JIM ROSS: Pat Pattersons and Triple Hs relationship was complicated

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[@luckypapi87]

Nah he should have been in jail for all those young men he assaulted.

[@azapro911]

Where Triple H ended up getting proven right was that by '02, Rock had gone to Hollywood, leaving him to carry the ball until the Cena/Orton/Batista generation was ready. Regarding not getting guys over, Eugene was always a limited shelf life gimmick, while feuding with Kane and Michaels didn't make Benoit a bigger draw either.

[@kakeroat]

Triple H never carried the Ball, it was Brock Lesnar for two years then Cena for 10 years

[@azapro911]

How was Brock Lesnar carrying anything on Raw? Of course, he bailed after WM20 as well, with Cena and company still a year away from being ready.

[@ToolTimeSlim27]

Triple h carried nothing, people watched raw for every body else other than hhh.

[@azapro911]

So tell me, who was the opponent people cared about Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Kane, Scott Steiner or Goldberg feuding with?

[@marcosgaleano256]

😂😂😂 "he carried the ball"....he had a reign of terror over the ball WTF were you watching at the time!?

[@Leny1777]

Pat Patrerson wanted the Rock to be on top. So in 1999 Ausrin vs Rick might be the role of Pat. Triple H in mud 2000s was like Shawn Muchaels of the 90s. Controllable, manipulative and selfish.

[@ryananderson5202]

Jim Ross is an AEW schill.

[@wamba78]

It’s funny how Vince loved pat and he a major well known predator

[@DTA707]

When you say very well known predator you should specify which one you're talking about because they are both well known predators 😂

[@CarlSmith-bs4qx]

HHH was smashed over year after year despite minimal fans wanting it

[@JuliusSeether]

When was this recorded? Pat died 4 years ago. I think JR is senile.

[@exclamationpointman3852]

Look at the big "2 0 0 4" on the screen, bri

[@nick56677]

Can Fatrad do an interview without quoting meltzer, keller and dirt sheets? Go away MarkRad Meltzers soap boy

[@lemontfaison4165]

Triple H was a glorified mid-carder at best! Main event material? I think not....

[@Jay.Lombardii]

After how seeing how Piper stuttered & looked uncomfortable talking about his journey into the wrestling world as a Teen around Patterson, it was always kind of telling of what kind of “Mentor” he was to the young upcoming talent. Never seen Piper look so vulnerable & defeated when he had to mention that man’s name. It made sense that Pat came onto him when he started out. Hope that’s not the case but Body Language tells it All.

[@Rjensen2]

Seriously? Piper was well known in wrestling for being gay, or at least bi. He traveled with a boyfriend "assistant" for years.

[@bigron8896]

@@Rjensen2 He had PAs, which he probably picked up from films. A number of ppl resented that. They picked up his dry cleaning. Some of them were female. No one except Marty Jannety, who lied about killing a man for a pop, and briefly considered having intimate relations with a woman he previously thought may have been his daughter, has said anything insinuating it was a gay thing.

[@Rjensen2]

@@bigron8896 Like hell they didn't. The guy he was with has talked about it, Prichard has beaten around the bush about it. You just don't pay attention enough. Duggan has spoken about it as well, while he was talking about Hercules being much the same way.

[@keithwiggins3131]

HHH didn't want to play the game with Pat Patterson.

[@HidanVenom]

😂😂😂

[@quentinkaasa47]

"How bad do you want it, Brick House?"

[@keithwiggins3131]

@@quentinkaasa47 I'm not like that.

[@barryconnolly9162]

What do you think of Pat and Hunter JR? JR: ‘I work for aew and I like to help young talent.’

[@jd9119]

You forgot to add that they pay him a lot of money.

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

He at least admitted they didn’t like each other and it’s true that he did leave at that time because of it

[@SPAZZYok]

Where nobody including the boss doesn't tease him unlike wwe.

[@SeanIsTooOP]

Pat Patterson was a predator.

[@friedjrice]

when was this aired? because JR says he's 80, but Pat Patterson has been dead for four years and was 79 when he passed.

[@williammoore1980]

They are talking about Pat’s resignation in ‘04 and events prior to that. The past.

[@supportpatriarchyordietrying]

it's not easy to remember which old wrestler is still alive and who isn't

[@friedjrice]

@@williammoore1980 yeah but he wasnt even close to 80 back then, so the comment is still odd.

[@carbondioxide830]

@@friedjrice are you new to how podcast clips work dude? jesus christ

[@friedjrice]

@@carbondioxide830 ???, maybe you have been breathing in too much carbon dioxide because what the fuck did i say to make it seem like i don't know how podcast clips work? and what a niche base of knowledge. dumbass, and i was right anyway.

