Triple H Comments on Ilja Dragunov’s First Successful US Title Defense on SmackDown

It allowed the latter to retain his United States Championship. Reacting to it, WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H took to X and did his signature pointing-finger pose with Dragunov holding the belt in immense pride. ‘The Game’ noted how ‘The Unbesiegbar’ was out of in-ring action with a knee injury for over a year, but he’s back with a statement.

The netizens found it slightly amusing to see ‘Hunter’ backstage for a TV taping after it was recently claimed in a WON report that the 56-year-old doesn’t happen to be there in the gorilla position 24/7. Moreover, him taking up more political duties in some capacity had also irked the hardcore wrestling fan base of the company. Seeing Triple H pose with the wrestlers once again like he did with Ilja Dragunov felt like old times to many.

Triple H gives a big assurance to the creative team amid AI integration havoc

WWE recently brought in Cyrus Kowsari as its new Senior Director of Creative Strategy to spearhead the company’s transition toward AI-driven storytelling. Introduced to the board by Triple H, Kowsari will also reportedly serve as a liaison to the White House amid the WWE CCO’s expanding political ties. Early AI trials suggested rebranding Bobby Lashley as someone who’s obsessed with Japanese culture.

On top of that, the software was unaware of the fact that Lashley no longer works for WWE. The company believes that once the software’s bugs are fixed, AI could significantly shape its storylines. Fans, however, remain skeptical, insisting that no machine can capture the true essence of pro wrestling.

According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the WWE higher-ups were unhappy with the AI integration story being blown out of proportion.

The internal claim has now shifted to AI not being used to script the shows. However, the technology is expected to assist a writer. Furthermore, while heading a production meeting dedicated to explaining the roadmap of AI integration in WWE, Triple H relayed that no one in the writers’ room will be replaced.

Irrespective of the assurance from ‘The Cerebral Assassin’, the staffers are facing trust issues in regard to decisions taken by the top brass after it tricked everyone with the recent case of Seth Rollins‘ knee injury. Also, the WWE employees don’t believe TKO officials have any loyalty to anyone.

A source told WON that even if the writers wouldn’t be replaced and AI ends up eliminating some entry-level positions, it’d automatically mean comparatively fewer new writers would be trained to bring in.