We spoke about this match last week so I won’t go on about it too much but, yeah, this could have been everything. A white-hot feud, two guys in their prime, full of FAMILIAL RAGE, should have been a big ‘orrible violent spotfest.
Instead, WWE tried to go a bit clever with it, implementing the rule that if Trips got DQ’d he’d lose the title, because yes, that’s exactly how you want to blow off a feud featuring home invasions and loved ones, with a match that centres around the ref telling Triple H to ‘calm down, big lad’, following him around like a concerned parent reminding him not to play too rough with all the other boys. Thrilling stuff.
Also the crowd was burned out from Taker/HBK earlier, to the point where even Trips and Orton busting out each others finishers in the first few minutes couldn’t spark a reaction. Terribly booked, awkwardly placed on the card, the match never enters second gear, so big moments like Triple H catching Orton’s leg mid-punt, barely raises a murmur.
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