[@bornfromforeign]

I guess two Frenchman don’t like each other lol 😂😂😂😂

[@dantecarroll2435]

HHH wasn’t actually wasn’t a Frenchmen right

[@tekfroggy]

@@dantecarroll2435With a name like Levesque, he definitely has some French-Canadian roots. Pretty typical for a guy from NH.

[@bornfromforeign]

@@dantecarroll2435 sir his name is Paul Levesque pretty French 😂

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@bornfromforeign he might have some French blood that doesn’t mean he’s French he’s still considered an American citizen at the end of the day

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@bornfromforeign he has no French accent either that was just his gimmicks

[@jvharbin8337]

"Pat felt like a jilted lover". I'm shocked.

[@146zigzag3]

It's probably cause Hunter didn't let Pat go down on him.

[@stevejamieson8468]

No time spent on the career carpet for HHH

[@drumitar]

this would have been a great segment on RAW

[@dantecarroll2435]

Or it could be that Patterson was brutally honest with his point of views and McMahon and HHH were butthurt because he told the truth the fans didn’t want triple nose I mean triple h to be the focal point of raw and he didn’t help elevate any talent except for people in his entourage like Batista and Randy orton

[@nocapper5543]

@@dantecarroll2435calling him triple nose already lets me know your a butthurt aew fan 😂 Tell Tony to up his game instead of getting mad at triple h for the reason why aew is all empty wrestling 💀

[@Sam1c9797]

He wanted some bandana

[@polarfamily6222]

Just wanted to remind everyone that Patterson was a disgusting pdf file.

[@owainmorgan3897]

Got any evidence for that?

[@roellek16]

Look up the Ring boy scandal of 1992. Pat was supposedly a part of it, and helped Vince cover it up, allegedly.

[@jerrydwolfinteractive]

​@@owainmorgan3897 Yeah Piper. Look up interviews where he has to talk about him or Lord Alfred Hayes. He gets extremely uncomfortable talking about them. Give victims the benefit of the doubt and do some research.

[@MrShanester117]

@@roellek16 Supposedly and allegedly are not evidence

[@MrShanester117]

@@jerrydwolfinteractive Piper then also did a reality show with Pat Patterson where everything was kosher. Roddy piper was mentally ill.

[@AainaLaina-l8d]

Crazy how we’re still trying to praise Pat dude was a freak

[@AnEternalEnigma]

Did you personally know him?

[@jd9119]

The guy was a homosexual, a pedophile and a rapist. The fact that anybody tries to speak nicely of that guy speaks volumes on them.

[@JMatthew131]

@@AnEternalEnigmaseems everyone calling out his predatory weird behaviour in the industry knew him quite well tho

[@limpcall8570]

You know JR was a big part of the funky shit going on when he’s still afraid to out anyone.

[@shawnwbronx]

Pat must’ve been mad that The Game turned him down and ended up with Stephanie.

[@konsciousk1986]

Admittedly, Raw became pretty wack during that 2002-2004 period when Triple H was on top. SmackDown was a way better show during that time up until Brock left.

[@quentinkaasa47]

People like to say this online but it's not the truth. RAW was always the must-see, can't miss show over SmackDown!

[@konsciousk1986]

@@quentinkaasa47 It wasn’t during that time frame.

[@quentinkaasa47]

@@konsciousk1986Yes, it absolutely was. RAW was all about the soap opera and storylines, while SmackDown was more in-ring focused, which appeals to a certain section of fans more, but most fans looked forward to RAW over SmackDown. RAW was always the bigger priority amongst management, and it was considered the A-show, even among fans.

[@brasidas33]

That means one thing when it comes to Pat: Hehehe

[@TL2354]

What?

[@juansanchez209]

@@TL2354Look up what Pat has been accused of doing to many young wrestlers

[@sawtooth808]

@TL2354 Look up “The Ring Boy Scandal+ WWE”

[@SuperMt24]

You’re a sick human being

[@danielliens5360]

Life's funny. So HHH tried to hold rock down and tarnish the rock back then. Now Rock is back trying to ruin storyline and HHH WRESTLEMANIA 40 plans.

[@ToolTimeSlim27]

The ratings & the cheers from the crowd don't lie. It's still killing hhh inside that him hbk couldn't stop the rise of the Rock

[@Hand-Doe]

and now he's their boss.oh the irony

[@iTubeYourDadsMinge]

@@Hand-Doe incorrect. Johnson is on WWE’s Board of Directors, which as a whole, has functional authority over WWE. But no one person on that board is the direct boss of any WWE employee; the board as a whole collective, who vote on decisions and lead the company at strategic level, are the bosses of the company.

[@pooinaloo]

Pat was probably...hard on him

[@Filmation77]

You mean Hard FOR Him

[@Hand-Doe]

@@pooinaloo hard in him

[@JustinFREAKIN]

When was this clip from? Pat died years ago.

