Triple H was recently interviewed by Gary Cassidy of Sportskeeda. During this, he was asked about the recent rumors that Edge and Paige could be returning to the ring for WWE. Both suffered career-ending neck injuries that forced them to retire.
Here is what Triple H had to say about these rumors (h/t to Sportskeeda for the quotes below):
When you’re talking about people as talented as Edge and Paige, who wouldn’t want them to return? I’m a fan, just like everyone else, and, yeah, I’d love to see them step into the ring and compete. More importantly than that, though, I’d like to see them live long and healthy lives.
So, with both of them, those would be personal choice for them… No, I shouldn’t say that. Personal choice would be a part of it, then medical choice for the other part. WWE is at a different level. There is no other level, almost, from a medical oversight standpoint.
Triple H continued, talking more about the medical side of things:
Every now and then, I’ll hear somebody else talk about, “Oh, their medical,” or something, and it doesn’t exist. Fact. Just because you have a doctor every now and then doesn’t mean you have a medical protocol, right?
So, for us, there are certain perimeters. If we believe it’s not in your best interest, we put the human being first, and their long-term health. Life goes on for a long time after this ends. Especially now. The style and the physicality has increased dramatically, so if you get to a point where we’re telling you, medically, “Not in your best interest,” you can do a lot of things to get back to that.
If you do, maybe it’s an option but it’s a medical decision. If our medical experts say that they believe this person has done whatever to rehab their situation, and there are multiple situations, they’ve done all of that and are safe to get back into the ring, then we allow it.
Triple H also related it back to Daniel Bryan, who was able to return to WWE after being forced to retire:
You seen that with Daniel Bryan. None of us ever thought Daniel Bryan was going to step into the ring, at least not for us. And that was a question for him. “I can’t do it for you, doesn’t mean I can’t do it for other places.” But we had a conversation with him about, “If medical experts are telling you this isn’t the best thing,” right? But he worked extraordinarily hard for a very long time to get himself back to a place physically where medical teams, the same people that disqualified him were willing to say, “Okay, now I feel like this is a safe return.”
So, if that’s the case, when you’re talking about people as talented as Edge and Paige, who wouldn’t want them to return? I’m a fan, just like everyone else, and, yeah, I’d love to see them step into the ring and compete. More importantly than that, though, I’d like to see them live long and healthy lives. Their health comes first. They’re people first. This is all great but, at the end of the day, it’s not everything.
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On a related note, check out 5 great matches for Edge if he is able to return to WWE.
