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. 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. "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. The Game continued to compete despite the injury but ended up losing the title to Shawn Michaels. Triple H (Non-Sanctioned Match)", "Seth Rollins def. 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RVD is an exceptional athlete, and he uses a lot of that athleticism in his Five-Star Frog Splash, using the ropes as leverage, getting that extra spring, covering great distance, and adjusting his body mid-air But it wasnt natural for him to do all that on top of a pod. Triple H revealed whether or not he blamed Rob Van Dam. Naturally, that aggravated the injury and made it even worse. But his knee issues would continue to dog him throughout his career. He regained the championship from Orton on September 12 at Unforgiven. [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. 7 1999. "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. New, Potential Buyer Pulls Out Of Race To Purchase WWE? "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.100), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. The Rock and Triple H back in 1998 - the two are legends of the industry and shared a heated rivalry . Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969) is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. During the match, SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero announced that Edge had returned and introduced him into the contest. So I called the office [of WWE] and was like, I need to stay down here. In response, Triple H stormed out the arena and vowed to return to the ring the next week on Raw.[169]. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.116), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [122] On the April 13 episode of Raw, Triple H was drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 WWE draft. [49] He regained it three weeks later, in an Iron Man match on May 21 at Judgment Day,[50] only to lose it back to The Rock on June 25 at King of the Ring. [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. [16] He did not hold the title long, as he was sidelined with a legitimate knee injury. Sheamus attacked him weeks later, setting up a match at WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, which Triple H won. [59][60] A Three Stages of Hell match between the two at No Way Out on February 25, 2001 saw Triple H defeat Austin 21, thus ending their feud. Before he could announce the decision, he was interrupted by the returning Undertaker. 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. [118] That record stood until 2011 when John Cena won his ninth WWE Championship. [25] He appeared in taped vignettes, in which he talked about how to use proper etiquette, up until his wrestling debut on the April 30, 1995 episode of Wrestling Challenge defeating Buck Zumhofe. Few wrestlers go as hard in the ring or in the boardroom as Triple H does. I rolled with the shot. PWSTees.com Your favorite Pro Wrestling Stories, on a tee! [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. He made his professional debut on March 24, 1992, in Kowalski's promotion, the International Wrestling Federation (IWF), under the name "Terra Ryzing", defeating Tony Roy. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.121), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [181], On January 24, 2016, Triple H made his return during the Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as the unannounced 30th entrant. [232] He is a supporter of English football team West Ham United FC. [151], Triple H returned on the April 30 episode of Raw, when he refused to give in to Brock Lesnar's unreasonable contract demands, resulting in Lesnar attacking him and storyline breaking his arm. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.117), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [17] He even allowed Jericho to put him in the Walls of Jericho, a move that places considerable stress on the quadriceps. He was back in action within a couple ofweeks but stayed in the hospital overnight. as she watched her husband on the monitor backstage. [18], In early 1990, Levesque began to train as a professional wrestler at Killer Kowalski's school in Malden. [176] However, The Authority were reinstated on the December 29 episode of Raw after Rollins coaxed Cena into reinstating them by holding Edge hostage. Chris Jericho refers to it as: "The match that doesnt exist anymore because of the circumstances that happened after.". She supposedly fell to her knees and shrieked, "Noooooooo!" As a result of this Triple H injury, he missed the whole WCW Invasion storyline. The injury Triple H ended up with was bad but it could have been much, much worse, possibly even life threatening. [108] Triple H then went on to defeat John Cena cleanly to retain the WWE Championship on June 29 at Night of Champions. After several incidents (including grease grill burgers on fire and Michaels shouting at a little girl), Michaels agreed to team with Triple H to face The Legacy at SummerSlam, superkicked the girl, and quit his chef job. Team Authority (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match)", "KELLER'S WWE RAW REPORT 12/29: Lesnar and Heyman show up, Ziggler vs. Rusev in a champion vs. champion match, Edge & Christian host, Bryan's big announcement", "Ronda Rousey's takedown of The Authority makes headlines", "Roman Reigns def. [The doctors here] were saying I might never wrestle again, so I gotta stay here to rehab, and [the office] was like, Done, stay where youre at., "I lived in the Embassy Suites [located in Birmingham, Alabama] for nine months. Forty-two active college-age individuals (21 females, 20.66 1.46 y, 70.70 2.36 cm, 82.20 7.60 kg; 21 males, 21.57 1.28 y, 65.52 1.87 cm . He teamed up with Shawn Michaels at the 2007 New Year's Revolution PPV to take on Edge and Randy Orton. Despite the injury, Helmsley was still advertised for Survivor Series, in a first round match against The Rock. