Triple H talks WWE’s big plans for Hawaii and the Pacific Islands

Next month, WWE is running its first show in Hawaii in years. A couple weeks ago, WWE quietly added Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to an advertisement for their tryouts around two non-televised live events (aka house sh0ws) in Honolulu on Oct. 16-17. If Johnson does show up in his grandmother’s territory for those tryouts, it will be his first WWE appearance since John Cena’s infamous heel turn at Elimination Chamber in March 2025. A busy schedule has kept the TKO Board member and Golden Globe-nominated actor away since then… along with rumors of behind-the-scenes tension with his long-time rival Triple H, who (working his Paul Levesque gimmick) is now WWE’s Chief Content Officer. There’s only one mention of The Rock in Triple H’s interview with Honolulu’s KHON2 News, and it’s about Johnson’s long-time connection to the islands and those islands tremendous influence on pro wrestling. But Haitch’s promise to make Hawaii and the other islands of the Pacific a “home” for WWE certainly could b