During an interview on Cody Rhodes’ “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” podcast, Triple H shared his thoughts on a common issue he sees among WWE talent, addressing the frustration that can build behind the scenes.
Drawing from his own experience, he spoke about how getting too caught up in small, short-term issues can impact the bigger picture of a wrestler’s career.
Here’s what WWE’s Chief Content Officer said:
“Sometimes there’s frustration of being able to have the perspective of looking back at a long career. And so many different careers that have had all these different levels of success, and wanting to say to a talent, ‘Dude, this is meaningless.’ And you are arguing and wearing yourself mentally and emotionally over this point that is meaningless.
Like, by next Monday’s show, no one will think about it. And so many people get so caught up in the minutiae. The little things that don’t really make a difference. There are big things sometimes that go by the wayside because of these little tiny moments.
There’s a saying: pick the hill you want to die on. If you want to die on that hill, it’s got to be worth it. It’s not, for me, necessarily. I see it, there are moments in time when agents or other talent come up to me, and they’re like, ‘I swear to God, if this person says it one more time today, I’m going to lose my mind.’ Because they’re just so obsessed with this one little nugget of something that everyone else around them is like, ‘Who cares?’ I see it in so many people. They’re going to get to the end of what’s a magnificent career on so many levels, creatively, successfully.
It’s like the guy that played in the NBA. He’s a top player in the NBA, but his name doesn’t get mentioned next to Michael Jordan’s, and it just eats him alive. The misery that people create for themselves based around certain places. Like where they don’t get to, or they’re right there, but yet they have this unbelievable run. You create your own bitterness.
Now, that’s not me saying you shouldn’t be ambitious to want to get to the next level. But I don’t believe the misery of ‘I didn’t get that’ should make you miserable for this. There are so many talents that are like, ‘Dude, you have so much going on. You’re in a position that a small handful of people on the planet are in, with millions behind you that would cut off a limb to have that.’
Yeah, always strive for more. I’ll never tell a talent you’ll never get past the point you’re at, because I don’t know. Things can flip on a dime, and you can be in that spot. At the end, it’s the journey along the way that’s more meaningful than the moment that you sort of get there and land on it.”
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