{"id":319384,"date":"2026-04-16T05:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=319384"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:38:03","slug":"there-is-no-backup-for-wrestlemania-essential-eventers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/there-is-no-backup-for-wrestlemania-essential-eventers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;There Is No Backup&#8217; For WrestleMania Essential-Eventers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2149480\/wwe-triple-h-no-backup-wrestlemania-cody-rhodes-cm-punk-randy-orton-roman-reigns\/\" data-post-title=\"WWE's Triple H: 'There Is No Backup' For WrestleMania Main-Eventers\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2149480\">\n<picture id=\"p6696cddd73d2bbf1f5a75a322c9d854f\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwes-triple-h-there-is-no-backup-for-wrestlemania-main-eventers\/intro-1776295373.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwes-triple-h-there-is-no-backup-for-wrestlemania-main-eventers\/intro-1776295373.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The road to WrestleMania 42 hasn&#8217;t been without its bumps, from major stars getting injured, causing high-profile matches to be modified, to fan response to additions reportedly from top brass at TKO being overwhelmingly negative. Head of creative, Paul &#8220;Triple H&#8221; Levesque <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bE12uWcpy04\" target=\"_blank\">sat down with commentator Joe Tessitore<\/a> ahead of the large event, and explained a serious difference between the skilled wrestling business and other sports before their big games.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;In the event you lose your quarterback&#8230; In the event you lose your star center or star guard within the NBA, you may have a second string guy to back him up, and also you hope those second string guys are pretty good,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;There isn&#8217;t any backup Cody Rhodes. There isn&#8217;t any backup Randy Orton. There is not any backup Roman Reigns. There is not any backup CM Punk&#8230; it&#8217;s different since it&#8217;s the person attraction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He explained that unlike a TV show, there&#8217;s the human factor. Levesque said you might write the best script on this planet to get to an enormous battle scene, and right before that scene, the star gets injured. Unlike TV, there isn&#8217;t any waiting to shoot that final moment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The variables are so many they usually&#8217;re so varied that you just kind of must, at any given time, be ready for anything and have the option to maneuver on from anything,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t suggest it is easy. Doesn&#8217;t suggest it isn&#8217;t essentially the most frustrating thing that I&#8217;ve ever experienced, but it surely&#8217;s an element of what we do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Triple H explained he once received clever words from the late Dusty Rhodes. He explained that, in your mind, you see things one hundred pc. But, in the event you can get just 70 percent of that on TV, Rhodes said it was a &#8220;grand slam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>In the event you use any quotes from this text, please credit WWE and supply a h\/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images The road to WrestleMania 42 hasn&#8217;t been without its bumps, from major stars getting injured, causing high-profile matches to be modified, to fan response to additions reportedly from top brass at TKO being overwhelmingly negative. 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