Real Reason Triple H Missed WWE Raw This Week (WWE News)

Triple reveals why he missed this week's WWE Raw.

by Andrew Pollard
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In a rarity, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque was absent from this week's Raw.

The King of Kings appeared on The Pat McAfee Show yesterday, where he was asked about the Stephanie Vaquer and Iyo Sky contract signing that was initially scheduled for this past Monday, but that ultimately didn't take place.

There, Triple H revealed that he wasn't at Raw, he hadn't had a chance to watch the show back yet, and explained how he spent his Monday night recording an episode of Kill Tony. It's not yet known when this Kill Tony episode will be airing.

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For those unaware, Kill Tony is a Tony Hinchcliffe-centred show that nowadays airs on Netflix. That would be the one and the same Tony Hinchcliffe who hosted a controversial post-WrestleMania Roast, and whose similar post-SummerSlam Roast was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Despite that SummerSlam cancellation, WWE still intends to work with Hinchcliffe moving forward.

To circle back to Vaquer and Sky, that contract signing was previously advertised for this week's Raw ahead of the pair's match at WWE Wrestlepalooza for the vacant Women's World Championship. There's no word yet on why this segment was scrapped, and hopefully that's not an indicator that this match may be in jeopardy, with La Primera and the Genius of the Sky having shown fantastic chemistry in their brief in-ring tussles so far.

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As it stands, Vaquer vs. Sky is still set to take place at Wrestlepalooza, alongside three other confirmed matches: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar, the Usos vs. Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed, and AJ Lee and CM Punk vs. Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins. It's expected that more matches will be added to the Wrestlepalooza line-up before the PLE gets here on 20 September, including something for WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

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