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HHH expands on previous 50/50 booking comments

Posted on by Joseph Currier

On Wednesday afternoon’s media conference call ahead of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, Triple H further explained last week’s comments defending WWE’s booking.

Triple H was asked in that interview about 50/50 booking, but used WWE’s success as a defense of their booking philosophies.

Much of what Triple H said then seemed to contradict the way he books NXT, but on Wednesday’s conference call he noted the differences in booking NXT and main roster television given the different length of the shows.

“When you compare a one-hour show to a three-hour show from a writing and a booking standpoint it’s not even in the same stratosphere. It’s a totally different animal. “ Triple H said.

He reiterated that booking is a feel, and said he listens to both what the audience wants and what he wants to see as a fan when booking NXT.

“None of it is right and wrong, it’s chocolate, it’s vanilla, it’s all these different things that they’re different flavors, and at the end of the day the long-term success of your business and your company, and you can say what you want about it, but there’s a pretty good track record for a lot of it.” Triple H said.

Triple H said he books NXT the way he wants to book it, while the main roster programming is sometimes done differently and other times it isn’t.

Triple H defends WWE booking in ESPN interview

Posted on by Joseph Currier

As part of launch day content for ESPN.com’s newly-created WWE dedicated section, Triple H (real name Paul Levesque) was interviewed by ESPN’s KC Joyner about booking and wrestling psychology.

In the interview, WWE’s Chief Operating Officer offered a results-oriented defense of WWE’s booking and was critical of those who use the term 50/50 booking.

“When somebody goes, ‘Well, you just can’t get people over with 50/50 booking,’ [I’ll always say] ‘Oh, I’m sorry, how’s your territory coming? Because this one seems to be doing pretty good over here.’ We just had the largest WrestleMania in history.” Triple H said. “People talk a lot of smack about ratings and things, but they don’t understand all of the dynamics of everything we do. They don’t. They sit on the internet and they read one thing and they give their point of view.”

On the topic of wins and losses, Triple H said that he doesn’t keep track of them and those decisions are more of a feel thing.

“Sometimes you’re beating a talent because you want to beat them and that’s the sympathetic reaction you’re trying to elicit. There are some talents that, when you beat them, they get more popular, but as soon as they start on a winning path, their popularity begins to wane… People want that underdog to strive to succeed and then get a little bit of success and then get knocked back off that perch and be the underdog again.”

Triple H acknowledged that critical opinions matter, but again came back to WWE’s success by mentioning that WWE will sell out the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY three nights in a row over SummerSlam weekend.