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| Triple H has not main evented more WrestleMania's than anyone else. He has main evented 6 (2000, X8, XX, 21, 22, XXV). The record belongs to Hulk Hogan at 8 (I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX).
Those 3 were just examples, you didn't expect me to name every wrestler he has put over? Shawn Michaels, Goldberg, The Undertaker. Want more?
As for connected, why don't you slam Verne Gagne or Jerry Lawler? Gagne owned the AWA and made himself the world champion 10 times (his longest reign was about 7 years, 3 months). Jerry Lawler had major influence in the USWA (he was close friends with USWA owner Jerry Jarrett and ended up buying the promotion in 1997) and held the USWA Championship a staggering 28 times. Triple H had already won the WWF Championship several times before he even started dating Stephanie, so he probably would be a main eventer still regardless of his relationship with the McMahons. |
Correct on WM. Sorry, I missed one of them and didn't really count IX, as I'm pretty sure Hart-Yoko was the billed main event. So Triple H is 2nd in this regard.... and looks likely to add more...
Um, are you really listing guys who were stars before Triple H as examples of who he's put over? Honestly? I mean, I guess you could make an argument for Goldberg, but the was the biggest name in the whole business for a time in the mid 90s... As the primary main eventer in the WWE for the past decade, Triple H has been in a perfect position to help build new stars by putting guys over. Its something Flair did many many times through his career, either by actually losing clean or even just by making them look like true legit threats. Yet Triple H seems to do this very rarely.
Perhaps if they were using that influence in the WWE - the biggest wrestling promotion the world has ever seen and one seen all over the world - instead of in non-national promotions more than a decade ago, people would be complaining about them to. Its a matter of context. As well, I have heard it told that Gagne's refusal to give up the spotlight is part of the reason that the AWA failed...
If you actually read my post, I indicated that "Triple H earned his spot at the top". As in, I understand he was already atop the WWE before he became part of the McMahon family. The complain that I have is that he's used that connection to maintain that spot with an eye on protecting his position rather than what might be better for the promotion itself.