Triple H Megathread - Officially back as EVP of Talent Relations & head of creative

[Dale]

In an update, a new report from Fightful Select notes that Triple H, WWE President & Chief Financial Officer Nick Khan, and Interim WWE Chairwoman & CEO Stephanie McMahon were set to travel to Boston for tonight’s SmackDown. There’s no word yet on exactly why they will be there, but often when there are major shifts in the company like today’s Triple H announcement, officials hold a talent meeting, so a meeting with the roster is likely for tonight.

We mentioned earlier how today’s Triple H announcement indicates that Prichard is done with his role as Interim Senior Vice President of Talent Relations, and that Laurinaitis may be done with the company. The new report from Fightful Select confirms that Prichard is no longer working the interim Talent Relations role, and will continue with his other duties.

There were some concerns among talent over having one person work both of those roles, but there’s been no talk about things going anyway but smooth while Prichard worked both roles.

Regarding early internal reactions on Triple H’s new role, sources indicate that they get along well with Triple H and one top talent said they weren’t sure why Triple H was ever removed to begin with, with another adding that he’ll likely need to adapt to what the new vision of talent hiring is, as opposed to his vision that became clear during the WWE NXT black & gold era.

Another longtime talent reportedly said they’re happy for the move as Triple H is approachable, and he gets back to talent, understands what they’re going through, and doesn’t give them the “we’ll see” answers.

Triple H has not been in charge of NXT for a while now, and the vision of the brand was changed heavily from what he originally implemented. WWE Vice President of Talent Development Shawn Michaels currently oversees the brand, and word now is that while Triple H will be hiring and recruiting talent again, NXT creative will not be directly affected by today’s announcement.

“I look forward to returning to my prior position as head of Talent Relations. I’m healthy, fired up, and ready to take charge,” Triple H said in a press release issued to us today.

While recovering from the life-threatening health scare from last fall, Triple H announced his official retirement from in-ring competition back in March, and had a formal goodbye at WrestleMania 38. He recently resumed some of his workload and has made a few appearances for the company, but now he is back to full-time work. Triple H spoke to the roster at the WWE Performance Center in June to tell them that he was “back,” noting that he was there for business reasons that he could not elaborate on. Now he’s “back” officially.​

 

[Deezy]

Triple H can't rehire his friends

Good....no more manlets.

None his guys who were released have done anything since they were let go.

 

[Deezy]

If it's Mandy approved....even though it was Ace's watch, where she changed the game.

 

[Jimmy King]

New STW incoming

 

[King Kota]

Prichard seems like the lesser evils of Khan, Vince, Ace, Dunn tbh

 

[Dale]

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[Chris]

Oh lmao I just made a new thread for this, you can trash mine

 

[Dale]

I had optimism for it when Vince stepped aside, but now with Trips in charge of creative i'm really optimistic for the future NXT talents and their transition to the main roster, should be almost seemless now between Shawn and Trips.

 

[Cwalker]

Damnit if Vince would’ve stepped down a year ago, UE would’ve been running RAW by now

 

[John McHenry]

Literally the best possible news . My only other choice would have been Heyman and I'd be willing to bet he'll have quite a bit of input now too.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Well, I think Gargano's chance of returning to WWE has gone up about 1000%

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Damnit if Vince would’ve stepped down a year ago, UE would’ve been running RAW by now

you'd have Samoa Joe still as well

 

[King Kota]

Good news for Tommaso too

 

[Dale]

I do hope Trips aint overloadin his plate though and can get some people around him he trusts to ease the burden, seems like a lot to be taking on after nearly fucking dying not overly long ago.

 

[Cwalker]

you'd have Samoa Joe still as well

Probably would still have Claudio too