He won't turn wasn't an option given, and I think thats clearly a distinct possibility.
The fans havew cheered HHH no matter what. When's the last time ypu've seen someone get a stronger face reaction then CM Punk? HHH at Night of Champions, that's how. People forget that when he returned, he was greated with an uproar of cheers, only to be booed halfway through the promo when Punk and Cena both interrupted. But what happened the next week? All was forgiven/forgotten, as the fans truly welcomed him back with open cheers.
It would take such a dastardly deed at this point of his career for HHH to be turned successfully. Remember when he interrupted the beloved Undertaker? He was cheered just as loud, perhaps more. It would take an unwarranted beatdown on an Undertaker when he returns. Remember HHH's promise to e there when Taker returns? A savage beatdown of a just returning 'Taker could do it.
Or, consider this. HBK was at the last Smackdown to promote DX and plug merchandise. HBK is also listed as being at Raw in 3 weeks. The two could always appear again to plug DX, and you could have 2002 all over again, which most fans don't remember. This time, HBK could pick a faace thats already main event material or has been built up to square off with HHH. But even if that's a Punk or Cena, will he really be accepted as a heel? He may do things dastardly heels do, but will he be booed or cheered? Tough one.
One has to think that if HHH is returning full-time, he damn sure will be in the championship hunt at some point. And when HHH obsesses over the tilte, he becomes a major heel. This would need to be built up over some time, however, fans aren't going to uy him pedigreeing ever challenger, at least at first, He would need to destroy them week aafter week, and how productive would that be? The last thing thats needed is HHH to destroy the roster at this point- He should be getting them over if they're not already.
There are many possibilities, but there are severe flaws in each. Reforming DX and destroying HBK may draw him heat for a week or two, but HBK won't wrestle and won't be around every week, leaving the job in someone else's hands. Who's to say the fans won't cheer HHH over the "face." Part of the heel/face dynamic is proper crowd reaction. Look at Orton's turn, for example. He did nothing noble, the fans turned him face. If HHH doesn't "get over as a heel, how long do you think they'll stick with it? Not long, my friend. Both the 'Taker and obsession over the WWE Title have holes as well, with unpredictable results. One thing we know- HHH will get cheered as a face. Maybe "He won't turn" would have been a nice option.
And i mean i think it would be interesting with him as a heel COO cuz him as a face COO is getting old as hell.
I won't jump on you too hard for this, but he was fired as COO. Laurinitis took over his position two weeksSure, ago. He's just an active wrestler now.
Because the night he fired Miz & Truth he looked like a straight up heel from 2004 imo.
This I have a bigger problem with. Its as if Truth and Miz did nothing to deserve their firing. As HHH said, he used them for one more main event, but how long had they been beating up refs and causing havok? And if you recall, after he fired them, they jumped HHH, not vice versa. He defended himself. At Hell in A Cell, he jumped them first, but they were disrupting his main event and beating up refs and wrestlers for the second time in the evening. He was frustrated they were in cuffs and he couldn't fight back. Not heel behavior whatsoever my friend.
I loved heeel HHH back in the day as well. But I honestly believe it's run its course.
I think he'll turn heel sooner rather than later. This unlikely alliance with Punk has all the earmarks of an impending betrayal.
The company has plans for a huge push for Punk? Well, the deed that spurs it could involve Triple H and could happen in one of two ways: Either Punk suddenly turns on Trips, lays him out and costs him something he wants.....then Punk gets his monster push on the basis of his new bad guy persona.
Or, Triple H betrays Punk at one of the PPVs, turns bad.....and that launches Punk's push. Personally, I think it will be the latter because it's time for The Cerebral Assassin to make his return.
Further, I can see Trips becoming the type of heel with no allies of his own. In other words, he'll fight the good guys, as expected......but he also has business with a heel like John Laurinaitis, and Trips will deal with him, too.
Now that we know Triple H is apparently becoming a wrestler again (and I have no idea why he wore that suit last Monday, given that he stripped it off on his way to the ring), anything can happen.....and I don't see it happening with Triple H as a face...... not for long, anyway.
Like you've said before, Sally, I love ya kid, but I couldn't disagree more.
Mayve he will turn on Punk. But why? To give his biggest enemies the win? For what purpose? He beat them up
in handcuffs at Hell in a Cell, and fired them the next night after using them. He continued to take abuse from them before fighting back again. Sure, he and Punk have had issues. But Punk just sided with him. Again, why would he turn on someone who sided with him to fight off his biggest
enemies? It makes no sense. Not that wrestling usuaally does, but this is a huge hole in logic.
I agree HHH will stand on his own, but as a tweener. The only reason I could see him turn on Punk would be the same reason he's beaten up faces in the past- They're not HBK. But he didnt become a heel when he did that, he still was cheered. He was cheered over Punk at NOC, and unless he cuts a scathing promo denouncing the fans for not saving his job or the like, he's not going to be received as a heel. They may
try, but will it be successful? Im doubting so.
Even if the company has big plans for Punk, it likely will be him fighting and eventually taking the WWE Title from Del Rio. This leaves a question mark, for sure, where HHH goes from here, but maybe he fights the powers that be on his own. I agree, he won't side with anyone likely. But even as a tweener, if he beats down or schmes behind Laurinitis and becomes the Cerebral Assassin, he won't be booed. Nor is it heel behavior to take out the man who took your job and is a 100% heel.
I just dont see a scenario working where HHH turns heel effectively. He's at a point in his career where if he's active, he wont be received as one. Isn't that what truly matters?
