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Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

You're like, right. We're swearing. They're beeping out the swears and this whole thing. And then he ends it with, and I did not have sex with that young intern. Matter of fact, I was up all night and that's sort of the skit. And, uh, We do it. And, you know, I think Vince was partially nervous and he's a rebel and a maverick spirit. So I think partially he was like, fuck yeah.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

You're like, right. We're swearing. They're beeping out the swears and this whole thing. And then he ends it with, and I did not have sex with that young intern. Matter of fact, I was up all night and that's sort of the skit. And, uh, We do it. And, you know, I think Vince was partially nervous and he's a rebel and a maverick spirit. So I think partially he was like, fuck yeah.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

And we put it out there. And the next week we got a letter back from USA. Congratulations on the ratings. Funny how you used our skid against us, our own thing against us. But it worked. Congratulations. And that was the last they criticized.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

And we put it out there. And the next week we got a letter back from USA. Congratulations on the ratings. Funny how you used our skid against us, our own thing against us. But it worked. Congratulations. And that was the last they criticized.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

And we put it out there. And the next week we got a letter back from USA. Congratulations on the ratings. Funny how you used our skid against us, our own thing against us. But it worked. Congratulations. And that was the last they criticized.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

Yes. And same with Steve and some other people. Characters start to change. They're open to me not being called Hunter Hearst Helmsley anymore. Like, hey, what do you want to be known as? He came to me and was like, you want to use your real name? And I'm like, eh, not really. I have time and stuff invested in this. Everybody called me Triple H backstage.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

Yes. And same with Steve and some other people. Characters start to change. They're open to me not being called Hunter Hearst Helmsley anymore. Like, hey, what do you want to be known as? He came to me and was like, you want to use your real name? And I'm like, eh, not really. I have time and stuff invested in this. Everybody called me Triple H backstage.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

Yes. And same with Steve and some other people. Characters start to change. They're open to me not being called Hunter Hearst Helmsley anymore. Like, hey, what do you want to be known as? He came to me and was like, you want to use your real name? And I'm like, eh, not really. I have time and stuff invested in this. Everybody called me Triple H backstage.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

I was like, let's just break it down to the nickname Triple H. And slowly over time, I'll change the character from what I am to where I want it to be. And he was like, okay. But there also comes a time when now you're talking about like scripted and what he can control and he can't. Vince is a control freak. Yeah. So one time we walk into TV and Sean— Oh, I didn't consider that.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

I was like, let's just break it down to the nickname Triple H. And slowly over time, I'll change the character from what I am to where I want it to be. And he was like, okay. But there also comes a time when now you're talking about like scripted and what he can control and he can't. Vince is a control freak. Yeah. So one time we walk into TV and Sean— Oh, I didn't consider that.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

I was like, let's just break it down to the nickname Triple H. And slowly over time, I'll change the character from what I am to where I want it to be. And he was like, okay. But there also comes a time when now you're talking about like scripted and what he can control and he can't. Vince is a control freak. Yeah. So one time we walk into TV and Sean— Oh, I didn't consider that.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

So he's blending, he's trying to blend his position from being the boss and us doing what we want to do. Um, and I'll tell two stories about the one. So one is that we walk into TV one day and Sean walks up, I walk in and he walks up to me. He's like, have you seen this yet? I'm like, no, what's that? He's like, it's a script. I'm like, what do you mean a script?

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

So he's blending, he's trying to blend his position from being the boss and us doing what we want to do. Um, and I'll tell two stories about the one. So one is that we walk into TV one day and Sean walks up, I walk in and he walks up to me. He's like, have you seen this yet? I'm like, no, what's that? He's like, it's a script. I'm like, what do you mean a script?

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

So he's blending, he's trying to blend his position from being the boss and us doing what we want to do. Um, and I'll tell two stories about the one. So one is that we walk into TV one day and Sean walks up, I walk in and he walks up to me. He's like, have you seen this yet? I'm like, no, what's that? He's like, it's a script. I'm like, what do you mean a script?

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

I'm like, I read it.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

I'm like, I read it.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

I'm like, I read it.

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

Wait, you never had scripts before for any of the promos you cut? No, he would give us the premise of what, you know, you need to talk about this or whatever, and we'd go out and do our own thing. It's probably easier than memorizing, like, a whole script. Yeah, sure, but when you're working with multiple people... The businesses have been flowed in this manner, right?

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

Wait, you never had scripts before for any of the promos you cut? No, he would give us the premise of what, you know, you need to talk about this or whatever, and we'd go out and do our own thing. It's probably easier than memorizing, like, a whole script. Yeah, sure, but when you're working with multiple people... The businesses have been flowed in this manner, right?

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
Triple H: WWE Champs are Selfish, John Cena’s Heel Turn, & How Vince McMahon Never Loses

Wait, you never had scripts before for any of the promos you cut? No, he would give us the premise of what, you know, you need to talk about this or whatever, and we'd go out and do our own thing. It's probably easier than memorizing, like, a whole script. Yeah, sure, but when you're working with multiple people... The businesses have been flowed in this manner, right?