Triple H Allegedly Blocked Omos from Becoming the Next Big Show

Omos quickly established himself as a dominant presence in WWE with his imposing size and powerful energy, but he hasn’t been used much by WWE at all. In fact, Triple H also allegedly refused to let Omos become another Big Show.

Omos joined WWE in January 2019 and rose to prominence in 2020 when he teamed up with AJ Styles. Their partnership led to a RAW Tag Team Championship win at WrestleMania 37. After that success, Omos made occasional TV appearances, including a notable performance at the Royal Rumble earlier this year.

Since May 2023, however, Omos has been largely absent from WWE programming. His last match was in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the SmackDown episode before WrestleMania 40 in April. Before stepping away from TV, he was active at house shows, where he secured dominant victories over Odyssey Jones and Akira Tozawa in squash matches.

While speaking during K & S WrestleFest’s virtual signing with MVP, he spoke about various aspects of his latest WWE run, including his split from Bobby Lashley and his partnership with Omos. MVP recalled the conversation where Vince McMahon informed him and Lashley about the decision. McMahon wanted Lashley to be a solo star and tasked MVP with doing for Omos what he had done for Lashley. Although MVP wasn’t thrilled, he accepted the challenge and praised Omos for his dedication to learning and improving.

MVP also shared that he spoke with Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque about how Omos was being booked. Triple H was clear that he didn’t want Omos to be like the Big Show, appearing on TV weekly. Instead, he wanted Omos to be treated as a special attraction, only appearing occasionally to maintain his mystique. MVP emphasized Omos’ athleticism, noting that despite his size, he could move well in the ring. He feels that if someone can’t make money with a 7’3″, 385-pound athlete like Omos, they’re missing a big opportunity.

”When Vince (McMahon) called me and Bobby (Lashley) in the office, he said, ‘Hey guys, I’m gonna split you guys up.’ He said, ‘Bobby, I want you to be a stand-alone star now.’ He said, ‘MVP, I wanna put you with Omos. I want you to do for Omos what you do for Bobby.’ Those were Vince’s words, and you know, praise from Caesar. Okay, alright. I’m not happy about this, but I look forward to the task, and Omos has such a huge heart. Literally and figuratively. He really wants to learn, he wants to get better. He was an open book, coachable and you know, we weren’t on TV at the time a lot but we were on all the live events.

So I got to watch him week in, week out improve and get better, and I had talked to Triple H about how he was being used and Triple H was adamant that he didn’t want him to be another Big Show. He didn’t want him on TV every week. He wanted him to be an attraction. He just wanted to break him out periodically to be an attraction. So, I don’t know what his status is now. I don’t know what they plan on doing with him but, I think if you can’t — a legitimate 7-foot-3-inch — he was 400 pounds. I think last time I checked, talked to him, he’s like 385. His physique is changing, he’s getting in better shape. If you can’t make money with a 7-foot-3-inch, 385-pound basketball player that can move — you don’t see him move a lot because they don’t want him to. But when he wants to move, you’d be surprised how well that big man can move. If you can’t make money with that then you’re just an idiot.”

Omos also previously reacted to rumors of WWE moving on from him. Regardless, we’ll have to wait and see if WWE will have anything substantial planned for Omos somewhere down the line.

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