Delving more into his philosophy regarding WWE creative, Triple H talked about advice he received from the late Dusty Rhodes back in their time in NXT, after Rhodes saw Triple H reacting disappointedly to a show not coming off 100% as he planned. Triple H recalled Rhodes stressing that not everything would always go to plan and that if 70% of the show came off as it did on paper, it would be a grand slam.

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Rhodes’ advice is something Triple H continues to apply to this day in regards to putting together shows, and accepting that something can still be great, even if it doesn’t play out entirely as he pictured. He also noted that Rhodes’ advice serves as a reminder to take a step out of being WWE CCO and view the shows as a fan.

“Nobody out there knows what you had laid out,” Triple H said. “Nobody out there knows what you had planned. So you sort of got to have your plan and your ideas, and all that stuff, and put it together, and then as it starts to take place, pull yourself out of it, sit back as a fan and watch it go down. And either enjoy it or don’t.

“There are sometimes [I’m like] ‘That didn’t work for me. I think we’re in a bad place. It just didn’t work. Whatever.’ But if you can pull yourself out of it and you enjoy it, then it was really good. That’s what matters. It’s not ‘Man, would’ve been better if this little thing happened. It would’ve been so much better.’ It’s irrelevant.”

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