*Test Post-Wedding*

He got a nice push out of the Steph Wedding angle, but was never really gonna get revenge over Tripper as HHH's star was on the rise so much, a rookie like Test would damaged it by going over on him clean.

Test was in the right place at the wrong time.

True. The main event roster was just too deep back then. And the mid-card wasn't that far off especially when you consider that talents such as Benoit, Eddie. Malenko, and Tazz were mere weeks away from joining the company. I've always wondered though why they stuck him in a makeshift tag team coming off such a big angle with Hunter, Vince, and Stephanie.

I'm pretty sure, yeah. I remember Trish coming down to ringside and scouting either Test or Albert on Sunday Night Heat.

I agree with you that they put Trish with T&A to get her over, but lets be real. She was a smoking hot busty blonde during the Attitude Era. Trish was over the second she made her debut.

Meanwhile, they seemed to have a hard time finding anything for Test and to this day they still don't know what to do with Albert.

Test got one match with Triple H on RAW, maybe the week after the wedding or close to it, and that was it. He should have been pushed harder then, he would have gotten over against Steph and Triple H. It's a shame really, I thought he was pretty good back then.

I think Test should have been used better too.but at the time?Rock & Foley were carrying the face roles.

I have also heard of legit heat between Test & HHH.and yeah "T&A" was totally a vehicle for Trish.

Trish was Kevin Dunns replacement for Sable(whom he seemed genuinely enamored with) and whatever it took to get her on TV and stay there.

Test had a good look and was pretty good in the ring for a guy his size. Problem was he didn't develope a personality until he joined the Alliance in 2001. I remember he had a short feud w/ HHH for like 2 weeks following the wedding. One match was where he teamed w/ HHH against the NAO, and DX basically beat the crap outta him. I believe they also had a one on one match where DX beat him up again. Then his push suddenly stopped for no reason. He had a random match w/ HHH in mid-2000, but again nothing came of it.

I enjoyed him alot during 01-03. He was unique cause while he was a cocky heel, he wasn't afraid to take on the top faces. He had some enjoyable matches w/ Edge and Kane in 01, and I really like the UnAmericans gimmick he had in 02. I thought for sure that teaming him w/ Stacy Keibler was going to finally get him over, but sadly right when he was getting a decent push against Chris Jericho, he got hurt. I was looking forward to their match at NWO 2003 when he got hurt and Jeff Hardy was thrown in as a quick replacement.

My one question is what was Russo's origional plan for the Test/Steph wedding. I believe it was on Vince or HHH's documentary DVD that they said Russo was the one who started the idea, and then left in the middle of it for WCW w/out telling anyone what the ending was going to be. It was basically quickly thought up by Vince and HHH that he should ruin the wedding. Obviously worked out good storyline wise in the end, but I wonder what Russo's plans were?

for sure.It was a great choice.

I found Trish highly overrated. She was hot as hell during her first few years (before she lost a ton of weight), but her in ring stuff was decent at best. Her acting was always corny to me as well. Face or heel, she always seemed to over act.

Sable wasn't anything great in the ring either, but I thought her character was far more interesting. Looks wise, I'd take 90s Sable over Trish. Just my opinion though.

Didn't he also legit break his nose twice during the time of the wedding angle and feud with trips? That might have derailed him a but too.