Triple H Weighs In on Criticism Of WWE Creative: ‘It Has To Ebb & Flow’

Triple H knows that he doesn’t always get things right with WWE creative, and says he knows well when they have screwed things up. The WWE product has seen its share of ups and downs in recent years, with Triple H and his team earning praise when he took over in the wake of Vince McMahon’s exit but also getting criticism for some recent events such as the insertion of Pat McAfee into Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton’s WrestleMania 42 feud.

The Game spoke in his interview with Joe Tessitore about fans criticism of creative and how he knows that not everything will make fans happy. He noted the need for “ebbs and flows” and said that it’s about a balance, plus thinking in terms of long-term storytelling. You can see highlights below:

On Criticism Of WWE’s Creative:

“You know, it’s a funny thing when people will say like — you know, if you’re online or you hear fans talking and they’re like, ‘I didn’t like that.’ Yeah, I know. Believe me, I’m the first guy going, ‘That didn’t work. That wasn’t good. We screwed up there.’ Sometimes you’re putting things out there, you’re like, ‘Eh, this’ll be decent. This is not going to be A++.’ It has to ebb and flow throughout the year.

“There’s times when, you know like, ‘This show will be good. It’s not going to be guns blazing.’ There’s times when, you know you gotta put your foot on the gas.”

On the Need to Maintain a Balance:

“The trick is keeping everybody else, I think sometimes, in the same mindset of — you know, we talked about thinking about tomorrow. All the time people make suggestions of like, ‘What if you did this, and this whole thing.’ And it’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s amazing, it just doesn’t leave us a place to go.’ So you have to balance out the ‘What do I do today that’s epic,’ and ‘What do I get to tomorrow?’ It’s always a mix and a challenge to balance that out.

“Nobody bats a thousand, I’m no different, right? But you want to try as best as possible to manage everybody to stay in the same ballpark so somebody’s not trying to swing for the fences while everybody else is trying to hit a double, you know?”

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