Triple H took part in a conference call with wrestling media following last night’s NXT TakeOver: Chicago II special. Here are some highlights.
Triple H puts over tonight's show and the continued streak of great TakeOver events. Strongly puts over the Chicago crowd tonight. #NXTTTakeOver
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Triple H touts heading over next to the #WWEUKCT next week in Royal Albert Hall.
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Triple H puts over Bianca BelAir's growth this early into her career as she performed on the #NXT TV tapings prior to TakeOver tonight, as well as Shayna Baszler. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H hugely puts over Velveteen Dream for being so good this early, touting it as one of the examples of why the Performance Center works. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H talks about Keith Lee's impending arrival to #NXT, says he is a phenomenal talent and is looking forward to working with him. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H says he is unsure about if Nikki Cross will move up to the main roster to join up with SAnitY soon, but praises her for bringing something special. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H puts over the fact and agrees when asked that currently, the #NXT roster is the deepest that it has ever been, saying that War Machine, EC3, Kairi Sane, Adam Cole and others weren't even on the show tonight. #NXTTakeOver
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I asked Triple H about if Velveteen Dream can go down as the best performer to come from the Tough Enough era. Triple H answered that there is no ceiling for Dream and that he can be as good as he wants to be. – JN #NXTTakeOver
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You can check out audio of the question here:
Triple H puts over Velveteen Dream's entrance attire that mirrored Hulk Hogan, while not commenting on Hogan directly. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H says he'll know if this TakeOver was hugely successful when he gets the viewer numbers from those watching live and on VOD within 7 days of the show. But to have it trending worldwide at #1 up against Jay-Z and Beyonce was amazing to him. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H praises the Ciampa-Gargano feud for its great storytelling. #NXTTakeOver
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Triple H again puts over the Chicago crowd tonight and thanks the media for being a part of the post-TakeOver call. This ended the call.
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Audio of the entire call can be heard below.