Ricky Saints Recalls Triple H Calling Him About Joining WWE, Being Told He Would Not Be On Raw Or SmackDown ‘Just Yet’

Saints recaps getting the call.

Ricky Saints is five months into his run at WWE. He’s a part of the NXT brand and has already captured championship gold as he is a one-time North American Champion.

While on What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes, Saints recounted receiving the phone call from Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque about joining WWE. Levesque told Saints that he would not be on Raw or SmackDown ‘just yet.’

“Hunter (was who called me about coming to WWE). Yeah. Triple H called me. Just got off a flight to Seattle actually, and he called me and I was just like, ‘Uh,’ because I didn’t know the number, and it didn’t say Stamford or anything so I was like who is this? And I always answer it. Even if it’s an unknown, I’ll always answer… So Hunter calls me, I’m getting off this flight in Seattle and I can barely hear him. The airport’s so loud and he asks me, ‘Hey, would you wanna come in?’ And, ‘We’re interested,’ blah, blah. ‘We’d love to have you. You’re talented,’ X, Y and Z and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, sure. Hell yeah,’ and right as I’m getting on the tram, he says something about — he was like, ‘Raw or SmackDown’ and I was like, ‘Wait, what? What did you say?’ And I was so scared to say, ‘Hey, could you repeat yourself?’ Because I know how it feels, that I said, ‘Yeah, yeah, for sure.’ Basically, what he was saying was, ‘Hey, we’re not gonna put you on Raw or SmackDown just yet…’ But he wanted me to meet Shawn (Michaels), and so that was like a big thing. I was like, ‘Of course I will. Yes, I would love that.’ That’s all I really wanted is just resources. I feel like I’m a rough diamond that just needs a little polishing.”

Saints is gearing up to challenge for the North American Title at NXT Great American Bash on July 12th. He’ll be challenging the champion, Ethan Page, in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.