Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 7:06 PM EST

Tim Baines of The Ottawa Sun recently conducted an interview with WWE Champion Triple H covering a variety of topics including younger wrestlers in WWE, the transition from Raw to Smackdown and more. Here are some highlights:

On his frustration with younger wrestlers in WWE:
"I hate to sound like an oldtimer, but sometimes I get upset about the young guys. We've got guys like Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat and Michael Hayes around. That's a wealth of knowledge ... and they still have to make it mandatory for guys to show up early and go into the ring with them. When I got into the business, you couldn't get me out of the building. I had a burning desire to get better. Now, the young guys seem more interested in their I Pods or playing Guitar Hero."

On younger wrestlers complaining about a lack of push:
"I see guys complaining: 'I've been here for five years and they're not doing anything with me.' I say to the guy: 'Dude, you've been doing the same thing now that you were five years ago. What do you expect?'"

On the Internet looking at the best wrestlers today:
"This will sound like I'm firing back at the guys who take shots at me on the internet all the time. But if you go to the internet, there's always somebody saying 'this guy is the best wrestler in the world' and you've got somebody else saying, 'no, this guy is the best wrestler in the world.' But it's not about what they like. It's what the masses like. These guys they're talking about are wrestling in front of 50 people, not 20,000. And that's because the masses don't want to see them."

On his move from Raw to Smackdown:
"It's actually worse for me. When Vince told me, I said I'd go wherever he needed me. It really screws me personally, but we'll make it work. You know when you get into this line of work you're going to be gone a lot. It's really important that the time I get to spend with my family is quality time."

To check out the full interview, click here.