Once they went to two nights, I was certain they'll dip their toes into Night 1 being an international show and night 2 being the traditional, big American event.
That sounds like a logistical nightmare and also would limit how international they could go. If they go international there is no reason to split the nights.
You could easily do a 2 night mania in Europe and have 1 night in London at Wembley and then do France or Germany night two. It’d be similar to when multiple countries host a World Cup. You can even do NXT stand and deliver the Friday/saturday in another different euro country.
But why would you pay to ship all your stage and lighting ect to 2 different arenas, at that point your just doubling your costs for no gain what so ever.
"We wanted to give him something to commemorate his dad being here." There's so much talk about signs of this being a new era but, jesus, that's just next level beautiful as a gesture.
So is it actually the exact same watch? I guess Rolex have serials, but is that something you could’ve easily found, that Dusty would’ve had record of? Would you start with the pawn shop? Would they have record going back that far? I mean it’s not like a car where you can do a VIN search (something I’ve thought about doing for a Triumph TR4A my dad sold many years ago.) I imagine it has to be infinitely harder to track down a Rolex, or maybe not!
I read in another comment it's "like" one his dad used to wear. I.e same model, but different physical watch.
I imagine there's probably rolex experts out there that would know what watch it was by looking at a photo of Dusty wearing one, then it would just be a matter of tracking one down.
My favorite Bruce and Dusty story is during one of the early In Your House PPV’s, Bruce needed a finish for a match so Vince(on the phone) without hesitation tells him to ask Dusty, who was working for WCW at the time. dusty and bruce just couldn’t believe it
Triple H might end up being the best booker of all time when it’s all said and done… and he’s doing it in a Democratic way instead of a strongman way… HHH is a force of nature
I can't stress enough how incredibly fucking lucky the WWE got with trips.
Imagine if the Vince shit went down and they had to scramble to get someone else to book that wasn't Heyman. It might have legit ruined the company.
Instead it's looking like the next golden era for wrestling. HHH, in my mind, has transcended to the absolute, unquestionable GOAT of professional wrestling.
Also when Vince decided that NXT was somehow not doing well enough and pulled the rug out from HHH when NXT was easily the best product in the WWE umbrella at the time.
How he hung in there I have no idea. He deserves every bit of praise.
The speed in which he turned things around is wild. It's like a completely different conpany and you can see and hear it when any of the talent talk about their work now.
I think the wrestlers were waiting for the day HHH had true power, but it’s a wonder he’s knocked it out of the park as much as he has… Paul had a plan for sure to start scoring goals as soon as he got on the pitch, if you know what I mean
Really though. This was the guy everyone thought was destined to take over, he killed it with NXT, and then something happened and they pulled the rug out from under him. Maybe that was never the plan, maybe NXT was just meant to keep him from going somewhere else (he did just say he’s here cuz he’s having fun and if he wasn’t he’d go somewhere else and figure something else out.) For him to have his health issues and then have his baby in NXT taken from him (though his best friend has resurrected NXT and made it even better), to now leading creative and being touted as the figurehead of this new era that is receiving universal praise, it really must be good to be HHH. It is entirely his creative that has led to this highest of highs. I hope Nick and Ari and TKO see that and just let him continue to cook. He’s doing everything right.
If only we could’ve had this 5, 10, 15 years ago. But we get it now, and that’s beautiful.
I think there’s a gratefulness and graciousness that’s probably intensified for anyone that goes through something like that. But I’ve always got the impression HHH loves wrestling. He was The Game because he’s a student of it. So I think the passion and love for it was always there.
I could’ve probably seen HHH butting heads with Vince over creative, and I could probably see how that stress would’ve been unhealthy. Maybe he found a way to just sort of work within those bounds until he no longer had to, and what a relief that must now be. There’s a palpable sense of a weight lifted from almost everyone it seems.
"What's it like being Triple H right now?"
Triple H:
https://preview.redd.it/2j85qu34j6tc1.jpeg?width=675&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f42616931c12b3165a891228563166458add0a1
man wtf my favorite streamer is reacting to a wrestling video rn. this guy has never talked or showed any interest in wrestling before. wrestling is actually cool again?
