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Will Ospreay likes Triple H, ‘no harm done’ by trading shots

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Will Ospreay feels there was no harm done by his back and forth with Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

Levesque and Ospreay traded shots at each other in comments made this April. After Ospreay chose to sign with AEW over WWE, Levesque — without directly mentioning Ospreay by name — told the Pat McAfee Show that he didn’t want people in WWE who would choose a lighter schedule and aren’t in it for the grind. Ospreay then responded in a promo on AEW Dynamite, saying that Levesque is only in the position he’s in because he was “grinding on the boss’ daughter.”

In an interview on Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez, Ospreay admitted that it was a little hard hearing what Levesque said about him. Ospreay said he was trying to be funny with his response. He comes from a generation where, if someone fires a shot at you, you fire one back.

With both getting their shots in, Ospreay thinks the situation should be over and there should be no harm done.

It is what it is. Everyone sent it to me and people were saying — people within the company were saying, ‘Yeah, that was about you.’ I’m over it now. I’ve said my bit. And the thing is, my thing was just like funny. Everyone I feel like took it way too personally. All these old f*cks that like have a podcast and they think they know everything. I couldn’t give a f*ck about these guys, man. As soon as it was said, I fired back. And it should just be done. At the end of it, no harm done. And the thing is, I f*cking like Triple H, man. I like Triple H. It was a little bit hard hearing that sh*t. I was nothing but respectful in all the f*cking talks, man. I have my own mission, I have my own objectives, I have my own goals. Just because it doesn’t fit in with your things, that doesn’t mean people should be firing [shots] my way. I come from a generation — you fire one at me, I fire one back.

Ospreay said on Unlikely that he likes both AEW and WWE. He hates tribalism and wishes everyone could just enjoy every bit of pro wrestling.

It was announced in November 2023 that Ospreay had signed a multi-year AEW contract. He started with the promotion full-time earlier this year after finishing up his NJPW commitments.

Ospreay is challenging Roderick Strong for the AEW International Championship at Double or Nothing this Sunday. If Ospreay wins, it will be his first title reign in AEW.

Sami Zayn thinks WWE World title reign may have been more likely in Vince McMahon era

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For the booking of his character, Sami Zayn thinks the difference between Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Vince McMahon’s WWE creative processes is a double-edged sword.

Zayn told the Daily Mail that, with Levesque having more of a long-term vision, it might make it less likely that Zayn ever becomes a WWE World Champion. Zayn says McMahon had a more unpredictable week-to-week approach where someone could slip on a banana peel and end up holding the World title.

Still, Zayn is focused on doing his best and is hopeful that it will eventually get him to the World Championship:

Here’s how I see it. I think Hunter sees me differently from how Vince saw me, especially as a good guy.

I think Vince saw me much more as a bad guy, for a number of reasons. He saw my irksome qualities that he thought lent itself to being an irksome character. Having said that, I think things were a lot more unpredictable because of the nature of Vince’s week-to-week, kind of approach, that sometimes the marble would just fall in the right hole, and now you’re champion, whereas with Hunter, I think it’s much more he has longer-term vision, and if you’re not part of that vision, then the chances of breaking into that vision are much, much slimmer.

It’s kind of a double-edged sword. He might see me in a way that lends itself more to being in that mix and possibly winning it. But on the other hand, I could have just slipped on a banana peel and won the world title.

I just do my best. I just give the best performances I can give, I try to perform with as much emotion as possible and tell the best stories I can tell. And I hope that that eventually gets me there.

Winning the World Championship is a goal for Zayn, but it’s not something that he lives and dies by:

I’d like to win the world title once before I call it a day, there’s no question, but I don’t live and die by that. It’d be great, and I really appreciate people saying they’d love to see it. I’d love to see it too, and I hope it happens, but if it doesn’t, thank you just the same, because it’s been amazing.

Though Zayn has never been a World Champion on the WWE main roster, he does currently hold the Intercontinental title. Zayn won the championship by defeating Gunther at WrestleMania 40 last month. It put an end to Gunther’s historic 666-day reign as champion.

This was the first time in WWE history that McMahon had no involvement with WrestleMania. He resigned from WWE and its parent company TKO Group Holdings in January following the sexual abuse allegations made against him in Janel Grant’s lawsuit.

