Triple H has given his thoughts on a major error that occurred during WWE Money in the Bank.
The recent Premium Live Event in Toronto, Canada was very well-received by the fans and included a number of newsworthy moments including Solo Sikoa pinning Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes in the main event and John Cena making a surprise appearance to announce that he is retiring next year. Unfortunately, one moment had fans talking for all the wrong reasons.
During the World Heavyweight Championship match between champion Damian Priest and challenger Seth Rollins, The Visionary hit the champion with a Falcon Arrow onto the champion for a 2 count. However, Priest did not kick out of the pin and led to confusion and outcry from the fans. With McIntyre’s music hitting moments later, many have speculated that the music should have broken up the pin.
Appearing at the post-show press conference, Triple H was asked about the botched pin:
“Human beings in a ring, mistakes happen, things happen, it is what it is. It’s funny for me now looking at that – if that was something I was involved in as a talent, I don’t care how good the rest of it was, that would be all I would think about.
“And to me, it’s a shame that that’s all people will talk about and that’s all people will hit Damian Priest with while he had a phenomenal performance tonight. But a bunch of people will attack that, criticize that, comment on that.
“I don’t know why, that’s just the negative so outweighs the positive sometimes. And to me, I wish I could just go in the back, shut off his phone, have no-one talk to him for a while, and just have him think about all the other great stuff that happened in that, and the roll that he’s been on, and how great of a job he has done as World Champion.
“And what he’s done to get there and deserve it, because he deserves all the credit in the world for all those things, and he has stepped up to a place where when you see him as a performer now, I feel like I’m watching a champion come out. I feel like I’m watching a top tier guy.
“That’s on him, that’s how he has handled himself and made himself own that position. He’s done an incredible job of it. I’m incredibly proud of him as a performer. Late in his career, right? To get to this level, something that no-one thought he would ever be able to do, he’s got himself in incredible shape, done an unbelievable job.
“I hate for it to be like, ‘Oh yeah, you’re that guy that didn’t kick out the one time’. That’s the shame part to me, because his performance tonight was off the charts, as was Seth’s, as was Drew’s, as was Punk’s, as was everybody else in this show tonight. It’s just the way the world works.”
Triple H Previously Addressed WWE Error
With the show being live, errors can occur and the end result is affected, such as at King of the Ring. Discussing the questionable finish to one match, Triple H stated that the finish still stood.
H/t to WrestleTalk.
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