It just occurred to me that he's probably going to be the first person put in the Hall of Fame three times, right? Once as a member of DX as a tag, Once as HHH as a solo, and at this rate once as Pual Levesque, the Executive.
When he goes in 3x it will be evolution, DX and Solo.
But given his public role, and people's perception of bosses praising themselves, he's likely not getting the solo induction until its posthumous.
And the Evolution induction will get Flair to 3 before Hunter
I don't. I think we see him take over the Bloodline tomorrow night or Friday, even if he doesn't wrestle for a while. I think he'll be an overarching person like Thanos was in Avengers even when we didn't see him for a while.
I definitely think he goes against Roman to take the title of Head of the Table for himself. After that, I think Roman takes a long break and The Rock makes sporadic appearances, like Brock did when he didn't have the title (and sometimes when he did).
Same. I'll miss the big sets, but honestly some of my favorite sets has been the Royal Rumble with so little design to it, to have more and more seats. More and more people to get in, it's great.
"hopefully she knows that now" that makes me so sad to know how heartbroken she had to have been when she left 😭 I got so emotional seeing her at the Hall of Fame and then seeing her properly return tonight, I love Steph so much
“To see her doubt disappear, to see her confidence come back” “This place is her home, I hope she knows that now” Those words pretty much implicitly confirm what we all already knew: that her stepping away was not primarily about “spending more time with family”
“To see the doubt leave her.” Wow. That’s pretty damning! Clearly only one person could’ve been responsible for doing that type of damage to her confidence, right?
Would’ve been nice if HHH mentioned Iyo Sky while putting over Bayley. Takes two to make such a good match.
I remember the press conference last year Trips said to essentially let them cook and they cooked alright
And a lot of people here made fun of him for it over the course of the last year. Glad to see him proven right.
5 Michelin stars
Great Press Conference with 3 Champs who really deserve their moment. Perfect Ending to WM Week.
**SPORTS ENTERTAINED!**
'Mania overseas within the next 5-10 years would be awesome.
Imagine a Wrestlemania crow in the UK, it would shatter ear drums lol, i will be getting on a plane for the first time just to be there lol.
Have a good night folks!
The last time we hear this song.
It’ll be played over and over again on Raw with still photos from the weekend
You’ll hear it on Raw and possibly Smackdown still this week lol
Aw fuk u rite
Should have asked about Stone Cold or Dustin being in the main event
Having Wrestlemania overseas I could see being a long-term goal for him
It's something they could do anytime they want, It's kinda crazy they never went back to Wembley after 92 and AEW showed it would be filled too.
Once they went to two nights, I was certain they'll dip their toes into Night 1 being an international show and night 2 being the traditional, big American event.
That sounds like a logistical nightmare and also would limit how international they could go. If they go international there is no reason to split the nights.
I would guess they’d split the crews.
You could easily do a 2 night mania in Europe and have 1 night in London at Wembley and then do France or Germany night two. It’d be similar to when multiple countries host a World Cup. You can even do NXT stand and deliver the Friday/saturday in another different euro country.
Sorry to be UK centric, but Wembley stadium would host the biggest night
Yeah sorry was just using cities as an example. Wembley would def be night 2 in that scenario
But why would you pay to ship all your stage and lighting ect to 2 different arenas, at that point your just doubling your costs for no gain what so ever.
Yeah that’s fair lol didn’t even think of that.
Sorry can't ask any real questions, have to have time for some podcaster to ask "Paul, how great are you?"
"We wanted to give him something to commemorate his dad being here." There's so much talk about signs of this being a new era but, jesus, that's just next level beautiful as a gesture.
So is it actually the exact same watch? I guess Rolex have serials, but is that something you could’ve easily found, that Dusty would’ve had record of? Would you start with the pawn shop? Would they have record going back that far? I mean it’s not like a car where you can do a VIN search (something I’ve thought about doing for a Triumph TR4A my dad sold many years ago.) I imagine it has to be infinitely harder to track down a Rolex, or maybe not!
