WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H comments on how wrestling has changed.
Speaking on Greg & The Morning Buzz, Triple H was asked to comment on whether any of his wrestling friends texted him “this sucks” or “this is great” during WWE shows.
“Nobody actually texts me during the show because they know I’m not gonna answer them for the most part, but it’s afterwards, and it’s interesting, the different points of view,” Triple H said. “Because I know guys across so many different generations. I think there are some older performers that look at the way kids perform today, and they say, ‘Well, they’re just not doing it right. It’s all this other stuff. They don’t need to do all this, they don’t need to do all that. I get that.
“But it’s the way kids consume it today. There’s sayings about when things start to leave you in life. The first thing to go is music. How many people do you see them get older, ‘Oh, music today sucks, and back in my day, that’s when they made real music. People put their heart and their soul into it, and there was real emotions there, and it was great.’ No, you’re just old, dude. That’s one of the first things to go.”
Triple H: It’s About The Big Picture
Triple H went on to explain how things may have been great years ago, but the new generation has learned it a different way. He noted that if WWE became about what he wanted, the show would die. Triple H also stated that it was about the big picture.
“Because yeah, the stuff was great in your generation, and you learned it a certain way, but the kids today learned it a different way, and what they see and what they think is cool,” he said. “That’s what you need to give them. I can’t control that. I learned this 30 years the hard way, it in no way, shape, or form is about what I want. It’s about what they want.
“If it becomes about what I want, the show will die. If it’s what they want, if it’s that overall big picture, I think that’s in the music industry, if you’re trying to force these bands to make the music you like, they’ll go out of business. If you’re making what hundreds of thousands or millions of kids like and they’re gonna come see these concerts in droves, that’s what you’re trying to get to.”
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