Latest Interview With Triple H (Highlights)

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The following is the highlights from the WWE Network Podcast where Stone Cold Steve Austin interview Triple H:


IS KAYFABE DEAD?

Austin: “It’s almost like kayfabe has died. Back in the day you would watch the product in the ring, and whatever happened in the ring that’s where you got your heat or your satisfaction from. Now if the story doesn’t go the way people want, they’re mad behind the scenes at the writers.”

Triple H: “Times changed. Just telling a story and people accepting that storyline for what it is, as a storyline, is gone. A large portion of your audience just buys into that. Another large portion of your audience – they know everything that goes on every five minutes of every day. They know more about what’s happening sometimes than we do. And I think you get to a point where they just want to go the opposite direction. They want to see a certain thing, or they think a certain type of thing is what works.”


THE ROMAN REIGNS FACTOR

Austin: “When Vince came to me and said, ‘Hey man in two weeks you’re going to go over in the King of the Ring’ and I said ‘OK cool’. I didn’t say, ‘hey man there’s been guys that have been here longer than me, and maybe they should do that.’ So when Roman Reigns gets the word that he’s going over in the Rumble, what’s he supposed to say?”

Triple H: “Thank you very much!”

Austin: “Exactly. This is a business where sometimes you got to put your big-boy britches on and go to work. A portion of the crowd felt like he hadn’t earned that yet. So when the finish went down the way it did … he ended up getting the heat out of that, and the resentment from the fans because they were mad at the writing staff.”

Triple H: “There’s one guy calling the shots, and that’s Vince. That Royal Rumble was debated, and poured over, and gone through and there were a lot of suggestions. You’ve got one guy that takes all the suggestions, boils it up and that’s the direction you go in. That’s Vince. Is he perfect? No. Am I? No. Is the writing team? No. There’s a lot of ideas. We choose what we think will be best at the time, but he’d be the first guy to say he doesn’t always make the right call. But he’s got a pretty damn good track record.”

Austin: “It’s supply and demand. It seemed like for a time, people really wanted Roman Reigns, and they were giving Roman Reigns. Daniel Bryan comes back and they want Daniel Bryan. You’ve got a supply of each. They start demanding Bryan, and they kept giving Roman, and the people got a little hot.”


THE REALITY ERA

Triple H: “People will say all the time that we don’t listen. There was such a large period of time where half the people were booing John Cena, and half the people were cheering him, but he was packing arenas. He was selling more merchandise, he was more popular than ever; everything that we did, John was so far ahead of everyone else it doesn’t matter that half the people hate him. It’s difficult now to find the one that every single person likes. When we don’t tell the story well – whether that’s bad writing, bad execution, whatever – people don’t buy it. Especially when they know the reality of it. When you look at what we did from a storyline aspect: Daniel Bryan’s eliminated early, Roman Reigns goes to the end of the Rumble and he ends up winning. Years ago you just follow that storyline – he must be good, he won at the end. The ‘Reality Era’ says ‘no, they’re pushing Roman Reigns. I don’t want them to push him.’ We were holding back Daniel Bryan, because whatever reason we’re holding back Daniel Bryan.”


WHAT’S UP WITH CM PUNK?

Austin: “What is it with you guys?”

Triple H: “I remember hearing things about him when he was first coming in. I remember people saying, ‘oh you hate this CM Punk kid, and you’re burying him.’ Honest to god, and this isn’t a knock to him, I didn’t know who he was. We didn’t have time to watch other components of the business. When he came here, maybe some of that got carried over. I don’t know. I’ve never had a beef with him.”


THE PIPEBOMB

Triple H: “When he first dropped the pipebomb, we did this storyline and [Kevin] Nash was brought in. It was done for the right reasons; I think it was done to get him more over. The decisions that were made were Vince’s, and they didn’t work out. Nash couldn’t hang. But [Punk] held a grudge on that. He’s a weird cat. He doesn’t talk. He doesn’t communicate well.”

Austin: “Could he ever come back here?”

Triple H: “If the fans want it, if that’s what best for business – it’s my regret that we couldn’t get past all this stuff with him. But if he didn’t want to be here anymore – if this wasn’t his passion anymore – you can’t be here if you don’t love it.”[/quote]

 

[savage101]

For me one of the crazy things he said is his 8 yr old may google "Chyna." ..lol.. News flash, sooner or later she will. If she hasn't already.


hyeah

 

[Champion_Gamer]

truth be told i kinda have to agree with trips on this one, not that i'm against porn, but i f you are a family orientated company you cant just go inducting a pornstar into a HOF, you have a image to maintain, sponsor and magnitude of other things to worry about

 

[Deleted User]

X Pac made a porn, too. With Chyna.

 

[Champion_Gamer]

fair point, however I'm not sure what name he currently uses in the wwe, and what name he went by in the porno *shudders* not that it would make much of a difference anyway

 

[The NekoMancer]

In X-Pac's defense... Chyna still does porn.

She even participated in a parody where she seemingly had sex with "Vince and Stephanie" at the same time, and later gets fucked by a group of people dressed as legends, including the Iron Sheik... Yes, the fucking Iron Sheik... pun intended.

 

[Deleted User]

That was years ago, and she hasn't been doing porn for some time now. Google "Chyna", it isn't that racey, you gotta go looking for it.

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Just for shits and giggles I googled "Chyna WWE", "Lana WWE", and "Trush Stratus WWE", guess which one has the least raciest front page?

 

[The NekoMancer]

She still participated in a movie too offensive for them.

Doing a scene where you imply that you get fucked by both the Boss of a company and his daughter is a bit too much.

 

[Deleted User]

Did you miss the attitude era or something?

Sheeeeeeeeeeet

 

[The NekoMancer]

But this ain't the Attitude Era, they won't do it.

"cuz sex is bad, kidz. sex dont exist"

 

[Deleted User]

PG era has been gone for years, man. They just don't allow blood. We are in the reality era now, and he reality of it is, is that if they induct X-Pac , they should Induct Chyna. It'll happen, eventually.

 

[The NekoMancer]

It will, eventually, but not for now, since Stephanie hates Chyna.

 

[Deleted User]

I don't think Steph gives a shit about Chyna.

Chyna might hate Steph, though, but I imagine she has a bigger beef with Hunter more than anyone.

 

[The NekoMancer]

That might be true, tho.
Chyna seems like she was never able to forget about Trips, lol.

 

[Tired]

Actually... Chyna did more than just that one movie....

 

[Deleted User]

5

 

[Tired]

With the last two only being in 2013. Safe to say that this is a little more than an unfortunate leak of private footage.

 

[AKI Man]

Chyna is now a resident of Japan and has no connection to the porn industry. She is living a normal life. She made her own life and its irrelevant If we agree with her choice to go into Adult entertainment. Who are we to judge? Sure, it may have hurt her chances of going into the HOF, but those chances were hurt when HHH and Steph got it together.

 

[Tired]

I just remembered something... Sunny is in the Hall of Fame....

 

[Deleted User]

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