10 WWE Stars Triple H Will Never Use Properly

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Triple H has done some brilliant work as head of WWE creative, but not for these guys!

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00:00This lot just can't seem to get ahead in Hunter's WWE.

00:04Some have experienced incredible highs before slinking back into the shadows, but most fans

00:09would agree they've hardly been used well consistently.

00:12Time to play the game?

00:13Nuh-uh, time to take the blame.

00:16So I'm Gareth, this is WhatCulture Wrestling, and here are 10 WWE Stars Triple H Will Never

00:21Use Properly.

00:2210.

00:23Hit Row's Remaining Members

00:25Note the wording there.

00:26Remaining members suggests that Hit Row still has a future post-top-dollar release.

00:31The much-maligned faction surely doesn't, and it's not like anyone will shed a tear

00:35if it vanishes anyway.

00:36Hit Row's comeback was retrospectively one of Triple H's worst decisions back in 2022.

00:412023 wasn't kind to the group either, but what's next?

00:45B-Fab has been hanging around with Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits, so perhaps you'll

00:49get some mileage out of that alliance in the short term.

00:52Then there's poor Ashanti Theodonis.

00:54He's gone AWOL from screens, and will probably require a complete repackage job if he's

00:59going to survive.

01:00Maybe these guys are just doomed.

01:02Nobody wants to hear that, because it sounds so negative, obviously.

01:05But it could be true.

01:06Triple H might have put a red pen through B-Fab and Adonis heading into 2024.

01:10So either they get used to WWE catering, or they possibly try their luck elsewhere.

01:159.

01:16Cameron Grimes

01:17This is such a curious one.

01:19Cameron Grimes was a hot commodity on the NXT roster.

01:22He crafted a memorable, likeable character that successfully turned him from middle-of-the-pack

01:26heel into surprise breakout babyface, and everyone had high hopes for the man once he

01:31landed on the main roster.

01:33Grimes' run on Smackdown has been the pits thus far.

01:36Creative outright failed to present him properly from the off.

01:39His start-up mini-feud opposite Baron Corbin went nowhere.

01:42Baron headed back to NXT without settling his differences with Cam.

01:45Then Grimes entered a dreaded chapter in any developmental call-up's career.

01:49Borderline enhancement talent work.

01:51Yeah, that's what Cameron has been doing on and off recently on Friday night, and it

01:55sucks to see.

01:56He's far too talented for this crud, man.

01:58And with all this in mind, I've got a question for you.

02:01Who has been your favourite NXT call-up of all time?

02:04It's probably not Grimes, but you let me know who it is in the comments section down

02:08below.

02:098.

02:10Apollo Crews

02:11Arguably, this isn't just a Triple H issue, it's a wider WWE issue.

02:15But Hunter is currently the head of Creative, so he's gonna take the hit.

02:18Apollo Crews once threatened to break out when the promotion cast him as a descendant

02:22of Nigerian royalty.

02:24He was in the Intercontinental title hunt back then.

02:26Those days feel like ancient history now.

02:29Today, Apollo has returned to playing the same generic smiley babyface role that bored

02:33people to tears when he first landed on the main roster.

02:36Remember Michael Cole desperately reaching by using words like dynamic, exciting and

02:40energetic to describe Crews?

02:42That was in lieu of any actual personality, and it didn't work.

02:46Apollo is living some sort of WWE-style Groundhog Day in terms of characterisation, and that

02:51ain't gonna change in 2024.

02:54Triple H isn't gonna suddenly wake up one day and think, hey, I need to book Apollo

02:57Crews as a top guy, is he?

02:597.

03:00Dexter Lumis

03:01Chips just doesn't really get the Dexter Lumis gimmick, does he?

03:04If he did, then Dex would've had a better shot at success on Raw beyond his rivalry

03:08versus The Miz.

03:09That was a bit of an unsatisfying mid-card experience, and it failed to elevate Lumis

03:13in the slightest.

03:15So yeah, maybe Hunter just can't get on board with what Dexter is all about.

03:18And that's fair enough, really, but it doesn't really bode well for the spooky ex-NXT star.

03:24Put simply, Lumis would need to seemingly radically alter his character to have a hope

03:28in hell of thriving under the game in 2024.

03:316.

03:32Ricochet

03:33At time of recording, High Flyer Ricochet has worked nine bouts on WWE television since

03:38losing to Logan Paul back at SummerSlam in August.

03:41Can you name any of them?

03:43The point is that ol' Rico hasn't been up to much since ending his beef with LP.

03:48There was zero follow-up from Triple H and his creative staff for Ricochet.

