Ricky Saints Recalls Getting the Call from Triple H to Join WWE and Why He Thought It Was a Spam Number

Ricky Saints has only been with WWE for five months, but he’s already made his mark on NXT by capturing the North American Championship.

Now, in a revealing chat on What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes, Saints opened up about the surreal moment he got the call from Triple H—and almost didn’t answer. Saints shared that he had just landed in Seattle when his phone rang with an unknown number. At first, he figured it might just be a random call—but he picked up anyway.

“Triple H called me. Just got off a flight to Seattle actually, and he called me and I was just like, ‘Uh,’ because I didn’t know the number, and it didn’t say Stamford or anything so I was like who is this? And I always answer it. Even if it’s an unknown, I’ll always answer…”

The conversation quickly got real. Triple H made it clear WWE was interested, but also told Saints not to expect a main roster call-up just yet.

“So Hunter calls me, I’m getting off this flight in Seattle and I can barely hear him. The airport’s so loud and he asks me, ‘Hey, would you wanna come in?’ And, ‘We’re interested,’ blah, blah. ‘We’d love to have you. You’re talented,’ X, Y and Z and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, sure. Hell yeah.’”

“Right as I’m getting on the tram, he says something about — he was like, ‘Raw or SmackDown’ and I was like, ‘Wait, what? What did you say?’ And I was so scared to say, ‘Hey, could you repeat yourself?’ Because I know how it feels, that I said, ‘Yeah, yeah, for sure.’”

Triple H ended the call by inviting him to meet Shawn Michaels—an opportunity Saints jumped at without hesitation.

“Basically, what he was saying was, ‘Hey, we’re not gonna put you on Raw or SmackDown just yet…’ But he wanted me to meet Shawn (Michaels), and so that was like a big thing. I was like, ‘Of course I will. Yes, I would love that.’ That’s all I really wanted is just resources. I feel like I’m a rough diamond that just needs a little polishing.”

Saints’ rise in NXT proves WWE saw something real. From answering a mystery call to holding championship gold in a matter of months, he’s clearly capitalizing on the opportunity.

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