Triple H has addressed the importance that physique plays in the current landscape of WWE, compared to past eras.
With stars of all builds gracing television screens in WWE, Triple H shared his insight during a recent appearance on What Do You Wanna Talk About? With Cody Rhodes.
The WWE Chief Content Officer would note that he’s a big believer in variety, stating:
“I feel like it’s mixed, depending on who you are as a performer, and what you’re bringing to the table. Would Brock Lesnar be as frightening if he didn’t look like Brock Lesnar? But I don’t think you have to have it; I’m a bigger believer in the variety of things.
“There needs to be some semblance of believability to what we do. I don’t think that means you have to be a bodybuilder. I don’t think it means you have to be lean where you can see your abs. I think that works for some folks, but there’s also room for the GUNTHER’s.
“I’d love to see the Kamala shape and size. There’s something for everybody across what we do. I talk about history a lot… Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala, people like that are just as frightening to me as the Road Warriors were, or anybody else who was jacked up and on a different level.
“I’m a big believer that variety makes everything better. When you get fed one thing for a while, after a while, you get tired of eating the same thing, so you want that variety.”
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WWE Stars Should Look Like Stars
At its heart, Triple H suggests that WWE stars should look like the stars that they are, which is equally true of any wrestling promotion, televised or otherwise.
In a single promotion, WWE has a plethora of shapes and sizes among both rosters, with the “body guy” no longer at the sole forefront of thinking, let alone popularity.
As Triple H notes, “some semblance of believability” plays its part in WWE, with, as an example, the likes of Kevin Owens able to go from brawling to delivering a move like a cannonball with flawless grace. Beyond athletic prowess, Owens is one of a number of stars to have demonstrated a command of not only the more brutal side of his words and actions, but the humor of the very same, leading to greater popularity beyond the merely aesthetic or athletic, and he’s far from the only one across the entire roster.
There is a market for the “jacked up” star, and that is something that will remain, but that doesn’t rule out the role that stars of all statures can play to a fan base that sees these names as aspirational, sometimes simply because they have similar physical traits to those watching.
Cody Rhodes summed up the general sentiment with his response to Triple H’s comments, stating that he was taught that wrestlers just need to look like they could win a fight against fans.
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