at times) but it read more like what HBK should do instead, and then turned into a discussion of who to turn into heels and faces. So it's kind of all over the map, and I'm not sure any more that the reply I was planning on making really fits in this thread anymore.

Anyways, to answer the question posed in the title of the thread, yes, I do believe that DX has gone on long enough. But that's just my personal opinion, and I'll explain more below. However, I do recognize that DX does sell a lot of merchandise and I'll assume mostly to kids. So from a business standpoint, it does make sense to keep them around as long as significant revenues can still be generated through merchandise sales. Although it is kind of ironic that in the past HHH's character criticized Cena for his fan base being mostly kids, and now look at who HHH and DX in general panders to...

However, back to my personal opinion, DX has gone on long enough. To be honest, I never cared for them the first run around, and reuniting them (twice actually) hasn't made me feel any differently. On a side note, I also think it's kind of amusing how before DX won the titles, we kept hearing about how they never won tag team gold. Well, maybe HBK and HHH didn't have it together, but DX as a group did hold the tag team titles as Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, who were members of DX.

Anyways, I digress. I think though that DX is not funny. Their backstage segments are way too long, and I don't know who writes them--WWE creative, vince, or even DX themselves, but the humor is less than juvenile and boring. Secondly, they look ridiculous. In the "real world", no one thinks that old guys trying to dress and act like hip youngsters are cool. Maybe it appeals to the kids though.

So to summarize, yes, I believe that DX has gone on long enough, but I do understand their place for now. Also, if HHH wasn't involved in DX, there's really nowhere for him to go (and probably nowhere he'd be willing to go) but after the title. and it's nice to have him out of the title picture.

 

[gtajoker01]

I agree dx has gone on long enough. i like shawn michaels and triple hhh is ok but its just getting too old and honestly dx is becoming overrated. its gotten to a point where im getting so sick of it. seriously they got hornswoggle as a mascot? come on when has wrestlers ever needed a mascot?, but its part of the "pg" problem

 

[mont3818]

It seems like a pretty universal opinion among us that they have gone on too long. And I agree. Let me share something: I have a friend who is a MASSIVE Shawn Michaels fan, all the way since The Rockers. And he (and I) LOVED DX's original run. We thought it was gold. But now (especially in the PG and at this stage in their careers) we have long since gotten tired of the DX return. My friend said "I never thought I'd be saying this but I'm rooting against DX to win the tag titles at TLC." Because that only means they'll be together longer..

DX continues to go through sheer popularity, merchandise (which I don't appreciate, kind of like a sell out. Them selling any piece of shit to their fans and throwing out glow sticks all the time. That's kinda all they've been reduced to.), and they continue to go on because it's convenient for HBK; lighter schedule. But I'd rather see less of Shawn but at 100% then full-time Shawn producing this crap in DX. The good thing is WM's coming up. So we'll see another great HBK match.

But in the near future I'd like to see them fight younger guys, whats wrong with that? You know, mix it up in the mid-card. Have them fight guys like Swagger, Morrison, Miz, Kofi. That's fresh. You know have occasional fights with with Orton, Taker, Cena. But that's becoming overkill really quick.

A Taker/HBK rematch At Mania sounds really intriguing to me now. At first when my friend pitched the idea to me, I was like "Whats the point? They just had a classic, and Taker won clean." But the aggresive way Shawn as been approaching a rematch lately has been great. Showing that hungry show-stopper we all fell in love with. Now I realize they don't have to necessarily "top" last years match (however that is done). They just have to produce a different kind of match. One fought different then the last one, and match that can be a classic in its own right. And if HBK wins then I'll be glad they had a rematch. Simply because if he loses twice in a row to Taker, that would be pretty lame, and do nothing for the whole feud or rematch itself. And Taker is champion! It would be awesome if it was for the title. I never understood why Vince never gives the belt to HBK. Even though he may not want it, just give it to him as a tolken of appreciation.

 

[neildittmar]

Until you start seeing less DX T-shirts, glow sticks, limited edition jackets, teddy bears, sweat pants, hoodies, and other various merchandise in the crowds, expect DX to continue down the same path. After that... well, I just don't know.

Despite both of them being able to still put out 5 star matches, I'm not sure where HBK and Trips go once this iteration of DX has run its course. Neither one of them are getting any younger, and I honestly believe the wrestling part of the DX tag-team is merely a convenience for both competitors... they don't have to wrestle full matches individually anymore, which preserves their health and makes them less injury prone. Once DX is "broken down", will the individual members resume successful singles careers which entail full schedules and workloads against guys half their ages? Doubtful. How long was Shawn out of action after Wrestlemania 25? It was quite awhile from what I recall. The youngens would've been required to work the very next night on RAW.

