Triple H Reveals Why He Worked Last Year's Royal Rumble
01/23/2017 08:10 pm EST
One of the surprise entrants to last year's Royal Rumble was none other than WWE executive, and 14 time WWE champion, Triple H. The Game not only won the Rumble, but also the vacated WWE Championship. While some may have thought Trips given himself another run with the title was ego driven, HHH revealed today in an interview with Crave that injuries forced him back into action.
"It was a completely different experience. Last year was kind of out of the blue and given the circumstances of where we were talent wise, we had a lot of injuries and a lot of people moved positions, which changed a lot of things about the show. Any time you're put in that position, you put a lot of pressure on yourself. The pressure is less for me from a physical standpoint because I'm still in decent shape and I'm in this business every day so my mind is still fresh. The pressure for me was trying to do my job and that job at the same time. With the things I operate on like live events, talent and creative, there's so much to do on a day-to-day basis that it's hard to get it done regularly."
In regards to his desire to be back in the ring, The Game says he's nearly too busy these days to juggle wrestling and his executive duties.
"The common belief is that for myself and other guys are that we can't step away from it or can't let it go but I'd love to [laughs]. As much as I enjoyed last year, when the company asks if you want to go out and compete in front of 100,000 people, it's hard to say no because it's a piece of who you are. But at the same time, the workload it creates for you is so massive that it's hard for you to enjoy it. Even the WrestleMania experience, I spent my time going from a business partner to trying to produce NXT Takeover to trying to oversee the television and if talent have an issue, my match is up in two or three matches and there's a talent issue I have to deal with, I'm not out of the pocket. It becomes an intense workplace."
With only a few months left until Wrestlemania 33, will you be excited to see Triple H step back into the ring to finish his program with Seth Rollins?
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