Triple H concussion story should have gone to another WWE Superstar

WWE produced a cliffhanger angle at the end of Monday Night Raw this week where Triple H could not continue his match with new Paul Heyman protégé Curtis Axel aka Michael McGuillicutty, son of Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig.

Triple H sat in between the timekeeper’s table and the announcer’s desk selling the war he went through with Brock Lesnar inside a steel cage at Extreme Rules.

The concussion angle was designed to give Triple H an out without having to job to Axel on his first night after being repackaged. Wrestling fans have debated online on whether “The Cerebral Assasin” should have put over Axel by having him take advantage of the injuries. Laying a major beatdown on a future hall of famer would have given Axel instant credibility with fans.

Well there are certainly a segment of fans that still enjoy seeing Triple H perform in the squared circle, I believe he did not need a major angle like this to write him off television for the time being. The match with Lesnar would have sufficed.

I believe the concussion angle should have been reserved for a superstar who’s needed to show vulnerability since his rise atop the WWE mountain. John Cena would have benefited from a concussion angle because he would have shown the vulnerability that fans have been clamoring for years, if not months.

Fans have been tired of “Super Cena” and the way he runs roughshod over opponents like they do not pose a challenge. Cena getting a concussion due to the Last Man Standing match with Ryback at Extreme Rules would have made Ryback a dominant monster who took out WWE’s No. 1 hero and WWE Champion.

The injury would give Cena an out to let him recuperate from nagging injuries while Ryback builds himself up as a heel WWE Champion taking on superstars like Randy Orton, Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio. Maybe WWE would build up new faces while the leader of the Cenation takes a well-deserved break.

Triple H has nothing to gain with the concussion story, unlike Cena who could use that injury to elevate Ryback or another heel superstar.

But when you are an aging superstar in his last years as a wrestler and preparing to run the family business, any way to stay relevant helps your career.

Why Daniel Bryan is wrestling's best heel?

Scum, lowlife, weasel are definitions of a heel aka villain in wrestling. There are no redeemable qualities about them whatsoever. As Jesse "The Body" Ventura once said "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat."
One wrestler has taken on that premise since winning the World Heavyweight Championship in December.
And he happens to be a vegan.
Daniel Bryan slowly developed a heel persona after cashing in his Money In The Bank case to defeat Big Show for wrestling's gold prize at the WWE TLC ppv, shortly after Show defeated Mark Henry for the belt.
Bryan got the big head, thought he was the big star who was invincible, and developed a cocky attitude that coincided with his reign as champion.
Whether it was in matches against Show, Henry, or Randy Orton, Bryan was able to weasel his way to a win, usually by disqualification or countout.
Besides winning matches through nefarious means, Bryan would belittle his girlfriend AJ.
On a recent episode of Smackdown, Bryan told AJ to "shut up" while she spoke in mid-sentence and told her the next week that a dress she tried on looked better on the mannequin than her.
Bryan has never shied from using his girlfriend as a shield, as evidence on a January Smackdown where Big Show ran over AJ outside the ring, as the giant was in pursuit of Bryan during their match.
Bryan didn't blame himself for having his 100-pound girlfriend at ringside, and instead, blamed Show for his carelessness.
In a heel's world, they can do no wrong.
With his conniving ways of winning matches, belittlement of his girlfriend, and the way he espouses his vegan lifestyle, Bryan is playing the perfect heel.
He's someone fans want to see "get his", and if Sheamus nails a Brogue Kick onto Bryan's face at Wrestlemania to win the World Heavyweight Championship, 80,000 fans will pop in Miami after the 123 is counted for.
And when fans want to see someone get their comeuppance, then they are playing the part as a wrestling villain to a tee.