Triple H On What His Kids Think Of Vince McMahon, Why He Entered The 2016 Royal Rumble

Triple H is without a doubt an icon in the professional wrestling industry, and he’s had a long career inside the squared circle. But nowadays Triple H likes to spend most of his time behind the scenes. Still, that didn’t stop him from entering the Royal Rumble last year, and winning the Royal Rumble last year.

Triple H recently spoke to Crave Online to promote the new animated film “Surf’s Up 2: Wavemania” and he talked a little bit about his big Royal Rumble win. He noted that injuries caused WWE to change course with a lot of their plans last year, which is what led to his Royal Rumble win.

“It was a completely different experience. Last year was kind of out of the blue and given the circumstances of where we were talent wise, we had a lot of injuries and a lot of people moved positions, which changed a lot of things about the show. Any time you’re put in that position, you put a lot of pressure on yourself. The pressure is less for me from a physical standpoint because I’m still in decent shape and I’m in this business every day so my mind is still fresh. The pressure for me was trying to do my job and that job at the same time. With the things I operate on like live events, talent and creative, there’s so much to do on a day-to-day basis that it’s hard to get it done regularly.”

Triple H added that stepping back into the ring full time isn’t something he’s interested in because his work backstage consumes so much of his time. Although it’s highly unlikely that Triple H will be wrestling frequently in 2017, he is expected to return to the ring for a match against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 33.

The Game isn’t just an important figure backstage, he’s also a father of three, and it sounds like his kids have had an interesting life growing up with Vince McMahon as their grandfather.

When asked about Vince’s relationship with his grandkids, Triple H noted that his daughters view Vince McMahon as someone who is larger than life.

“It’s funny, when they see him on Raw or SmackDown, he’s a different character. He’s the evil maniacal boss. When he does these things, he has crazy dialogue and he’s the owner but it’s a different light. He’s the ‘legendary Mr. McMahon’ and he kind of is how they see him in a way. Their pop is this larger than life guy that they see as part grandpa and part James Bond or something. He’s got his own airplane and he always has a souped-up car. I have to tell him all the time, if the girls say ‘I’d really like to have an elephant,’ I tell him ‘Do not buy them an elephant.’ That’s how he is with them. Their vision of their pop is a little bit more like what you see in the cartoons.”

“Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania” is currently available on DVD and Digital HD.