‘Coward & Liar’ – AEW Star Addresses Issues With WWE’s Triple H

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An AEW star has shared his honest thoughts on Triple H, branding the WWE executive “a coward and a liar” in a recent interview.

MVP made his WWE debut in 2006, remaining with the company until his release in late 2010.

From 2018, he would return to WWE, going on to serve in a number of roles before parting ways when his contract expired in August 2024.

Now a member of the AEW roster, MVP has been reunited with Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley as The Hurt Syndicate, and has shared his thoughts on Triple H and WWE management.

Speaking to Adventure Gamers, spoke about working with Tony Khan in AEW and compared it to his relationship with former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and current WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H, saying:

“It’s very different because Tony Khan is a completely different human being, with a completely different personality. He’s just a nice guy and a good person.

“I’ve never had any kind of a relationship with Triple H. Vince (McMahon), I was able to work with and with Vince, Vince knows exactly what he wants, how he wants to do it, and if you can present something that is better, sometimes Vince will listen, but when Vince has a vision, that’s it. You go with it. There’s no second-guessing it.

“Tony Khan is a lot more interactive and will take in a lot more ideas, and he’s more willing to be pliable when it comes to his vision and how he wants to present it and what he’s willing to do to add to it or to change it. He’s just a nice guy.

“It’s funny, like his energy level. He’s always happy, and I’ve never seen him be mean to somebody. It’s a much different environment where WWE was very corporate, very tight-laced, for some people even uncomfortable, and they’re made to feel like they’re walking on eggshells, and people are scared of getting fired.

“That environment doesn’t exist in AEW. It’s way more relaxed. No one’s walking on eggshells. The boss has time for everybody. And it’s super fun. No stress.”

He wouldn’t hold back when it comes to the WWE Chief Content Officer, agreeing with Bret Hart’s belief that Triple H is “a phony”, stating:

“Man. I agree with Bret’s assertion. I’ve said before, I call him a coward and a liar. Let’s put it like this. If you really want to, you can go to YouTube and you can look up the interviews of various wrestlers through the years of what their opinion is of the man. Interviews of guys that were his friends, what they had to say about the guy.

“I can think of more guys that dislike him than I can think of guys that do like him. And people say MVP’s salty or bitter. Like, no, I have personal issues with the dude, stemming from professional stuff, but just the things that he does, how he carries himself, I just don’t have respect for the guy.

“The newer generation, they don’t know that guy yet. So the ones of those that came up underneath him in NXT, they think he’s brilliant and a lot of them should for the hand he’s had in their career. But the guys that had to work with him back in the day will tell you a different story almost overwhelmingly. And so it’s not just me saying it. There’s guys who are way up the totem pole than me that are telling you that this guy’s, no bueno.”

When asked if he felt WWE were “stuck in the past”, MVP would be reserved in his judgement of the current state of the company, saying:

“I can’t say because they’re under new management, so I have no idea how things are.

“I mean, I’ve got some friends that I talk to over there periodically, but we do talk, we don’t talk much about work, so I have no idea what’s going on over there these days under the new management, I don’t know how things are, so I can’t comment.”

MVP has revealed he recently signed a new long-term contract extension with AEW to continue in his current capacity, with a view to expanding, should the opportunity arise.