Triple H recently participated in a media call prior to NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III. He spoke on a wide variety of topics as is tradition prior to NXT Takeover events. One of the most interesting topics had to do with how him and Vince McMahon collaborate on NXT call-ups to the main roster. How do they decide who gets called up and when?
Triple H says that Vince gets excited about certain NXT stars that he wants on the main roster. It is Triple H’s job to figure out when the right time is to call that person up:
“I think there’s excitement, there’s a lot of talent that [Vince] will say on an occasional basis, ‘Where are you at with this particular person? When do I get them?’ You know what I mean? It’s my job to then creatively work with the team both main roster and my own team to say when is the right strategic time to put the person into the right place that they need to go to so they have the best opportunity in front of them and to make sure they’re ready,”
Sometimes fans will say that a certain talent is ready for the main roster. They don’t see what Triple H and his team think that they are missing [or need to work on] in order for them to reach their full potential:
“And it’s funny because sometimes I’ll see people think or say, ‘Oh my God, this person has been so ready for so long.’ They don’t know the things that they’re missing that we can see from our side of it to say, ‘I need you another three months and this is what I really need you to focus on. I don’t want you to fail on this one piece whenever you get up there, whatever that is.’ “
Vince sometimes wants to use talent immediately on the main roster [because he gets excited about them] and Triple H has to remind him that there is a plan in place for their development:
“Talking about doing something right away with this guy and I’m like, hold on, we’re really protecting that person on TV that’s our job, right? We’re really protecting what they do to make them succeed where they are but give them that opportunity at the same point and time to continue to grow so they have that opportunity to do that on down the line. And to protect them. So [Vince] relies on us heavily as well to say, ‘This is where they’re at in the process, they need more time to bake, they need more time to do this.”
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