{"id":3677,"date":"2015-11-20T15:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2015-11-21T04:05:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T10:05:43","slug":"revealing-triple-h-radio-interview-competition-with-vkm-will-hogan-return-to-wwe-why-wwe-cut-ties-with-hogan-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/20\/revealing-triple-h-radio-interview-competition-with-vkm-will-hogan-return-to-wwe-why-wwe-cut-ties-with-hogan-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealing Triple H interview &#8211; competition with VKM?, will Hogan return to WWE?, why WWE cut ties, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3084846512\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Triple H dropped the corporate veneer for a humanizing interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.z107fm.com\/onair\/jadd-49801\/listen-triple-h-calls-into-lend-14141597\/\" target=\"_blank\">home-state radio station Z107 in New Hampshire<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter&#8217;s 20-minute chat was to promote the 25th anniversary of the radio station&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rock101fm.com\/features\/lend-a-helping-can-25-1582\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Lend A Helping Can&#8221; food drive<\/a>. Hunter joked that he had no idea 25 years ago that he would be in the business side of pro wrestling.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Hunter talked a lot about his family in the casual conversation with familiar radio hosts. Then, he seemed\u00a0to re-assume a corporate position when discussing WWE topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Specifically when whether Hulk Hogan will return to WWE down the road, Hunter very corporately said Hogan has to &#8220;reinvigorate his brand and him as a human being.&#8221; Hogan also offered WWE&#8217;s perspective on why they came down hard on Hogan when his past racist rants were released publicly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one thing about people in general is when someone is on top, they love to see them fall, and when they&#8217;re down, they love to see them make a comeback. Do I think he can be forgiven and make amends with the world and move forward? Yeah, absolutely,&#8221; Hunter said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, for us, in\u00a0that time frame, you&#8217;re putting out a message to the world on how you will tolerate things and how you&#8217;ll react to things. We did what we had to do and he&#8217;ll do what he has to do get himself back to that point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To me, at the end of the day, for him how he&#8217;s perceived by the world is I&#8217;m sure a whole lot more important than anything else. Re-establishing who he is as a human being is of utmost importance to him and I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s going to do it. And when he does, we&#8217;ll go from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter was also asked whether there is competition with Vince McMahon since vocal fans seem to be\u00a0more into the NXT product than main roster product.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-108323494\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Hunter replied that at the end of the day, NXT is part of McMahon&#8217;s company, so he&#8217;s just as happy as anyone else. Hunter then offered his pop music analogy for WWE&#8217;s main product trying to reach as many people as possible, while NXT is more niche-oriented appealing to a specific section of hardcore wrestling fans, like heavy metal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If WWE is pop music, it is the most popular type of music everywhere. It&#8217;s something everyone listens to &#8211; they won&#8217;t admit it, but it&#8217;s (popular) music. And then there are niche things and genres of music, if you are into that genre of music, it&#8217;s the best thing. Like, &#8216;Everything else is crap. And this is where it&#8217;s at.&#8217; We&#8217;re giving them (hardcore wrestling fans) an opportunity to have another brand and another thing to watch and enjoy. If you&#8217;re a fan of what we do, that&#8217;s awesome. It&#8217;s (NXT) designed to fill that niche. 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