8 Things That Probably Led To Triple H's WWE Demotion
7. The Objective Failure Of Worlds Collide, And The Significance Of It
January's Worlds Collide Network special pit the stars of NXT opposite the *Lionel Hutz voice* stars of NXT UK.
It was a pilot of sorts for the next phase of Triple H's vision of growth; the idea is to set up NXT brands across the globe to emulate the old territory system. The idea has two aims: to build region-specific brands that galvanise the home base, and create inter-brand warfare to facilitate unpredictable and fresh dream matches. The pilot failed quite miserably from a business perspective, despite some excellent professional wrestling. It drew a poor crowd by the standards of a regular TakeOver, and the atmosphere wasn't consistent with a vintage Saturday night, either; Ilja Dragunov in particular generated an ice-cold reaction, through little fault of his own.
This may read as counterintuitive, since this (doomed) expansion is Triple H's key responsibility going forward - but this rumoured demotion can perhaps be read as measure with which to isolate Triple H from the primary operational arm of the company.
The idea failed in no small part because fans are exhausted through excessive WWE content, the fatalistic answer to which is yet more content.
World Collide for the most part failed because...