Triple H for the final time, AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe in a no DQ, no count-out match for the WWE Title, The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler, Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte for the Smackdown Women's Title", "6/29 WWE Live Results: Tokyo, Japan (Second night in Tokyo, Triple H and Nakamura team)", "Friday Night SmackDown to celebrate 25 Years of Triple H in WWE", "1/11 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of WWE Champion Drew McIntyre's first comments since testing positive for COVID-19, Triple H's show opening segment, the continued build to the Royal Rumble", "WWE star Triple H announces retirement from in-ring action after heart surgery", "Breaking: @TripleH announced his retirement from in-ring competition on @espn @firsttake with @stephenasmith", "WWE announces Paul 'Triple H' Levesque's promotion to chief content officer", "10/10 WWE Raw results: Powell's live review of Bobby Lashley vs. Seth Rollins for the U.S. [165], The next night on Raw, Triple H wrestled Heyman's newest client, Curtis Axel. Naturally, that aggravated the injury and made it even worse. The match was thrilling, and the crowd was hot, everything was going really well, and the boys were going to enjoy a few beers and celebrate after this performance all that changed during the latter stages of the match. He later won the Royal Rumble and received an Undisputed WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X8, defeating Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship. As a result of this Triple H injury, he missed the whole WCW Invasion storyline. [5][67] He and Austin were defending the WWF Tag Team Championship against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. brand, leaving the Raw brand without a world champion. ", followed by a parody of rival promotion WCW's ring announcer Michael Buffer's famous catch-phrase, "Let's get ready to rumble", substituting the word "rumble" with the DX slogan, "suck it". But he's had some nasty injuries pile up over the years. Unfortunately, Triple H suffered what was described as a severely strained groin. [16] He did not hold the title long, as he was sidelined with a legitimate knee injury. Triple H suffered a knee injury in 1998 and when he returned, he left the group and joined the Corporation. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! [123] He teamed with Shane McMahon and Batista against Orton and The Legacy in a six-man tag match for the WWE Championship on April 26 at Backlash, which they lost after Orton pinned Triple H.[124] He lost a Three Stages of Hell title match to Orton on June 28 at The Bash. In late October, Nash jumped Triple H with a sledgehammer, The Game's weapon of choice, and kayfabe injured his spine. It's not clear whether the Boss Man involvement was a back-up plan or not, if WWE actually had belief that Helmsley could make the show. Triple H's long career saw him overcome several major injuries, some of which put him on the shelf for months at a time. (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). In 2011, the Pro Wrestling Torch stated that he was "widely regarded as the best wrestler in North America" by 2000. In mid-September 1998, reigning Intercontinental Champion Triple H was sidelined with a serious knee injury. [44], The following night on Raw Is War, Triple H defeated Mankind to win his first WWF Championship. They were needed for support as the groin injury healed. [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. [22] The team was short-lived, however, as Levesque left for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in January 1995 after WCW turned down his request to be promoted as a singles competitor. 7 1999. "I remember thinking, This is one of the toughest dudes Ive ever been in the ring within my life! because you finished that match with a torn quad, came BACK in the ring to make the save with the sledgehammer, took a Walls [of Jericho] I mean, that was incredible, man. However, he continued making occasional appearances in an executive role for NXT. 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. But The Game managed to continue in the match and even eliminated Sheamus from the bout before he tapped out to Cena's STF. But not surprisingly, Triple H kept playing the game and delivered two Pedigrees, one of them through the Spanish announce table. As such, they booked a reunited DX to face the Brothers of Destruction one last time at Crown Jewel in 2018. Two were career-threatening injuries, while another came close to ending his life. The tenacious Triple H. The Injuries of Triple H Trauma to a wrestler can be severe and derail a career. It felt honestly like my kneecap just kind of blew over to the side of my leg, which wasnt my kneecap moving so much as it was just the quad ripping off and sliding over to the side. [16] His gimmick changed as he fought to earn a WWF Championship opportunity. [158][159], Triple H returned on the February 25, 2013 episode of Raw, brawling with Brock Lesnar after he attempted to attack Mr. McMahon. Triple H went on to become a fourteen-time world champion. Shawn Michaels could see the match was breaking down and took control of the situation. But the match didn't go as planned as Triple H tore his right quadriceps muscle 15-minutes into the contest. [216] That year, he earned a combined salary of just over $1.5 million from his front office job and as a wrestler. [11], In 2020, Levesque became WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development. "[210] Triple H using his relationship with the McMahon family to continually dominate