I have to say, Triple H really disappointed me on Raw. While I'm not as high on his mic skills in general as many are, I know he can cut great promos and can really add intensity to a feud. Honestly on Raw, Triple H didn't even seem to care. He looked exhausted, a bit out there, and really seemed like he was trying to force everything out and get it over with. Maybe he has more on his mind in real life, and I know he's currently learning the business side of WWE, but this week's promo was pretty pathetic for a feud that is for the biggest match at WM. Triple H really disappointed me.
And the thing is, Triple H is the stronger mic worker of him and Taker. So now Taker has to try and pick up the slack this week on Smackdown... but I have a feeling his material is going to be the same shit we've heard from him for the last 6 years. I know Taker can deliver an excellent promo, but it will all depend on the material.
So yeah, this week's Raw was not only the worst I've seen in a long damn time, but it actually left me little to no excitement for Mania, as it killed off almost all the excitement I had over the past couple of weeks with all the Undertaker/Triple H/Rock returns.
On the bright side, WWE still has 4 Raws and 5 Smackdowns left to bring back up my excitement level after this week's Raw killed it. So we'll see what happens. But yeah, what happened on Raw really made me less excited for this feud. Perhaps I expected too much out of Triple H, but I really thought he would deliver a great promo, or hell, even a good promo like he did last year with Sheamus (I believe the one where he challenged him at Mania or something like that), but instead, we got what we got, and it just didn't cut it.