Zayn is defending the Intercontinental title against Chad Gable and Bronson Reed in a triple threat match at WWE King & Queen of the Ring in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 25. Before that, Zayn will face Gable in a non-title singles match on Raw next Monday.

Triple H: Drew Gulak wasn’t released, his WWE contract ‘was just not renewed’

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During Saturday’s post-Backlash press conference, Paul “Triple H” Levesque confirmed Drew Gulak’s departure from WWE.

Levesque said that, while Gulak is gone from WWE, he was not released from his contract — Gulak’s contract was up and the company chose not to renew it.

A round of NXT roster cuts was made on Friday. At the Backlash press conference, Levesque responded when asked if Gulak being released was true and if it had anything to do with the allegation made against Gulak by Ronda Rousey:

We release talent all the time. NFL releases 400 or 500 players a year. We release talent all the time, it’s a part of what we do. You cannot just hire people, bring them in, keep hiring more people, and just keep bringing them in. So an unfortunate part of the job is talent get released. Can I say that he was released? He was not released. His contract was just not renewed.

Levesque did not say if Rousey’s allegation contributed to Gulak’s contract not being renewed.

While appearing on NewsNation last month, Rousey spoke about a backstage incident that happened in WWE in 2022 where Gulak pulled on the string of her sweatpants. Gulak responded by issuing a statement claiming the incident was a “complete accident” where he went to shake Rousey’s hand and accidentally touched her drawstring. 

Gulak was removed from NXT television following Rousey’s NewsNation appearance. Rousey’s claim about the drawstring incident was investigated by WWE.

Cody Rhodes received special gift from WWE after WrestleMania 40

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After finishing his story at WrestleMania 40, new champion Cody Rhodes received a special gift from WWE brass.

Rhodes revealed at the post-WrestleMania night two press conference that Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Nick Khan, and Bruce Prichard gifted him a gold Rolex following Sunday’s event. Cody said it’s the “same watch” that his late father Dusty Rhodes once pawned so Cody could attend acting school.

Cody said:

Something that I wanted to share – I came to the back, and Bruce Prichard and Triple H and Nick Khan handed me this, which is the same watch that my dad had that he pawned so that I could go to acting school. So the level of investment and responsibility that the company just put in my hands, I hope I can pay it back, pay it forward a hundred times over.

Levesque said at the press conference that it was Khan’s idea to get Cody the watch. Prichard went and tracked down the right watch.

“We just wanted to give him, I don’t know, something that in some way commemorated his dad being here when this happened, because he was,” Levesque said.

In a eulogy following Dusty’s death in 2015, Cody said his father told him that he could have the watch if he ever won the World title. Cody didn’t find out about the watch being sold until 2015.

Cody won the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship by defeating Roman Reigns in Sunday’s main event. It put an end to Reigns’ 1,316-day run as champion.

While speaking to the crowd after defeating Reigns, Cody said he would not have gotten here without Levesque and Prichard.

Triple H welcomes fans to ‘new era’ at WWE WrestleMania 40

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WWE is embracing that the company is in a new era.

At the start of WrestleMania 40 night one on Saturday, Paul “Triple H” Levesque made an appearance in front of the Philadelphia crowd. WWE’s Chief Content Officer welcomed the audience to WrestleMania – and he also welcomed them to a new era.

“Man, I live for this,” Levesque said after making his entrance. “Welcome to a new time. Welcome to a new era. Welcome to WrestleMania.”

This is the first time in history that Vince McMahon has had no involvement with WrestleMania. McMahon resigned from WWE and its parent company TKO Group Holdings this January following the sexual abuse allegations made against him in Janel Grant’s lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed against McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis.

A new version of WWE’s “Then. Now. Forever. Together” signature open also made its debut at WrestleMania 40.

Levesque said leading into WrestleMania that he believes WWE is currently in the midst of another “white-hot” era like the Attitude Era. It’s an era that Levesque thinks is just beginning.

Cody Rhodes has suggested “The Renaissance Era” as the tagline for this period in WWE. Rhodes filed a trademark for that term on April 3.

