Who is/are the face(s) of the Triple H Era?

[HOT RODney]

Hogan was the face of the Golden Era

Hart was the face of the New Generation Era

Austin was the face of the Attitude Era

Cena was the face of the Ruthless Aggression Era


What about the current Triple H Era? Who do you think is going to join Cody Rhodes as one of the major faces of this era? My picks are Tommaso Ciampa as a reference to NXT, Shotzi for the same reason and depending on your view, Liv Morgan. But what are your picks?

[The American Daydream]

- Reigns eventually once his heel run ends
- Damian Priest and LA Knight down the line if WWE backs the momentum they've already created for themselves but they aren't as young as the others
- Rhodes/Rollins for obvious reasons
- Drew McIntyre if he can find his footing again
- Sami Zayn if they want him to be, all the ingredients were there in NXT and shown again in the Bloodline feud

Good thread topic by the way

[k5]

well, interestingly, outside of triple h on raw from about 2002-2005, this is the first time in wwe history that it is a heel driven company (reigns)

NWA was traditionally a heel champ promotion. you naturally have a body of baby face challengers but the champ is viewed on another level. so it’s interesting to see wwe switch it up in that way.

[finnbalor1]

Cody,Becky and Seth seems like the obvious answers imo,Sami has all the potential like we've seen but just don't know if Trips is gonna put him in a spot to do so.

For future ones I could see a Bron,Rok C or even a Dragon Lee(he could finally be that next Rey they've been on the look out for)

Maybe a couple not so obvious would be Riddle, Gable,Liv or Big E

[hbkbigdaddycool]

Once they give Imperium a makeover and turn them into this eras version of Too Cool and Rikishi then you will see the top baby faces of this era!

Gunther dancing like big 'Kish, while Ludwig does the worm and Giovanni does that shovel dance.... honestly, the fact they haven't done this yet surprises me.

It has money written all over it.... big time!

[Rocky Balboa]

Gargano, Ciampa, Cole.

[TKO Propagandist]

Yeah

[Codyverse: Tag Team Champion]

Reigns
Rhodes
Rollins

Triple R

[LA Times]

Roman Reigns
Bobby Lashley
Drew McIntyre
Braun Strowman
Brock Lesnar

[JokerFC]

Reigns
Cody
Rollins
Becky.

[👑🇵🇭⭐️]

[BoJack Hogan]

I agree with a lot of the above selections, but if they don't bungle things terribly LA Knight has a chance to be right up there.They'll have to keep him near the top of the card for a few years, but he's perfect for the 'vocal fan era' where the audience sings theme songs and parrots everything anyone says (seriously, I hate fans today, but that's where we are and we're not going back). He has a good look, and he has that intangible star power. He's kind of like a more magnetic version of Ken Kennedy, but I can see crowds going bats*it for him. If they play this right I actually have this vision of him as a top face, with his 'YEAAAH!' becoming akin to Austin's 'WHAT?'. WWE (Vince) is moronic if they blow this, which they probably will.

[bige]

Jun 20, 2023 12:19:28 GMT -5 hbkbigdaddycool said:

Once they give Imperium a makeover and turn them into this eras version of Too Cool and Rikishi then you will see the top baby faces of this era!

Gunther dancing like big 'Kish, while Ludwig does the worm and Giovanni does that shovel dance.... honestly, the fact they haven't done this yet surprises me.

It has money written all over it.... big time!

I hope Vince doesn’t read this

[ASR (therockisback)]

Reigns

[@HartAttvcks]

Absolutely no one …. The people you listed were all superstars. WWE hasn’t created a genuine superstar with cross appeal in over 20 years at this point. As soon as Triple H made it all about the wrestling, the idea of anyone being a “face of the company” was killed. Roman and Seth aren’t even “stars” and they’ve been positioned as such for years at this point. Neither of these names ring bells outside of WWE.

[voicesinmyhead]

Aug 21, 2023 17:35:55 GMT -5 @HartAttvcks said:

Absolutely no one …. The people you listed were all superstars. WWE hasn’t created a genuine superstar with cross appeal in over 20 years at this point. As soon as Triple H made it all about the wrestling, the idea of anyone being a “face of the company” was killed. Roman and Seth aren’t even “stars” and they’ve been positioned as such for years at this point. Neither of these names ring bells outside of WWE.

The OP never asked about cross over appeal or ringing bells outside of WWE. This isn’t a conversation about households names and general Star power. The OP is simply asking who is the face of this era. One of his examples is Bret Hart and Bret is certainly not on the level of Hogan or Austin in terms of being a household name. Yes, Bret was featured on an episode of the Simpsons, but Vader was on an episode of Boy Meets World and no one is calling him a household name. This just sounds like you wanted to bash WWE for not making stars, but that’s simply not the topic here.

Anyway, I’d say the face of this era is Reigns. There’s really no question here when the guy has been on top for over 3 years and has held the top title for over 1,000 days.

Edit: Also, hell no on Shotzi. Not even in reference to NXT.

[@HartAttvcks]

Aug 21, 2023 18:57:51 GMT -5 voicesinmyhead said:

Aug 21, 2023 17:35:55 GMT -5 @HartAttvcks said:

Absolutely no one …. The people you listed were all superstars. WWE hasn’t created a genuine superstar with cross appeal in over 20 years at this point. As soon as Triple H made it all about the wrestling, the idea of anyone being a “face of the company” was killed. Roman and Seth aren’t even “stars” and they’ve been positioned as such for years at this point. Neither of these names ring bells outside of WWE.

