Triple H Recalls Stepping Into WWE Creative After Vince Russo’s Exit

Triple H recently looked back at his first steps into WWE Creative following the exit of Vince Russo from the company. The WWE CCO appeared on the Roommates Show ahead of this past weekend’s Saturday Night’s Main Event and noted how Russo’s exit from the company in 1999 let to his taking his foray into creative. You can see the highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On Russo’s exit and his reaching out to Vince McMahon: “Right in the middle of the Attitude Era, the guy who was writing the shows with Vince McMahon left and took his team with him and signed with WCW, right in the middle of the Monday Night Wars. Vince [McMahon] was left to write the shows by himself which is a difficult task. I debated doing it, but I went to him before we left TV that day and I said, ‘Hey, I’m going home for a few days, I got a couple of days off. Can’t be easy to write these shows on your own with no one to bounce information off of. I’m home if you need it, and I know you probably won’t call, but I just wanted to say that to you.'”

On McMahon calling him the next day: “We started talking creative on the phone and that led to him down the line saying, ‘Hey, why don’t you start coming to production meetings?’ I’m kind of sitting here today as the Chief Content Officer running the creative because I made that offer.”