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Ebon Bear wrote:
> "Michael"  wrote in message
> news:vni394gjn1bd77{at}corp.supernews.com...
> 
>>I guess a taped bounty being put on Bill Goldberg that follows up last
>>week's "you need me more than I need you!" comments is better than
>>nothing from the egomaniacal 3G.
>>
>>He's now off to film Blade:Trinity as the villain (or at least one of
>>them), marry Steph, honeymoon, film Jorganda el Muerte (sp?) before he
>>comes back.  Unless he's done his little part to weaken Goldberg's title
>>run so much that ratings aren't that great so he can whine to get it
>>back at Survisor Series.
>>
>>Otherwise he's not back until Janurary.  And a guy who had a legit groin
>>tear for over a months just can't bear to do an injury angle.
>>
>>I'm glad the WWE's studied the heyday of WCW so indepth.  Did they both
>>to look at what a lot of that heyday caused?
> 
> 
> Let's go through this in order. Triple Ego has had an entirely legit groin
> injury that's rendered him near immobile for a while now and he won't work
> an injury angle because it would disrupt his harder-than-a-tank's-backside
> gimmick. The comment about "you need me more than I need
you" could have
> been in character but it could just as easily be construed as a shot at
> people like us complaining about Tripper's power games, problem is, we're
> right.
> 
> On the way out, he's sabotaged Goldie's push by giving him nothing at
> Unforgiven and putting the bounty out there to ensure Goldie's going to be
> pre-occupied with a bunch of mid-carders instead of someone we give a damn
> about (and although that would have had to go through the booking squad,
> Trips partner/fiance/pet is head writer). On top of that, on his return,
> he's pencilled in to turn face and feud with an Orton-led Evolution which
> will undoubtedly be booked as the top programme. Meantime, Trippers pet has
> booked teh world title as secondary to Kane's weekly beating on Shane
> McMahon.
> 
> Triple H on his own wouldn't be too bad, he might still be an egomaniac but
> he wouldn't have the political muscle to do anything about it but Trips with
> Steph's booking muscle behind him (and don't forget, he's the only worker
> who sits down before and after each Raw broadcast to critique the show) is
> going to sound the death knell of monday-night wrestling.

Yep.  Sad but true.  Sadder still is that it's really hurting what I 
think God's Gift to Grappling, the Game thinks he's trying to help:  The 
WWE, pro-wrestling in the US in general, and his own status both within 
the WWE and in pro-wrestling history.

Michael


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