New, Potential Buyer Pulls Out Of Race To Purchase WWE? There is broad consensus that good outcome measures are needed to distinguish interventions that are effective from those that are not. Two were career-threatening injuries, while another came close to ending his life. brand on the March 22 episode of Raw and failed to capture the WWE Championship from Eddie Guerrero. WWE Champion John Cena; Randy Orton cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Bryan to become WWE Champion", "Daniel Bryan def. After eliminating Reigns, he then eliminated Dean Ambrose to secure his second Royal Rumble win and 14th (and final) world championship. [] I will never wrestle again. [147], Triple H returned on the January 30, 2012 episode of Raw to evaluate Laurinaitis' performance as general manager. [17] He won the Royal Rumble on January 20, receiving an Undisputed WWF Championship match on March 17 at WrestleMania X8,[68] where Triple H defeated Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship. Although he counted a pinfall for CM Punk to win, John Cena's leg was on the ropes, which would break the pin. [195] His final match on pay-per-view was a loss to Randy Orton at Super ShowDown on June 7. Ross asked Triple H how he felt seeing that footage, in response, he broke character (after 5 years of marriage) by admitting that Vince McMahon is his father-in-law, that Shane is his brother-in-law, and that Stephanie is his wife, creating a rivalry between Triple H and Orton. [73] Triple H retained his title against Rob Van Dam on September 22 at Unforgiven when Ric Flair hit Van Dam with a sledgehammer. 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. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.100), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. It was a marginal improvement from his . 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[81] He failed to win the title from Benoit on July 11 at Vengeance and on the July 26 episode of Raw in a 60-Minute Iron Man match after interference from Eugene, whom he defeated on August 15 at SummerSlam. 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 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. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.115), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. "This was something that was an accident. 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. However, Sheamus was still furious at Triple H, and he once again laid him out at their second encounter at Extreme Rules. On the one hand, it was amazing innovation and professionalism from Shawn Michaels to keep the crowd happy in such an awkward spot, and on the other hand, insane fortitude shown from Triple H. A week later, on RAW, a segment aired about this Triple H injury. He regained the championship from Orton on September 12 at Unforgiven. Triple H's fifth reign was as Undisputed WWF Champion. During the match, Triple H took a five-star frog splash from Rob Van Dam off the top of a pod. [96] At New Year's Revolution on January 7, 2007, DX and Rated-RKO fought to a no contest after Triple H suffered a legitimate torn right quadriceps (similar to the one he suffered in 2001 in his other leg) 15 minutes into the match. Levesque wrote his own chapter giving advice in entrepreneur Tim Ferriss' 2016 book Tools of Titans. Paul "Triple H" Levesque provides an update and comments on the knee injury suffered by Mae Young Classic performer Tegan Nox Thursday night, with thoughts from Nox following her hospitalization. World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE, World Heavyweight Champion and Evolution (20022005), Multiple WWE Championship reigns (20072009), Third run with D-Generation X (20092010), Post-retirement and corporate roles (2022present), Accusing Kane of murder and necrophilia (Katie Vick). At the New Years Revolution pay-per-view in 2007, it was DX up against Rated RKO. But the match didn't go as planned as Triple H tore his right quadriceps muscle 15-minutes into the contest. Some authors mistakenly believe that in this . [16] This storyline rivalry eventually led to a feud over the Intercontinental Championship, which Triple H won in a ladder match on August 30 at SummerSlam. [135] On the February 8 episode of Raw, DX lost the Unified Tag Team Championship to ShoMiz (The Miz and Big Show) in a triple threat elimination tag match, also involving The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows). The Intercontinental Championship has proven to be an important stepping stone for legendary careers, including The Rock and Triple H. For a portion of 1997, the future Hall of Famers feuded over the championship which led to an incredible match at SummerSlam that year. He revealed that he had viral pneumonia and inflamed lungs, which worsened over time. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.117), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [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. Its mostly just until the swelling goes down. Few wrestlers go as hard in the ring or in the boardroom as Triple H does. 