Triple H: There will be a WWE Draft ‘in a month or so’

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The annual WWE Draft will be taking place soon.

While appearing on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in advance of WrestleMania 40, Paul “Triple H” Levesque mentioned that the 2024 WWE Draft will happen “in a month or so.”

Levesque responded when Logan Paul asked if he could move to the Raw roster when Raw’s new deal with Netflix starts in January 2025:

I’m sure we’ll see people float all over the place. In a month or so, there’s a thing called the draft. So that’s when you can switch around and make moves. It’s all open to giving the best shows available on all things.

The 2023 WWE Draft also happened in the weeks following WrestleMania. Before that, the draft was held in October for three straight years.

Last year’s draft began on the April 28 episode of SmackDown and ended on the May 1 edition of Raw. WWE hasn’t announced the exact dates for the 2024 draft yet.

Logan Paul is the current WWE United States Champion. He’s defending the title against Randy Orton and Kevin Owens in a triple threat match at WrestleMania 40 night two this Sunday.

Levesque’s full appearance on Impaulsive is available to watch below:

Triple H ‘totally good’ with being retired from WWE in-ring competition

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Paul “Triple H” Levesque has no desire to get back in the ring.

It’s been nearly five years since WWE’s Chief Content Officer has wrestled a match. In 2021, Levesque suffered a “cardiac event” that led to him announcing his retirement from in-ring competition. The near-death experience left Levesque with a defibrillator in his chest.

During a Friday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, the 54-year-old Levesque was asked if he could physically wrestle again if the story called for it. 

“I don’t think so,” Levesque responded. “I don’t think I should be out there taking bumps around. Like, look, I’ve got a jumpstarter, right? So that’s all good. That’s a backup system if anything goes bad in your life, which could happen to anybody at any given time. So I’ve got a backup system – you don’t want to unplug the wires.”

Levesque added that being retired from the ring is something that he’s totally fine with.

“I’m totally good with that. I rode it until the wheels fell off – almost literally. I’m great with that,” he said. “And I was at a place where I should have been retiring anyways. I was in a place in my mind where I wanted to be done with it.”

Before his cardiac event, Levesque was approached about wrestling at WrestleMania 38. He thought about the idea but was going to decline it.

Levesque did appear in front of the crowd at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022, leaving his boots in the ring as he officially put an end to his in-ring career.

The final match of Levesque’s career took place in Japan in 2019. He teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura against Samoa Joe & Robert Roode at a WWE house show.

Levesque told McAfee that, as much as he enjoyed competing, he almost likes the behind-the-scenes side of WWE more.

“Helping these guys and girls, watching them go out there and succeed, watching them take something that they love and is a passion of theirs and go beyond their wildest dreams and getting what they want. To me, that’s more exciting than the physical aspect of it,” Levesque said.

Triple H: WWE is ‘up against ourselves’ for competition

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WWE chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque has pivoted his answer when asked about what the competition is for his company in addition to sharing views on lost free agents that could be taken as a subtle dig at their work ethic.

Appearing on The Pat McAfee Show on Friday prior to this weekend’s WrestleMania 40, Levesque was asked by Michael Cole about the differences he sees between the Attitude Era and today. 

Levesque said they were fighting for their lives and talked about WCW “kicking their ass” without mentioning them by name.

“We were building up against something. Right now, we’re up against ourselves. We’re up against the Attitude Era, we’re up against the Ruthless Aggression era, whatever you want to call it. The best of the absolute best of WWE…that’s what we’re working against,” he stated, adding that his job now in order to make everyone successful is to make sure no one gets complacent.

Without saying AEW, McAfee attempted to allude to how Levesque’s competition comments might be taken. Levesque said he wasn’t trying to cause any controversy and that facts are facts.

In past interviews, and especially when asked about AEW, Levesque has answered that “everything is competition.”

He did throw a subtle dig toward AEW when asked about WWE’s free agent recruiting process and signing talent. He said he has people like William Regal that help him keep track of those in the business, saying he knows everyone who is out there, what their potential is, and how good they are.

He said just because someone succeeds somewhere else “doesn’t meant they will succeed in the big time,” using an NFL/college football analogy. 

