The WWE is headed to Melbourne, Australia in October for their latest international super duper house show spectacular, with the Super Show-Down on Oct. 6. As of now, the main attraction will be The Undertaker vs. Triple H.
Yes, that is a main event in 2018, but it’s what the people want and WWE is here to give the international crowds a chance to see the legends they love one more time in matches that will undoubtedly not live up to the hype (see: Cena-Triple H, Taker-Rusev in Saudi Arabia). This time around, they’re doing a significant build to Taker-Triple H and using Raw to build excitement. First it was Triple H cutting a promo a couple weeks back about how “the era” was back (because I guess saying Attitude Era is no-no), and it was actually pretty great, until you remembered what it was building towards.
On Monday, Shawn Michaels came out to pump up the match with a promo of his own, giving his take on the rivalry being that he was the special guest referee for the last meeting between the two. HBK naturally is backing his old buddy Triple H and insisted he’s got way more left in the tank than the Undertaker. Of course, that led to the lights shutting out and bells tolling.
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Goosebumps.#RAW #Undertaker pic.twitter.com/CgdHVeh74i
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 4, 2018
John Cena’s got to be wondering what Michaels did that he wasn’t, because he tried for months to get Taker to show up on Raw ahead of ‘Mania and all HBK has to do is come out there one time and the dead man pops up.
Taker entered the ring and antagonized HBK over how he’s not even fought in a match in a decade, with Michaels trying to explain that he’s stayed away out of respect and because his word means something, so when he says he’s retired, he stays retired unlike some 7-foot tall dead men he knows. The Undertaker fires back by saying he’s not doing it out of respect but out of fear, because the only person Michaels would even want to come back against would be Taker and he knows he’d lose.
"In Melbourne, Australia, I'm going to put your buddy @TripleH down again…" – #Undertaker #RAW pic.twitter.com/iWG52DpSxD
— WWE (@WWE) September 4, 2018
It’s all pretty good promo work, but the problem, again, is it’s for a Triple H-Undertaker match in 2018. Michaels will be there to support Trips in Melbourne and I have a great deal of fear that they’ll try setting up something with HBK and Taker for the future (either at another international special event, or at WrestleMania).
