Guest Polish_Rifle Report post Posted June 18, 2003 credit WWE.com Triple H: ‘I enjoy Hell in a Cell’ DALLAS – June 16, 2003 – One day after he retained the World Heavyweight Championship in a Hell in a Cell with Kevin Nash, Triple H spoke with WWE.com. WWE.com: How are you feeling? Triple H: Better than expected. I’ve said in interviews before, this is the type of match where you kind of just survive. When it’s all done, you just hope for the best. If you can come away without a permanent injury or something that’ll nag you down the road, you did alright. Right now, I feel alright. I’ve got a lot of lumps and knobs on my head, and I’m kind of sore. But I don’t feel like I injured myself in any way. WWE.com: You’ve got a lot of scratches on your forehead. Triple H: Yeah, I got a lot of blood. I’ve got a lot of cuts that you can’t see. I have some on my forehead, but I’ve got a lot that you can’t see from the barbwire. WWE.com: But you elected not to have stitches? Triple H: Yeah. Sometimes stitches can be worse almost. If you can get the bleeding to stop, which it did – it took about a half hour to get it to stop – then you can Steri strip it closed and hope for the best. So far it’s stayed closed, so that’s good. A lot of times if it’s still bleeding the next day, I’ll stitch it then. But it seems to be OK. WWE.com: What did you think about the match? Triple H: I was happy with it. It’s not up to me to decide, I guess. But as far as the fans’ standpoint, for the RAW stand-alone pay-per-view, I think we delivered. I feel that it was a success. WWE.com: Would you say that you were feeling slightly more pressure to perform given that it was the first brand- specific pay-per-view? Triple H: Not necessarily more pressure to perform, but some people looked at that show and said, “Well, it’s half the roster” compared to what they were normally getting on a pay-per-view. My thing is, it’s not that you’re going to get to see half the guys. You’re going to get to see the guys really perform. And that’s what we did. We all took pride in the fact that this was our pay-per-view. When you look at the two groups right now of the brand extension and you say, “Well, there’s two different shows, but it’s all the same company” – it’s really not. We don’t see the guys. We don’t see anybody from SmackDown! until we’re around them. And now with the pay-per-view split, a month ago when everybody saw each other, it was, “See you at SummerSlam.” It’s three or four months away. It really is like two different companies. That creates a lot of pride. I think a lot of us wanted to really put on a hell of a show to show people that RAW is for real. WWE.com: What’s it like going into a match knowing that you’re really going to be in a lot of pain during and after it, and especially the next day? Triple H: You don’t go into it thinking that way. You don’t go into it thinking, “Well, that’s really going to hurt.” You go into it thinking to have the best match you can. In this industry, we wrestle 180-200 days a year. You live just about every day with some ache, pain, bump, bruise. Something’s hurt. You always have an injury of some sort. You learn to live with that. It becomes part of your daily existence. This is no different. This is just another day, you’re just a little bit worse than normal. But it’s something that you’re used to dealing with. I think if the average person who is not used to dealing with pain all the time were to do something like this, they’d think they got run over 20 times by a truck. WWE.com: But would you say you were a little bit relieved today that you didn’t have a match? Triple H: Yeah. There have been times when I’ve had these matches and I’ve had to wrestle a couple of times the next day. And that’s brutal. But if I’d have had a match tonight, I’d have had a match tonight. That’s what we do. It wouldn’t have been anything different. That’s just what we do. WWE.com: Do you expect that you’ll be in another Hell in a Cell match? Triple H: I’m sure I will be at some point. These things have a tendency to keep coming around. But I enjoy them. I like the challenge of them. It’s the one thing about this business – I thrive on the competition of it. I love the business. For me to go out there and have this kind of match, or any other kind of match where can go out and really display yourself and do what you do, that’s the ultimate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kid Kablam Report post Posted June 18, 2003 meh, standard fluff piece Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MARTYEWR Report post Posted June 18, 2003 What, no internet fan bashing in this one?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lightning Flik Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Are we sure that Triple H actually answered these? Where are the rhetorical remarks? The internet bashing? The consistant hypocriticalness that I've come to know from the Game? So, I don't think he actually answered those questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CronoT Report post Posted June 18, 2003 What, no internet fan bashing in this one?! They're all still in the bathroom puking up breakfast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2003 What, no internet fan bashing in this one?! No, no, no, it's a reward for Bradshaw. Since Bradshaw kissed HHH's ass and even Spoiler (Highlight to Read): dyed his hair blonde to make himself LOOK like HHH , he is being rewarded by getting sole rights to bashing the smarks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OnlyMe Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Well, he managed to talk a lot, without saying anything. Typical politician Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest subliminal_animal Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Yeah, but until and unless Orton gets off Christian's ass, we still have Heyman to deal with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Are we sure that Triple H actually answered these? Where are the rhetorical remarks? The internet bashing? The consistant hypocriticalness that I've come to know from the Game? So, I don't think he actually answered those questions. i think the word you were looking for is hypocrisy. but no, it really doesn't seem like trips actually gave the interview. any wwe.com assclown could've written this, since nothing was really said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JRE Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Looking at the question...wasn't he saying that the HIAC match was a success for the PPV....not that the PPV as a whole was a success? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OnlyMe Report post Posted June 18, 2003 But as far as the fans’ standpoint, for the RAW stand-alone pay-per-view, I think we delivered. I feel that it was a success. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JRE Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Yeah, but look at the question- he was saying the match was a success for the PPV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OnlyMe Report post Posted June 18, 2003 He says "it" right after talking about the PPV, so I'd assume that was what he was talking about. Either way, the first sentence should be enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JRE Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Here's how you break it down: I was happy with it. (the match, as asked in the question) It’s not up to me to decide, I guess. (about the match) But as far as the fans’ standpoint, (the fans standpoint about the match) for the RAW stand-alone pay-per-view, (the fans who saw the Raw PPV, he clarifies) I think we delivered. (Him, Nash, and Foley delivered) I feel that it was a success. (Did he ever start talking about the PPV as a whole? Nope.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OnlyMe Report post Posted June 18, 2003 (the fans who saw the Raw PPV, he clarifies) I disagree with that. I think he moves on to comment about the PPV as a whole. YMMV. [on a single brand PPV] you’re going to get to see the guys really perform. And that’s what we did. That talks about the PPV as a whole, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dangerous A Report post Posted June 18, 2003 It's from wwe.com! What the fuck are you doing roaming that fucking site? The only reason to go to that site is for pics of the Divas and you can go on search engines and get better pics than they offer. In short, stay off of wwe's site for news stories. There are serious credibility issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gatornibs Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Triple H/Nash was the 2nd best match on the PPV. That match delivered because it was better than everyone expected. It was at least watchable. The show as a while did not deliver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RavishingRickRudo Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Did he mention Nash once? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wrestlingbs Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Nash vs. HHH wasn't horrible, but a good main event can sometimes save the show. It didn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dangerous A Report post Posted June 18, 2003 Nash vs HHH HIAC match wasn't good by any means, but the match was better than the negative star assumption that everyone was predicting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