He then said WWE is “a different game, a different world,” followed by this quote:

“When I see people that come out of trying to make it and then they pick the job where they go, “Well, they work less, the schedule is lighter…alright, then I’m glad I didn’t get you because if you’re not in it for the grind at that point early in your your career, you have no business being here.”

Triple H: WWE is in another era like the Attitude Era

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Paul “Triple H” Levesque believes WWE is currently in the midst of a defining era in company history.

Ahead of WrestleMania 40, WWE’s Chief Content Officer participated in a Sneaker Shopping video for Complex. Levesque told Complex that, while this era doesn’t have a tagline yet, WWE is in another white-hot period like the Attitude Era. He pointed to WWE’s business success, celebrities wanting to be involved, and The Rock returning as proof of how hot the company is right now.

Levesque responded when asked about his excitement for WrestleMania 40 and what fans can expect:

As we roll into this, the business is probably – I can look at it different now like where I just said a minute ago we didn’t know it was the Attitude Era at the time. Having lived through that, I can look at it right now and say we’re in another era like that.

People won’t put a tag on it. Like, we didn’t call it the Attitude Era in the Attitude Era. They’ll put a tag on it later or whatever it is. But if we can maintain, we’re in that same white-hot level of, you know, everything sold out. Everything we’re doing is just clicking.

And you see it – Travis Scott wanting to come in, you see it [with] Bad Bunny wrestling with us, you see it [with] The Rock coming back. Rock’s got a busy schedule. If wrestling’s on the down, he ain’t coming in. So you see that, you see that excitement. WrestleMania 40 will be massive and we’re going to do everything we can to make it the biggest WrestleMania in history.

WrestleMania 40 is taking place from Philadelphia this Saturday (April 6) and Sunday (April 7). It’s the first WrestleMania where Vince McMahon has had no involvement with WWE. McMahon resigned from WWE and its parent company TKO Group Holdings this January after being accused of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed by former WWE employee Janel Grant.

Becky Lynch: Consistency is the difference between WWE’s new and old regimes

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Becky Lynch thinks consistency is the difference between WWE’s new regime and its old one.

While appearing on the Getting Over wrestling podcast, Lynch was asked how things in WWE creative have changed since Paul “Triple H” Levesque replaced Vince McMahon. Lynch said Levesque tends to have a long-term vision for his stories and executes that vision. Under McMahon, WWE programming was always being re-written and stories would stop and start as McMahon changed his mind.

Lynch said:

Consistency, I think is the name of the game. And so, Paul [Levesque] tends to have a long-term vision of something, and an idea of something, and then executes. Whereas, before, it was notorious that the show was being re-written as it was going on and we were live on TV and people didn’t know what was happening in the third hour. And there would be stories that would start, and then Vince [McMahon] would change his mind. With Paul – he sees things through. And for better or worse, that gives a different viewing experience. Because whether you like the story or not, you’re going to see it through. But also I think it’s good because you might not like the story on week two, but you don’t know where it’s going on week four. And so if we listen to people saying, ‘We don’t like the story on week two,’ well then you might never get the magic that you were going to get on week four.

And so I think it’s important to listen to the audience to a certain degree. But here’s the thing – wrestling is intended to elicit emotional responses. For example, when I beat Bianca Belair in 26 seconds [at SummerSlam 2021], people were outraged. Good – that was the intention. You were meant to be outraged. You were meant to want to see her succeed. And then I think I started talking about her hair. And people were outraged that I might touch her hair. And they were outraged, ‘How dare they?’ But if you don’t know where we are going – also, I am a heel, you are meant to be outraged by the things I do. And please understand that that is a heel. A heel isn’t somebody that gives cool zingers. It is somebody that is unlikable – that you want to see the babyface overthrow. It doesn’t always work out.

Anyway, I could go on a tangent. But the thing is that if we don’t see things through, then you don’t get the magic at the end of the story. And it is important to listen to an audience, but it is also, sometimes, for the greater good, important to not listen [laughs].

Heading into WrestleMania, Lynch’s creative direction has seen her become the number one contender to Rhea Ripley’s Women’s World Championship. Lynch will challenge Ripley for the title at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia on either Saturday, April 6 or Sunday, April 7.

