WWE: Triple H on 50/50 booking, wins & losses

[M.C.G. 31]

On 50/50 booking

"When somebody goes, 'Well, you just can't get people over with 50/50 booking,' [I'll always say] 'Oh, I'm sorry, how's your territory coming? Because this one seems to be doing pretty good over here.' We just had the largest WrestleMania in history." Triple H said. "People talk a lot of smack about ratings and things, but they don't understand all of the dynamics of everything we do. They don't. They sit on the internet and they read one thing and they give their point of view."

On wins and losses

"Sometimes you're beating a talent because you want to beat them and that's the sympathetic reaction you're trying to elicit. There are some talents that, when you beat them, they get more popular, but as soon as they start on a winning path, their popularity begins to wane... People want that underdog to strive to succeed and then get a little bit of success and then get knocked back off that perch and be the underdog again."

Triple H does some good stuff with bringing in certain talents and then gives that type of response to a 50/50 booking question. Ugh.

Ratings are also quite a simple thing to understand when it's the determining factor in WWE's largest source of revenue, but okay.

"How's your territory doing" - like WWE would have won the Monday Night Wars if they utilized 50/50 booking back then, or even got as big as they did with 50/50 booking.

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[KaseMeOutside]

lmao triple h does not honestly believe this trash about 50/50 booking. Oh great you can point to a couple events a year that do well. How about the other 90% of the time with sagging attendance and tv ratings?

Wrestlemania will always draw because it's a spectacle, but how about looking at everything outside of that? 50/50 booking is garbage

 

[Karma]

Sounds like the typical response from people in the business.

 

[GKJ]

I mean, Roman Reigns doesn't get 50/50 booking and look at how great he's doing!

 

[Scandale du Jour]

HHH is a high-level executive, he won't trash the company in public even if he disagrees with booking decisions.

 

[ColePens]

That 50/50 response is something Vince would give. WWE can thump their chest all they want, but at least acknowledge that 50/50 booking is an issue. Part of it is just way too much content, but a lot of it is solely on how they book awful television.

 

[BonMorrison]

I can't even put into words how much I hate (in any medium) the "if you're so smart, why aren't you doing it?" mentality. It's destructive, counter-productive, and completely condescending.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I can't even put into words how much I hate (in any medium) the "if you're so smart, why aren't you doing it?" mentality. It's destructive, counter-productive, and completely condescending.

Totally agree. It's why rarely don't post on the trades board.

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

I can't even put into words how much I hate (in any medium) the "if you're so smart, why aren't you doing it?" mentality. It's destructive, counter-productive, and completely condescending.

I mean, from his point of view, he does have a point. Take a step back and think about ALL the wrestling fans. Now think about how many of those actually have a clear sense of how the business works and how it can be run beneficially or improved. Not a very big list. Then you have a TON of tryhards who think they know how to run a billion dollar company and that they're ideas are solid gold. (and if you read posts on reddit you can find plenty of them)

So yeah, some people online probably have a good grasp on the concept. But there's so many dumb people out there i can't blame him for saying something like that.

 

[Engebretson]

"People talk a lot of smack about ratings and things, but they don't understand all of the dynamics of everything we do. They don't. They sit on the internet and they read one thing and they give their point of view."

I really can't stand comments like this. Of course not all fans know exactly what's going on behind the curtain, but wrestling isn't any different from any other sport in that regard. Look at any team board on HF and you've got tons of posters speculating and guessing about decisions and why things happen. Comments like this just feel like a really arrogant way of dismissing criticism. "Oh, you don't know really what goes on, so you don't have any reason to have an opinion". I know this is crazy, but there are some people out there that don't just complain to complain. If the product is crap, people are going to call you out on it.

The "internet" comment annoys me too and it's such an out of date argument. Guess what, it's 2016 and whether you like it or not, people are going to discuss your product on the internet just like we do here on HF. Of course you have to wade through the garbage people out there who talk **** and hide behind their keyboards, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Wrestling might be the only area where I constantly see these "oh, you don't do it? You don't know **** then" comments.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Those criticisms come with the territory. Whoever asked him this stuff probably just caught him at the right time. A lot of times, Trips is more diplomatic on these kinds of things.

His point is weak but we all knew that. The WWE doesn't exactly succeed because of booking decisions anymore. lol Pointing to other territories that have significantly less resources to pull from as a metric for 50/50 booking is enormously stupid.

 

[ColePens]

Wrestling might be the only area where I constantly see these "oh, you don't do it? You don't know **** then" comments.

It's almost like they don't care about their audience.....

Seriously, though. They constantly do that and it feels terrible being a fan of the product. To say the WWE has an old school out of date organizational culture is the biggest understatement. They constantly push ideas/views/etc. out so that the selected few can dictate.

And we can all sit back and say "I told you so" one day.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

They are a publicly-traded company, they care about the money they "create" for their investors which is a mistake many corporations make. Focus on the customer and the investors will get more money in the end.

#mbastudentrant

 

[M.C.G. 31]

They are a publicly-traded company, they care about the money they "create" for their investors which is a mistake many corporations make. Focus on the customer and the investors will get more money in the end.

#mbastudentrant

I plan on using that bolded part a lot in a few years lirl.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I plan on using that bolded part a lot in a few years lirl.

With all the smart comments (and I mean it) you make in the WWE business thread, I am not surprised that is your career path.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Sounds like a stock answer from a corporate executive that would rather dismiss criticism than actually address it.

 

[GKJ]

Wrestling might be the only area where I constantly see these "oh, you don't do it? You don't know **** then" comments.

Sounds like all the old Paul Holmgren debates we used to have.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Sounds like a stock answer from a corporate executive that would rather dismiss criticism than actually address it.

That is exactly what it is.

Triple H will never publicly say that he disagrees with Vince on booking decisions. He will defend the company and thats normal as it is his job. That particular answer sucks is at is arrogant and cliché.

Don't attack the audience (or the critics), sell your strong points. "Well, 50/50 booking helped us increase XYZ."

He was probably caught by surprise by the question.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

With all the smart comments (and I mean it) you make in the WWE business thread, I am not surprised that is your career path.

Thanks, homie. If I don't start my own online company within the next 3-5 years, then I'm going to go for the MBA. I'll definitely be getting that Bachelors, though, probably in finance.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Wrestling might be the only area where I constantly see these "oh, you don't do it? You don't know **** then" comments.

It's carny mentality

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Thanks, homie. If I don't start my own online company within the next 3-5 years, then I'm going to go for the MBA. I'll definitely be getting that Bachelors, though, probably in finance.

Please...we both know you're going to be the next Tom Phillips.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Please...we both know you're going to be the next Tom Phillips.

Shut up, Tom.

 

[bruins309]

Ah yes, all this coming from the guy who rode coattails and pointed at his crotch to get over, but the latter would get someone fired today. Total hypocrite. Not to mention his copious steroid abuse.

And his "how's your promotion doing?"....yeah, as if there wasn't 30 years of history built up before this. Hey Trips, WM was HORRIBLE this year and your main event was once again one of the worst of all time.

"How's your promotion..." --> You mean the ones you have to get all your stars from? The ones you built from scratch turn out like Roman Reigns.

Yeah, this really made me angry. And yet they expect me to watch 12+ hours of programming next week?

 

[M.C.G. 31]

HFWF > WWE when I was writing it.