Triple H's reign with Shawn Michaels was when the title, then known as World Tag Team Championship, was unified with the WWE Tag Team Championship and known as Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. ", "I remember you said, Oh my god, are you okay? And I was like, Absolutely not!, I mean, I couldnt even put weight on it, but I was like, Whatever Ive done, I dont think I can make it any worse, so I was like, Put the Walls on me. When you did, I remember you turning me over and thinking, REALLY bad decision! Like holy shit, I remember you putting me down on the table, and I had to go back in [the ring] to do the spot I was like, Oh my god, am I going to be able to get up to the ring? And I was like, I gotta go", "I remember uh, rolling to the floor and just curling up in a fetal position, Vince coming out and saying, Whatd you do? and me saying, I tore my quad., I felt it when it went, man, I felt it just roll up to my hip. [8][9] Later in his career, Triple H gained notability for his behind-the-scenes work at WWE, creating the developmental branch NXT, and gaining praise for his business acumen in professional wrestling. Triple H did more than his part despite the significance of his injury, hitting not one but two pedigrees! The thought of Triple H sitting in the hospital all night in his gear still covered in blood and confetti is a heavy one. While giving a farewell speech the next night, Sheamus attacked him and set up a rematch at Extreme Rules on April 25. During this hiatus, Reigns regained the championship from Sheamus on the following episode of Raw. On April 27 at the Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, John Cena defeated Triple H in the first match ever featured on a Saudi pay-per-view event. [217], In 2014, Levesque and his wife Stephanie created the Connor's Cure cancer fund in honor of Connor "The Crusher" Michalek, a WWE fan who died of cancer at the age of eight. Affiliation . Medically necessary but they looked ridiculous on him. as she watched her husband on the monitor backstage. Triple H's best friend and DX partner never returned to in-ring competition after he lost his career vs. streak match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26. As such, they booked a reunited DX to face the Brothers of Destruction one last time at Crown Jewel in 2018. [134] On the January 11, 2010, episode of Raw, Mike Tyson, who was the Raw guest host for the night, teamed with Jericho to face DX; at the end of the bout, Tyson turned on Jericho and aligned himself with Triple H and Michaels. The time was right, and there it was. [16] Later on in the night, he betrayed his long-time friend and fellow DX member X-Pac by helping Shane McMahon retain the European Championship and joined The Corporation. A knee injury would briefly sideline him, though his feud with The Rock would pick up again after Survivor Series. It was a brutal injury that came at a straightforward moment in the match. Stephanies reaction to the injury could be described as if she were reacting to a death in the ring. In this role, he oversaw the company's Talent Development department and served as a senior advisor to the CEO for talent strategy. [101] Triple H's title reign at No Mercy is the fifth shortest reign in WWE history, only lasting through the duration of the event. 1998;18:64-6. An unstable feeling knee. World Heavyweight Title", "World Heavyweight Title (W.W.E. Over the course of his 10+ plus year wrestling career, his kn. )", "NXT development system preparing WWE for the future", "Salaries of Vince McMahon, Triple H and Other WWE Executives Revealed", "Chyna, Triple H and DX Will be Inducted into 2019 WWE Hall of Fame", "Triple H appears at WWE WrestleMania 38, leaves his boots in the ring", "An Interview With WWE Star Triple H Paul Levesque", "The don't call him "the Game" for nothing", "Triple H vs. Cactus Jack Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship", "Triple H vs. Goldberg for the World Heavyweight Championship", "Triple Threat Match: Randy Orton def. I rolled with the shot. At one point, Jericho had Austin trapped in the Walls of Jericho and Triple H ran in to break it up, but just as he did, he suffered a tear in his left quadriceps muscle,[5][67] causing it to come completely off the bone. New, Further Proof Triple H Has Changed WWE For The Better At one point, Randy bizarrely ran into the ring with a steel chair, setting up to hit Triple H in the back but then decided against it, running back out of the ring with the steel chair in hand. On June 1, 1996, Hunter appeared on an episode of Superstars in a match against Marty Garner. That is the reason the WWE Universe refer to him as The Cerebral Assassin and The King of Kings, as he knew how to weaken his opponents before taking them down for good. This has nothing to do with Rob. Miles is averaging 14.