Everyone knows that NXT is Triple H’s baby, and the 14 time World Champion has worked closely with talents since the inception of NXT. He’s seen a lot of people come and go, and he’s also seen some interesting combinations when it comes to tag teams.
A few years ago Zack Ryder was paired with Mojo Rawley, and they went on to become The Hype Bros. During an appearance on the Straight Shooting podcast Mojo Rawley revealed that Triple H suggested the name for the team, and he also admitted that he thought the name sucked.
“Then he [Triple H] goes, and I’ll never forget this, he goes, ‘Yeah, you know, he’s the bro, you’re the hype. We’ll just put you guys together and, you know, you’ll be like… we’ll call you The Hype Bros or something. Not that name – that name sucks – but we’ll come up with something better,’” Rawley said. “And it stuck! We never changed it! It was The Hype Bros, and he [Triple H] himself was like, ‘This name sucks, we’ll get you something better.’”
Rawley went on to admit that both he and Zack Ryder thought that The Hype Bros. were doomed from the start.
“Our debut was me and Zack sitting in the crowd at a TakeOver and they put us on Snapchat,” Rawley said. “Broski and Mojo sitting together, or whatever the hell the caption was. They didn’t put it on Instagram, they didn’t put it on Twitter. They were supposed to tease it on the show… that got cut too. So Zack and I joke all the time that our debut came on the company’s defunct Snapchat. I didn’t even know they had a Snapchat! We were like, ‘Dude, this tag team’s doomed from the start.’”
Zack Ryder was released from WWE in April of 2020, while Mojo Rawley was released from his contract in April of 2021.
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