A story from one of Nick Khan’s earlier conversations with Paul Levesque.
While WWE President Nick Khan was on The Pat McAfee Show, he spoke about his relationship with Chief Content Officer, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque.
One of the first conversations they had was in 2013/2014 when Levesque reached out to Khan about the idea of 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow competing at WrestleMania 30. The idea was proposed after Tebow was cut from the NFL New England Patriots in the summer of 2013 and at the time, Khan represented him.
Tebow was going to wrestle Paul Wight (The Big Show) and there was a meeting held involving Tebow, Paul Levesque, Nick Khan and Vince McMahon.
Paul Levesque, The King of Kings, Triple H, he’s the one that introduced me to WWE — Hunter. He’s the one who first introduced me. So when I was an agent, my prior profession and I was trying to get into the WWE business, Paul had called me, unsolicited call and this is when Tim Tebow had just gotten cut by the (New England) Patriots. Paul called me, said, ‘Hey, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Paul Levesque.’ I said, ‘Oh, you’re Triple H. I know who you are. I remember you as Terra Ryzing, the former wrestling name from WCW.’ He said, ‘Exactly.’ I said, ‘I know who you are.’ He said, ‘Oh, you know WWE?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I know WWE. I grew up a fan. I was an usher at WrestleMania IX at Caesar’s Palace.’ I said, ‘What’s going on?’ He said, ‘What do you think of Tim Tebow versus The Big Show’ at whatever that WrestleMania was after the Patriots run. I said, ‘What are you thinking?’ He offered some financial terms, I called Tim at the time, ‘What do you think?’ Tim and I had, then, a top secret private meeting; Tim Tebow, myself, Vince McMahon, Triple H in Anaheim, California about that. Ultimately, it didn’t happen. But Triple H and I remained in touch…
Tebow is currently a pro and college football analyst for ESPN.
At WrestleMania 30, Paul Wight partook in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. He was in the final two and was last eliminated by Claudio Castagnoli.
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