Triple H named Head of Talent Relations and Creative in WWE. 2023 WON Booker of the Year.

[OneDeep]

Ok, I ask this as someone who keeps up-to-date but doesn't watch as much wrestling as they used to. (I'm more in the AEW threads but tune into the PLEs when I can remember)

What changes would/should you'd like to see Paul make with the Black talent in the WWE?

Just push more talent in meaningful roles

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Ok, I ask this as someone who keeps up-to-date but doesn't watch as much wrestling as they used to. (I'm more in the AEW threads but tune into the PLEs when I can remember)

What changes would/should you'd like to see Paul make with the Black talent in the WWE?

I think when it's time for Bianca/Jade to split, they should likely be placed back in very prominent roles within the women's division and I'd argue Bianca should be on the level of the way Rhea is booked

Street Profits, we've discussed this a lot.. even if they want to stay in a tag team which In think is a disservice to both but if they want to stay together then they need something they can do to get elevated

The biggest thing on the horizon is when Trick and Oba Femi get called up. I think Melo is off to a solid start with his feud with Andrade and now he might be cookin something with AJ Styles

 

[Organic Trees]

 

[mannyrs13]

what i have noticed is how triple h relies on the same core group for each PLE. there should be a switch up and a black male or even female should have a singles match but its odd how they all look the same.

its typically a cody match or a match involving cody.
a bloodline match, most of the time it involves cody.
a match involving drew and/or punk.
a match involving the judgement day in any form including former members Damion and Rhea.
a match involving someone else like the women usually bayley and/or nia jax or the tag belts which i think was the scotland show and i believe summerslam.

but it seems like thats the formula that triple h or rather wwe has been using since mania. you can look towards the next events and just have a feeling of what the card may be cuz it be the same core group of stars involved.

 

[Rell84shots]

For the past couple of months there's been WWE TV shows (haven't really paid attention when it's RAW or SD, tbh) that went from 12-14k sellouts to 7-10k sellouts or total attendance, depending on the building the set up they were running. Meaning they cut back on doing shows that barely had a entrance in order to open up more seats. They are still doing it for PLEs as far as I'm aware though, because that demand is still crazy high.

To be fair, there's no world were WWE would've been capable of sustaining the level of tickets sold that they were doing from January to March/April, that shyt was insane. So going "back" to normal setups (80% of an arena + floor seats, and either sell it out or get very close to it) makes sense.

Will be interesting if once January kicks in and The Rock and Bloodline angle once again take center stage, they go back to opening up arenas the same way the did it this year. Like I said, that shyt was pretty fukking crazy.

I expected attendance to dip a bit because that's just par for the course, but the show quality is 100% controllable. SD being 3hrs for the short term might be a good thing, since colorblind Helmsley can't seem to book it correctly at 2hrs.

 

[Rell84shots]

I think when it's time for Bianca/Jade to split, they should likely be placed back in very prominent roles within the women's division and I'd argue Bianca should be on the level of the way Rhea is booked

Street Profits, we've discussed this a lot.. even if they want to stay in a tag team which In think is a disservice to both but if they want to stay together then they need something they can do to get elevated

The biggest thing on the horizon is when Trick and Oba Femi get called up. I think Melo is off to a solid start with his feud with Andrade and now he might be cookin something with AJ Styles

You mean the way she booked before HHH took over.

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

what i have noticed is how triple h relies on the same core group for each PLE. there should be a switch up and a black male or even female should have a singles match but its odd how they all look the same.

its typically a cody match or a match involving cody.
a bloodline match, most of the time it involves cody.
a match involving drew and/or punk.
a match involving the judgement day in any form including former members Damion and Rhea.
a match involving someone else like the women usually bayley and/or nia jax or the tag belts which i think was the scotland show and i believe summerslam.

but it seems like thats the formula that triple h or rather wwe has been using since mania. you can look towards the next events and just have a feeling of what the card may be cuz it be the same core group of stars involved.

Somewhat true

But wrestling promotions have always used their cycle of top names from ppv to ppv. For example, you say you notice Cody is usually involved in a match. Like breh he’s the wwe champion he needs to be on all the ppvs unless a name like the rock is on the card as a substitute.


Our gripe is through the eyes of a fan watching weekly television from our homes and not a fan at the PLE who just paid top dollar to be there. You better give me the Cody’s, rheas, punks, etc


I would say this exposes the downside of 5 match approach HHH uses. If he added an extra match or two once in a while then I don’t think we have this problem.

