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Post by JokerFC on Dec 12, 2020 9:25:12 GMT -5
Ok so flashback to August 1999.
We have the 1st episode of SD! airing as competition to Thunder as Vince looks to completely destroy WCW. HHH is the newly crowned champion....He has the on again/off again programme with the Rock going and after the events of the previous Raw where HHH won the title? things are hot between the pair again.
Rock delivers a scalding hot promo on HHH at the start of the show & the ME is set...HHH vs Rock with Commissioner HBK as the special ref.
So as we know HBK turns heel & nails Rock with a superkick as he criss crosses for the "Peoples Elbow" to cost him the match(great spot)
So my question is what were the hopes here? Prichard & JR have both said the DX reunion as heels to support HHH was already planned at this point & Chyna was set to do her own thing.. Was HBK set to be a part of this(managerial role maybe) & his pill addiction got the best of him?
Was he set to be part of Chyna's separation? because on TV she just suddenly stopped hanging out with HHH with zero explanation....maybe HBK was set to be part of this & when he started effing around they dropped it.
It was strange to see DX reunited and Chyna is just...there. Not interacting with them at all. its still strange as hell to me.
thoughts/opinions/dreams/hopes?
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Dec 12, 2020 16:34:38 GMT -5
HBK's booking in 99 was weird. Despite being commissioner his appearances became less regular until the point he was off screen for months at a time. From what I remember he didn't appear at all during heel DX's run and by the time he returned at Judgement Day DX had basically disbanded.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Dec 13, 2020 15:43:37 GMT -5
Was Triple H dipping in the McMahon's gene pool at the time?? If so, that could be why Chyna wasn't apart of it since Hunter was having his fill of Stephanie.
I am guessing that the HBK heel turn there was done for shock value. As in the whole, "tune in every Thursday, you will never know what's going to happen."
To be honest, I hated the addition of Smackdown. In 1998 you had the addition of Sunday Night Heat, but somehow that felt okay. Probably because it was only an hour and if you missed it, you weren't missing much. But with Smackdown, it just made a lot more matches we got to see happen more regularly. I would hate to go back and count the number of times Rock vs. Triple H happened from September 1999 - September 2000 with Raw, Smackdown and PPV matches there.
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Post by Kill Em' All on Dec 13, 2020 17:19:32 GMT -5
I just know plans were for HBK Vs. HHH WM 17.
But; I guess maybe Shawn helps out with DX. Gets fired as Commissioner; triple h don’t see worth in him. Kicks Shawn out of DX; Shawn tries to confront HHH. But he’s beaten down to a pulp. Shawn returns in 2001; for Mania? No clue
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 15, 2020 15:04:59 GMT -5
Was Triple H dipping in the McMahon's gene pool at the time?? If so, that could be why Chyna wasn't apart of it since Hunter was having his fill of Stephanie. . No....that didn't start til the year 2000 depending on who you ask.... but nobody says 99. Not the ex DX guys, backstage folks or anyone. Everyone reckons about 3/4 months after the angle started onscreen that life imitated art.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Dec 15, 2020 16:25:01 GMT -5
Was Triple H dipping in the McMahon's gene pool at the time?? If so, that could be why Chyna wasn't apart of it since Hunter was having his fill of Stephanie. . No....that didn't start til the year 2000 depending on who you ask.... but nobody says 99. Not the ex DX guys, backstage folks or anyone. Everyone reckons about 3/4 months after the angle started onscreen that life imitated art.
The only thing I can think of was that Chyna didn't really fit that group at the time then.
She had Miss Kitty with her and feuding with Jeff Jarrett and then Jericho. Though from what I read in Jericho's book, Triple H went to bat for Chyna in saying that Jericho was horrible and Chyna deserved a better opponent.
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 16, 2020 11:44:12 GMT -5
No....that didn't start til the year 2000 depending on who you ask.... but nobody says 99. Not the ex DX guys, backstage folks or anyone. Everyone reckons about 3/4 months after the angle started onscreen that life imitated art.
The only thing I can think of was that Chyna didn't really fit that group at the time then.
She had Miss Kitty with her and feuding with Jeff Jarrett and then Jericho. Though from what I read in Jericho's book, Triple H went to bat for Chyna in saying that Jericho was horrible and Chyna deserved a better opponent.
Yeah they were still dating well into 2000...it was just weird as hell
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