So the ad hoc assumptions of the Higgs mechanism were obviously spot on.
The knock on effects of the discovery are being seen.
The electroweak theory which predicted the W and Z bosons and were discovered in the 1980s, was based on the existence of the Higgs boson, is now fully vindicated.
While the Standard Model was never able to nail down a firm prediction for the Higgs mass, String theory predicted the Higgs mass in the 122-129 GeV interval.
A major triumph for String theory?
Regards
Steven