[@Ghostface-1393]

Hunter in 02-06 was the Final Boss

[@chasebohlander]

Pats been dead for years how old is this clip

[@acork7601]

I bet it was. I bet it was.

[@reggiefurlow1]

Ohhhh somebody played the game?😮😮

[@jd9119]

Remember Wrestlemania 20, when Triple H got put in the Crippler Crossface, tried to get out, failed and then tapped out to Benoit? Yeah there isn't exactly a way to elevate somebody higher than that. It was one of 3 Wrestlemania moments everybody remembers to most (the other two being when Warrior beat Hogan and when Brock beat Undertaker).

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

To say Benoit wasn't elevated I think is just flat out wrong. He never reached the top golden spot of the company, but him, Orton, and Batista absolutely got elevated by HHH. I'm saying this as a someone who never liked him.

[@President_Shin]

After that Booker Bs

[@deebo1103]

Its not HHH's fault that Benoit couldn't get himself over more than he was. HHH lost to him, he had PPV wins, wins over Kane and the marketing push, but a guy like Benoit is only gonna go so far. HHH was the biggest name they had on Raw. Why does HHH have to put everyone over? They wasted so many great feuds and potential big gates by rushing every goddamn thing under the sun from 01-03 with the Invasion, Brock, Hogan's comeback, HHH and HBK comebacks. And I have never cheered HHH either.

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

U forgot hogan slamming Andre. People remember that more then benoit and hhh

[@michaelvazquez7851]

Nice interview

[@Fr1ti4e88]

Who was the catcher?

[@MagnumSkyWolf]

Many say hunter treated the rock like shit when he first showed up. The Rock has hinted at the treatment. Basically he tried to bully him because The Rock was doing better than he was

[@jamessunderland7435]

Both guys played an instrumental part in making eachother, their ladder match at Summerslam took them from mid card/intercontinental champions to huge main eventers. If there was bad blood back in the day I hope they can look back on it now and realise they were a benefit to eachother at the end of the day and bury the hatchet.

[@Leny1777]

Yeah because H was soo close to Shawn in 96 and 97 the douchies

[@Leny1777]

​@@jamessunderland7435Oh no Triple H was a big shot before 1998 but ut was because of Shawn that H was not on top.

[@cheeto8960]

The rock was hot after feuding with stone cold. With HHH, the rock didn't get much for him.

[@Leny1777]

@@cheeto8960 That was 1999 to 2001

[@Music-qt3ok]

I never liked HHH.

[@DJRitty]

Trips has always been a sack of crap. I just read Justin Robert's book and HHH and Bradshaw just seemed like total POs huma beings - Bradshaw WAY worse though lol.

[@thesupervisor3270]

I like HHH but HHH definitely is one of the most overrated wrestlers of all time

[@Infiniti6112]

Always thought of HHH as a good main heel and a good transition champion. But I never liked him a thee guy. Actually, I stopped watch wrestling when they started smashing him in that spot over and over again.

[@stocks2545]

Heard Pat loves em young 🤡

[@stocks2545]

True 😢

[@ink407]

He better never go to cell block 1

[@stevejamieson8468]

Pat was part of the infamous cream team

[@nbasizzlereels5315]

Really?

[@anthonycomeaux3996]

the goat

[@georgefranco7900]

I still don’t get what he means by “ ha ha?”

[@BOBBYSOX86]

Comedy

[@tritchie6272]

Comedy. Probably foolish, Juvenal and forced. Personally I think Wrestling should be Prioritized in a Wrestling show. Then if the humor comes organically use it but don't over do it.

[@markula_4040]

I guess in 2004 you could say Triple H didn't elevate guys well in jobbing to them but not in 2005 when he made Batista a megastar

[@williamalexander2390]

How old is this?? He is saying "Pat should be in the WWF until he dies"..Pat has been dead for years.

[@theholymackerel072]

Nobody would ever expect pro wrestling to be gay.

[@drumitar]

kiss my ass club pretty gay.

[@deadeyedarwin]

Interesting sentence.

[@dantecarroll2435]

Really

[@phillysfinest215]

They in they undies rolling around what do you mean

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@phillysfinest215 it’s always gay people that call everyone else gay

[@hen8950]

By Gawddd that commercial at the end is CRINGE!!!

[@DanielZ5]

Its been awhile since wrestling grabbed me by the emotional balls

[@danielsatter1805]

JR always felt like the one uncle i never had

[@jd9119]

Will somebody please help JR with the pop on his damn mic?

