I think its the consensus amongst old school fans that Trip made his career off the back of HBK. Lets be realistic, had he never befriended Michaels then Trip would never have been elevated to the level he was - infact the clique may have walked all over him the way they did everyone else. HHH without HBK is a vastly different career IMO, i dont know if im blinded by my utter disrespect for them both but i never saw anything in him which made me think, "wow, this guy is going to be amongst the best of all time".