The Saudi shows should be a perfect time to give new faces the PLE treatment since most of their shows seem non-cannon

 

[The Rainmaker]

"We got no talented enough brehs to put on the spotlight" - Check

"Here are some blood money titles" - Check

Another successful day on Triple K's reich

 

[mannyrs13]

Somewhat true

But wrestling promotions have always used their cycle of top names from ppv to ppv. For example, you say you notice Cody is usually involved in a match. Like breh he’s the wwe champion he needs to be on all the ppvs unless a name like the rock is on the card as a substitute.


Our gripe is through the eyes of a fan watching weekly television from our homes and not a fan at the PLE who just paid top dollar to be there. You better give me the Cody’s, rheas, punks, etc


I would say this exposes the downside of 5 match approach HHH uses. If he added an extra match or two once in a while then I don’t think we have this problem.

The Saudi shows should be a perfect time to give new faces the PLE treatment since most of their shows seem non-cannon

I understand the reason for Cody being on there of course since he's the champ. My point was just how some of the same storylines and feuds had been showcased on the PLE since after mania, which limits the ability for others to get on the card. Especially with how small the cards tend to be.

They save the ple for stories like the bloodline, judgement day, drew/punk stuff and it limits other stuff. Not like much else is highlighted thru out the week anyways over course of the past months since the storylines began.

I agree that card should be expanded. Maybe even if just a preshow match. Or something to switch up the routine.

 

[OneDeep]

what i have noticed is how triple h relies on the same core group for each PLE. there should be a switch up and a black male or even female should have a singles match but its odd how they all look the same.

its typically a cody match or a match involving cody.
a bloodline match, most of the time it involves cody.
a match involving drew and/or punk.
a match involving the judgement day in any form including former members Damion and Rhea.
a match involving someone else like the women usually bayley and/or nia jax or the tag belts which i think was the scotland show and i believe summerslam.

but it seems like thats the formula that triple h or rather wwe has been using since mania. you can look towards the next events and just have a feeling of what the card may be cuz it be the same core group of stars involved.

That’s only been happening for the last 3 PLE’s

Not all year

 

[mannyrs13]

That’s only been happening for the last 3 PLE’s

Not all year

Its felt like the entire damn year to me.

 

[OneDeep]

Its felt like the entire damn year to me.

Punk & Drew only had matches at Summerslam Berlin & now

Punk’s been interfering in Drew’s matches but that just moved the story along

Cody only been involved with the Bloodline at WM & since MITB

You can’t keep your hottest storylines off the shows

But I’d admit

The could’ve left off Bayley’s match & switched it with the Tag team ladder match ironically that was the last time they were defending on a PLE

Also they could’ve left Finn’s match because that felt like a TV match & put Gunther vs Sami on there

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

I understand the reason for Cody being on there of course since he's the champ. My point was just how some of the same storylines and feuds had been showcased on the PLE since after mania, which limits the ability for others to get on the card. Especially with how small the cards tend to be.

They save the ple for stories like the bloodline, judgement day, drew/punk stuff and it limits other stuff. Not like much else is highlighted thru out the week anyways over course of the past months since the storylines began.

I agree that card should be expanded. Maybe even if just a preshow match. Or something to switch up the routine.

Triple H just needs to find a balance. Your issue with his booking is fine because it’s preference but in theory he’s not doing anything wrong here.

If you’ve seen enough wrestling then you know after a wrestling promotion’s biggest show is over it’s technically a new season where we are introduced to storylines and certain wrestlers that we will follow throughout the entire year.


The people we consistently see on tv/PLEs are gonna be the people who wrestle at Wrestlemania.

On one hand we might say stories are too long but on the other we end up saying punk and Drew is a classic. Why? Because they’ve been feuding for a year.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

Priest vs Finn & Nia vs Bailey should have been on regular tv, not on Bad Blood. I'm getting tired of the Rhea vs Liv story but they are going to extend it a little bit longer with Raquel included now. Punk vs Drew should have been the 2nd to last match last night. These are some of the issues that I see with Triple H booking at this time. He cooking in some area but still needs work with others. No one is perfect but he is restoring the feeling and that is what important right now.

 

[Rell84shots]

Priest vs Finn & Nia vs Bailey should have been on regular tv, not on Bad Blood. I'm getting tired of the Rhea vs Liv story but they are going to extend it a little bit longer with Raquel included now. Punk vs Drew should have been the 2nd to last match last night. These are some of the issues that I see with Triple H booking at this time. He cooking in some area but still needs work with others. No one is perfect but he is restoring the feeling and that is what important right now.

That's a terrible idea, Why would you put them in that spot? The crowd will either save their strength for the main event, or be to exhausted to react to the main event.

"We got no talented enough brehs to put on the spotlight" - Check

"Here are some blood money titles" - Check

Another successful day on Triple K's reich

Oh please, Saudi has their hands in everything here.