5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Oct 19)
1. Triple H With An HHHorrific Take
Triple H has finally snapped.
Every single time he meets the UK press, he is asked when WWE is going to promote another stadium-sized pay-per-view on British soil. It's not an unreasonable question; even 26 years after the fact, Wembley Stadium's SummerSlam 1992 remains at least the third highest-attended WWE show in history, and WWE shifted an absolute Young Bucket load of merchandise on the night.
Speaking at the recent Leaders in Sport business summit in London, Triple H remarked that "the time zones are a big kicker," even though, in America, Crown Jewel will screen live on the Network as the birds begin to chirp (real birds, not women, obviously). Super Show-Down was shown live as the U.S. throughout the night.
Triple H went on:
"I always hear about Wembley, I always hear it was such a massive success. It was not."
The domestic buy rate wasn't great, which the WWF attributed at the time to tape delay, but the absence of megastar Hulk Hogan had far more of an impact. Trips should know a thing or two about what happens when the real top draws leave a company. Look what happened to him in 2003.
SummerSlam '92 is best-remembered as the site of Bret Hart's rise to prominence as a singles star. Given Bret's damning critique of Triple H's in-ring ability, should we cynically rate this as a 4/10 take? Is the guy who can't get NXT UK a TV deal feeling a tad defensive?
Is Wolfgang going to get Pedigreed the next time Triple H gets an eye on him?