Vince Russo has been one of Triple H’s loudest critics lately, but even he is defending the Game when it comes to MVP’s complaint about not getting enough direct communication in WWE.
While speaking on The Coach and Bro Show, Russo reacted to MVP saying he didn’t like or respect Triple H and accusing him of avoiding tough conversations. Russo said he understood the frustration, but argued that the bigger issue is WWE’s structure, not necessarily Triple H personally: “I’ll tell you exactly what my reaction is, and I’m going to kind of go to bat for Paul Levesque with this one.”
Russo then explained that the real issue might not be Triple H personally ignoring talent, but rather the amount of responsibility placed on one person. He said that when he was in a creative role, people would constantly approach him for conversations, and while he intended to follow up, the workload made it difficult.
“Guys, I just told you five minutes ago—structure. I’ve been in that spot in creative, and I’m running around all day long. Somebody comes up to me—‘Vince, I’ve got to talk to you for a second.’ And I’ve said a million times, ‘I’ll get to you in a minute.’ But I do get to them. I always know in the back of my head that I told someone I’d get to them, because what they have to say is important.”
Russo continued by arguing that Triple H may simply be stretched too thin. He said that if one person were only responsible for creative, talent would have a clearer path to discuss their direction, but that becomes much harder when one person is handling several different jobs.
“But when you’re wearing 27 hats, you can’t do that. It’s that simple. If there was one person who was head of creative—and that’s all they did—and people could approach them about creative, you wouldn’t have that issue.”
Russo then made it clear that, in his view, this speaks to a bigger problem inside WWE’s system. He argued that no one can realistically have meaningful conversations with everyone when they are responsible for so many parts of the operation.
“When you’re wearing seven hats, it’s impossible to talk to everybody. And again, that’s a structural problem in WWE.”
Jonathan Coachman agreed that WWE may need a major internal overhaul, but he also added that Triple H is very good at moving through a room without giving people a real opening to start a deeper conversation.
“They need a complete overhaul, because what Vince is talking about is—Triple H is a genius at doing this. He’ll walk up to you like, ‘Hey, Coach, what’s going on? You good? Good. Good. Good to see you.’”
Coachman then compared Triple H’s approach to a political-style handshake, where someone appears friendly and engaged while already moving on to the next person. His point was that the interaction can feel warm, but still leave no room for the actual conversation a talent may want to have.
“And I call it doing the Jesse Jackson. I met Jesse Jackson, and he could meet you while his head was already turned as he was shaking your hand. So you never had the chance to actually start a conversation.”
Coachman said he has watched Triple H use that same style many times, describing it as a polished way to acknowledge someone without stopping long enough for a serious discussion.
“I watched him work a room and thought, ‘This guy’s a genius.’ Triple H does the exact same thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah—good to see you, you doing good? Good.”
The comments came after MVP unloaded on Triple H during Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze. MVP said his decision not to re-sign with WWE came down to his issues with Triple H’s leadership: “Because I don’t like Triple H. I don’t respect Triple H. I think he’s a coward and a liar.” MVP claimed he repeatedly tried to speak with Triple H during his final stretch in WWE, but said those conversations never really happened.
“There are multiple times that I tried to talk to him, and he would always, ‘I’ll get with you in a little bit.’ Or the few times that I got a chance to get him in his office alone, he would call somebody to come in. He didn’t want to deal with it.”
MVP also said Bobby Lashley had similar trouble getting time with Triple H while trying to find out what WWE had planned for him.
“Bobby could not get Triple H on the phone. Triple H wouldn’t give Bobby one-on-one time. Bobby wanted to talk to Triple H about, ‘Hey, what’s my direction? What am I doing here?’ Triple H always had something come up.”
Russo’s response is notable because he did not dismiss MVP’s frustration, but he also did not fully blame Triple H. Instead, he argued WWE’s leadership structure makes it nearly impossible for one person to give every talent the time they need.
Do you agree with Vince Russo that WWE’s structure is the real issue, or do you think MVP was right to blame Triple H directly? Share your thoughts and feedback in the comments.
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