Triple H Comments on Not Being Chosen as Executive Director of RAW or SmackDown

Triple H held an NXT TakeOver media call yesterday and one of the topics discussed included the reasons why he was not chosen to be one of the Executive Directors for the RAW and SmackDown Live brands.

“The way it’s laid out, their scope of what they’re doing is very specific to those shows. While I’m still at those shows, there are many weeks where, due to my schedule and other commitments, I can’t be at every single Raw or SmackDown.

The scope of the things that I do are way beyond that with live events and creative. In my role, creative encompasses a lot different things. It’s not main roster creative, it’s shirts and billboards and where everything else goes in the world. It’s all the creative stuff where it’s the things you don’t see; they just sort of appear. And everything with talent. As our company continues to grow and our talent roster continues to grow, and talent development continues to grow and as we expand to our global localization overseas and everything else, there’s only so many hours in a day. Even though the WWE and Vince are working very hard on creating an eighth day and extra hours so we can get more accomplished, there are only so many hours in a day. I already see the positive and the changes [under Heyman and Bischoff]. As this whole thing continues to grow, a lot of it comes down to organizational processes. To have somebody to spearhead the process is very helpful and smart. I’m thrilled it’s those guys and I think they’re gonna knock it out of the park. I’m excited to work with both of them. Heyman, I’ve worked with for a while. Bischoff, it’s been a while, but this is the first time I’ve worked with him in this manner. So far, it’s an exciting process. I already see positives from it. It’s great.”

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