03:51His on-screen character didn't continue to develop, and he's only worked a few fun-in-the-moment

03:56but ultimately forgettable matches versus guys like Shinsuke Nakamura since.

04:00It's a real shame considering how well Rico was doing over the summer, because it looked

04:04like his stop-start pushes under McMahon were a thing of the past.

04:08Nope, he's still on that Not-So-Merry-Go-Rounder.

04:11Oh yeah, and just a quick one to say thank you for hopping on this video right today.

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04:185.

04:19The Viking Raiders

04:20RAID RAID RAID RAID!

04:23That chant should be booming throughout arenas as people toast yet another fabulous Viking

04:28Raiders tag effort.

04:29But it's simply a fantasy.

04:30Yes, injuries have robbed the Raiders of some time in 2023, but they weren't exactly smashing

04:35it on TV anyway.

04:37Or more accurately, they weren't being allowed to smash it.

04:39The duo had a proud reputation pre-WWE, War Machine earned rave reviews pretty much everywhere

04:45on the pro wrestling map, and they seem destined to become a surefire hit after putting pen

04:49to paper on contracts with the biggest promotion in the land.

04:53Too much treading water has led to creative rot setting in though.

04:56It's almost impossible to picture anything better for Eric, Ivar and Valhalla once they're

05:01all back together on telly again, and Triple H will probably lead the charge for everyone

05:05to focus on others.

05:07What a damn shame.

05:084.

05:09Charlotte Flair You might be hearing this entry and thinking,

05:12er, Charlotte Flair is constantly in the title mix, she is definitely used properly.

05:16Wrestlers can be pushed hard and used wrongly at the same time, and most would agree that

05:20Charlotte's incredibly forced babyface run was visible evidence of that.

05:25She's way better as a heel, that's just the way it is.

05:28Interviews away from the ring reveal that Flair is a nice enough person, but her painted-on

05:32face, smile and love-me-love-me approach is pretty difficult to swallow on television.

05:36It's too put on, but Triple H has still persevered with Charlotte's face run throughout

05:40his tenure in charge of creative.

05:43This guy is beginning to wonder if he'll ever return Flair to the glory days of heeldom.

05:47You never know, maybe the Queen will get another shot at walking on the dark side once she

05:50returns from her terrible knee injury.

05:53Get well soon, Charlotte.

05:543.

05:55Karrion Kross The 8th December 2023 episode of SmackDown

05:58marked Karrion Kross' first televised match on the blue brand since August.

06:02It was teased as a return to form for he and Scarlett, something Karrion put over on

06:07social media, but he wound up losing to Bobby Lashley without putting up enough of a fight.

06:11The sad truth is that Karrion's second WWE run has been a continuation of where he left

06:16off during the first.

06:17His NXT stuff wasn't for everyone, but it was a million miles better than anything he's

06:21done on the main roster.

06:23Right now, Kross is one rung above Enhancement Worker.

06:26Triple H has had over a full year to get it right with Karrion.

06:29Kross is worse off than he was when he bounced back into view as an antagonist for top names

06:33like Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns.

06:362.

06:37Omos Vince McMahon surely grinned from ear to ear

06:39when he first clapped eyes on the towering Omos.

06:42A physically impressive monster like that was always McMahon's thing, but Triple H,

06:46as aforementioned, will have his own likes and dislikes when it comes to booking.

06:50And maybe Omos isn't his kind of worker.

06:52It'd certainly explain why the Giant went from being pushed like an unstoppable force,

06:57then dropping off the face of the Earth suddenly.

06:59WWE has barely used Omos at all since WrestleMania 39, and that could be a hunter call.

07:05Squash match pushes will only take someone so far.

07:07So, Trips might well be bored of the Omos experiment, and see WWE's previous obsession

07:12with Giants as just another trope that must be binned in the modern era.

07:161.

07:17Shayna Baszler

07:18One Shayna Baszler would be forgiven for throwing up her hands, sighing and realising the WWE

07:23push she richly deserves will never ever come.

07:26Things looked like they might be headed in the right direction when Baszler aligned with

07:30Ronda Rousey, but that was another false dawn for her.

07:33Now Rousey is gone, and Shayna is right back where she started before that tag run.

07:37Triple H will try again with Shayna in 2024, but unfortunately things will go the way they

07:43always go.

07:44WWE will give her a few weeks, maybe a month tops to rack up some wins.

07:48Then they'll lose interest and it'll be like nothing ever happened.

07:51Rinse and frustrating repeat.

07:53Poor Shayna.

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