[@phillysfinest215]

Damn pat paterson smashed the rock

[@Blazenetwork1990]

I did not know pat patterson died

[@gregcabig3449]

HHH won 13 championships that he didn’t deserve even half of that. U mean to tell me that there weren’t 13 different occasions that someone else other than HHH were deserving of the strap? Screw HHH most overrated wrestler ever

[@jd9119]

That's so BS. Triple H was a great wrestler. He was so good at being a badass heel, he'd get more people cheering for him than booing him even if he were to hit a woman in the head with a sledgehammer. He absolutely deserved to be a top guy for as long as he was.

[@MaryPhillips-w4s]

​@@jd9119 I agree he's a great wrestler, but I can also say there was at least 7 times that belt could've been on someone else.

[@catchemcarlisle5655]

He’s the best in ring story teller of his generation (post Michaels back and pre Michaels return) was the best guy to work with “the” guy ever. You’re a clown if you find Triple H overrated and genuinely have zero clue how wrestling works

[@ShawnMega]

No Diddy

[@philthatcher6111]

Pat wanted to tounge ring Triple H and ring the bell.

[@SaintRomulus-bi9kb]

One was a Top and the other a bottom??😂

[@stevejamieson8468]

Per what Brickhouse Brown said that Ric Flair told him that Pat was a catcher😂😂😂

[@dirratt]

LMAO at the hearsay in the comments 😂 people are so gullible

[@stevejamieson8468]

The sad thing is numerous people talked about what a predator Pat was. Brickhouse Brown, Tom Brandi, Jim Powers, Barry Orton, Billy Jack Haynes just to name a few.

[@carbondioxide830]

how many people have to speak out about it before its not heresay to you? why would so many people just blatantly make shit up to tarnish pat's legacy if he did so many good things? you think those ringboys (who were literal boys as in kids) were just makin up shit for shits n giggles?

[@jkfd97]

Says the vagina-worshipping feminist who #BelievesAllWomen.

[@BUStedLosAngeles]

HHH elevated both Randy Orton and Batista to headliner and multi-time champion status.

[@Splattermelt]

That was later. HHH also buried many people around that time as well.

[@madnomad3861]

​@@Splattermeltname them

[@justinburch21]

Triple Nose helped out his buddies. Same things the Kliq always did.

[@lloydrobertson5508]

@@madnomad3861 Booker T, RVD, Kane with the Katie Vick storyline.

[@madnomad3861]

@@lloydrobertson5508 the Katie Vick storyline hurt HHH as much as it did Kane and RVD wasn't buried. If Vince really wanted to push him, why didn't he do it in 01 during the invasion storyline?

[@jamesmiller5331]

That's weird.... that's like 2 months after I had stopped watching after I had watched pretty much religiously since 1997. There were a lot of factors to me stopping, including the fact that I turned 18 and was moving out of the house and was not going to have cable but also because my favorite wrestler Chris Benoit had just dropped the belt to Randy Orton. Then Randy Orton turns around and starts a feud with Triple H... I basically said to myself "Okay so the new age Kliq is still in control of Raw and now the title is probably going to bounce between all of them for a few years, I'm out ✌️"

[@ymd2516]

People hate the the reign of terror but Hunter took a back seat once Cena & Batista took over. I like Booker T and Rob Van Dam more but I don’t think they would have reached the heights of Cena & Batista. Also that report referencing Benoit and Eugene? lol at JR just being like “I don’t like my job but I like the money a lot”

[@ChadLouisNewton]

Booker T suffered from being a former WCW Champion, that was purely on Vince. RVD also screwed himself when he was given the main spot in 2006.

[@madnomad3861]

It's funny cause Triple H always had nothing but good things to say about Patterson

[@Scottish-Danny]

In public, yeah. But we don't know what he was saying about him to Vince.

[@jd9119]

It's not very professional to rag on people in public. You can say what you what about Triple H, but the guy knows how to play the game.

[@Scottish-Danny]

@jd9119 it's all about contrrrrrooolll

[@dantecarroll2435]

That’s called being professional

[@goblinman7]

Never was a Pattterson fan, Briscoes should have had Vinces ear entirely instead. And BS saying Hunter didn't elevate Benoit when he dropped the longstanding title reign he had going to him at Mania. He did elevate guys and had maturity and wisdom with time and years/experience

[@jaahnnn]

Pat was right. HHH was trash

[@johnthomson4128]

Pat was right about HHH.

[@raymondtipton7243]

Old video....why do you repost these outdated videos all the time?....talk about up to date stuff!!

[@Abioticwinter]

So people like me will watch it.

[@hikertrashfilms]

Pat Patterson groomed Paul Levesque

[@Col92019]

I doubt that

[@spazmattik5630]

Man people are so sensitive about this stuff 😂

[@dantecarroll2435]

Jim Ross is doing his usual job of being butthurt and kissing up to HHH as usual

[@MrZombiejoe]

This Recording was before Pat passed?