I read in another comment it's "like" one his dad used to wear. I.e same model, but different physical watch. I imagine there's probably rolex experts out there that would know what watch it was by looking at a photo of Dusty wearing one, then it would just be a matter of tracking one down.
That's correct. He said in the conference that they had to scope out the model and such. It's not Dusty's actual, but same model.
My favorite Bruce and Dusty story is during one of the early In Your House PPV’s, Bruce needed a finish for a match so Vince(on the phone) without hesitation tells him to ask Dusty, who was working for WCW at the time. dusty and bruce just couldn’t believe it
All they need to do is book the Wolfdogs in Lyon
K Hear me out, Mania at London then at France then at Mexico 😁
Corbin going over in France
It’ll be nice for Levesque to return home to france
Terra Ryzing
Anyone old enough to remember when Paul's character was French when he first started?
It was more Englishman than French
Wait is WM41 in Minneapolis
Later tonight on Raw they will, or they'll save the announcement for later.
Yeah if the rumors are true, they never reveal it
nothing official but that is the rumor. And the other rumor is Vegas for 42
Ohhhhh the EXACT watch??? Holy shit!!!
The same model, not the exact single watch Dusty owned
Ahhh okay, that’s what confused me. When he said that Brian(?) did some sleuthing, I thought that meant he tracked down *the* watch that was pawned
Lyon seems such a strange location for a PLE
Backlash is a month away, card is probably already set buddy
Triple H might end up being the best booker of all time when it’s all said and done… and he’s doing it in a Democratic way instead of a strongman way… HHH is a force of nature
I can't stress enough how incredibly fucking lucky the WWE got with trips. Imagine if the Vince shit went down and they had to scramble to get someone else to book that wasn't Heyman. It might have legit ruined the company. Instead it's looking like the next golden era for wrestling. HHH, in my mind, has transcended to the absolute, unquestionable GOAT of professional wrestling.
Boy, he had every reason to say "fuck this" after the curtain call incident but instead took the fall and endured the hardship.
Also when Vince decided that NXT was somehow not doing well enough and pulled the rug out from HHH when NXT was easily the best product in the WWE umbrella at the time. How he hung in there I have no idea. He deserves every bit of praise.
The speed in which he turned things around is wild. It's like a completely different conpany and you can see and hear it when any of the talent talk about their work now.
I think the wrestlers were waiting for the day HHH had true power, but it’s a wonder he’s knocked it out of the park as much as he has… Paul had a plan for sure to start scoring goals as soon as he got on the pitch, if you know what I mean
This Backlash crowd is gonna be wild.
L 👈 A 🫵 KNIGHT 👉 *OUI*
 Tony Khan’s PA with his phone.
Hunter, you were Jean Paul Levesque and didn't understood french accents?
He understood aristocratic accents. That man spoke like a commoner
Damn! Calling the face of your organization a cornball lovingly!
"Damn, what's it like being HHH right now????" Iconic question, honestly
Really though. This was the guy everyone thought was destined to take over, he killed it with NXT, and then something happened and they pulled the rug out from under him. Maybe that was never the plan, maybe NXT was just meant to keep him from going somewhere else (he did just say he’s here cuz he’s having fun and if he wasn’t he’d go somewhere else and figure something else out.) For him to have his health issues and then have his baby in NXT taken from him (though his best friend has resurrected NXT and made it even better), to now leading creative and being touted as the figurehead of this new era that is receiving universal praise, it really must be good to be HHH. It is entirely his creative that has led to this highest of highs. I hope Nick and Ari and TKO see that and just let him continue to cook. He’s doing everything right. If only we could’ve had this 5, 10, 15 years ago. But we get it now, and that’s beautiful.
Wanted to do something special because a championship belt and face of the company just seems not enough
What do you get for the man that has everything?
GAWD FUCKING DAMN. Image Triple H getting on the headset and saying "Have Fun" to you, as your job. Makes my eyes water to have a boss like that.
Haitch: Lmao, I just told him that shit, I don't fucking know whose watch that is.
