Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. who is best known for his roles in She’s All That, Scooby-Doo, and I Know What You Did Last Summer, previously worked for WWE in the role of producer and director. He was even being considered for the lead writer’s position at one time. Still, he departed the company to focus on being a father. He still follows the product, though, and is looking at starting his own independent company.
Now in an interview with The Ariel Helwani Show, he has spoken about his time in WWE and revealed that he fell out with Triple H while working there over putting the title on Jeff Hardy. Hardy would win the WWE Championship from Edge in a triple threat match also featuring Triple H at Armageddon 2008, and Triple H felt Hardy wasn’t reliable enough.
The Jeff Hardy storyline was the end of any relationship I had with Hunter, I’m open about that, but it wasn’t a secret. He was very against it, he didn’t think we could count on Jeff. Hunter is a company man, and I felt, creatively, it was worth the risk. He didn’t, and in hindsight, he was right. Jeff was released from the company, I think a year later, because he got in more trouble. I never blamed him for it. But at the time, I’m sure he doesn’t care now. At the time when I worked there, he wasn’t having me.
Freddie Prinze Jr.This isn’t the first time Triple H has been against someone new being put over, however as Prinze Jr. acknowledges, in this instance, he was right, and Hardy wasn’t the right person to be champion. It was through a great moment for fans to see Hardy capture his first world championship, even if it was only a brief run. Hardy would later go on to win the World Heavyweight Champion on two occasions. Still, neither reign was long, with the first actually being just over a minute due to CM Punk cashing in his Money in the Bank contract. It seems unlikely though Hardy will get another run, even though he is probably in the best place in his life to handle the responsibility.
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