WWE held an NXT Conference Call hosted by Paul “Triple H” Levesque to promote this Saturday’s NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 event live on the WWE Network.
Wrestleview live tweeted the call earlier today. Below are highlights:
Triple H is exciting about #NXT returning to the Barclays Center this Saturday, said it's hard to believe it is the fourth #NXTTakeOver at that arena, "it continues to grow every year"
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question about Aleister Black injury and if any consideration was made to continue the main event as a triple threat, Triple H said when the injury went down with Black it was a "major shift", he feels the history between Ciampa/Gargano made sense to go with that match
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question on if #NXT could be part of the Superstar Shake Up in the future, Triple H says in a way the roster is when they get drafted to the main roster, he mentions talent like The Revival and Tyler Breeze returning to #NXT at live events
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Follow up question about the #NXT brand and the chances of seeing its programming on #FOX, Triple H says they are concentrating on the deals they have now, says the show has a great home on the #WWENetwork, Triple H says "never say never"
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question about #WWE PPV events going longer and if that is something we could see with #NXTTakeOver shows expanding to three hours, Triple H says it isn't "length of time" to him and instead the right card to tell the right story, describes it as a "balancing act"
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Follow up question on how you can use #NXT talent with only one hour of television per week, Triple H calls it a challenge and is a "good problem to have", he would always like to get more people on the show
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question about #NXTUK and if we will see any crossover talent, Triple H says you will see a split and would prefer it to be its own thing, he envisions the territory system and being flexible by having the #NXT Champion get the opportunity to move around to other areas
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Follow up question about #NXTUK and Neville's status with #WWE given he would be perfect for that territory, Triple H isn't "100% positive" and would have to look into that, he puts over Neville's previous work in the company
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question/statement by a caller who says they are burned out by current #WWE programming and only enjoying #NXT, caller brings up how long #SummerSlam will be and over saturation, Triple H says "everybody has opinions" and points out how some people don't like everything in #NXT
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question on when we will see the premiere episodes of #NXTUK programming, Triple H says they will be making announcements in the coming weeks about that, he added he "didn't want to wait" and decided to shoot the first episodes when they were already scheduled for the UK
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question on if they would ever consider adding #NXT programming for TV with the #FOX deal while keeping another hour on the #WWENetwork, Triple H says the #FOX situation creates a lot of speculation, says some weeks he's happy #NXT is only one hour long
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Follow up question on the new TV taping schedule moving #SDLive to Friday, Triple H jokingly brings up all the production issues they will face in 2019 including the routing differences with trucks, "we have a lot of planning to do" before next October he added
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Another follow up regarding injuries for Aleister Black and Tegan Nox, Triple H is unsure about how long Black will be out, Nox says "poor girl" in reference to her unfortunate #MaeYoungClassic injury, says the Full Sail building was "dead silent" when she got hurt at the taping
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Triple H adds Nox is "positive as can be" after speaking with her recently, said she's focusing on coming back, Triple H confirms she will be out of action for quite some time again
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Question about the Four Horsewomen now being signed with #WWE, Triple H says "anything is a possibility" of them being featured creatively together, says all four women have really picked up pro wrestling fast
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Follow up if they have any interest to do post-show press conferences similar to the #UFC, Triple H says they have a lot of ideas on the table, he brings up the first post-show conference call after the last #NXTTakeOver special being a test and going well
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Final question about #MMA talent making the transition to wrestling and if they are open to looking at more talent from that sport, Triple H says Ronda Rousey has picked it up fast, thinks others could still struggle with it, he says they will continue to look for the best talent
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
Follow up question about the #MaeYoungClassic and how the programming will be released, Triple H says last year they chose to batch release it, says this year it will start August 29 after #NXT and air weekly
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) August 15, 2018
