{"id":93106,"date":"2020-02-12T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=93106"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:06:16","slug":"triple-h-takeover-media-conference-call-highlights-trying-to-attract-new-demographics-dealing-with-a-possible-keith-lee-call-up-is-takeover-length-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/02\/12\/triple-h-takeover-media-conference-call-highlights-trying-to-attract-new-demographics-dealing-with-a-possible-keith-lee-call-up-is-takeover-length-too-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple H Takeover Media Conference Call Highlights: Trying to attract new demographics, dealing with a possible Keith Lee call-up, is Takeover length too long"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4069999980\" 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>This morning, Paul &#8220;Triple H&#8221; Levesque fielded questions from pro wrestling media on a variety of topics, as he always does the week of an NXT Takeover special.<\/p>\n<p>There was a notable focus &#8211; as there often is on these calls &#8211; on whether the length of Takeover is a concern, particularly with six matches booked on this show rather than the usual five. Levesque&#8217;s usual response to this question is that the show is built based on what&#8217;s hot on TV and how the show can unfold, and from there, it&#8217;s a question of how long the show will go. He does believe there are diminishing returns when a show is bloated &#8211; this is a talking point he feels strongly about &#8211; but acknowledged that there are even more matches he would have liked to run on this show.<\/p>\n<p>Levesque was asked about Keith Lee, and what the conversations are like with other brands when a talent such as Lee is red hot. When there&#8217;s a groundswell like this, there are conversations between Levesque, Paul Heyman and Bruce Prichard about where Lee might be slotted, and how he can benefit the business.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Powell of prowrestling.net asked how NXT could gain in key demographics and joked that he knew Levesque&#8217;s answer typically includes the words &#8220;it&#8217;s a marathon, not a sprint.&#8221; Levesque joked back that Powell can&#8217;t steal his catchphrase and expect him to have anything to say. Levesque did still use the &#8220;marathon&#8221; analogy in different wording, but also acknowledged that while NXT perhaps can compete with anyone in bell-to-bell action, and the hardcore wrestling audience is satisfied, now it&#8217;s a matter of adding the right ingredients to connect more with the casual fan.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics include Bianca Belair&#8217;s show-stealing work with Charlotte and Rhea Ripley, the decision to remove &#8220;Women&#8217;s&#8221; from the NXT Women&#8217;s Championship rather than adding &#8220;Men&#8217;s&#8221; to the other one, the prospects of Spanish NXT: UK talent A-Kid, whether NXT could cannibalize itself on WrestleMania weekend with talent appearing on Mania itself, advice for The Rock&#8217;s daughter as she starts training, Halftime Heat, Shayna Baszler&#8217;s shift to the &#8220;main roster,&#8221; the signing of Killer Kross and Timothy Thatcher, contractual obligations with Full Sail, and whether there&#8217;s potential to see Matt Riddle against Brock Lesnar in the future.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/02\/12\/2-5-nxt-hits-misses-charlotte-returns-to-nxt-riddle-does-a-fish-tongue-twister-cole-oreilly-fish-vs-ciampa-riddle-dunne-garza-vs-swerve-gargano-and-balor-split-screen-inteview\/\">2\/5 NXT HITS &amp; MISSES: Charlotte returns to NXT, Riddle does a Fish tongue twister, Cole &amp; O\u2019Reilly &amp; Fish vs. Ciampa &amp; Riddle &amp; Dunne, Garza vs. Swerve, Gargano and Balor split-screen inteview<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2642761382\"><div id=\"pwtor-1570857238\"><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, Paul &#8220;Triple H&#8221; Levesque fielded questions from pro wrestling media on a variety of topics, as he always does the week of an NXT Takeover special. 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