Select Answers: Santos Escobar, We Want Vince Chants, Ryan Ward (Patreon)

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What has been WWE's reaction to the "We Want Vince" chants directed at Triple H? I know Vince will almost certainly not return to creative, but it can't be a good look for Triple H in particular.

There has been no reaction. He's not coming back, and creative would be significantly worse if Vince McMahon was there. However, there were definitely some "well, Triple H didn't want to be in a room full of media, and this was what he got instead" reactions internally the last few times Triple H has got those chants.

Where is Santos Escobar?

He's in AAA. I have no idea why he hasn't been on WWE Raw or Smackdown. They wanted to re-sign him bad, and did. They paid him a lot of money, then had nothing for him creatively, and now he's in AAA. It's puzzling, but AAA is somewhere that he carries a lot of name value and weight.

What's Ryan Ward's role and why are people excited about his involvement in WWE Creative?

No disrespect to Ryan, but I haven't seen that excitement personally. He oversees a lot of the Raw and Smackdown creative, and then everything goes to Triple H for a final decision. Nobody on the team or roster has communicated specific excitement to me, but he's long been influential and liked within WWE. He's been there for almost 17 years.