Triple H speaks to media ahead of NXT Takeover Portland! Bel🐬ow is full coverage of the call, ꧒which goes live at 11 AM EST
- Right out of the gate, Triple H is asked about AEW beating them. Jason Powell꧙ asks him to go beyond "mar♒athon, not a sprint." Triple H says it was just like 8 Mile because his promo got stolen and now he doesn't have much to say lol
- Triple H says he thinks NXT has the best bell-to-bell wrestling on TV and thinks they'll get the numbers🃏 and demos where they need to be. They are happy with the trajectory
- Triple H blames the NET for blowing the removal of "women's" from "NXT Women's Championship." There wasn't an edict, they just didn't want it to have to be specifi🐻ed all the time and beat people over the head with it
- HHH says Mania is a week long event because WrestleMania is already long, and adding NXT to that makes it tougher. He doesn't want to ꦗmake Mania longer as it. They're going to do someth🐎ing special with NXT coming out of WrestleMania, too.
- Triple H puts over the talent of A-Kid after ꦛhe's as๊ked about him.
- HHH: "This card was debate💎d on heavily, and could have been bigger." He didn't want to overload the card and cause diminishing returns.
- Triple H says he wants to leave some flexibility o🌱n the rosters and doesn't see anything wrong with it on occasion. He doesn't want to cannibalize the brand. If NXT loses roster members to Ra꧙w and Smackdown, they have a deep bench to pull from.
- Triple H says he doesn't envy Simone Johnson's position. The news of her joining WWE is ev💜erywhere. He compares Simone's position to Charlotte's, and says she'll always have to deal with accusations of nepotism no matter what.
- HHH says Simone isn't there because sh🗹e's the Rock's daughter, it's because she has passion. She helps set up and take down rings and is treated like everyone else. "The ༺spot is hers to lose or keep."
- Ongoing discussions are always had with Paul Heyman and Bruce Prichard about wanting to pluck talent from NXT. They have their mo🐲ment in NXT, but the PC is trying to prepare people to have long-sustained success.
- Triple H says doing a Halftime Heat show𒈔 would have been a conflict of interest considering Fox🌸 is their partner now. He would have loved to have done it, but he says this year's halftime show was "spectacular."
- Triple H doesn't want to see Shayna Baszler around NXT because he doesn't want to get bit. Whether or n⛄ot she's on Raw full-time will play out. As far as he's concerned, Shayna is an NXT talent until they make a deal for her to go somewhere else.
- Triple H was happy he was 🅺able to sur🐎prise people with the Killer Kross and Timothy Thatcher news. He says if anyone has seen them perform, they'll know why WWE signed them.
- Full Sail is one of WWE's most valued partners, says HHH. He isn't even sure if he has a contractual obligation with Full Sail. It's more of a family relationship and 🔴he sees it as being a strength, an💯d a learning experience. They're not just training wrestlers.
- Triple H hasn't asked anyone about Matt Riddle vs. Brock Lesnar. Vince McMahon hasn't expressed his disapproval to him a꧃bout anything that Riddle said. Triple H confirms there was a conversation between Riddle and Lesnar. He doesn𒀰't care if they're working or legit.
- "Brock is of the mindset that if you write checks you better be able to cash them.🅺 Matt writes checks he can cash"- Triple H