Lynch’s interview on Getting Over was part of a media tour to promote her new memoir, “Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl,” which was officially released today.

Corey Graves praises Triple H’s ‘refreshing’ handling of WWE announcers

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Since Paul “Triple H” Levesque has taken over for Vince McMahon, Corey Graves feels like he has more leeway to be himself on WWE commentary.

Graves was recently interviewed by the Short and to the Point podcast. During the appearance, Graves discussed the support he’s received from Levesque throughout his WWE career. Graves said that the space Levesque gives WWE announcers to develop their own style has been “sort of refreshing.”

Triple H is another guy that I owe a great deal, if not everything in my career, to. He was the one that took a chance on me as a wrestler in NXT. And I know that we’ve had a few conversations since – that him having to shut me down broke his heart as much as it broke mine. He’s always been sort of silently supportive. If I need something, I’ve never hesitated to go to him and ask. He also is really cool and sort of refreshing in a sense that he gives us [announcers] space.

When he’s in Gorilla [position] right where the old boss sat, instead of being told and prompted, ‘Hey, you’ve got to say this, you have to do it this way, you have to use this verbiage,’ He, I think, understands that we’re all fans and we all love this in different ways. And as the business grows and evolves, you kind of have to let go of the reins a little bit. I still have my guide rails, I just feel like they’re a little bit wider on each side now where rather than trying to stay on a particular path and walk in a certain rhythm and do things a certain way, I have a little bit more leeway to be me and develop my own style. As long as all the boxes that need checked continue to be checked, I don’t have to do them the same way that the six guys before me have done or that Michael Cole does or etcetera.

Graves was then asked what it’s like having Levesque in his headset.

I’ve been on TV for, I think, seven years on Raw and SmackDown. And in the last few months, I think my headsets have been as quiet and lucid as they have been ever. I only hear from him if I’m doing something terribly wrong, which knock on wood doesn’t happen too frequently, or the other time I hear from him pretty regularly is if a joke lands. If I say something and it gets him, ‘Oh, that was really good.’ Or he’ll double down. He’ll follow up on my joke in my headset. And sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh man I wish I could tell the people this but it just doesn’t fit.’

Graves and Wade Barrett are WWE’s commentary team for SmackDown. Last month, Graves took on a new role as the lead play-by-play voice of the show. He had previously been a color commentator.

Triple H segment announced for WWE SmackDown

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An appearance by Paul “Triple H” Levesque has been added to tonight’s SmackDown lineup.

On SmackDown, Triple H will address the fallout from WWE’s WrestleMania 40 press conference. The press event took place in Las Vegas on Thursday and included appearances by Roman Reigns, The Rock, Cody Rhodes, and Seth Rollins. Rhodes announced that he’s challenging Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania.

The Rock turned heel against Rhodes during the press conference, and WWE teased the idea of doing a Reigns & Rock vs. Rhodes & Rollins tag team match.

As the press conference ended, The Rock and Reigns warned Triple H that he better fix the situation. The Rock and Reigns were angry at Rhodes for talking about their family.

Reigns vs. Rhodes will officially headline WrestleMania 40. The two-night event is being held in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7.

Bayley challenging WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY is also official for WrestleMania. WWE has announced that Bayley will address her departure from Damage CTRL on SmackDown tonight.

The updated card for the episode can be seen below:

  • Triple H addresses the fallout from WWE’s WrestleMania 40 press conference
  • Bayley addresses her departure from Damage CTRL
  • Number one contender’s match: Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate vs. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa (winners challenge Damian Priest & Finn Balor for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles at Elimination Chamber)
  • Elimination Chamber qualifying match: Bianca Belair vs. Michin
  • SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis reveals United States Champion Logan Paul’s challenger for Elimination Chamber

Triple H praises WWE talent and staff: ‘I couldn’t be more proud or grateful’

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Paul “Triple H” Levesque is grateful for all of the work WWE’s talent and staff did to make Monday night’s episode of Raw happen.

Raw took place in North Little Rock, Arkansas last night amid snow storms and harsh winter weather. There were travel and production issues that WWE faced surrounding the show. In a social media post on Tuesday, Levesque praised the work that WWE’s crew did getting through those issues:

I can’t say enough about the amazing job our talent, crew and staff did these last few days.