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. WWE Champion Triple H & Vladimir Kozlov (Triple Threat Match)", "Armageddon PPV results 12/14/08 Buffalo, NY", "Wrestlemania 25: HBK-Undertaker steals the show", "Caldwell's WWE The Bash PPV Report 6/28: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Orton vs. He was obviously injured but finished the match. [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. The unfortunate receiver to the splash was, as the article suggests, Triple H. Rob did his signature RVD taunt and leaped off the pod, but his leg connected with Triple Hs throat instead of hitting the mat. [207] His WrestleMania matches against Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XX, John Cena at WrestleMania 22, Cena and Randy Orton at WrestleMania XXIV, The Undertaker at WrestleManias X-Seven and XXVIII, and Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX have been considered among Triple H's best WrestleMania matches and some of the best matches in WrestleMania history. Triple H defended the World Heavyweight Championship inside the Elimination Chamber once again when he walked inside the structure at the 2003 SummerSlam PPV. The thought of Triple H sitting in the hospital all night in his gear still covered in blood and confetti is a heavy one. And unfortunately, when your throat swells, you cant breathe. [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. RELATED: Every Wrestler Who Defeated Triple H In A Singles WWE PPV Match. If an athlete suffers an injury in any sport, the game is stopped, and a team of trainers runs out to the injured player to assess the problem. and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, "A guide to collecting WrestleMania's biggest stars from WrestleMania 1 to 27", "W.W.W.F./W.W.F./W.W.E. [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. Triple H sold Sheamus' attack to perfection at the event but ended up sustaining a legitimate torn bicep, which took him out of action for several months. ", Dr. Andrews responded,"If I were you, Id stay with the best., "So I was like, Done." Triple H continued, "Kevin Wilk was there, and hes the best guy in the world [for physical training and rehabilitation of sports injuries]. Yeah, and its Hunter. One was delivered not long after tearing his quad as the match was still going on. [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. 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. But as of right now, they think its not structural damage; its just swollen tissue. 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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. He attended Nashua High School, where he played baseball and basketball. A popping or tearing sound at the time of injury. [106] Orton suffered a legitimate collarbone injury during the match, prematurely ending the feud. Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff then awarded Triple H the World Heavyweight Championship, represented by the Big Gold Belt (which previously had been used to represent the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship), making him the first World Heavyweight Champion. As DX faced RKO at New Years Revolution, Triple H's right quad just gave out. At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, 2014, Triple H lost to Bryan, thereby granting Bryan a part in the subsequent WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Batista and Orton,[171] which Bryan ultimately won. [73] Triple H retained his title against Rob Van Dam on September 22 at Unforgiven when Ric Flair hit Van Dam with a sledgehammer. [195] His final match on pay-per-view was a loss to Randy Orton at Super ShowDown on June 7. 1998 Aug;28(2):88-96. doi: 10.2519/jospt.1998.28.2.88. [141] This was followed by the announcement that he had been assigned to take over as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the WWE. The unhappy triad, also known as a blown knee among other names, is an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, and meniscus. [51] Triple H then entered a storyline with Chris Jericho, who upset Triple H by defeating him for the WWF Championship on the April 17 episode of Raw Is War before the title was returned to Triple H because of a fast count made by referee Earl Hebner, and Jericho's reign is not recognized. Ito et al. After The Game hit his pedigree on the announce table whilst dealing with the pain of a detached muscle, Shawn Michaels took a huge leap from the turnbuckle to the Spanish announce table, elbow dropping Orton in the process. Heres another thing, I remember coming up the ramp, and as we were getting to the top of the ramp, I was doing the math in my head Four months, rehab, can I be back for Mania? That was my whole mentality, cause it was like May when I did it, but I was thinking like, Man, I dont think SummerSlam is an option, but I know I could probably come back for later., I didnt know how bad it was, and I didnt know Dr. Andrews was going to come to me and go like, Yeah, you might never wrestle again", Dr. Andrews told Triple H, "Heres the thing, I dont know anybody thats ever come back from this from the level that you did it. After winning his first WWF Championship in 1999, he became a fixture of the company's main event scene,[4][6] and was widely regarded as one of the best wrestlers in North America by the turn of the millennium. Despite the injury, The Game finished the match by hitting Kane with a Pedigree and pinning him for the win. 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. No one had ever tried jumping off one of the pods before, and nobody really knew what it would feel like to bump on the steel and all the surroundings the Elimination Chamber came with. ", "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. On December 18, he defeated Nash at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs in sledgehammer ladder match, after attacking him with a sledgehammer. A wrestler can become a perfect heel when he combines various aspects like power, cunning, and wisdom in his efforts in taking down his adversaries. Triple H's quad injuries get a lot of focus due to how severe they were but his neck has given him a lot of issues over the years, too. 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. Heres what Triple H had to say from the segment: "Basically, I detached the muscle at the front of my leg from the bone of my kneecap. Extreme pain in the knee after a traumatic injury. 