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. When Triple H completely recovered from the quad injury he sustained in 2001 he must've sworn to be more careful in the ring. Despite that setback, he returned eight months later to Raw as a face on January 7, 2002, at Madison Square Garden. [152] Upon his return two weeks later, Triple H was confronted by Lesnar's legal representative, Paul Heyman, who announced Lesnar was filing a lawsuit against WWE for breach of contract. [101] After winning the Raw Elimination Chamber match on February 17, 2008 at No Way Out, Triple H gained a WWE Championship match by outlasting five other men, last eliminating Jeff Hardy after a Pedigree on a steel chair. [143] Triple H defeated Punk at Night of Champions despite interference from John Laurinaitis, Nash, The Miz and R-Truth. [200] Due to his newly discovered heart condition, Triple H announced his retirement from wrestling during an appearance on First Take on March 25, 2022. Ian's also an unrepentant, unapologetic Cougar Town fan, a show he will defend until the day he dies. [45], By January 2000, Triple H had dubbed himself "The Game", after stating he was above the top of the wrestling world (as in not merely the "best in the game", but in fact "the game") and was nicknamed "The Cerebral Assassin" by Jim Ross. 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The first-ever Elimination Chamber match took place at Survivor Series 2002. Obviously, there was a story reason why Rock got such an easy win. As a result of this Triple H injury, he missed the whole WCW Invasion storyline. Difficulty and pain in trying to move the knee. [138] Triple H made an untelevised appearance on October 30 at the WWE Fan Appreciation Event and also at the 2010 Tribute to the Troops. 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. 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. NEXT:5 Reasons Why Shawn Michaels Is Triple H's Best Rival (& 5 Why It's The Rock). I was still covered in blood with confetti on my back. When Triple H returned to action a few months later after that injury he looked a lot bigger. [16] He did not hold the title long, as he was sidelined with a legitimate knee injury. 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. [119], On the February 16 episode of Raw, Triple H made an appearance aiding Stephanie and Shane McMahon, after they were attacked by Randy Orton. There was a fantastic tag team match on the May 21st, 2001 edition of WWE Monday Night RAW. [106] Orton suffered a legitimate collarbone injury during the match, prematurely ending the feud. This Triple H injury caused an extraordinary amount of pain, and Triple H immediately started kicking against the mat furiously. 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. [174] Batista quit WWE on the Raw after Payback after Triple H refused to grant him his shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. 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[16] When The Rock won the WWF Championship on November 15 at Survivor Series,[43] the rivalry between the two continued, as DX fought The Corporation stable of which The Rock was the main star and Triple H received a shot at the WWF Championship on the January 25, 1999 Raw Is War in an "I Quit" match, but the match ended when Triple H was forced to quit or see his aide Chyna chokeslammed by Kane. The Game suffered bad swelling in the throat, and hes lucky it wasnt any worse than what it was. However, he was not able to enjoy the title for long as he suffered a legitimate knee injury and had to relinquish the title. It was, unfortunately, regarded by many as one of the worst matches of the year. Kebin Antony is a God-fearing, peace-loving pro-wrestling fanatic from South India. Triple H (Non-Sanctioned Match)", "Seth Rollins def. (27%) reported a history of a knee injury. [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. While having a decorated career that spans close to thirty years, Triple H suffered three dramatic injuries within five years of each other. 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. By that point, Helmsley had all but dropped the "blueblood snob" gimmick, appearing in T-shirts and leather jackets. The Rock and Triple H back in 1998 - the two are legends of the industry and shared a heated rivalry . Triple H revealed whether or not he blamed Rob Van Dam. In late October, Nash jumped Triple H with a sledgehammer, The Game's weapon of choice, and kayfabe injured his spine. Triple H defended his World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match at the 2002 Survivor Series PPV against Shawn Michaels, Booker T, Kane, Chris Jericho, and Rob Van Dam. Plus, Dr. Scott Connelly! This is a tough business. In mid-September 1998, reigning Intercontinental Champion Triple H was sidelined with a serious knee injury. [23] According to Levesque, J. J. Dillon originally gave him the name of Reginald DuPont Helmsley, but Levesque asked for a name to play with the first letters and management ultimately agreed to his suggestion of Hunter Hearst Helmsley. [1] Managed by John Rodeo, he wrestled for various promotions on the East Coast independent circuit until 1993.[20]. Jericho had Austin in the Walls of Jericho when Triple H swooped in to break it up. They had a dark match after an episode of Raw which was part of the build leading into their match at SummerSlam. Smackdown! [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. [33] Garner sued the WWF, eventually settling out of court and later discussed the incident in an appearance on The Montel Williams Show. Two of the men in that inaugural bout were Triple H and Rob Van Dam. [203] The group made an additional appearance at Raw is XXX on January 23, 2023. [108] Triple H then went on to defeat John Cena cleanly to retain the WWE Championship on June 29 at Night of Champions. It was Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho against Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin. During a match on Raw that featured Rosey and The Hurricane, Rosey performed a leg drop on Triple H that put a lot of pressure on his head and neck in the wrong way. During the match, SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero announced that Edge had returned and introduced him into the contest. This is one of the prices you have to pay for being in the professional wrestling industry. He now works as a wrestling list writer for Valnet, Inc, covering thesportster. [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. [5][68] After holding the title for a month, Triple H lost it to Hollywood Hulk Hogan on April 21 at Backlash. Mr. McMahon returned to relieve him of his duties on Raw, though he remained the COO. 