Former Cruiserweight Champion Paul London has recently called out Triple H for what he perceives as burying him and his former tag team partner Brian Kendrick during their time in WWE.
London, who joined WWE in 2003 and spent nearly five years as an active competitor on Monday Night RAW and SmackDown, recalled a particular segment on the Cafe de Rene podcast. In this segment, Triple H defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a Handicap Match on RAW and was attacked by Carlito, Cade, and Murdoch afterward. London and Kendrick rushed to the ring to save Triple H from his attackers, but instead of forming an alliance or a storyline that would build their team, Triple H pedigreed them as a thank you.
London criticized this decision, suggesting that it reflected Triple H’s fragile ego and lack of a business-oriented mindset. He argued that a more logical progression would have been to build a storyline with a six-person tag team match in the following week, which would help establish their team.
London also claimed that Triple H tried to shift the blame for the decision onto Kevin Dunn, distancing himself from the choice to bury London and Kendrick. He argued that the move was detrimental to the careers of four talented wrestlers and reflected poorly on Triple H’s approach to the business.
Overall, London’s comments shed light on the behind-the-scenes dynamics and decisions made in WWE, highlighting the frustrations and challenges faced by talent in their efforts to succeed in the industry.
“If anything, it just reflects like how fragile his ego was that he didn’t think in a business standpoint in terms of to establish a team by, because, you know, if you think about it, the natural progression of that save, basically, what it was, it was he had just beat the tag division on RAW by himself. So, mind you, beating Cade and Murdoch. And then Umaga [Carlito] came down. It was three on one and Brian and I make the save and then he pedigrees us as a thank you. So, naturally, wouldn’t you think if you have the business in mind that you would come back next week with a six-person match,” he said.
“I don’t know, that just seems to make the most sense in terms of building somebody. But to instantly cut them right back down just to put yourself over like that, to me, forever said everything I needed to know about f***ing Triple H. You know, what his mind is. He was a coward about it too because he blamed it on Kevin Dunn and was like, ‘Wasn’t my idea. It wasn’t, you know, I’m just telling you it wasn’t my idea.’ He kept saying that over and over again. I was like, ‘Okay, we get it. It was your idea.’ He’s just not, he was afraid to say that. But yeah, it was a really sh**y business move that should’ve gone the other way to help four guys really.
