Post by Pennyroyal_Tea (admin) on Jan 1, 2005 19:50:09 GMT -5
The following are excerpts from Electric City's interview with Triple H. A link to the interview can be found at the end of this post.
How are the holidays with the McMahons? Is Stephanie the girl that has everything?
You know, she's not necessarily the girl that has everything, but she doesn't really need anything. She's not a person that uses a lot of things. She doesn't collect anything, and she's not ridiculously into anything. So yeah - she's difficult to buy for.
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Would you be disloyal to the McMahon family if you went full-time into movies and abandoned WWE?
No, because I think Vince would support me no matter which way I wanted to go with it. It's no different than with any of his kids. Stephanie and Shane weren't forced to be in the business. They could do anything they wanted to do and they chose to be in the business. I've often said, even years ago, before I was ever in that family that if I even won the lottery at that time for like $100 million, I'd have still continued wrestling because I love doing it. It's the rush of the crowd and the excitement of a live event that is the thrill. I would do it for that reason alone.
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If I remember, you were a top guy years ago.
Yeah, before I even met her. It's silly. And if people knew the reality of it, it's actually the exact opposite. When I'm around Vince personally, it's actually the exact opposite. He does not want to talk business with me. I talk business with him at TV because that's the only time he'll want to talk business with me. A lot of times, we're on different pages because we never talk. And he holds me to a higher standard than he does everybody else, because not only do I represent myself, I represent the company and I represent him. It's different.
What's been the scariest moment of your career?
For me, it would be tearing my quad. Because at that point in time, I didn't know if my career was over. But in general, I think it was Darren Drozdov. Because I was at the curtain, having a conversation with Vince and we were both watching the monitor at gorilla position when it happened. I knew the second I saw it what had happened.
www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publish/article_607.shtml
How are the holidays with the McMahons? Is Stephanie the girl that has everything?
You know, she's not necessarily the girl that has everything, but she doesn't really need anything. She's not a person that uses a lot of things. She doesn't collect anything, and she's not ridiculously into anything. So yeah - she's difficult to buy for.
...
Would you be disloyal to the McMahon family if you went full-time into movies and abandoned WWE?
No, because I think Vince would support me no matter which way I wanted to go with it. It's no different than with any of his kids. Stephanie and Shane weren't forced to be in the business. They could do anything they wanted to do and they chose to be in the business. I've often said, even years ago, before I was ever in that family that if I even won the lottery at that time for like $100 million, I'd have still continued wrestling because I love doing it. It's the rush of the crowd and the excitement of a live event that is the thrill. I would do it for that reason alone.
...
If I remember, you were a top guy years ago.
Yeah, before I even met her. It's silly. And if people knew the reality of it, it's actually the exact opposite. When I'm around Vince personally, it's actually the exact opposite. He does not want to talk business with me. I talk business with him at TV because that's the only time he'll want to talk business with me. A lot of times, we're on different pages because we never talk. And he holds me to a higher standard than he does everybody else, because not only do I represent myself, I represent the company and I represent him. It's different.
What's been the scariest moment of your career?
For me, it would be tearing my quad. Because at that point in time, I didn't know if my career was over. But in general, I think it was Darren Drozdov. Because I was at the curtain, having a conversation with Vince and we were both watching the monitor at gorilla position when it happened. I knew the second I saw it what had happened.
www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publish/article_607.shtml