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Official HHH vs. Brock Lesnar (No Holds Barred/Career On The Line) Discussion Thread

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In his obsession to settle the score with the 266-pound Anomaly who’s methodically targeted those closest to him, Triple H may have unwittingly ushered in the final chapter of his proud career as a WWE Superstar. The King of Kings will war with the uncontrollable Brock Lesnar in a No Holds Barred Match at WrestleMania on April 7, but the opportunity comes at a cost: If Lesnar wins, Triple H must retire from in-ring competition. (WATCH)

The No Holds Barred and the retirement stipulations were both ploys of Lesnar and Paul Heyman, who convinced the incensed Triple H to sign on for the fight before knowing the exactly what type of contest it would be. Although The Game likely perceives the No Holds Barred environment — in which all maneuvers and weapons are fair game — as an ideal format for him to reciprocate the pain Lesnar’s inflicted on the McMahon-Helmsley family, less foreseeable was the possibility Triple H’s 18 years as a WWE competitor could come to a close at The Grandest Stage of Them All.

Then again, given the tumultuous tone of the his rivalry with the only former WWE, NCAA and UFC Heavyweight Champion in history, maybe Triple H has viewed a WrestleMania showdown with Lesnar as an all-or-nothing affair all along.

After having his arm broken in a loss to The Anomaly at SummerSlam last year, The Game appeared ready to hang up his boots and focus on his front-office duties as WWE COO. Yet, when Lesnar — who quit WWE the night after SummerSlam, boasting he had nothing more to prove — shed his free-agent status and returned in January by breaking the hip of Triple H’s father-in-law, WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon, The Game was spurred back into action. (WATCH: Triple H and Brock’s raging rivalry)

This time, The Game takes on the responsibility of defending not only the company he helps oversee, but also more importantly, his family and closest allies. According to Heyman, for Triple H to fall short against Lesnar would be the ultimate disappointment — a letdown for the WWE Universe, Triple H’s family and The Game himself. But with his career as a Superstar now on the line, the stakes at WrestleMania simply could not be higher for The King of Kings.

There’s no turning back. With the weight of the world on his shoulders, an intensely aggressive fighter as his opponent and absolutely No Holds Barred, can Triple H make Lesnar suffer the consequences for all the hardships he’s caused? Or will one of WWE’s most incredible careers end abruptly and gruesomely at the hands of The Anomaly? One of WWE’s two proudest warriors will suffer a mighty loss at the only event big enough to host such a brawl, WrestleMania, which kicks off on pay-per-view April 7 at 7 ET/4 PT.
 
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#77 ·
Re: Official HHH vs. Brock Lesnar (No Holds Barred/Career On The Line) Discussion Thr

If Triple H will be destroyed by Brock in this match just like Cena was, Hunter can win the MOTY award two years in a row :)
 
#78 ·
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There is a LOT of potential for this match, especially in a Wrestlemania environment. Let them battle up the ramp and onto the stage and back. Stuff that hasn't been done at a Mania before.

I'd love to see them bring back some barbed wire, maybe Hunter's tribute to his wars with the newly-apponted HOF'er Mick Foley.
 
#82 ·
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Even if Triple H loses, I still think he'll find some way to get back into the ring.
 
#83 ·
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HHH is winning people. Hes not gonna retire at WM 29 and not compete at a huge WM next year WM 30
 
#84 ·
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HHH is winning people. Hes not gonna retire at WM 29 and not compete at a huge WM next year WM 30
he doesn't have to win to return. the guy is # 3 corporate person behind his wife and father-in-law. they can easily write some BS to bring him back to the ring. Its that easy.

I don't buy he is losing at all, but just saying
 
#86 ·
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I do think there is a bit of chance chance for HHH to let Brock totally go over him. HHH really does not have anyone else to have a program with after he is done with Brock. He has pretty much worked with every contracted superstars who were former WWE champions.
 
#87 ·
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http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/tripleh-retirement-brock-lesnar-wrestlemania-26099960

Flair and HBK on Triple H 'hanging up the boots'



He’s been a cornerstone of WWE for the better part of the last two decades, but on April 7 at WrestleMania, Triple H could be competing in a WWE ring for the very last time when he collides with Brock Lesnar in a barbaric No Holds Barred Match. Thanks to Paul Heyman’s sinister machinations, The Game must retire if he is unable to conquer the former WWE, NCAA and UFC Champion.



With Heyman revealing the stipulations of this bout only after Triple H had signed the contract on the March 18 edition of Raw (WATCH), the WWE COO was unaware that he was agreeing to terms that could prematurely end one of the most celebrated careers in WWE history. The revelation that Triple H’s final match could be fast approaching immediately sent shockwaves throughout the WWE Universe.

“He’s too young to leave the business and has too much left to offer,” two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair told WWE.com. “If he doesn’t wrestle again, no matter how much time he spends in the office working with the company, he’ll be miserable. He needs to be in the ring. That’s who he is.”

There are only a few who know Triple H quite as well as “The Nature Boy,” who served as a mentor to The Cerebral Assassin as part of Evolution and continues to be The Game’s close confidant. In fact, it was Triple H who inducted the 16-time World Champion into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008 — the night before Flair was retired at the hands of Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV.



“[At WrestleMania XXIV], the cards were dealt,” Flair explained, thinking back on his own legacy as Triple H’s career hangs in the balance. “I was nowhere near the level of ability as Shawn Michaels that night, and I don’t think anybody expected me to be. But I walked out of there a very proud man. It was sad to leave, but I was very proud.”

