Mark Jindrak discusses Randy Orton friendship; why Triple H 'hated' it
Mark Jindrak has claimed that Triple H is the one person in WWE who disliked his backstage antics with Randy Orton.
Speaking on David Penzer’s Sitting Ringside podcast, Jindrak reminisced about the early days of his career in WWE. He admitted to being immature at the time, but he felt that both he and Randy Orton were liked by most WWE Superstars.
“It was just like, I was immature, Orton was immature. We both were immature. We had a lot of fun on the road. It was just — and a lot of people thought it was humorous. They loved our act. We’d come to TV and just show off and goof off and stuff and people loved it.” [H/T POST Wrestling]
Jindrak said Superstars including Kane enjoyed being around him and Randy Orton around that time. Triple H, however, did not see the funny side of their antics.
“It went from Kane to a lot of top guys but the one person that hated it, hated it, hated it was Triple H, and it was just completely — if you could be a fly on the wall for some of those car rides.”
Triple H did not like traveling with Mark Jindrak and Randy Orton
Triple H mentioned on WWE Network series Ruthless Aggression that he could not stand being around Mark Jindrak and Randy Orton at the same time.
The NXT founder told a story about the time that they were playing with an animal toy in the back of a car. Whenever they spun the toy around, it made a different animal noise.
Following that car journey, Triple H refused to ride with Jindrak ever again.
He added that Randy Orton was fine to travel with alongside himself and Ric Flair, but not together with Jindrak.
Why Mark Jindrak did not join Evolution
As Mark Jindrak alluded to, he did not get along with Triple H when they shared a car with Randy Orton and Ric Flair.
The two-time WCW Tag Team Champion was considered as the fourth member of Evolution in 2003 after Batista suffered a triceps injury. However, Triple H convinced Vince McMahon that they should wait for The Animal to return instead.
Jindrak also told David Penzer that Triple H was “boring” during their car rides. He added that if anyone should have left Evolution, it should have been the 14-time World Champion.