Triple H Opens Up On State Of 205 Live

WWE’s 205 Live show has undergone a dramatic overhaul in recent weeks largely due to Triple H taking over the show. At last week’s WrestleMania 35 press conference from MetLife Stadium from East Rutherford, NJ, Triple H spoke with Mike Johnson of PWinsider about the state of the cruiserweight division and 205 Live’s new direction.

Triple H revealed that the Cruiserweight Classic tournament that aired on the WWE Network in 2016 was his pet project. The success of that tournament led to WWE reviving the Cruiserweight Championship, bringing the Cruiserweight division to Monday Night Raw and ultimately the creation of 205 Live, which premiered on the WWE Network on November 29, 2016.

205 Live lost its way shortly after premiering. The show featured a “WWE sports entertainment” vibe and not the sports-based feel that made the tournament such a hit. The departures of Neville, Austin Aries and most recently Enzo Amore led to the decision that it was time to shake things up.

“It’s a work in progress for sure,” Triple H said. “Every single show we do is a work in progress, at all times. If you think, hey this is what it is, you’re done. That’s across the board for WWE. People’s tastes change. Time changes. You do the same thing for two long, that gets boring. You constantly have to evolve. It’s one of the great things about our industry, I think. It’s constantly evolving.”

Triple H continued, “You constantly have to be in front of it. The day you stop thinking I have something to learn about this, you’re done. So, to me, all of it, is a work in progress. 205 Live is a work in progress. Look, it went in a direction after the Cruiserweight Classic, it went in a direction that was believed to be the right direction, and then fans told us it wasn’t the right direction. So, we’ve changed course. They told us they didn’t like vanilla, so we went to chocolate. They told us, ‘we’re digging the chocolate right now’, so we’re going to stick with it and I think that’s the exciting part of, you know…the great thing is we can turn on a dime and we can deliver to people the things they want to see.”

Triple H acknowledged that it might take some time to complete the Cruiserweight division’s transformation, but he’s confident they’re on the right track.

Mustafa Ali and Cedrick Alexander will square off at WrestleMania in the finals of a tournament held to crown a new WWE Cruiserweight Champion.