Lunchbox Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 From Jerichos latest podcast with him: “It couldn’t have been better, but not just for storyline purposes, the ‘where do we go from here?’, ‘why did Triple H do it?’, ‘what’s going to happen with Seth [Rollins] and Triple H?’, this and that. It obviously opens a lot of doors for interesting stuff TV-wise. But for me personally, when you win the world title, people assume, ‘oh, you probably want it to be this incredible battle where you claw, blood, sweat, and tears, and you just had this apparent moment.’ Besides the fact that I’m a heel, Triple H got me here. He made the call to hire me. He made the call to take a chance on me because he hired somebody who wasn’t a cookie cutter WWE Superstar. And there would have been a chance where somebody would have been like, ‘you hired him? Are you kidding?’ “Even when I was hired, I was told by [WWE Senior Director or Talent Development] Canyon Ceman who called me to announce ‘okay, we’re going to sign you, but I was specifically told to tell you don’t get your hopes up for RAW or SmackDown because you’re not the typical WWE Superstar. You’re going to have a chance in NXT just like everyone else.’ So I said, ‘oh, I’m up for the challenge’ and he said, ‘I figured that’s what you were going to say’. “That’s how my career started here and then Triple H always obviously believed in me. That’s why he signed me and he saw something in me. And Terry Taylor even straight up told me once at the Performance Center, he was like, ‘Triple H sees something in you. I don’t see it, but it’s my job to bring it out.’ And then, later on, like, now, I have a great relationship with Terry. But part of why I love it is because he’s so honest. Other people really dislike that about Terry. I love it. “So anyway, last Monday night, Triple H literally handing me the title, but that was a moment, like, that was incredible to me and I got to say ‘thank you’ in the ring. Like, he gave me the title and I said, ‘thank you’, but it wasn’t ‘thank you for giving me the title’. It was ‘thank you for everything’. Yeah, because without him, like, I had Steve Austin saying good things about me [and] I even had The Rock saying good things about me before I got signed by WWE. But without Triple H taking that chance, who knows where I’d be now?” I'm not going to lie I was really skeptical when Owens was hired. He was way overweight and Hero had gotten fired for not looking the way Triple H wanted him to. I guess Owens is just so damn good you can't ignore him. Hes easily the best thing in the WWE main roster right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Bro Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 "You deserve it!" lol couldn't resist Love me some Kevin Owens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austo194 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I feel like if Hero got hired back today he'd fare a little better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AONO. Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 doubt it. From what I gathered his attitude about it was the main problem. Kevin Owens was always like this and had this physique, the other KO, Kassius Ohno...let himself go while h was signed and refused to get back in shape, don't know the reason why. Ironiclly the later KO, Kevin Owens caame in WWE while not fitting they "typical mould", but for his work ethic, abilitty and obviously general mentality got rewarded big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counting Lights Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I do remember thinking that Owens would be the next big indy guy to crash and burn in WWE, but boy am I glad I was wrong. He honestly deserves every push he gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Doesn't Hero have a medical problem that makes it harder to control his weight though? I recall something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muur Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Good read, it's good Triple H has managed to do so much and sucks that everyone else was like "lol no" towards him. I do agree that it was probably a better way for him to win it since he was one of his golden boys, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNFNS Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Doesn't Hero have a medical problem that makes it harder to control his weight though? I recall something like that.A couple of months ago he said he had Lower Back Spasms(not too serious) which makes him take days off to relax plus he was doing blood work and figuring things out with his thyroid. Dude is still top 5 in-ring workers today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Hero was in INCREDIBLE shape in his last match on NXT, but it was too late. Dude, got in the best shape of his life and then let himself go as soon as he got released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 I prefer fat Chris Hero to his old physique. I think he looks way more intimidating now. When you see two scrawny short guys doing a bunch of gymnastics, it's impressive but sometimes looks a bit gentle. When you see Chris Hero's 6 ft 4 fat ass hit someone with a springboard moonsault, they look like they got hit by a train. Besides, those thick thighs just offer more padding for crazy avalanche piledrivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-O_D- Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Man, just thinking of the possibility of KoW reuniting if he was still in WWE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted September 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 I prefer fat Chris Hero to his old physique. I think he looks way more intimidating now. When you see two scrawny short guys doing a bunch of gymnastics, it's impressive but sometimes looks a bit gentle. When you see Chris Hero's 6 ft 4 fat ass hit someone with a springboard moonsault, they look like they got hit by a train. Besides, those thick thighs just offer more padding for crazy avalanche piledrivers. All of this. He looks like a beast now then when he use to. He weights more but still has all the same mobility that he use to. Honestly i want him back since they have zero idea what to do with Cesaro and a KOW reunion would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNFNS Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 I agree, they are lost with Cesaro and a KoW reunion would be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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