Just two years later, it was fellow WWE Hall of Famer HBK who would be facing similar circumstances on The Grandest Stage of Them All, battling The Undertaker in a “Streak vs. Career” Match at WrestleMania XXVI. Like Flair before him, “Mr. WrestleMania” took that long and final walk back to the locker room after falling to The Phenom.
 
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And who would he face at WM30 if he doesn't retire?

I think Lesnar is the perfect opponent to retire him. It would be a great business decision.
CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Miz, Daniel Bryan, Cody Rhodes so many guys HHH can have a great programs and matchs with. He has so much left to give.
 
#99 ·
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When they first announced/teased this match everyone would have said HHH was going over but with the stipulation i'm not so sure. Brock NEEDS this win. I can see Rock - Brock II at Wrestlemania 30.
 
#100 ·
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I don't see a big draw here. HHH's career on the line? He wrestles twice a year. What will he be missing? Isn't he still the COO? Couldn't he negotiate his own contract? I guess the career
stipulation is more meaningful than HHH has to wear a dress for a week.

I mean, I like this match but have been soured on it since Summer Slam. SS felt like
a letdown, but we can't compare it to Cena/Brock. Hoping for the best with this one.
 
#104 ·
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Ziggler retired Jericho some months ago... and he is wrestling today.

Macho Man lost a career vs career match at WM7... and he won the WWF title at WM8 LOL.
Ziggler didn't retire Jericho, it was explicitly a contract match, not a career match. While there's obviously nothing stopping them reversing career defeats I don't think they'd intentionally do it, it'd cheapen the concept.
 
#105 ·
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The Game Can End....

BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP JEAN-PAUL LEVESQUE FROM COMPETING.

:jpl
 
#106 ·
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It's just gonna be so silly to hear them go on about how much of a beast Lesnar is if he loses to HHH at Mania. He has to win and if he doesn't which is a big possibility then creative should be shot.
 
#108 ·
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The past 2 career matches at Wrestlemania ended in a career being over. I can only imagine that HHH would want to go out the same way his idol(flair) and best friend(Shawn) did. Next night on Raw is all about the game.
 
#110 ·
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Its got a HBK interference written allover it...
 
#111 ·
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That whole stipulation surprise was pretty damn disappointing i mean so his career is on the line, well how many times has Triple H wrestled in the last 2 or 3 years? what maybe 4 matches. I mean he's practically retired as it is, now if he'd been an active competitor for the last year or so this stipulation would be a little more interesting, but since he's practically retired anyways it doesn't really mean shit.
 
#113 ·
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That whole stipulation surprise was pretty damn disappointing i mean so his career is on the line, well how many times has Triple H wrestled in the last 2 or 3 years? what maybe 4 matches. I mean he's practically retired as it is, now if he'd been an active competitor for the last year or so this stipulation would be a little more interesting, but since he's practically retired anyways it doesn't really mean shit.
Exactly. It's hard to care about a wrestler's career when he has wrestled six matches in two years. Plus, I can't see Triple H losing. He's in good shape and he'll be with the company forever. He'll definitely end up wrestling in the future, maybe as an authority figure. The stipulation feels force and it’s leading me to believe Triple H is going to win, when he probably should lose this match, especially if Lesnar is wrestling more in the next two years. It’s disappointing. The intensity with this feud has been great, but the stipulations were such a big let down.
 
#114 ·
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Not being a "threat" at one WM because you lost at the previous WM is the most retarded thing I've ever heard. By that logic, Cena is not a threat to win at this WM. And Hogan was not a threat to win at WM7. And Savage was not a threat to win at WM8. There's been tons of times where a guy has lost at WM and gone on to win a world title at the next year's WM. Wrestling fans memories aren't more than a few months long anyways. Nobody remembers what happened a year ago.
 
#115 ·
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Not being a "threat" at one WM because you lost at the previous WM is the most retarded thing I've ever heard. By that logic, Cena is not a threat to win at this WM. And Hogan was not a threat to win at WM7. And Savage was not a threat to win at WM8. There's been tons of times where a guy has lost at WM and gone on to win a world title at the next year's WM. Wrestling fans memories aren't more than a few months long anyways. Nobody remembers what happened a year ago.
Its maximizing your profits. They shouldn't sacrifice huge potential gains for an over the hill wrestler like hhh especially.
 
#116 ·
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think the career on the line stipulation says HHH is winning but a no dq has made me really look forward to this match and the one I want to see the most as it will just be brutal and they will kick the shit out of each other
 
#117 ·
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I thought this thing was a foregone conclusion but the stipulation actually makes me think again.

Triple H is practically done anyway, and he's gone on record as saying he'd retire tomorrow if Steph or his kids asked him to. Then when you consider Shawn retired at 'Mania - and Ric, because who counts his TNA run? - it just seems maybe he's ready to hang them up.
 
#118 ·
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I thought this thing was a foregone conclusion but the stipulation actually makes me think again.

Triple H is practically done anyway, and he's gone on record as saying he'd retire tomorrow if Steph or his kids asked him to. Then when you consider Shawn retired at 'Mania - and Ric, because who counts his TNA run? - it just seems maybe he's ready to hang them up.
I'm still thinking HHH will win but I do see where you are coming from......

if Brock wins and HHH retires then he can use that going forward as the man who ended HHH's career and then (what I think will happen) he will interfere in Rock's rematch at ER with Cena and start their feud

Either way I really didn't want this match but now it being no dq I really can't wait for it
 
#119 ·
HHH going over Lesner

Why is it such a foregone conclusion that HHH is going over at WM? I know it's highly unlikely that he retires, but why? He can easily come back in a year or two like it never happened. The main reason I ask is because what on earth would they do with Heyman if Punk and Lesner go away after mania for a while? You literally cannot take Punk AND Heyman off TV, or Cena will have no one to burry...


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