Triple H has addressed the decision to put Jey Uso in a prominent match at WrestleMania 41 while also offering his take on some of the greatest of all time in professional wrestling.
On April 19th, Uso will challenge Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship, which he earned the right to by winning the Royal Rumble. Although the live fans have given Uso a great ovation when he makes his entrance and were happy with the result of the Rumble, online fans were not as complimentary.
During an interview on WWE’s YouTube channel, Triple H was asked by Peter Rosenberg why now was the time to give Uso his opportunity in a World Title match, to which the Chief Content Officer responded that was able to generate the organic fan support:
“Because people made it happen. Sometimes things happen organically along the way. They get you to where you want to be, and Jey through The Bloodline saga was sort of a linchpin in that storytelling, then goes off on his own. A lot of people question whether these guys, once they leave The Bloodline, once they leave Roman, once they leave Heyman, are they going to be anything more than a tag team that they already were, or are they going to just be what they were or are they going to succeed and be anything more. You give them the opportunity to do all those things.
Jey, when he had the opportunity to do it, would click on these moments. And at the end of the day, a lot of times, that’s what our business is just about. It’s about moments.”
Triple H Once Again Fires Back At Critical Fans
Continuing, Triple H referenced fans who are critical that some wrestlers who are pushed are not the most proficient in the ring, noting that many of the greats were not the best bell to bell:
“A lot of people think, and there’s a lot of criticism of this, that it’s just the in-ring product. It’s just how technically good of a wrestler you are. Make me a list of the greatest performers in this business, and that list will be two-thirds people that were worse than the majority of the list of great workers that didn’t get to the top.
Jey has great athletic ability, and the things he does in the ring, he does well. Is he the most technical guy here? No. Is he the greatest performer on the face of the earth in the ring? No. But he has a charisma and a likability that he lets people in and they want to see him succeed.”
In another interview, The Undertaker admitted he was not a fan of one WWE storyline.
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