Current Events > Triple H's racist af promo on Booker T:

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Yeah that's... really suspicious considering what we know now.

It would have been one thing if Booker T won in the end. That would have made for a satisfying story conclusion. But HHH winning after saying all that racist shit? Heels are supposed to get theirs in the end. What did him beating Booker T do besides bury him for years?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf3CxZyqkSs&ab_channel=RahRah%27sHitPosts%28RahRahsHitPosts%29

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It finally won the war brother! The face of WWE's Attitude Era, Triple H defeated the WCW at WrestleMania!

Man can you believe Darth Vader killed all those rebels?

He's a complete asshole.

Man can you believe how these villains in TV shows are such jerks? Why can't they be nice guys like the heroes they are fighting?

You forgot to mention the worst part.
Triple H hit his finishing move and waited for like half a minute to pin Booker and he still won.

Ya... Honestly this wouldn't have been that bad.. IF TRIPLE H lost in the end.. but he didn't lose..... he won, He won decisively with the most fucked up burial pin ever.. took a minute after a pedigree to pin booker and still got the three count

But nope, This was peak reign of Terror Triple H so he had to go over and that meant the racism wins

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Man can you believe Darth Vader killed all those rebels?

He's a complete asshole.

Man can you believe how these villains in TV shows are such jerks? Why can't they be nice guys like the heroes they are fighting?

Shall we compare this performance to what Tres Hache is doing right now?

Because I can promise you, it's not gonna end well.

If the promo happened today 75% of CE would be saying HHH just meant people from WCW and isn't referring to race at all.

Raiden2909 posted...

Ya... Honestly this wouldn't have been that bad.. IF TRIPLE H lost in the end.. but he didn't lose..... he won, He won decisively with the most fucked up burial pin ever.. took a minute after a pedigree to pin booker and still got the three count

But nope, This was peak reign of Terror Triple H so he had to go over and that meant the racism wins

Yup. I was a fan of Triple H at the time and even I was like man that was messed up.

Dude is such a piece of shit

Damn it kept getting worse as it went on.
I agree that if Booker had gone on to win the feud it would have hit differently. I'm not totally opposed to this kind of thing being done by a character/heel/villain, but the organisation shouldn't essentially endorse it by having him go on to win.

Oh but he crawled up the ramp to show that Booker really beat him up

Great booking

I'm sure Hunter has been a gracious civilian since to this week yes??

The Attitude era was nuts lol

SecretBase posted...

If the promo happened today 75% of CE would be saying HHH just meant people from WCW and isn't referring to race at all.

tbf, this has already been their defence. IIRC its WWE's official defense as well.

And I mean, right out of the invasion, it would make sense that was at least, the original plan. However, once the racial undertones and stuff like this promo took the forefront, WWE should have changed direction.

Generally, WWE has been fairly good in the "if the heel crosses the line, they do have to lose" category at least. Though that also makes this one stand out much more.

Sonic_Cannon posted...

I agree that if Booker had gone on to win the feud it would have hit differently. I'm not totally opposed to this kind of thing being done by a character/heel/villain, but the organisation shouldn't essentially endorse it by having him go on to win.

Its not rare in Pro Wrestling to have the bad guy be racist/sexist/whatever, but general basic storytelling sort of means if your bad guy does something that bad, they do have to lose the feud, and the good guy gets the well-deserved win. There are a couple times this hasn't been the case, and its always awful when they make that move.

Proto_Spark posted...

tbf, this has already been their defence. IIRC its WWE's official defense as well.

And I mean, right out of the invasion, it would make sense that was at least, the original plan. However, once the racial undertones and stuff like this promo took the forefront, WWE should have changed direction.

Generally, WWE has been fairly good in the "if the heel crosses the line, they do have to lose" category at least. Though that also makes this one stand out much more.

Its not rare in Pro Wrestling to have the bad guy be racist/sexist/whatever, but general basic storytelling sort of means if your bad guy does something that bad, they do have to lose the feud, and the good guy gets the well-deserved win. There are a couple times this hasn't been the case, and its always awful when they make that move.

Think about what you're saying for 3 seconds.

If the good guy had to win the feud everytime the bad guy said something bad, the bad guy would literally never win any feud ever.

Remember that time HBK threw Marty Janetty through a glass window and then never won a match again because that's a horrible thing to do and it would be bad if a bad person won?

You guys are being ridiculous because Triple H is the boss now. It's like those idiots who got mad at the kid who played Joffrey

So is that a "no" on talking about Thhhree's current situation?

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

If the good guy had to win the feud everytime the bad guy said something bad, the bad guy would literally never win any feud ever.

You're missing the point here. Nobody is saying this.

Stuff like racist language is different in kind than normal wrestler stuff (beating each other up, betrayal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyO9G39fiMQ

Pretty much the entire feud leading up to Wrestlemania 19

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

If the good guy had to win the feud everytime the bad guy said something bad, the bad guy would literally never win any feud ever.

No, what I mean is that there's a specific line that you can't cross and then still have the bad guy win. That line is generally active racism/sexism/dead relatives/etc...

Just being a cheater or an asshole is fine.

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Remember that time HBK threw Marty Janetty through a glass window and then never won a match again because that's a horrible thing to do and it would be bad if a bad person won?

As far as the televised stuff goes, Marty won that feud. He beat HBK for the IC title in May 93, and that was the end of the rivalry, since HBK then paired up with Diesel (and then took the IC title back at a house show), and Marty continued to not do much.