Sean Waltman doesn’t think there are many people who are better at playing the long game than Triple H.
He took a long road to the top of the mountain in the WWE, joining the company as a wrestler in 1995 from WCW. The Game went on to marry Stephanie McMahon and became Executive Senior Advisor in 2010. In 2022 he was made the head of creative in WWE after the shock retirement of Vince McMahon, a role he holds to this day.
Speaking with the No-Contest Wrestling Podcast, Sean Waltman spoke about Triple H and the long road he has taken. He claimed that “not many people are better at playing the long game” and that Triple H was put through a lot by Vince McMahon before getting to where he is today.
Sean Waltman says Triple H stayed the course and is the man now
“Paul is a guy that, not many people are better at playing the long game than Paul is. He has a destination point and a goal and he sees where it’s at. Getting through the shit that he had to go through was the past to get there. It’s just like all the crazy stuff with Vince coming back and Paul being gone. He just stayed the course,” Waltman noted. “Now, he’s the fucking man.”
When asked if he ever saw Triple H getting to this position one day, Sean Waltman said:
“I totally envisioned it. Absolutely. Without a doubt. More so after DX. Not in the early car rides. Not before we all left and went (to WCW). It was obvious to me when I came back where he was going eventually, at some point. When we were doing DX, he was already really involved then in creative and had Vince’s [Vince McMahon] ear and Vince’s confidence,” Sean Waltman added.
The long game is paying off, as evidenced by John Cena’s shocking heel turn at Elimination Chamber. Read more about how long the WrestleMania match was planned, and who knew about Cena’s turn before it happened.
