Triple H Blasted for Exposing Inner Workings of John Cena’s Heel Turn

John Cena shocked everyone when he turned heel and attacked Cody Rhodes at the Elimination Chamber event and this was followed up with Triple H revealing how the heel turn was pitched in the first place. With that in mind, it appears Triple H has been blasted for exposing the business.

While speaking on The Stevie Richards Show, Stevie Richards blasted Triple H for how the build-up to John Cena’s WrestleMania match was handled. He said the only real promotion he noticed was Triple H revealing in an interview that they had talked to Cena about finally making turning heel, which gave away the surprise.

Richards questioned what Triple H was doing and compared it to an AEW media scrum where spoilers are openly shared. He felt that Triple H might as well have revealed the match results, too. Richards admitted he only watched about 30 seconds of the interview before turning it off because he felt Triple H was completely removing the sense of disbelief that makes wrestling exciting.

“The only build I noticed for the Cena stuff going into WrestleMania was Triple H exposing that it wasn’t real in an interview, saying, ‘Yeah, we’ve talked to John about finally pulling the lever on them.’ Like, what are you doing? There’s the thumbnail, but what are you doing with that? You literally just did the AEW media scrum before—you might as well give the finish to the matches while you’re at it. Did you feel that way? I only watched like 30 seconds and I’m like, what is this guy doing? He’s suspending all the disbelief.”

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Triple H was previously criticized for using insider terms in a cold open video for Raw’s debut on Netflix this year. Wrestling fans are split on whether they like knowing what happens behind the scenes.

Some people enjoy learning how things really work, but others, like Stevie Richards, think it ruins the fun. Therefore, we’ll have to see if Triple H will respond to this criticism in the future.

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