Triple H and The Rock have certainly been through a lot together during their time in WWE.
WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H was a recent guest on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. While touching upon the fact that he and Dwayne Johnson are pretty much working together to run the company now, Hunter reflected upon the first time he met The Rock backstage.
“I remember meeting Dwayne for the first time and just thinking, God, this guy is just — his charisma is off the charts, like,” Triple H said. “I just met him backstage. If he’s at all athletic, he’s going to be a huge star. And not only becomes a huge star as The Rock in WWE, but would go on to be the biggest box office attraction in Hollywood ever.
“And what’s really cool about it is all these years later, that was like 96? All these years later, he and I are still collaborating on things and working together behind the scenes to make WWE as great as it can be. For him, it’s in his blood. His grandfather, High Chief Peter Miavia, his mother was a promoter. His dad was a wrestler, Rocky Johnson. So it’s in his blood. It’s in his DNA.
“I make a joke with him all the time, when he would do the People’s Elbow, which I took like every night while he was kicking my ass, he would stand over you, and as he was getting ready to do the run, you would see him break out in goosebumps all over him, because the energy and the electricity that come from a live crowd in WWE is like nothing else.
“I say to him all the time, you can’t get that in Hollywood, man. And when he comes out now, he still does a thing where he’ll hit his arm and show it to the camera, because it’s covered in goosebumps. And that energy, that electricity that our fans bring to what we do, and we give back to them. It’s just magic. It’s like nothing else. WWE is just incredible.”
READ MORE: Triple H: Getting ‘Squashed’ By The Ultimate Warrior Isn’t The Embarrassing Moment You Think It Is
What do you make of Triple H’s comments? Do you think Triple H and The Rock are truly on the same page regarding today’s WWE product? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
If you use any of these quotes, please credit Jimmy Fallon with a link to this article for the transcription.
