That is being apologetic towards him. Sure, he's lost those matches, but he has still been in the most featured match of WrestleMania every single year. That is a joke.
As a matter of fact, how about we look at every WrestleMania Triple H has competed at since WrestleMania 2000. He has competed at every single one except WrestleMania 23 when he was out due to injury. It comes out to 18 WrestleMania's for Triple H.
In those 18 matches...
- Triple H was in the
longest match in 11 of them (the crazy part about this too is Triple H at no point in his career was considered the best in-ring worker in the WWE, so why in the hell does he get the longest match at over 50% of the WrestleMania's he competes at?)
- Triple H was in the
world title match in 9 of them
- Triple H was in the
main event in 7 of them (more than Rock, Austin, Cena, and without checking I think The Undertaker?)
- The only 2 WrestleMania's where he wasn't in either the longest match, world title match, or main event in 18 WrestleMania's were WM 17 and WM 26. WrestleMania 17, he was still the co-main event back when there was only 1 title and Rock/Austin were headlining. WrestleMania 26 is the only time where you could say he took a back-seat and I'd still argue he didn't because he beat the up-and-coming Sheamus.
So in 16 WrestleMania's, Triple H has had a super prominent role. He's been involved in matches that nobody wanted to see for no other reason that he has an inflated ego of himself.
When Brock Lesnar returned, nobody said, "I can't wait to see him face Triple H at WrestleMania next year!" Alas.
When Sting debuted, nobody said, "I can't wait to see him face Triple H at WrestleMania next year!" Alas.
When Roman Reigns was on the up-and-up and barely lost to Lesnar at the WrestleMania before, nobody said, "I can't wait to see him face Triple H at WrestleMania next year!" Alas.
When Rollins won the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania, nobody said, "I can't wait to see him face Triple H at WrestleMania next year!" Alas.
When Rousey debuted at the Royal Rumble, nobody said, "I can't wait to see her in a match with Triple H at WrestleMania!" Alas.
Triple H has for 19 years forced himself into matches with big stars that nobody ideally wanted to see him paired with. He has made sure his match has went on the longest, or been in the main event, or been the world title match. And what is crazy about it the most is... Triple H is not the star that the company or himself seem to think he is. He isn't Undertaker. He isn't Cena. He isn't Rock. He isn't Austin. Hell, he doesn't even generate the reactions that Punk, Bryan, or Reigns get. Triple H at his peak was great, but he's always seen himself as a bigger star than he actually is. I mean, honestly. When was the last time anyone said, "man, can't wait to see what Triple H does!"? Some of us might not like Undertaker, but whether he shows up or not is at least something we talk about with interest. Not Triple H. And yet, somehow, someway, he makes sure he is a central fucking focus of every WrestleMania.
It is a joke. And hence this gif:
Indirectly or directly, Triple H manages to bury everyone else by making sure he's "the man" in some way, shape, or fashion. So the fact that he may or may not have lost at most of those WrestleMania's doesn't mean a damn thing to me because at the end of the day, we all know that next year, Triple H will find a way to make sure his match goes on the longest (god forbid he main events or has another world title match). And it is hurting the product.
And stop with his "extravagant" entrances that aren't good anyway. It is another example of the WWE, or Triple H himself, presenting Triple H as some holier-than-thou figure.