{"id":84377,"date":"2019-08-08T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=84377"},"modified":"2019-08-08T23:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T04:38:39","slug":"nxt-conference-call-notes-aew-discussed-but-not-named-roster-usage-rocks-daughter-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/08\/08\/nxt-conference-call-notes-aew-discussed-but-not-named-roster-usage-rocks-daughter-more\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Conference Call notes: AEW discussed but not named, Takeover preview, Roster usage, Rock&#8217;s daughter, Mae Young Classic, Heyman and Bischoff reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2483949175\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning, WWE and Paul \u201cTriple H\u201d Levesque hosted an NXT Conference Call for which I represented the Torch. Here are the main points from that call\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H was asked how the falls were decided for the 2-out-of-3 match between Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole. He said that pure wrestling made sense for both, and a street fight obviously worked given the outside help that Cole might get from Undisputed Era. He said, though, that the stipulations wouldn\u2019t particularly matter with two talents the caliber of Gargano and Cole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-He was then asked if he was considered for the roles Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff recently got with Raw and SmackDown. He said that\u2019s not how it happened, and the scope of what he does is beyond that. There are only so many hours in the day. He said he\u2019s worked with Heyman a lot, but it\u2019s the first time he\u2019s worked with Bischoff in this setting and he\u2019s excited about that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-He fielded a question about conversations with talent when they\u2019re left off of TakeOver. He said talent wants to be on everything and they\u2019re hungry, but the lack of overexposure is part of the magic of NXT. He also stressed that you can be a big part of NXT TV and not be a part of a particular TakeOver show, like KUSHIDA or Bianca Belair this time around. He said that talents like Drew McIntyre and others have come to him about doing something with NXT, whether here or in the UK, because the competitive nature raises the bar for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H was asked which match had a chance to steal the show, and he brought up all of them. He likes the personal story of Io Shirai-Candace LeRae; Kyle O\u2019Reilly and Bobby Fish are in the conversation for match of the night every time out; all three North American championship competitors have show-stealing ability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Shayna Baszler has stated there was still interest in a Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen match and Triple H was asked about the likelihood of it happening. He said it\u2019s not outside the scope of reality, though many members are kind of doing their own thing, and Ronda Rousey is out at the moment. He said that he\u2019d love to see it when the time is right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-A question came in about whether Triple H was heir apparent to Raw and SmackDown. He said that in any company of this size, you need succession plans, although these change on the regular. He joked that Vince McMahon will outlive all of them anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H said that there would probably be an announcement about a Mae Young Classic tournament soon, but with the coming changes with FOX, a lot of Dominoes fell and changed things, and certain plans got pushed back.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3188709911\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-A question about Johnny Gargano\u2019s status was next; Gargano has missed some house shows and Triple H was asked if there was concern. Triple H said he couldn\u2019t talk about medical exactly, but \u201cthings linger,\u201d and Triple H made the call to keep it from becoming more and it\u2019s cleared up now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H said internal thoughts on the EVOLVE 10th Anniversary show were positive and that the leadership there is doing something special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-The inevitable question about NXT expanding time came next, perhaps to multiple shows a week. Triple H said the landscape is always changing and they\u2019re always planning. There\u2019s a wheel of distribution options, and it\u2019s a question of where the content all goes. He then brought up AEW without naming it, saying that people ask him about \u201ccounter-programming.\u201d He said Wednesday has always been the home of NXT so it wasn\u2019t a question of counter-programming on WWE\u2019s end. He says he worries about doing his own business with NXT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H was asked about his grueling travel schedule. He said they\u2019ve figured out how to implement a lot of Star Trek ideas but we can\u2019t \u201cbeam ourselves up\u201d yet. He said you do the best you can and you make sure to put a team in place. When NXT UK started, he was at every TV taping, but he was largely there to put together a team that would no longer require his presence. He\u2019ll be at the TakeOver show in Cardiff, but otherwise has not felt the need to attend NXT UK TV in a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H was asked how he eases the mind of nervous performers, and he said that he doesn\u2019t. If a performer doesn\u2019t have butterflies, then they don\u2019t care. He says to use that energy. When one is trained and ready, they relax when they\u2019re out there. Panic only happens when one hasn\u2019t done the work, because then there\u2019s nothing you can do to make it better. He continued that it doesn\u2019t really matter if NXT goes live, because preparation is the same. He said he was frustrated with some of the talent when he was on SmackDown who had the attitude that it was no big deal because it was taped. He would tell them there\u2019s ten thousand people out there, and it\u2019s always live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H was asked about Simone Johnson, the daughter of The Rock, who\u2019s at the Performance Center. He said she clearly shares the passion and work ethic of her family. Rock was at the PC recently, primarily as a proud papa who was able to impart some advice. Triple H said that the PC is a kind of fountain of youth, because the buzz, vibe and energy of young, hungry performers is infectious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-TakeOver: Toronto will feature two women\u2019s singles matches for the first time in three years, and Triple H was asked if it was ever a consideration to expand TakeOver to six matches to feature both a men\u2019s and a women\u2019s grudge match away from championships. He said that although the formula works, it\u2019s not exactly a formula, because they don\u2019t think about making a five-match card &#8211; they simply put together the best show they can with the time allotted &#8211; he doesn\u2019t feel the need to expand the length of the shows &#8211; and five is what shakes out and it\u2019s better to not just add a match for the sake of a match when the ebb and flow is working. This time, he loved that both the Io-Candace and Mia-Shayna feuds were hot and ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-With the renewed focus on building a strong women\u2019s division, a question came regarding the possibility of the women in their own WarGames match this November. He said that anything is possible and that he\u2019s open to all of that.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2137814193\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Triple H thanked us all for coming and signed off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FINAL THOUGHTS: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most interesting thing to most, I think, will be Triple H taking the opportunity to talk about AEW (again, without saying the name) in response to Dave Meltzer\u2019s question about expanding NXT. Participants were asked to respectfully keep all questions to NXT and the PC, so I\u2019m not sure anyone would have explicitly asked what we were all wondering. There was a lot here about building a (usually) five-match show with way more matches\u2019 worth of worthy talent, and I wholeheartedly agree with the approach of making TakeOver special and not overexposing the shows with matches for the sake of them (now let\u2019s slice an hour from main roster PPVs, eh?). The impending announcement of another Mae Young Classic was also welcome news. All in all, it was an enjoyable 40 minutes or so leading into one of WWE\u2019s most important weekends.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-381884094\"><div id=\"pwtor-1801281265\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This morning, WWE and Paul \u201cTriple H\u201d Levesque hosted an NXT Conference Call for which I represented the Torch. 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