The OP never asked about cross over appeal or ringing bells outside of WWE. This isn’t a conversation about households names and general Star power. The OP is simply asking who is the face of this era. One of his examples is Bret Hart and Bret is certainly not on the level of Hogan or Austin in terms of being a household name. Yes, Bret was featured on an episode of the Simpsons, but Vader was on an episode of Boy Meets World and no one is calling him a household name. This just sounds like you wanted to bash WWE for not making stars, but that’s simply not the topic here.

Anyway, I’d say the face of this era is Reigns. There’s really no question here when the guy has been on top for over 3 years and has held the top title for over 1,000 days.

Edit: Also, hell no on Shotzi. Not even in reference to NXT.

All the guys the OP listed are household names though, they were the face of their era and had massive popularity beyond the company. Those are the references he provided fo we’re going to use that as the criteria.

There is no “face” of this current era and WWE hasn’t had a “face” in years. There’s guys that have been prominently featured … but when there’s nothing memorable associated with their title reigns, how can we consider them a “face of the company.” You mention Roman having the title for 1,000 days — name something memorable hes done in that time frame.

As long as the ratings/popularity for wrestling continue to tank and reach record lows, there is no face of the company.

[voicesinmyhead]

Aug 21, 2023 20:28:04 GMT -5 @HartAttvcks said:

Aug 21, 2023 18:57:51 GMT -5 voicesinmyhead said:

The OP never asked about cross over appeal or ringing bells outside of WWE. This isn’t a conversation about households names and general Star power. The OP is simply asking who is the face of this era. One of his examples is Bret Hart and Bret is certainly not on the level of Hogan or Austin in terms of being a household name. Yes, Bret was featured on an episode of the Simpsons, but Vader was on an episode of Boy Meets World and no one is calling him a household name. This just sounds like you wanted to bash WWE for not making stars, but that’s simply not the topic here.

Anyway, I’d say the face of this era is Reigns. There’s really no question here when the guy has been on top for over 3 years and has held the top title for over 1,000 days.

Edit: Also, hell no on Shotzi. Not even in reference to NXT.

All the guys the OP listed are household names though, they were the face of their era and had massive popularity beyond the company. Those are the references he provided fo we’re going to use that as the criteria.

There is no “face” of this current era and WWE hasn’t had a “face” in years. There’s guys that have been prominently featured … but when there’s nothing memorable associated with their title reigns, how can we consider them a “face of the company.” You mention Roman having the title for 1,000 days — name something memorable hes done in that time frame.

As long as the ratings/popularity for wrestling continue to tank and reach record lows, there is no face of the company.

They aren’t all household names though. Bret Hart was not a household name then and he certainly is not a household name now.

And name something memorable? The entire Bloodline storyline is something that will be remembered amongst wrestling fans for years to come. Roman is prominently featured in the top spot, he is positioned as the top guy, and his face is on every banner they put up at events. That’s literally the face of the company. We aren’t talking about household names. I’m not disagreeing with you that there are really no household names currently, but that wasn’t the question here.

Lastly, ratings haven’t been continuing to tank. WWE has been gaining some traction and increasing with viewers, especially prior to WM, and reaching record gates event after event.

[shanieomaniac]

Honestly, the fact that Roman is the "Face" of the Triple H era so far despite being a part time heel makes me wonder if there's ever going to be one. They're pushing Cody hard but I swear the magic just hasn't been the same since he got the wind taken out of his sails at Wrestlemania.

Sami could be, but I swear Hunter had exactly one goal when he took over and that was to give Zayn and Owens that 'Mania main event tag win and since then he's gotten bored with both of them and is using them to make other people look good despite them still being the champions.

Seth has more potential than most but he needs to find his footing as a truly marketable character. The entire arena "singing his song" doesn't necessarily make for much outside-audience appeal.

LA Knight has a ton of potential if they can work him right but I have little faith that they will. He just doesn't feel like a Trips sort of guy.

Gunther has the makings of a major star... but not under his current character. There's just not enough there to really grab the casual fan's attention regardless of how incredible a performer he is. Plus, he's too good as a heel, I feel, to ever work well as a babyface.

Becky they are wasting. If what the crowd was chanting on Monday is any indication, the fans have soured on the Trish feud and unless they bring her into a program to rehabilitate her popularity, they're going to ruin her.

Right now, hate to say it, but I don't trust Triple H to make the right decisions to have his own "Face of the company". Roman is the closest to a true icon that he's been involved with and really, Hunter had little to do with him, he was already on top when Hunter arrived and halfway out the door at that.

[casanova]

After Cody dethrones Roman, I can see GUNTHER leaving Imperium behind and join forces with Paul Heyman. GUNTHER doesn’t have to change anything as Heyman will do so. He has all the abilities to become the next dominant force in WWE. This guy is working out like a machine. His body transformation is not finished now. He will become a beast in the next 2 years.

I somehow always had Bray Wyatt as a personal Hunter project on my list. Scratch it for obvious reasons. So sad.

My personal bet is MJF. When he joins WWE somewhere in 2024 he will blow the roof. The next big thing - a once in a lifetime superstar. We can all be grateful to live in the same timeline and witness him evolving.