Triple H Admits He LAUGHED At This AEW Moment
Offended? Nah, WWE boss Triple H had a good chuckle at this famous AEW moment.
Social media blew up when Cody Rhodes rather blatantly sent a message to Triple H during AEW's very first pay-per-view back at Double Or Nothing 2019. Rhodes symbolically smashed up a throne with a giant hammer on the show, but...how did 'The Game' react?
Hunter told Allan & Carly that he "laughed about it then" and he's still chuckling when thinking about the moment now. In fact, Triple H claims he'd "have done the same thing" if he "was in [Cody's] shoes". The stunt showed spirit, and got pro wrestling fans talking. It was a successful idea from that perspective, which is why Trips enjoyed it.
During the interview, Hunter raised an interesting point about some WWE stars fleeing the nest to find who they really are as performers. Drew McIntyre did something similar after being fired in 2014 - he was hugely successful worldwide on the independent circuit, then eventually returned to WWE as a bigger name.
Triple H says he couldn't be bitter about the AEW throne incident, because it showed Cody was coming out of his dad's iconic shadow and becoming his own man.