MVP says he’s never accused Triple H of being racist.
Back in June, the former WWE Superstar responded to some social media posts regarding WWE’s Chief Content Officer choosing not to put The Hurt Business back together. At the time, he seemed to indicate that there was some racist motivation behind it.
When a fan brought up the infamous promo Triple H cut against Booker T in the build to WrestleMania 19 in which “The Game” said “people like him” didn’t get to be champion, he replied with a simple “100%.” Another fan then said that “the Triple H era is emasculating black men,” to which which MVP said “You get it.”
During a recent virtual signing with K&S WrestleFest, MVP attempted to clarify his comments. He said,
“It made the rounds that ‘MVP said Triple H was racist.’ I never said that word. I never said that. You show me the quote or the caption where I said that. Somebody made a comment on my social media about how he books black talent. I just said, ‘Ah, you see it.’ I never said he is racist. I never said that. That was never anything I said. I want to make that very clear. If you’re watching, you got that sound byte here first. I’ll go more into it on my podcast.”
He continued, “I didn’t say that. Now, my opinion on how he books talent of color, that’s a different conversation, but I never said the man was racist. Hulk Hogan is racist. He said it himself, ‘I’m a little bit racist.’ He said that. As far as Triple H, I don’t know that he is. I don’t know what his motivations are, but I never said he was racist.”
When asked about a Hurt Business reunion nearly happening, he said, “We were told we were going to be reunited. I still have a shirt. The shirts were made. Hurt Business on the front. Back in business on the back. They were made. We were told that it was going to happen. Next thing I see, Bobby is with the Street Profits. ‘What happened here?’ I get a call from Bruce (Prichard), ‘Somebody should have called you. Sorry. We decided we’re going in a different direction.’ What the f**k is that? That’s not professional. That’s how it went down.”
He added, “I’m a professional. I show up and I go to work and do what I’m told. In the pro wrestling business, once you get to a certain level, you do have input into what you do. It’s one thing when we’re told, ‘We’re going to do this’ and steps have been made, and then there is a pivot without a conversation. That’s not good business. I don’t care what anybody thinks. That’s not how you do business. Needless to say, I was very salty about that. We had Bobby going from a two-time WWE Champion to not being in the conversation or in the title picture at all. Got put with The Street Profits, who were white hot, and they got cooled off. The Street Profits went from being major figures to sitting in catering. I don’t know why. I don’t understand it, but I don’t make decisions in that way.”
MVP and Bobby Lashley departed WWE in August when their contracts expired. The two are rumored to be AEW-bound in the near future.
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