Does that mean either of them won't have a WWE or World title run? Absolutely not, but hopefully by then Hunter and Michaels will become card carrying members of the Ric Flair club. That is, now that you've had your fame for so long, use your name and standing to elevate a worthy member of the current generation into the spotlight. Turn one or more of the current stars into superstars. Hopefully the former DX's collective (or individual) egos won't interfere in that process.

 

[RatedRSuperstar]

DX HAS gone on long enough, but...

If DX splits up, where will they go? If they do split, Triple H will most likely be back in the title picture, and honestly, I'm sick of seeing that. Shawn would probably continue his on-going hunger to want the Undertaker at WrestleMania, which at first, I wasn't a big fan of, because we've already seen Michaels/Undertaker at WrestleMania, and how would they top it? But then I realized they don't have to. All they have to do is say...I don't know..make this year's match a little more personal? Anyway, back on topic...

DX does need to split up, but in a way, I don't want them to, because it takes Triple H away from the title picture, and we need to see fresh faces chasing after the title, instead of having Triple H in the title picture constantly. I LOVED DX when they formed in 1997. Their return in 2006 was alright. Their reunion this year was garbage. I mean, it was a good way for Shawn Michaels to return to the ring, and it was a good way to get Legacy over before they started jobbing again, but after that, they really should've split up. But, looks like we'll be seeing DX around for a little while longer...like I said, the only good thing about this is it takes Triple H away from the title picture.

 

[bigjd691]

i think dx is one of the best things on raw they can be serious when they need to and they can mess around when they want and with the two together it keeps hhh out of the title picture and helps him build up tag teams like he did with legacy imo it made me look and rhodes and debiase alot differently and they can probably do the same thing with the hart dynasty and other tag teams and i agree with hbk can hae better programs but being tag team champs gives him the chance to feud with any one in wwe

 

[twist_of_fate]

I think that DX should stay a bit longer maybe before or a bit after WrestleMania because I personally like DX but I don't like how they're gimmick. I find them hard to take seriously specially since Hornswoggle is their official "mascot". But DX had some grat fueds in the past few months which I enjoyed. It also keeps Triple H away from the WWE Championship Belt and give other people a chance to be champ. And since they sell a lot of merchandise I think that the WWE will want DX to stay for just a little bit longer. So I agree that DX has gone on for long enough but I don't think that they will split up for now.

 

[Chopper]

no. DX should just split up, with HBK's retirement rumored to be this year they should split, have HHH turn heel and face HBK in a retirement match. They are stale and still do the same stupid jokes. Both wrestlers are in desperate need of rep-packaging. They've gone on for much too long. Heck, they should of stopped after their feud with Vince and the Sissy Squad.

 

[luis1015luis]

In my opinion i think thats in the works already with some type of gimmick to separate them... little leprachaun mahn come on... he may be the cause of the splitting up meaning one will get frustrated with that most likely shawn and him turning heel i know thats a shocker but it is time to start that... hhh had his run as heel and shawn is the only wrestler that can handle both roles... n u ask who will he get a wrestlemania...i believe he will get taker n end the winning streak with the help of the man he caused drama to bret hart... imagine the attention wwe will get another screw job now to taker...thanks to the help of bret who would expect that ...n those who knows vince...he likes sending some wrestlers out in a bad way or in a great way but in the end of the day they all come back to him... with taker being screwed who wouldnt want to watch the next raw or smackdown to see what undertaker will do... how vince will answer to another screw job... it has happened remember when he was trying to screw taker with cm punk.. i thnk that was just a glimpse... n who should hhh feud with at mania jericho... with jericho wining the match and setting his quest to wwe gold again...

 

[Mr. Dejan]

If they do split up I don't want the cause to be jealousy or something like that I want it to be Hornswoggle. Imagine if he's the cause of DX breaking up he will start to draw heel heat and I think he really needs to do something like that if he wants adults not just kids to become interested in him.

 

[King Douche]

If they do split up I don't want the cause to be jealousy or something like that I want it to be Hornswoggle. Imagine if he's the cause of DX breaking up he will start to draw heel heat and I think he really needs to do something like that if he wants adults not just kids to become interested in him.

Adults will still bash Hornswoggle whether he is a heel or babyface. He is just another Doink the Clown of this generation. He's there for the kiddies and comedy relief. thats it. He is not suppose to be in any serious storylines/feuds.

 

[triple_b2k]

if they split them up that means Triple H will be in the title hunt and win it... I don't want to see that. I'm so sick of him in the main event. I boycotted the WWE along time because he was in the main event so much. I'll gladly do it again if that's the case. keeping him with DX, although painful to watch sometimes is a good thing for the company. it at least gives the change for new talent to enter the main event whether the WWE takes advantage of that timing or not.

 

[|RealityCheck]

Am I the only one who was not interested AT ALL in seeing DX reunite? Really, the first time it happened, pretty cool...but after that, when WWE announces "THE RETURN OF DX"....Its just not all that interesting anymore....it has happened eleventy million times, its just not fun anymore