Below is coverage of Triple H’s media conference to promote tomorrow’s NXT Takeover: Unstoppable. Credit goes to Sean Ross Sapp.
* Triple H apologizes for his voice and says “with a nose like mine, changing allergy zones three times” is a bad thing.
* HHH puts over Charlotte and Sasha Banks headlining an NXT live event last week. He wants them to change the perception of what women do in the industry.
* The NXT tours will continue. He’s looking at festival touring and some international shows as well. He wants NXT to be a full brand by next year.
* HHH thanked ESPN and Jeremy Schapp. He said he hopes that they can work together more, or produce more of those for the Network.
* Sami Zayn has been cleared, an will compete.
* HHH thinks Becky/Sasha could steal the show.
* Matt Bloom has been promoted to permanent head coach at NXT. Sara Del Rey is assistant head coach now.
* Sara Del Rey is still working as a road agent as well.
* He already considers NXT an additional brand. He wants to find what’s best suited for NXT. Things that work on the main roster may not work in NXT.
* Triple H wants NXT on the road 3 days a week by 2016. He wants NXT to have a two-tour function eventually. He doesn’t want to lose the homegrown fans in Flordia, either.
* Triple H doesn’t care if someone has indy experience or not, but having experience helps.
* He doesn’t know if NXT will become a cable TV show. He’s happy where they are on the WWE Network. Triple H sees NXT as a selling point for the Network, too.
* Hideo Itami will be represented, but will not be wrestling tomorrow night.
* While NXT is a third brand, it’s still there to get people ready for the main roster, Triple H says. He says the best problem he can have is Vince calling him in the middle of a hot angle and asking for that star.
* Triple H says that there are several talents in NXT ready for the main roster, but there aren’t spots for them, or else they’d be there.
* HHH says WWE developmental is a young man’s game. He says it takes a while for them to get talent up to speed.
* Triple H says he likes Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate. He says he’s not trying to make NXT a direct competition to them. He wants to make the best roster that he can. He thinks if NXT’s business grows, so will RoH’s. He said he’d love to help support ROH and grow.
* Triple H says there are talents that said they turned down NXT deals for ROH. He says they haven’t spoken to those talents on any level.
* Triple H says he wanted to make NXT an individual brand from day 1, but didn’t tell anyone that.
* Triple H thinks Samoa Joe is a phenomenal talent. Says he was at the performance center a month or two ago. He doesn’t know if they’ll do business. He said they only spoke for about five minutes, and it was mostly pleasantries.
* He says there are plenty of talents that won’t make it on the main roster, and gimmicks that won’t work on the main roster.
* Vince McMahon doesn’t see all of NXT. Triple H shows him bits and pieces.
* HHH doesn’t see Cena going anywhere. He thinks it’s great that Cena is confident enough to give younger stars a time to shine. Time pushes people to move to different roles.
* Someone asks about Emma. Triple H says it’s more than possible for her to get back in the title picture.
* Triple H says Vince McMahon was blown away by the NXT show WrestleMania weekend. Triple H didn’t know Vince would be there until last minute. McMahon messaged him and said he’d be there. Triple H said that several WWE executives came and were impressed, and wanted to do more with it.
* Triple H puts over the progress of Sami Zayn working without a mask and Baron Corbin.
* There aren’t plans of an all-female NXT show or special, but it could happen.
* Nothing in NXT was by accident. He had a vision for this.
* The majority of the fans dictate what they do.