the spotlight and book himself in high-profile matches has been a subject of criticism since his full-time career ended. After a strong freshman campaign, she has continued the Irish's tradition of strong guard play. [78] Triple H lost the championship to Chris Benoit on March 14 at WrestleMania XX in a triple threat match also involving Michaels. [139], On the February 21, 2011 episode of Raw, Triple H returned, interrupting the return of The Undertaker and challenging him to a match at WrestleMania XXVII, which later became a No Holds Barred match. Triple H fought Shawn Michaels in a Last Man Standing match on January 25, 2004 at the Royal Rumble to a double countout, so he retained the title as a result. [178] After his match with Sting, he and Stephanie McMahon were later confronted by The Rock and Ronda Rousey during a promo regarding the record crowd at the event. Levesque had a brief feud with Alex Wright that ended on December 27 at Starrcade[5] with Wright pinning him. [104] Triple H retained the title against Orton on May 18 at Judgment Day in a steel cage match[105] and again on June 1 at One Night Stand in a Last Man Standing match. Plus, Dr. Scott Connelly! Firstly, he attacked rival Roman Reigns with a Pedigree, allowing former Authority stable member Seth Rollins to eliminate him, before attacking Rollins with a Pedigree, allowing Kevin Owens to win the title. [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. Triple H went on to defeat Kane at No Mercy on October 20, unifying the two titles. He said that Stephanie noticed he was coughing up blood, and doctors subsequently discovered fluid in his lungs and around his heart; they informed him that his heart was working at a fraction of its full strength and that he was in a "bad" state of heart failure. The majority of these were produced by Jakks Pacific and Mattel, making Levesque one of the most produced wrestlers in history.[235]. This ended in a match between the two at WrestleMania XIV on March 29, 1998, with the stipulation that Chyna had to be handcuffed to then-Commissioner Sgt. It just happened. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.119), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. My necks very thick from training it. Thankfully the swelling went down. [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. In a modified version of his gimmick in WCW, Levesque started his WWF career as a "Connecticut Blueblood". New, Top WWE Tag Team "On The Fence" About Splitting Up Regardless, Triple H's longtime friend Kevin Nash attacked Punk immediately after the match to allow Alberto Del Rio to become the new champion. WWE is constantly trying to outdo itself at their Saudi Arabian events. [174] Batista quit WWE on the Raw after Payback after Triple H refused to grant him his shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. [84] At New Year's Revolution on January 9, 2005, Triple H won an Elimination Chamber match to regain the World Heavyweight Championship after last eliminating Orton, then retained the title against him on January 30 at the Royal Rumble to end their feud. 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. [90] Flair defeated Triple H in a steel cage match on November 1 at Taboo Tuesday for Flair's Intercontinental Championship. Dr. James Andrews had to perform the same procedure on Triple H again, and The Game got sidelined from action until that year's SummerSlam PPV. [157] Six days later at SummerSlam, Triple H lost to Lesnar after submitting to the Kimura Lock, breaking his arm again in storyline. [94] They continued their feud with Mr. McMahon, Shane McMahon and The Spirit Squad for several weeks. Bruising usually appears within 2-3 days. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.104), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. He now works as a wrestling list writer for Valnet, Inc, covering thesportster. That, plus other nagging injuries, would keep him out of action for several months. Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler. "For me, the doctor said it was a lot of things. However, the same Undertaker who pushed HBK into retirement brought him back to the ring when he and his brother Kane challenged Triple H and Shawn Michaels to a tag team match at the 2018 Crown Jewel PPV in Saudi Arabia. [202] On the October 10 episode of Raw, he, along with Shawn Michaels, X-Pac, and Road Dogg, held a DX reunion to celebrate the stable's 25-year anniversary. RELATED:10 Best Years Of Triple H's WWE Career, Ranked. [144] After repeated attacks from these wrestlers in various matches, the majority of WWE's on-screen staff gave Triple H a vote of no confidence. The improvisation of the match going to a no-contest may have sounded like it would be viewed negatively by the crowd. They had a dark match after an episode of Raw which was part of the build leading into their match at SummerSlam. They then defeated The Spirit Squad again on the July 15, 2006 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII in a 5-on-2 elimination match. "[200], According to the Wrestling Figure Checklist, Levesque had 412 action figures produced of his likeness between the 1990s and 2010s. [99] On October 7 at No Mercy, Triple H was originally scheduled to face Umaga in a singles match. Triple H ran into a familiar face in 2011 as his former Kliq partner Kevin Nash made his return to WWE. Triple H returns from injury - Raw, Jan. 7, 2002 WWE 12M. RELATED: 10 Things About Triple H's Life Outside Of Wrestling Fans Should Know. As Triple H was still Intercontinental Champion, the win made him a double champion. 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