Kurt Angle has been doing a solid job as the general manager of Monday Night Raw, and we didn’t expect anything less. Whilst the overall product may not exactly be riveting right now, the Olympic Gold Medallist is making things a lot more interesting – even if his comedy skits did hit their peak during his first night in power.
The rumours are circulating that Kurt will soon be allowed back inside the squared circle, and everyone has their own opinion when it comes to who the former WWE Champion is going to face. Some think that facing a newer star will be more beneficial, meanwhile, others feel that nostalgia matches are the way to go.
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Whichever camp you fall into, we’re confident that you’ll join us in saying that Kurt Angle vs Triple H is NOT the direction that the company should go in. The former foes turned friends appear to be on a collision course for an eventual match, most likely at SummerSlam or even WrestleMania 34. We REALLY don’t want to see that happen, and we feel as if our reasons are justified.
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So with that being said, here are five reasons why we don’t want Kurt Angle vs Triple H.
#1 Likely Triple H win
Three things are certain in this life: death, taxes and the occasional Triple H burial. No matter how hard we try to avoid it The Game always seems to find a way to make others look worse in order to benefit himself, and sometimes he even utilises his wife’s dreaded slap in order to do so.
Given the age of both men involved, in addition to how long they’re going to stick around for, it seems like a certainty that The Cerebral Assassin would walk away with yet another victory.
His last big one came against Sting at WrestleMania 31, and we’re confident that he’s still got that burning desire within him to get out the shovel.
#2 Waste of Angle
As we mentioned during the introduction, a lot of fans believe that Angle should be focusing his attentions on wrestling a youngster star. In our opinion, that’s definitely the best way forward, and throwing away one of our last opportunities to see Angle wrestle like this just feels wrong.
We all know that Angle is on borrowed time in terms of his in-ring career, and because of that, we need to look into the possibility of him putting a younger guy over.
Names that come to mind include Finn Balor and Seth Rollins, but there’s a whole host of other talented guys out there on Raw or SmackDown Live that could receive the honour.
#3 The duo have fought before
Back in the late 90s and early noughties, Kurt Angle and Triple H were two of the biggest stars in the World Wrestling Federation. As such we saw them square off on multiple occasions, which included an amusing feud centred around Stephanie McMahon. So that begs the question – why are we about to see it all over again in 2017?
It’s old news, and that’s the case with any of these ‘nostalgia’ match ups. It’s fine to have them in a few segments together, but we need to establish boundaries.
These guys are used best when putting the future stars over, and we don’t care if it’s been over 15 years. That doesn’t change a thing in our books.
#4 Story repetition
See if this sounds familiar: a superstar, authority figure or multiple superstars oppose the tyrannical reign of Stephanie McMahon. They complain and complain until eventually, courtesy of her links alongside husband Triple H, they are buried six feet under and put straight back down into the mid-card.
This whole ‘Angle texting storyline’ is clearly leading towards a Stephanie McMahon return, which would move things indirectly towards a Mick Foley 2.0 storyline. Of course, Foley wasn’t able to compete in an actual match, but he did manage to get physical and have a big blow off to the feud.
If they’re going to do this match, they need to mix things up because it’s just too predictable.
#5 Part-timers galore
We’re never going to get bored of saying it: part timers are one of the biggest problems in WWE and professional wrestling today. They come in for a handful of dates every year, usually around WrestleMania season, and pick up their multi-million dollar cheques before disappearing into the night once again.
There is nothing, and we mean nothing beneficial about that in comparison to what it does for the younger stars. If you want Triple H and Angle to both perform at SummerSlam or WrestleMania, that would go down well with fans, so long as they aren’t going against each other.
That kind of booking automatically takes up around 30 minutes of the show, and for what? Two guys battling it out who are well past their prime?He deserves better
