Triple H Recalls Working With Bray Wyatt On His Entrance, Pushing Back Against ‘Lasers’ From Others

Triple H recently looked back at working on Bray Wyatt on the late WWE star’s entrance and how they had to push back on ideas that weren’t right for the character. The WWE CCO has always been very active in helping talent develop their entrances back to his days in NXT. He worked closely with Wyatt on his entrance, and spoke with Complex about it.

Triple H recalled coming up with the idea behind the entrance, as well as pushing back against a more modern approach from others beyond himself and Wyatt. You can see highlights below:

On Developing Wyatt’s Entrance:

“Yeah, [it’s] the original lantern. Which for me is really cool, because Bray and I worked together on that very first moment of that entrance. And you know, there’s a moment in time where they were looking for him to, you know, like ‘Oh we’re gonna have lasers and we’re gonna have all this stuff.’ He and I talked about it, like ‘Does this feel right to you?’ He’s like, ‘no, it doesn’t.’

“And I went back and talked to our guys and was like, ‘Look, this is the exact opposite. This guy’s a cult leader from the swamps. Like, he shouldn’t have (all this stuff). Like, as a backwoods guy, he should — What would scare me is him coming through the woods at night, carrying this lantern. And I can barely see his face and make out who he is.’ And that’s how the concept came to be.”

On Wyatt’s Response:

“Bray was like, ‘I love that.’ And then we started riffing on it and how we could do it. I can still picture him with Harper and Rowan behind him. With us trying to move the lantern to where we could see his face, and see them slightly. Enough to get them, but not see too much.

“And him being like, ‘This thing’s too f**king heavy, I can’t hold my arm up this long.’ And just all the bits and pieces that go into the creation of these, for me, make them even more special. But for fans, they’re iconic things that create moments in time that you’ll never forget.”

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