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Kane/HHH d. Y2J/Angle
All I can say is the roof CAME OFF when HHH came out. I still get chills thinking about it.
Angle and Y2J came out first, then Kane. As soon as the Motorhead started, the place exploded. I was having my own mark out moment and could not hear myself yelling over everyone else. HHH looks GREAT. If there’s any doubt over if he’ll be a heel or face, he’ll be a face and you’ll see why in a minute. As HHH poses in the corners, Y2J gets on the mic and says “all you people chanting HHH, remember here you have a Olympic hero and a living legend.” HHH grabs the mic and says “that may be so. But here,” he points at Kane “you have the Big Red Machine, and I... AM... THE GAME!!” I cannot describe the crown reaction to that. During the match, the crowd starts a “Y2Gay” chant, causing Jericho to get the mic and say “I AM NOT GAY!” HHH gets the mic next and says “If Angle sucks and Jericho is gay, does that mean Y2J swallows?” HA! HHH gets the win after hitting a Pedigree on Y2J.

After the match, HHH and Kane cornered Angle and Kane chokeslammed him. After Angle left, Kane tried to shake HHH’s hand but HHH turned away. Kane left the ring and HHH called him back, saying “You and me have some unfinished business from a long time ago, so if you have any guts get back in the ring.” Kane obliges, and after a brief stare down they shake hands and Kane raises HHH’s arm. After Kane left, HHH said that eight months ago he broke his leg and his heart. He said “Over the past eight months I fixed my leg, and tonight you all fixed my heart.” Again, the place went NUTS. Words fail the crowds reaction to HHH. He did some more posing and then left.

After the match my friends told me Stephanie was there, keeping a low profile at the soundboard and watching HHH’s match. I didn’t see her, but a few other wrestlers apparently came out and were discreetly watching HHH’s match. Excellent show. THE GAME IS BACK!

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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- If Friday's house show here at the Broome County Arena was any indication, then Triple H's return to RAW this coming Monday will be absolute magic.
The Game wrestled his first match in nearly eight months in front of a sold-out crowd here at the Arena, receiving a hero's welcome as he and Kane defeated Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle.

"I was waiting eight months to hear that music hit, for me to be in my gear ready to roll, ready to hit that ring," Triple H told WWF.com after the bout. "Tonight was the night, and there's no better feeling than that in the entire world. As long as I live, I'll never forget that moment when my music hit tonight."

The Game had been on the sidelines after tearing his left quadricep in a tag match last May. The injury proved more severe than originally thought, and a six-month recuperation turned into eight months.

He says his surgically repaired leg felt just fine after Friday's match.

"I felt pretty close to 100 percent," Triple H said. "Nothing I did hurt, nothing I did felt weak. As far as I'm concerned, I'm back and ready to roll."

Angle, Jericho and Kane were introduced first for the tag match, and after Kane's music ended, the arena filled with chants of "Triple H! Triple H!" When the first chord of The Game's music hit, the place just exploded. Triple H headed for the ring - stopping to hug Federation agent Blackjack Lanza on the way - and walked into the arena, as the cheers reached a crescendo.

The Game looked emotional as he headed for the ring, soaking up the applause all the way. Even after the opening bell rang, the "Triple H!" chants continued, and when The Game finally tagged into the bout, the crowd roared in approval.

Triple H showed no apparent signs of ring rust, executing a number of his signature maneuvers during the bout. But no maneuver earned bigger cheers from the crowd than the Pedigree, which he used to put away Jericho and pick up the win.

"I was a little bit hesitant at first, but once I got out there, the people were there and the adrenaline was flowing, and you just start going," Triple H said. "Every time I did something, it felt fine. By the end of it, I was doing everything full tilt, and everything was there the same way I always do it. I can't complain about a thing, because it felt great."

As pleased as he was with his in-ring performance, he says the fans' response made the night all-the-more special.

"I couldn't have gotten a better reaction," Triple H said. "The people seemed thrilled to see me and gave me quite a response when I came out."

If the Binghamton show is any indication, then it will be damn near impossible for Triple H to be anything other than a mega-babyface upon his return. As someone who has always thrived on being the top heel on the business, The Game admits it would be hard to be a heel anytime in the near future. But he also admits that he's so happy to be back, that he doesn't care if he's a face or a heel upon his return.

"As long as there's people out there and I can wrestle in front of them, that's all that matters to me right now," he said.

Triple H attributes much of the babyface response to the recent video that has aired on Federation television, featuring clips of him interspersed with the U2 song "Beautiful Day."

"It's a masterpiece," Triple H said of the video. "They did an unbelievable job. That's what the World Wrestling Federation does - they put together these epic pieces that just tell such a story. That piece portrayed such emotion and it really showed what I did and what I went through to get where I am here today. I couldn't have been more thrilled with that video."

As much of a rush as Friday night was, The Game says that Monday's RAW will be the stuff that legends are made of.

"Madison Square Garden is the premier arena in the world," he said. "After eight months of not being on TV, for me to walk out for the first time in Madison Square Garden - if you wanted to write a storybook comeback, that would be it. It's going to be the thrill of my life."

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