Through winter storms, blizzards and incredibly tough travel, they did what needed to be done to put on a show for the @WWEUniverse… which included completely redesigning #WWERaw on less than 24 hours’ notice.

They really are the best in the business. To put it simply, I couldn’t be more proud or grateful.

PWInsider reports that Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock “was not structured in a way that could support [WWE’s] current lighting rigs, which hang from the ceiling of the venues, due to concern about the amount of snow sitting atop the arena from the weather conditions [in] Arkansas.” Because of those factors, WWE had to redesign the production of the show. That included using a different lighting truss and stage than normal.

Johnny Gargano detailed the travel issues that he, Tommaso Ciampa, Candice LeRae, and Indi Hartwell dealt with getting to Raw. They arrived in time for the show after making the five-hour ride from Dallas to North Little Rock. There were multiple delays and flight cancelations before they made the decision to drive.

Triple H: WWE doesn’t ‘take our fan base for granted’

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Paul “Triple H” Levesque shared his booking philosophy during a recent interview with Sports Illustrated. 

Endeavor/TKO Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel made the decision last month that Levesque would once again be the person “making all the key decisions” regarding WWE booking. It’s a role Levesque says he’s particularly suited to fill because he’s worked at all stages of the industry. 

“I started at zero and saw all the various stages of it,” said Levesque. “I’ve worked in front of basically no people, and I’ve worked the biggest shows in the world. I understand the process–the successes and the failures. Even when you get an opportunity to move up the card, then you’re moved back down and you’re not sure if you’re going to get that opportunity again–I’ve been there.”

However, Vince McMahon still plays a role in the creative direction of the company, Justin Barrasso noted in the article. “This means there is less interference from Vince McMahon, which is not to imply McMahon is entirely removed from the process,” he wrote.

Levesque continued to say that McMahon always taught him to view the product from the perspective of a fan and to book what people want to see. 

“Vince taught me years ago, you put yourself in the seats and you’ll never go wrong,” said Levesque. “You’ve always got to maintain that perspective. I started out as a fan. Book what people want to feel and see.”

“Writing this stuff is a feel,” said Levesque. “You can analyze stories and how they come together, but how does it make you feel? If you can make people feel those stories, they’re going to be invested in the product. That’s how we try to approach, find that ultimate emotional place for the talent and the characters and the stories they’re in.”

“We don’t take our fan base for granted,” Levesque continued. “And the way our talent operates is different from other generations. They want to go out there and put on the best possible show they can.”

“A lot of these kids are already invested–they grew up wanting to do this. And if they didn’t, they fell in love with it by learning from people who grew up wanting to be in this business, and that’s how they learned the respect for it. To me, that’s what makes you successful. That connection with our fan base, that’s a big part of our core.”

Saturday will be Triple H’s second Survivor Series event as the Chief Content Officer of WWE. At last year’s event, Levesque debuted War Games on the main roster. The event will return at the 2023 edition in Chicago. 

Triple H: ‘The future is so bright’ with WWE-Endeavor merger

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Paul “Triple H” Levesque is excited about WWE’s future under the Endeavor umbrella.

The WWE-Endeavor deal was officially completed this September. With the deal being finalized, WWE and the UFC have been merged into one publicly traded company named TKO Group Holdings.

Levesque, Dana White, and Nick Khan sat together ringside as they attended the Callum Walsh vs. Ismael Villarreal boxing match in New York City on Thursday night. While there, Levesque spoke to Sports Illustrated about WWE now being part of Endeavor.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am,” Levesque said. “Working with Endeavor, it’s next level. The flywheel for all the things they touch–if you were trying to build that on your own, it’s taking you a decade. For us, now, it fast tracks everything we’re doing.

“Endeavor, UFC, they’re the best in the business at what they do. They put things on a different level of professionalism, and we fit right into that. The future is so bright because of the opportunities Endeavor is going to provide for us and the synergies that are there. We’re going to take this to a whole new level.”

Levesque has the job title of Chief Content Officer in WWE. Following the merger, Levesque is the person making all of the key decisions in WWE creative. Endeavor/TKO CEO Ari Emanuel is the person responsible for Levesque’s increase in power.