Triple H joins the show:
Tom asked Triple H how his overall health is these days? Triple H said that it's good and he's doing good. He had a little head trauma on RAW a couple of weeks ago. Other than that, it's been nice to be injury free for a couple months. Josh asked Triple H for his thoughts on his match at the PPV? Triple H said that Kevin Nash came in here trying to put the Clique back together. They've all gone their separate ways and that's business. Triple H has learned one thing; business first and then friends. Nash took exception to that and that's why they're where they're at now.
Tom asked Triple H how he responds to his critics? Triple H said that when it comes to the critics, this match is like the antichrist vs. the devil. Basically, the internet is a forum for people to criticize anonymously. He doesn't take it worth anything and as far as he's concerned, it's a bunch of 12 year old kids giving their opinion that they don't know anything about. He's supposed to take the criticism of some jack off that's never even stepped in a ring? They report about an industry that they know nothing about.
On bringing back the Intercontinental Title, Triple H thinks that it's a good idea but when they got rid of the title, it was the right decision at the time. But now, it's time to bring that back and it's a very important title. Some people say it's a stepping stone but that may not be true because it has its own platform. Some of the greatest matches have been wrestled over the Intercontinental Title.
Tom asked Triple H if he likes the fact that Shawn is back in the WWE? Triple H said he likes it as long as he stays out of Triple H's way. In reality, Shawn is probably one of the best pure athletes in the business, ever. To have Shawn around in any form or fashion is great for the business and great for the young guys that are coming up. There's not many guys who can come back after being off for five years and perform better than almost everyone in the industry.
Triple H has a book coming out and it's going to be more of a training manual than a biography but it will have some biographical information in it.
Tom asked Triple H what advice he would give to up and comers? Triple H said that to try to be an all around performer. There are a lot of guys who just want to do flashy moves and there are guys who want to do the same thing. You have to do something to make yourself stand out... be larger than life and stand out as something.
They went to a caller for Triple H and the caller asked about his knee? Triple H said that the problem with his knee is pretty much behind him. In this business, nothing is ever at 100% but right now, his knee is as good as it's ever going to be. It took him a long time to get to where he felt really comfortable on it but he does now and he doesn't think that reinjuring it is a factor.
Tom asked Triple H about unifying the titles again and Triple H said that he thinks things are fine the way they are now. He doesn't think that one Champion is that big of a deal because it's better for the fans to have in their mind "What would happen if..." and Triple H said that if he got in the ring with Brock, he'd slap him around and take his title from him.
They went to another caller and they asked him if he really sits in on the booking meetings? Triple H said that people think that it's a group session where they sit down and decide the fate of the business and Triple H is there telling people what to do. They don't realize that ideas are thrown around all day and all night and a lot of the time, Triple H is there. But Austin has been there, Jericho, Angle, Shawn Michaels and others. Triple H does it more frequently. The bottom line is that this is Vince's company and his goal is to make the company successful. Everybody fails to see that they're all trying to make the business better and improve the product. If people want to believe Triple H is the antichrist and say that he ruins things, he could care less. Triple H knows what he does and why he does it and he knows the benefits and retractions from it. Josh laughed, saying that he's even in on the production meetings and Triple H joked, saying that someone needs to get the coffee.
They wrapped it up with Triple H and this Sunday at Judgment Day, he'll go against Kevin Nash in a World Title defense.