Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Triple H, The Rock, and John Cena.
• During the Elimination Chamber post show, Triple H was asked if a women’s title match will main event one of the nights of WrestleMania 41.
Triple H said he doesn’t have any main event spot locked in and will give those two spots to the two most interesting storylines, which receive the most fan engagement. Here’s what WWE’s Chief Content Officer said:
“It’s always possible. To me, it’s always possible. As we build this, to me, nothing is locked into any spot. As we build this, what resonates the most will become the main events. Nothing is locked in. I believe, for talent, that is the best way to do it. Let everybody fight over the spot. Let everybody work their a$$ off and everybody try to do what we’re trying to do, which is do things outside the box and do things people haven’t seen.
Let them get out there and challenge themselves so that every moment they have on TV. People forget how much value there is in the TV we put out. When you have a moment on TV, I don’t care if it’s 30 seconds, a minute, two minutes, or 20 minutes. Maximize those minutes. Tell me why you should be in that main event. Don’t go out there and go, ‘I hope they put me in the main event.’ Take it. Make it undeniable. That’s what I want talent to do.
I want talent and everybody who is part of this to make it undeniable that they should be in the spot they should be in. I don’t believe in giving anybody a spot. ‘The women should have the main event spot.’ It’s nice, if it is the most interesting thing on the show and is getting the biggest reaction, which when I put them in main events, it’s because of that. They earn that.
They earn the right through their hard work, their sacrifice, their dedication, just like everybody else, to be treated like everybody else and work their a$$ off to get what they want. I don’t treat them any differently. The reason I don’t treat them any differently is because I respect them too much to do it that way.”
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• During the Elimination Chamber post show, The Rock said the following about John Cena turning heel:
“It was an amazing moment. We as entertainers, whether in pro wrestling or film or television, you really live for moments like that where you can hopefully create something that can be very compelling and moving for the audience and take 38,000 strong in Toronto and what we have collectively thought about and talked about in the back, before and certainly after this moment, no one knew really what was going to happen.
Maybe if you called it, but for the most part, I thought the moment was incredible and I personally love that.
I’ve been around the block in terms of being a pro wrestler. I love this business. What I felt tonight, and I’ve been a part of some really phenomenal professional wrestling angles, and as a kid growing up, I’ve seen some amazing pro wrestling angles. I felt like tonight stood beside all of those that were iconic angles.”