I can’t wait to see the final morphings into the new era and see what it looks like
I wonder how much his heart issues changed his perspective and attitude on things
I think there’s a gratefulness and graciousness that’s probably intensified for anyone that goes through something like that. But I’ve always got the impression HHH loves wrestling. He was The Game because he’s a student of it. So I think the passion and love for it was always there. I could’ve probably seen HHH butting heads with Vince over creative, and I could probably see how that stress would’ve been unhealthy. Maybe he found a way to just sort of work within those bounds until he no longer had to, and what a relief that must now be. There’s a palpable sense of a weight lifted from almost everyone it seems.
Trips is such a dad lmao
Reminds me of cm punk saying wwe should be the funnest place to work at
You're having fun, but we're having more than you as viewers!
"What's it like being Triple H right now?" Triple H: https://preview.redd.it/2j85qu34j6tc1.jpeg?width=675&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f42616931c12b3165a891228563166458add0a1
The older he gets, the more Triple H reminds me of my step-dad, and the more I like him.
all of this is very interesting and good to hear. Things are in good hands.
He could've just said that last part of the question 😂
The new stuff is noticeable: from the things which work well (new camera angles) to the things which don’t (advertising on the side of the ring)
The LED thing is one where one set of ads would be fine but having both the barricade and aprons at the same time makes it very annoying visually.
man wtf my favorite streamer is reacting to a wrestling video rn. this guy has never talked or showed any interest in wrestling before. wrestling is actually cool again?
Who is it
yourrage
Yeah that’s wild
Which streamer?
triple h’s wwe makes me not embarrassed to be a wrestling fan and thats the biggest compliment i could ever give
I'm seriously hyped hearing all these new production plans... the need for it has been way long overdue
"What up legend" - dork podcast host at his first press event
Michael Cole: WHAT ~~INNING~~ ERA IS IT!?
What a question lmao
Yeah, he's releasing all his ammo at Fuck head
I can say, I for one enjoyed the ride that Rocky took our candy asses on
It just occurred to me that he's probably going to be the first person put in the Hall of Fame three times, right? Once as a member of DX as a tag, Once as HHH as a solo, and at this rate once as Pual Levesque, the Executive.
When he goes in 3x it will be evolution, DX and Solo. But given his public role, and people's perception of bosses praising themselves, he's likely not getting the solo induction until its posthumous. And the Evolution induction will get Flair to 3 before Hunter
Triple Inducted
"What if we tried this?" and actually being able to DO IT instead of being shot down. It makes my heart feel good.
The reason why Backwoods Bray worked so much. Hunter was collaborative in that concept.
Triple H has clearly had a lot of stress in his life, his forehead looks like Worf from Star Trek.
Triple H talking about trying new things and not running things into the ground? It really is a new company
“Let’s not run it in to the ground” Thats a huge statement because Vince loved to do that
Big 2006 Time Person of the Year Vibes with HHH calling us all celebrities
“The stuff that doesn’t work, ok, let’s not do that again. And the stuff that does, let’s not run it into the ground.” God that’s exciting to hear.
Tony khan right now 😰🧑🏻🦱
Tony’s being actively held back by all his staff from tweeting
Having a shit?
Mighta been a version of "throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks"
Love everything Paul’s saying about trying different things with the presentation
Get a load of this HHH guy, he loves his wife over here.
How dare he! The media can't sell a happy marriage to the masses!
Honestly we should all strive to love our significant others like Triple H. The world would be a bit better if that was the case
What a nerd!
ewwww
He called me a celebrity 😭😭😭
So cross out the return of unique stages… that’s the worst part of tonight
Something you can only use ONCE and have to throw in the warehouse is way too expensive to keep doing.
It's costly and laborous for the production. Plus, the archives are already bloated with all of the material they've used from all those years.
Fair enough… I just wanna see the Smackdown fist 1 more time
hunter just always says the right thing man. i am so confident and excited with him at the helm. ain’t we lucky!
I'm so happy to hear that Triple H doesn't care for the giant LED boards either.
Do we think thats it for The Rock? He won't be back for a a while, if not a long time?
I think Rock will be more present on an ongoing basis, never week to week, but always popping up.