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[189], Despite being part of Kurt Angle's Team Raw on November 19 at Survivor Series, Triple H attacked him and caused him to be eliminated in their match against Team SmackDown, and he ultimately got credit for winning the match after he pinned Shane McMahon of Team SmackDown. [5][67] He and Austin were defending the WWF Tag Team Championship against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. Theyll take more pictures inside to make sure there wasnt any damage. [148] After initially refusing the rematch as he did not want to tarnish The Undertaker's legacy,[149] Triple H accepted the challenge after being called a coward who lives in Shawn Michaels' shadow, on the condition their rematch be contested inside Hell in a Cell. Rob himself was uncomfortable performing a move from the top of the pod, and it was never his idea to execute the daring splash. "It could have been a lot worse, and thats why they kept me last night and wouldnt let me leave the hospital, because they werent sure how bad it was, and if it did swell more, it could have still killed me.". before regaining it on September 26 at Unforgiven in a Six-Pack Challenge that included Davey Boy Smith, Big Show, Kane, The Rock and Mankind. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). However, he continued making occasional appearances in an executive role for NXT. [16] He dropped the WWF Championship to Mr. McMahon on the September 16, 1999 episode of SmackDown! It caused swelling on the inside of my throat, which closed my airway down. More impressively, one in five female alpine racers (22%) reported an ACL disruption, and females were 3.1 times more likely . Helmsley held the title for nearly four months before dropping it to Rocky Maivia on the February 13, 1997 special episode of Monday Night Raw, called Thursday Raw Thursday. 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. New, AEW Revolution 2023: 10 Things That Must Happen, Why It's Time To FINALLY Kill The Worst Trope In Wrestling, AEW Talent Set To Leave, Contract Not Being Renewed. During the second assault, Triple H sustained a legitimate injury which WWE later revealed as a fractured vertebra. I remember packing my bags in the Embassy Suites and saying like, Alright, here we go". 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. [161][162] The following week, after Triple H signed the contract and assaulted Heyman, the stipulation was revealed as No Holds Barred with Triple H's career on the line. [130], At Hell in a Cell on October 4, DX defeated The Legacy in a Hell in a Cell match. If a practical means to predict these forces existed, ACL injury risk could be attenuated. Rob tried to protect me as best he could. He is a long-time fan of wrestling based out of Adelaide, Australia. [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. and tried to reclaim the World Heavyweight title from Benoit in a WrestleMania rematch against Benoit and Michaels on April 18 at Backlash, but was unsuccessful. Triple H undergoes surgery in 2018 for a torn pectoral muscle in this exclusive extra from Creation and Destruction: Triple H's Road to WrestleMania, streami. [199], In September 2021, Triple H suffered from heart failure and a defibrillator was installed in his chest. However, he continued to make occasional on-screen appearances in non-wrestling roles, including on the April 24 episode of SmackDown, which was dedicated to his 25th anniversary in WWE. The injury was the real deal, reputedly caving in part of The Game's moneymaker. They had a dark match after an episode of Raw which was part of the build leading into their match at SummerSlam. [212] Jason Powell from Pro Wrestling Dot Net stated that wrestlers like Triple H, alongside Michaels, Undertaker, and Kane, "need to accept their limitations, stop pretending they belong in main events, and stop acting like being in these main events isn't stealing the spotlight (from newer talent)". [223], From 1996 to 2000, Levesque was in a relationship with fellow wrestler Joan "Chyna" Laurer. During the main event of the May 21, 2001 episode of Raw Is War, he suffered a legitimate and career-threatening injury. Triple H has had an amazing career. The improvisation of the match going to a no-contest may have sounded like it would be viewed negatively by the crowd. [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. Robs uncomfortable feeling was justified because it all went wrong. At the 1998 Royal Rumble event, Shawn Michaels faced The Undertaker in a Casket Match. [103] On April 27 at Backlash, Triple H won the title in a fatal four-way elimination match against Orton, Cena, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield, tying the record for most WWE Championship reigns with The Rock. It is mostly devoted to bodybuilding advice with some autobiographical information, memoirs, and opinions. [90] Flair defeated Triple H in a steel cage match on November 1 at Taboo Tuesday for Flair's Intercontinental Championship. [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. [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. [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. When we do them, we take a high risk; thats why theyre called high-risk moves. After SummerSlam, then WWE Undisputed Champion Brock Lesnar became exclusive to the SmackDown! Triple H is no exception. Triple H then defeated Chris Jericho for his third Intercontinental Championship on the April 5 SmackDown!,[64] and won it for a fourth time two weeks later by defeating Jeff Hardy. This was during a storyline where CM Punk had won the WWE Championship and left the company. [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. Group C had a 74.9% LSI with a SD of 13.3. At the New Years Revolution pay-per-view in 2007, it was DX up against Rated RKO. That same night, his stablemate Batista won the Royal Rumble match, earning a world title match at WrestleMania 21. He seems like the type of guy who stays focused on a task until the job is done, a real work hard, play hard kind of guy. 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