Triple H on WWE's Evolution, the Rise of the Antihero, and the Psychology of Stardom
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Well, he's paid for it. Well, that backfired.
Six Fourteen time WWE World Champion, a two time Royal Rumble winner, and now he's behind the scenes running World Wrestling Entertainment.
Welcome to the Netflix era.
Whether it be a mentor, a leader, or an executive, his love and passion for this industry hasn't changed. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the WWE's Paul LeVeck. My man. Love you. Thank
you, man. Alright. Yeah. Thanks for coming.
Welcome.
So, the the audience may not know this, but I'm a big professional wrestling fan going back to my childhood in Memphis, Tennessee. In Mem yeah. In Memphis, we didn't have any professional sports growing up. All we had was Memphis State Tigers basketball and professional wrestling at the Mid South Coliseum on Monday nights. That was pretty much it. Lawler was so popular in Memphis that he could have been elected mayor, and I think he almost was. So it was really a wrestling town. But so growing up, I I, you know, I watched you and WWE, and I would say that h h h was the premier heel champion, t
How many people are cut out for this type of work?
Well, it's it's a difficult thing. One one of my tasks now in my job is finding that next generation of stars. Right? So, you know, we have a robust program through college athletics, through an NIL program, through a lot of different avenues where we find talent. But the the key to it really is comes down to charisma and, you know, your innate ability to connect with people. It's one of the things about WWE that I think is remarkable is it's it is a kind of a combination of everything. Right? The athleticism, the show manship, the charisma that you have to have, the the media skills that we t
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