Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 4, 2019 20:10:37 GMT -5
Triple H confirmed that they planted a seed for Sunday's match back during the Evolution reunion at SmackDown 1000 last fall. He also said Batista has talked about doing the match for years.
"It's something that Dave [Bautista] has brought up for the past few years," Triple H said. "For some reason over the past couple of years, he had scheduling conflicts, I was already booked with something else, it just didn't pan out. This year, shortly before SmackDown 1000, we had had a conversation where he said, 'Man, I feel like my window is about closed and if I don't do it this year, I feel like it's not going to happen. Schedule-wise, I have a window around that time, what do you think?' So we went and talked to [WWE Chairman] Vince [McMahon] about it and he was all into it. So we were doing the [SmackDown] 1000 thing and we figured let's throw this little seed out there and see what kind of reaction it gets. We did it and it got a big reaction so we said let's give this a shot."
"Dave was so passionate about it I really said I wanted to do it for him," he continued . "When I got injured, I kind of put it off of my radar because I didn't think it was going to happen. I'm going to be 50 years old this year, I didn't think I could come back quickly from a repair standpoint, but I'm not a sit-around guy. I started rehabbing and I've always trained and done the stuff. I started rehabbing the morning after my surgery. [As I recovered] We called Dave, he was still into it, Vince still really wanted to do the match and felt like it was a good thing so that increased my desire to rehab more. It just worked out time-wise."
The stipulation for Sunday's match at WrestleMania 35 is that Triple H's in-ring career will be on the line. While this is just part of the storylines, it was noted that there's the very real fact that Triple H is at the tail-end of his in-ring career.
"To be honest, my life would be exponentially less hectic if I wasn't working at WrestleMania, but it's a blast, it's tough to say no to that adrenaline rush, those crowds and everything that comes along with it." Triple H said. "Getting to have a blast one more time and who knows, every time I go out there now, it's very well conceivably the last time I step in the ring."
"It's something that Dave [Bautista] has brought up for the past few years," Triple H said. "For some reason over the past couple of years, he had scheduling conflicts, I was already booked with something else, it just didn't pan out. This year, shortly before SmackDown 1000, we had had a conversation where he said, 'Man, I feel like my window is about closed and if I don't do it this year, I feel like it's not going to happen. Schedule-wise, I have a window around that time, what do you think?' So we went and talked to [WWE Chairman] Vince [McMahon] about it and he was all into it. So we were doing the [SmackDown] 1000 thing and we figured let's throw this little seed out there and see what kind of reaction it gets. We did it and it got a big reaction so we said let's give this a shot."
"Dave was so passionate about it I really said I wanted to do it for him," he continued . "When I got injured, I kind of put it off of my radar because I didn't think it was going to happen. I'm going to be 50 years old this year, I didn't think I could come back quickly from a repair standpoint, but I'm not a sit-around guy. I started rehabbing and I've always trained and done the stuff. I started rehabbing the morning after my surgery. [As I recovered] We called Dave, he was still into it, Vince still really wanted to do the match and felt like it was a good thing so that increased my desire to rehab more. It just worked out time-wise."
The stipulation for Sunday's match at WrestleMania 35 is that Triple H's in-ring career will be on the line. While this is just part of the storylines, it was noted that there's the very real fact that Triple H is at the tail-end of his in-ring career.
"To be honest, my life would be exponentially less hectic if I wasn't working at WrestleMania, but it's a blast, it's tough to say no to that adrenaline rush, those crowds and everything that comes along with it." Triple H said. "Getting to have a blast one more time and who knows, every time I go out there now, it's very well conceivably the last time I step in the ring."
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Yeah, pretty much known Batista was pushing this match for years tho it seems like HHH was content with sitting back if it wasn't for Batista
Also not really a surprise to see HHH admit his in ring career is winding down. He can still go but the matchups aren't really there anymore and i'm sure he wants his guys from NXT getting that time