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. The hit caused a lot of swelling that made it almost impossible to breath. I was still in my gear. So I called the office [of WWE] and was like, I need to stay down here. Two were career-threatening injuries, while another came close to ending his life. [136], On February 21, Triple H eliminated then WWE Champion Sheamus from the Elimination Chamber match, though he did not win the title. ", 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". "They needed to keep me overnight because they were afraid that if it swelled any more, my airway would close off, and before I would be able to tell anybody, I wouldnt be able to breathe, and I could die. 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 . 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Batista Flop Highlights One Of WWE's Biggest Problems", "Powell's WWE Super Show-Down live review: Undertaker vs. [182] He successfully defended the championship against Ambrose on March 12 at Roadblock,[183] and defeated Dolph Ziggler in non-title match two days later on Raw, but lost the championship to Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 32 on April 3, ending his last world championship reign at 70 days. This stable became known for pushing the envelope, as Michaels and Helmsley made risqu promosusing the catchphrase "Suck It" and a "crotch chop" hand motion[40]and sarcastically derided Bret Hart and Canada. [165], The next night on Raw, Triple H wrestled Heyman's newest client, Curtis Axel. [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. I remember packing my bags in the Embassy Suites and saying like, Alright, here we go". Levesque had a brief feud with Alex Wright that ended on December 27 at Starrcade[5] with Wright pinning him. [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. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon", "D-Generation X def. On the February 21 episode of Raw, Batista turned on Triple H and signed a contract to face him for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania. Triple H went on to become a fourteen-time world champion. RELATED: 10 Clean Triple H Losses We Forgot About. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. [179], The WWE World Heavyweight Championship was vacated after Rollins suffered a legitimate severe knee injury in November 2015 and a tournament to determine a new champion was held at Survivor Series on November 22, which was won by Roman Reigns. [85] At WrestleMania on April 3, Triple H lost the championship to Batista,[86] and subsequently lost two rematches on May 1 at Backlash[87] and on June 26 at Vengeance, where Batista became the first man to pin Triple H inside Hell in a Cell. But as it turned out, Triple H did sustain a legit injury in the attack. It wasnt good, and they wanted me to know they understood. Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! At the 1998 Royal Rumble event, Shawn Michaels faced The Undertaker in a Casket Match. Here is video promo package showing Triple H's Quad tear injuries in May 2001 and January 2007 in HD. [232] He is a supporter of English football team West Ham United FC. He knew I was concerned for a lot of reasons. [74] Triple H later threatened to show video footage of Kane committing the act in question; the footage that finally aired showed Triple H (dressed as Kane) simulating necrophilia with a mannequin in a casket;[74] Kane's tag team partner The Hurricane responded the following week by showing a video of Triple H (rather, someone wearing a Triple H series of masks) getting an enema. (ACL deficient knees) 0.81s difference between limbs. He was known backstage as one of the members of The Kliq, a stable of wrestlers including Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall, who were known for influencing Vince McMahon and the WWF creative team. [16] After failed attempts at winning the championship, Triple H and Mankind challenged then WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin to a triple threat match on August 22 at SummerSlam, which featured Jesse "The Body" Ventura as the special guest referee. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.110), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. Everything was coming with its set of first-time experiences. brand, leaving the Raw brand without a world champion. While falling, HBK hit . [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. During the match, DX embarrassed Vince by shoving his face in between Big Show's buttocks, and D-X won when Triple H broke a sledgehammer over the shoulders of Mr. McMahon after Michaels performed Sweet Chin Music on him. ", "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. Triple H: 5 Reasons He Was Better In DX (& 5 Reasons He Was Better In Evolution), 10 Best Stone Cold Vs Triple H Matches, Ranked, 10 Best Years Of Triple H's WWE Career, Ranked, 10 Wrestlers You Wouldn't Believe Beat Triple H, 5 Reasons Why Shawn Michaels Is Triple H's Best Rival (& 5 Why It's The Rock). The ailment would keep him out until late November, and necessitated the vacating of . 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