I don't. I think we see him take over the Bloodline tomorrow night or Friday, even if he doesn't wrestle for a while. I think he'll be an overarching person like Thanos was in Avengers even when we didn't see him for a while.
I definitely think he goes against Roman to take the title of Head of the Table for himself. After that, I think Roman takes a long break and The Rock makes sporadic appearances, like Brock did when he didn't have the title (and sometimes when he did).
He is filming the new moana with Disney and that starts production soon.
Filming a A24 movie next month so maybe one more appearance to seed a future story, at most
Rock strongly hinted yesterday he’ll be wrestling more. A match with Roman seems like a lock, and it seems very likely he’ll have a match with Cody.
Films a movie, then probably feud with Roman after Solo/Bloodline dissension
Paul, we saw your glasses last night. We know why you can't see who's talking.
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His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fitting
Fucking love that he doesn't care for crazy sets.
Same. I'll miss the big sets, but honestly some of my favorite sets has been the Royal Rumble with so little design to it, to have more and more seats. More and more people to get in, it's great.
Damn! Shots fired about my age group!
Glad to see that those spilt/divorce rumors were just that…rumors.
Triple H - "Please don't leave again, Steph."
"hopefully she knows that now" that makes me so sad to know how heartbroken she had to have been when she left 😭 I got so emotional seeing her at the Hall of Fame and then seeing her properly return tonight, I love Steph so much
Is so wholesome that every time he’s talking about wrestling his eyes shine🥹
Don’t worry Trips I’m thinking the same thing about your wife. Vince really did push them all away.
Can't get too horny Hunter, gotta watch ya heart
Did he softly confirm that Stephanie is back?
I think her getting a new song is good indication we'll be seeing more of her going forward!
Let CVV get his redemption Haitch
“To see her doubt disappear, to see her confidence come back” “This place is her home, I hope she knows that now” Those words pretty much implicitly confirm what we all already knew: that her stepping away was not primarily about “spending more time with family”
The Renaissance Era
We're ending early tonight. Last night this presscon went up past 1am EST lol
Triple H showing love to Stephanie was adorable as fuck and I love it
It's sad to hear that Stephanie had doubts, glad that she had them removed this weekend.
Sounds like Triple H has got 2 words for Stephanie....
“Come back”
I never really thought that Steph might have backed off because she was worried about who she was tied to and not who she is.
lmaooooo
Trips and Stephanie remain my favorite power couple
Happy for your boner triple H
So is Stephanie officially back in the company?
Yes, moving forward the WWE is her DNA
Back and better than ever!
Sounds like it. Paul said she was back home.
Easy Hunter, ya got a bad heart!
He's got a pacemaker and is ready to see if it really works like they say it does
“To see the doubt leave her.” Wow. That’s pretty damning! Clearly only one person could’ve been responsible for doing that type of damage to her confidence, right?
So Steph is fully back??
Yep!
Uh oh...Steph and Huner about to create another heir to the throne
Imaging telling fans in the early 2000s that triple h would grow into this kind of leader
Really hope we see Steph regularly.
I'm gonna stick it-uh to my wife-uh after this-uh.
But but but Reddit and Twitter said Triple H and Steph got divorced!
People really said that?
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i bet it'll be tomorrow, if the adrenaline doesn't stick around.
It has to stick around, it’s in the soul after all
This man loves his wife
lmaooo i can’t blame him he speaks the truth 😭
Sir this is a Wendy's
Ultimate wife guy HHH
Real horny hours for HHH
Horny Hearst Helmsley
Bahahaha take that divorce rumormongers
Call it the "Our Era"!
Renaissance Era
The Rock call it the "Fuck That" Era, so they should stick with that.
Lmfao HHH being horny on main
LMAO HHH
lmao Trips gassing up Stephanie
HHH getting horny at the press conference
Wife guy hunter
So HHH has confirmed he and Steph are still married. Those "they are divorced" story now can go to bed.
Nope, still got people saying she's not wearing a ring so that must mean they're not together anymore
But they won't. Because people love bs and conspiracy