Since his latest exit from WWE last year, Montell Vontavious Porter has shared a few things about working for that promotion’s current Chief Content Officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque. MVP’s been careful not to call Levesque racist while contesting his former boss’ claim that he doesn’t see color while booking Raw and SmackDown.
Race wasn’t mentioned in Porter’s latest comments about Levesque, but in explaining the differences to Case Lowe of Chicago’s Q101 and Voices of Wrestling, MVP offered a “blunt”
assessment of how The Game compares to his current boss, AEW’s Tony Khan. Lowe asked the question after Porter expressed his gratitude to Khan for allowing The Hurt Syndicate to finish their story in AEW after it was “disbanded way too soon” in WWE:
“[Tony Khan] allows more input. Tony, he has his vision that he wants, and he works with the talent and allows a lot more input from the talent into what creative path is gonna happen. Whereas ‘The Nose’ [Triple H], he is a little bit more dictatorial — emphasis on ‘dick’. It’s, ‘This is what we’re doing, this is how it’s going to be, and this is what I want.’“
“Whereas Tony could say, ‘Well, this is what I want,’ and you can say, ‘Okay, Tony, but what about if we put this on?’ and Tony invites the input. With that guy [Triple H], there’s only a handful of people that I would say are allowed to have that kind of input. And you can debate it good or bad, but I think Tony — I’m just going to be blunt — I think Tony is a better human being, a better person all around than this guy.
”So it’s definitely a better person to work for, and a much better working environment.”
We’ve heard stories that support MVPs claims about Tony Khan, but as his critics will point out that doesn’t mean he’s a good boss or booker. Triple H… I can’t really speak to the man’s character. He’s certainly been praised as boss, while his skills as a creative head are still being debated.
Check out this MVP quote — which figures to be brought up in a few future discussions about Levesque as a person and an executive — and his whole interview with Lowe here.
