Mere days before Triple H stands across the ring from Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 32, "The Game" is singing his praises.
The reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion will put his gold on the line against the leader of the "Roman Empire" live from AT&T Stadium in Texas this Sunday night.
Given the WWE Universe's usual reactions to Reigns, it's likely the majority of the 80,000-plus fans in attendance will be booing him out of the Lone Star State.
To Triple H, that's just business.
"You know, the hardest thing in this business to do now is, as a character, to either make everyone love you or everyone hate you," Triple H told CBS Sports. "The world is a divided place in politics, in music and everything. Choices now, and people's opinions, are front and center more than ever. The Internet makes that readily available to everybody. They know all of the machinations of everything and the behind-the-scenes of everything."
Triple H realizes that Reigns will likely get booed once again at the biggest event of the year in his second straight main event. The 14-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion also praised the supposed babyface for how he's handled the situation and himself backstage.
"It used to be that the good guy was the guy that didn't cheat, you know what I mean? It was just very simple," Triple H said. "The world has changed. I think [Reigns has] done a phenomenal job. He's, you know, from a behind-the-scenes standpoint, a great human being. I'm really happy for his success, as I am for all of them."
Reigns will be looking to capture the WWE's richest prize for the third time in his career.
Triple H praising Reigns publicly seems to put to bed any rumors of him being at odds with his father-in-law, WWE CEO Vince McMahon over Reigns' push. It also lays credence to the heavy belief that he'll put Reigns over on the grandest stage of them all this Sunday.
Triple H brought up another polarizing figure -- John Cena -- in the interview and said as long as the place is full, it doesn't matter what reaction the Superstars get.
That may be so, but the entire state of Texas may turn on Reigns this Sunday with boos so boisterous they beam throughout Jerry World and turn the biggest main event of the year into a disaster.
The WWE deviated from that last year at Levi's Stadium with Seth Rollins' shocking Money in the Bank cash-in and victory, but that won't be happening this year.
Reigns won't be treated like the babyface, but he may very well leave AT&T Stadium with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
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