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game this season. Hunter sat down with an opponent from the match, Chris Jericho, on the Talk Is Jericho podcast, and they went over the match together and talked about this Triple H injury. [157] Six days later at SummerSlam, Triple H lost to Lesnar after submitting to the Kimura Lock, breaking his arm again in storyline. Some authors mistakenly believe that in this . I said, are you ready? "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.100), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. Triple H won the match, winning his eleventh world championship and sixth WWE Championship,[100] then defended his title against Umaga in his regularly scheduled match after Mr. McMahon declared the match to be for the WWE title. Anyone who chooses pro wrestling as a career path knows the inherent dangers that wait for them every time they walk through the curtains. Unfortunately, at Royal Rumble 1998, he faced Undertaker in a casket match and took a bad bump off the corner of the casket. [36] After losing the title, he feuded with Goldust, defeating him on March 23 at WrestleMania 13. I want to come back and be on top. It was not to his spine as the WWE said but was to his face. [68] Triple H then became exclusive to the SmackDown! Ex-WWE referee Marty Elias held up the dreaded X sign to signal that a legitimate injury had taken place, and the quality of the match had come to a screeching halt, as Triple H was visibly struggling. "No. RELATED:Triple H: 5 Reasons He Was Better In DX (& 5 Reasons He Was Better In Evolution). Triple H ran into a familiar face in 2011 as his former Kliq partner Kevin Nash made his return to WWE. [121] At WrestleMania 25 on April 5, Triple H defeated Orton to retain the title. [184] After WrestleMania 32, with The Authority now disbanded, Triple H competed in the WWE Live tour of the United Kingdom in late April before taking a hiatus from WWE television. [234] During an appearance on First Take on March 25, 2022, Levesque gave his first interview since being hospitalized. I hope you enjoy watching. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he currently serves as the chief content officer for WWE. [198] The final match of his career took place on the January 11, 2021 episode of Raw when he faced Randy Orton in an "unsanctioned fight", which ended in a no-contest after Alexa Bliss and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt got involved. [34][42] As 1998 went along, DX became more popular, turning the group from villains to fan favorites. Such was the case with each of the injuries Triple H sustained. He is a long-time fan of wrestling based out of Adelaide, Australia. [6] DX defeated The Spirit Squad on June 25 at Vengeance in a 5-on-2 handicap match. [203] The group made an additional appearance at Raw is XXX on January 23, 2023. Their group ran roughshod over the WWE for several months. "I feel completely safe in the ring with Rob every time Im in there with him. [a], Triple H won a number of championships in his career, being a five-time Intercontinental Champion, a three-time world tag team champion (two World Tag Team Championship reigns, and one Unified WWE Tag Team Championship reign), a two-time European Champion, and a fourteen-time world champion, making him the company's seventh Triple Crown Champion and second Grand Slam Champion. After eliminating Reigns, he then eliminated Dean Ambrose to secure his second Royal Rumble win and 14th (and final) world championship. He suffered a storyline concussion and was deemed to have forfeited. [10][214], In 2010, Levesque's role in WWE as an Executive Senior Advisor was officially formalized as he was given an office at the company's headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. [81] Triple H was drafted to the SmackDown! One of the participants in that match, Rob Van Dam, had a moment in the match where he jumped off the pod, using his Five-Star Frog Splash. [175], The Authority were briefly removed from power after losing a five-on-five tag team elimination match on November 23 at Survivor Series after Sting made his WWE debut to assist their opponents. In April, he started to move away from his DX look, taping his fists for matches, sporting new and shorter wrestling trunks and adopting a shorter hairstyle. DDT 15. I basically sat bloody in the hospital with my gear on until about eleven or noon today. Triple H then attacked him with a sledgehammer and he was carried from the ring on a stretcher.[72]. On August 18 at SummerSlam, Triple H served as the special guest referee for the WWE Championship match between champion John Cena and Daniel Bryan. Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. Authors . [220] On September 2, Levesque elevated to Chief Content Officer as announced by the company four days later. Two days later he woke up in bed, unable to move, and suddenly he. Triple H was hobbling slowly, and whilst Edge was as ginger as he could with him, Randy Orton was confused and panicked a bit, with the match losing structure. [166][167][168] Despite being medically cleared to wrestle before the June 3 episode of Raw, Vince and Stephanie McMahon did not allow Triple H to wrestle Axel, citing concerns for his well-being and the safety of his children. [126], On the August 10 episode of Raw, Triple H met with Michaels at an office cafeteria in Texas where Michaels was working as a chef; throughout the show, Triple H tried to convince Michaels to return to WWE from hiatus. [92] On April 30 at Backlash, Triple H was involved in another WWE Championship match, fighting Edge and Cena in a triple threat match, where he lost again. More importantly, Ian is also a wrestling fan, comic book reader, video game player and photographer. On the February 23 episode of Raw, Triple H confronted Orton, before attacking him, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes (a group known as The Legacy) with a sledgehammer and chasing them from the arena. [134] This came about after Hornswoggle sued DX for emotional and physical distress due to them not allowing him to join DX. [229], Levesque is an avid fan of English rock band Motrhead, who performed three different entrance themes for him over his career, and was good friends with the band's frontman Lemmy until Lemmy's death in December 2015. [146] WWE later announced that Triple H had sustained a fractured vertebra, and would be out of action. Never one to do things halfway, Triple H decided the best option was to tear his right quadricep, five years to the day after returning from his left quad tear. Survivor Series 2002 featured the first appearance of the Elimination Chamber match. By that point, Helmsley had all but dropped the "blueblood snob" gimmick, appearing in T-shirts and leather jackets. