Russo: HHH worst booker I've ever seen

[SSgt Dickweed]

I still recall in the late 90's when HHH was the least popular member of DX until he and Stephanie had a larger part of booking. I guess he booked himself as King of Kings for the next couple of decades much to other wrestlers chagrin.

Now that he runs things instead of Vince, he buries LA Knight, lets go of Killer Kross, doesn't let Ryder/Cardona back in. He seems to only push wrestlers he can control.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Triple H should probably take that as a compliment tbh.

 

[Thrawn33]

Worst ever is a bit much.

Now that there's big money investors I'm sure he has to play along as opposed to the days when Vince would answer to nobody.

He did well with NXT when Vince pretty much ignored its existence

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

I'm going with the guy that put the belt on David Arquette

 

[Based God]

Rumor and innuendo is Russo might win Booker of the Year 2025 for his work booking Juggalo Championship Wrestling.

 

[My Spot]

Russo's booking was both the best of times and the worst blurst of times. He made Raw must see TV for my mom in the late 90s.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Russo's booking was both the best of times and the worst blurst of times. He made Raw must see TV for my mom in the late 90s.

It was basically Jerry Springer without the security in retrospect.

 

[My Spot]

It was basically Jerry Springer without the security in retrospect.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

How timely.

 

[Thrawn33]

How timely.

Anyone complaining about Cena losing his last match is a filthy low-T new casual fan.

You go out looking at the lights. That's how it works.

Fuck the internet soyboys.

 

[HereticBD]

Anyone complaining about Cena losing his last match is a filthy low-T new casual fan.

It's like, did y'all forget you were chanting "Cena Sucks!" for over a decade? Oh', he's your hero now is he? Fuck off. Hope Gunther trolls the hell out of them for a long, long time.

Gotta say, though, the sell job of the final choke was just awful. That little smirk before he tapped? C'mon. In fact, he shouldn't have tapped at all, and just passed out. Think it would've gone down better that way.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

It's like, did y'all forget you were chanting "Cena Sucks!" for over a decade? Oh', he's your hero now is he? Fuck off. Hope Gunther trolls the hell out of them for a long, long time.

Gotta say, though, the sell job of the final choke was just awful. That little smirk before he tapped? C'mon. In fact, he shouldn't have tapped at all, and just passed out. Think it would've gone down better that way.

Nah the smirk was perfect. That was Cena realising that he'd made a valiant effort to try and fight off the choke but he's not escaping from the younger man in his prime this time so he's going to have to give up but after 20 years of not doing so, maybe that's okay.

 

[HereticBD]

Nah the smirk was perfect. That was Cena realising that he'd made a valiant effort to try and fight off the choke but he's not escaping from the younger man in his prime this time so he's going to have to give up but after 20 years of not doing so, maybe that's okay.

I can see the point behind behind it, but it was a little too hokey. He's supposed to be struggling to breathe, but he sits there and smirks? Maybe it works better with a different hold. I think if you do the "ya got me, kid" smirk, you do it after the match and not in the middle of a hold that you're supposed to be selling.

Not a huge deal or anything, but I didn't care for it.

 

[Excelsior]

Russo's booking was both the best of times and the worst blurst of times. He made Raw must see TV for my mom in the late 90s.

I hate that you added "my mom" when talking about a show I watched live every week.

I expected him to lose, I just would have gone with nap instead of tap.

 

[My Spot]

I hate that you added "my mom" when talking about a show I watched live every week.

I expected him to lose, I just would have gone with nap instead of tap.

Well my mom has watched soaps since she was a little girl in the 60s an there was no better soap opera on TV in the late 90s than Vince Russo WWF. She still laughs about choppy choppy pee pee.

 

[Axe720]

I can see the point behind behind it, but it was a little too hokey. He's supposed to be struggling to breathe, but he sits there and smirks? Maybe it works better with a different hold. I think if you do the "ya got me, kid" smirk, you do it after the match and not in the middle of a hold that you're supposed to be selling.

Not a huge deal or anything, but I didn't care for it.

Agreed. He should've smiled afterwards or something if they wanted to convey that all was well, because he'd given it everything he had. In a real fight, no one is going to eat 10 elbows to the chin then get strangled and be smiling during it.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I can see the point behind behind it, but it was a little too hokey. He's supposed to be struggling to breathe, but he sits there and smirks? Maybe it works better with a different hold. I think if you do the "ya got me, kid" smirk, you do it after the match and not in the middle of a hold that you're supposed to be selling.

Not a huge deal or anything, but I didn't care for it.

Idk if you've ever grappled but I'd be much more likely to smile before tapping in a choke than in an armbar.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Agreed. He should've smiled afterwards or something if they wanted to convey that all was well, because he'd given it everything he had. In a real fight, no one is going to eat 10 elbows to the chin then get strangled and be smiling during it.

I mean it's wrestling. Nobody is going to start waving their arms around and get energy from the crowd during a choke in a real fight either.

It was just Cena saying "I'm done" and the smile was a mixture of relief and acceptance that the journey is over.

 

[Axe720]

I mean it's wrestling. Nobody is going to start waving their arms around and get energy from the crowd during a choke in a real fight either.

It was just Cena saying "I'm done" and the smile was a mixture of relief and acceptance that the journey is over.

Say that on the mic, not while you're in a hold.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Say that on the mic, not while you're in a hold.

I don't see what's so egregiously bad about smiling before you tap. A choke isn't massively painful (unless some fucker gets you on the Adams apple) it just restricts your air. When you make the decision to quit and stop fighting it I don't see what stops you smiling.