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Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Levesque (Triple H)

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, Paul Levesque – known to most as Triple H – joins us on Suiting Up. What makes his story even more compelling than a 14-time world title reign over his 30 year in-ring career? He's also the WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Talent, Strategy and Development. What he's accomplishing as a sports executive is quickly becoming what he'll be more known for. He's taking the business to new heights, and when I ask him how he's been able to do both so well for so long, he delivers no shortage of anecdotes, and cites a ton of grit, grind, sacrifice, and family support. His wardrobe looks like Clark Kent's – pristine business suits with his elbow and knee pads underneath, ready to go. Here’s what we cover on the pod: 1. Paul’s unique path to become a pro wrestler…her had a ton of work ethic, but no access – so he began to body build… 2. We talk about his eye for talent – how Paul has led a developmental program called NXT that’s made pro wrestling a career choice for young athletes around the world 3. His evolving training regimen. He's 51 years old and still a beast. Though he's no longer training like a bodybuilder. Rather, he focuses on function and mobility, famously doing his midnight workouts with his wife and WWE owner, Stephanie McMahon. Also, lookout for a gross and eerily comedic story about Paul tearing his bicep so he could get relief in his shoulder... 4. Lastly, we discuss the media rights business at the WWE. Paul’s been on the front line of those negotiations, with the latest announcement that the WWE is tucking it's OTT platform, the "WWE Network", into peacock for a reportedly $205M – taking their total media rights package through the entirety of their term to $705M (including the RAW and Smackdown bundles) Enjoy the show.

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0:00.0

What's up everyone welcome to an all new episode of soon enough podcast.

0:07.2

This is presented by public comment out systems.

0:09.6

It's episode number nine of season three, and I'm your host, Paul Rabel.

0:15.2

At some point, hopefully in 2021, the PLL champs will be on Paul Vex list of champions

0:20.7

to send a custom WWE title to.

0:23.8

He does it for all the major leagues, Paul, if you're listening, it's been a bucket

0:26.8

list wish for pro lacrosse that I've had on the low key for years.

0:31.2

So much that when I want to title an MLL with New York, a buddy of mine who works in production

0:35.8

at the WWE knew that and brought one to the game in case we won, then post game on CBS Sports

0:41.9

I had it strapped over my shoulder.

0:43.6

But this isn't about me.

0:45.6

Today's show features without a shadow of a doubt one of the greatest professional wrestlers

0:50.8

of all time, Triple H.

0:53.6

For those that have watched the WWE during the attitude era, there were so many

0:56.8

storylines unveiling both at a macro level professionally where Vince, Triple H, Rock,

1:02.4

Stone Cold, were in head to head competition with Ted Turner and the WCW.

1:06.9

But they were also pushing the limits of live sports, coining the phrase that we all

1:11.3

use now, sports entertainment, and by the way, they won that battle against the WCW.

1:17.1

Today, Hunter still gets in the ring, usually during WrestleMania, one of the biggest outdoor

1:22.1

sporting events of the calendar year, agnostic of the sport.

1:25.6

And his day-to-day job is executive vice president of global talent, strategy, and development

1:30.9

for the WWE.

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