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. [176] However, The Authority were reinstated on the December 29 episode of Raw after Rollins coaxed Cena into reinstating them by holding Edge hostage. HOUSTON (AP) Nikola Jokic recorded his 100th career triple-double and Jamal Murray had 32 points as the Denver Nuggets coasted to a 133-112 victory over . Triple H went on to defeat Kane at No Mercy on October 20, unifying the two titles. However, he couldn't enjoy much time with the title as he endured a legitimate knee injury, and he had to relinquish the title. Unfortunately, at Royal Rumble 1998, he faced Undertaker in a casket match and took a bad bump off the corner of the casket. In mid-September 1998, reigning Intercontinental Champion Triple H was sidelined with a serious knee injury. [69] Stephanie aligned with Jericho afterward,[69] but she was forced to leave after losing a triple threat match on the March 25 episode of Raw when she was pinned by Triple H.[70] The divorce, and thus the storyline, was finalized on July 21 at Vengeance. He's been a fan of the sport since 2004, and also has a little experience by wrestling pillows in front of an imaginary crowd. One of Bischoff's first intentions was to follow up on the nWo's plan and bring Triple H over to the Raw roster. Two were career-threatening injuries, while another came close to ending his life. [134] After being taken to court where they were ruled guilty by a jury and judge consisting of dwarves, Michaels told Triple H that Hornswoggle could be the mascot. [65] Triple H then became a world tag team champion by winning the WWF Tag Team Championship for the first time at Backlash on April 29 when he and Austin defeated Kane and The Undertaker in a "Winner Take All" tag team match. [5] Sable was his valet at WrestleMania XII on March 31 and after his loss to The Ultimate Warrior,[31] as part of the storyline, he took his aggressions out on her. Perfect became his manager and he won the Intercontinental Championship for the first time on October 21, 1996, defeating Marc Mero. He is signed on the RAW brand. "This was something that was an accident. [19] In July 1992, he defeated Mad Dog Richard to win the IWF Heavyweight Championship. [51], After a brief run as a face that saw him defeat Chris Benoit on October 22 at No Mercy,[57] Triple H reverted to his heel persona and restarted his feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin when it emerged that Triple H had paid off Rikishi to run down Austin at Survivor Series, causing him to take a year off. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.102), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. It led to a couple of matches between the two at WrestleMania 26 and Extreme Rules 2010. [44], The following night on Raw Is War, Triple H defeated Mankind to win his first WWF Championship. [170] Along with his wife Stephanie, they subsequently created The Authority, with The Shield (Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose) as his enforcers, Kane as the Director of Operations and Orton as their hand-picked WWE Champion. On the June 6 episode of SmackDown!, Triple H defeated Hogan in a #1 contender match for the WWE Undisputed Championship at King of the Ring against The Undertaker, but was unsuccessful at the event on June 23. Also during this time, Triple H began a feud with the leader of the Nation of Domination and rising WWF villain, The Rock. In 2000, he suffered a career-threatning injury when his left quadriceps muscle became completely detached from his kneecap. [125] At Night of Champions on July 26, he again lost a title match to Orton in a triple threat match involving John Cena. [15] Following his graduation in 1987, Levesque continued to enter bodybuilding competitionshaving taken up bodybuilding at the age of 14 because he wanted to look like professional wrestlersand won the 1988 Mr. Teenage New Hampshire competition at the age of 19. At WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, Triple H lost, which extended Undertaker's undefeated streak to 190; Undertaker was carried from the ring on a stretcher whereas Triple H left on his own accord. What began as an on-screen storyline marriage in 2000 became a real-life romance when Levesque began dating Stephanie McMahon. [177] Back in power, Triple H began feuding with Sting, whom he defeated in a no disqualification match on March 29 at WrestleMania 31 after interference from D-Generation X. In mid-September 1998, reigning Intercontinental Champion Triple H was sidelined with a serious knee injury. Triple H returned to the ring 13 days after Survivor Series, so given the closeness of the dates, it might have been a legitimate consideration. Once