Below are highlights of the call as well as audio of his opening remarks where he touches on the state of NXT and his excitement for NXT Takeover 2 this Thursday on the WWE Network:
– Triple H opened with a joke about he was the one playing the piano music we heard while on hold waiting to begin.
– He says he doesn’t really like to use the term “developmental” anymore with NXT because it’s become its own brand.
– Triple H compares NXT to what ECW was. He noted how it’s a feeder system for talent to move up in the business. He repeated this comparison several times throughout and also stated if NXT is ECW right now, his goal is to make it to the level of what WCW was.
– Compliments were given to the Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze, Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd for their recent performances and his excitement for what they are going to do Thursday night in the main event title match. He spoke on each of them.
– Zayn has been impressing Triple H and he’s proud of how much more Zayn has grown as a performer going from wrestling under a mask on the independents to the facial expressions and stories he tells now.
– He said Tyson Kidd is using this as an opportunity to catapult back to being a regular on the main roster.
– Praised Charlotte and Bayley and how at a recent NTX live event they had a women’s match for the main event.
– Promised someone will be bald by the end of Thursday night after the hair versus hair match involving Enzo Amore and Sylvester Lefort.
– Puts over the debut appearance for Kenta Thursday night
