Thought of the Day: The Lesson From HHH vs. Great Khali
I’m finishing off Brock vs. HHH and this occurred to me.Back in 2008, the Smackdown title match at Summerslam was HHH defending against the Great Khali. The idea of the match was simple: the only thing HHH had that could keep Khali down was the Pedigree so it was all he went for. He finally hit his home run move and Khali DIDN’T GET UP. Here’s what popped into my head: how long has it been in a WWE PPV main event that it took one finisher to beat someone? It was a running joke in Rock vs. Cena and it’s an annoying problem. Based on the logic of you can hit however many finishers you want, right hands could be considered a finisher as if you hit enough of them you’ll win a match.
HHH vs. Khali is shockingly good too. Check it out.
This came up as a Random Review, so forgive the extremely late comment…
I’m pretty sure the finisher became “just another move” during the Attitude Era. The Stunner, Rock Bottom, and Tombstone all were getting kicked out of, and it became something that was expected to happen. When Hogan kicked out of the elbow at WM5, it was HUGE. Now, it’s a major surprise if a low-card guy doesn’t kick out at least once.
Would you say it’s Khali’s best match ever?