the swelling goes down, I have to see. On January 23 at the Royal Rumble, he retained the WWF Championship in a Street Fight after performing two Pedigrees on Foley. Triple H being Triple H, he continued to wrestle for the next several weeks until he was finally pulled from house shows as well as the European tour. His next three were as simply WWE Champion, while his ninth reign was as WWE World Heavyweight Champion. [17] Despite his inability to place any weight on his leg, Triple H was able to complete the match. CM Punk (No Disqualification Match)", "WWE Raw SuperShow results: The "Laurinaitis Era" begins", "Triple H & CM Punk vs. During the match, SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero announced that Edge had returned and introduced him into the contest. While most heels rely mostly on only some of these aspects, there are certain wrestlers like Triple H who possess all these qualities at once. [24] Between late 1994 and early 1995, Lvesque briefly teamed with Lord Steven Regal, whose upper class British persona was similar to Lvesque's character. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.106), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. Moves 3- Brawler: Fury Punch 5. She supposedly fell to her knees and shrieked, "Noooooooo!" He regained the championship from Orton on September 12 at Unforgiven. Triple H wound up requiring surgery once he was back in the United States and, after lengthy rehabilitation, returned to the ring for WrestleMania 35, where he defeated Batista. When RVD went for the Five-Star Frog Splash off the top of one of the pods, he accidentally landed with his knee on Triple H's throat. At the 1998 Royal Rumble event, Shawn Michaels faced The Undertaker in a Casket Match. On December 13 at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, DX defeated Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and Big Show) to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Ian's also an unrepentant, unapologetic Cougar Town fan, a show he will defend until the day he dies. brands. [160] The following week, Triple H issued a challenge to Lesnar, requesting a rematch with him at WrestleMania 29 on April 7, which Lesnar accepted on the condition that he could choose the stipulation. 139 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the, Metal Hammer's Spirit of Lemmy Award (2016), This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 06:01. Triple H has seen his share of injuries in his career. [109] He defended the championship over the summer by defeating the likes of Edge on July 20 at The Great American Bash[110] and The Great Khali on August 17 at SummerSlam,[111] and was the only champion to retain his title at Unforgiven's Championship Scramble matches on September 7. Triple H remained outside the ring for most of the match, with Kane chokeslamming him through the announce table to cover for the injury. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.95), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. The injury took him out of action for two months as The Game didn't return to in-ring competition until November 1998 when he defeated Al Snow at a house show. The August 17, 1998 episode of Raw featured a Street Fight between DX and The Nation that saw Triple H left bloodied and brutalized at the hands of Rock, Brown, Mark Henry and Kama. [74] He went on to claim that, after Vick was killed in a car crash, Kane (the driver) raped her corpse. [91] Subsequently, Triple H defeated Flair in a non-title Last Man Standing match on November 27 at Survivor Series to end their feud.[91]. Eventually, after numerous attempts, Levesque persuaded Arcidi to introduce him to former wrestler Killer Kowalski, who ran a professional wrestling school in Malden, Massachusetts. But not surprisingly, Triple H kept playing the game and delivered two Pedigrees, one of them through the Spanish announce table. [13], On September 6, 2022, WWE announced that Triple H was promoted to Chief Content Officer of the company. [172] In order to end Bryan's title reign, Triple H re-formed Evolution with Orton and Batista on the April 18 episode of SmackDown, but Bryan remained champion due to The Shield turning on The Authority. At the event, DX defeated The Brothers of Destruction, but the victory came at a great cost as Triple h tore his pectoral muscle during the match, and had to undergo surgery to repair the damage. [153] At No Way Out on June 17, Triple H challenged a non-present Lesnar to a match at SummerSlam,[154] which Heyman refused on Lesnar's behalf the following night on Raw. So I called the office [of WWE] and was like, I need to stay down here. But for those who turn the dial to 11 every night no matter what city they're in, they get intense injuries to match. [233], In September 2021, WWE reported that Levesque underwent a procedure at Yale New Haven Hospital following a "cardiac event" caused by a genetic heart issue. More details:", Paul Levesque's executive profile at WWE.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triple_H&oldid=1141671325, Most Hated Wrestler of the Decade (20002009), Ranked No. [Photo: SEScoops]Whether you are a fan or not, you cannot deny the toughness of Triple H. This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It was just one of those things. One was delivered not long after tearing his quad as the match was still going on. 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