He also owns just over $1.5 million in WWE stock. Here is video promo package showing Triple H's Quad tear injuries in May 2001 and January 2007 in HD. Mr. McMahon returned to relieve him of his duties on Raw, though he remained the COO. 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. [230] He sported Lemmy-inspired facial hair during the early 2000s[231] and spoke at Lemmy's funeral on January 9, 2016. 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). Elbow To Back Of Head 1. In this role, he oversaw the company's Talent Development department and served as a senior advisor to the CEO for talent strategy. [216] That year, he earned a combined salary of just over $1.5 million from his front office job and as a wrestler. It was a marginal improvement from his . During Goldberg's ill-fated early 2000s run with WWE, he and Triple H would feud with each other. 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. [52] Their feud culminated in a Last Man Standing match at Fully Loaded on July 23 which Triple H won. First of all, I have a defibrillator in my chest, which, you know, probably not a good idea for me to get zapped on live TV. Every Major Injury Of Triple H's WWE Career, Explained, 10 Things About Triple H's Life Outside Of Wrestling Fans Should Know, Every Wrestler Who Defeated Triple H In A Singles WWE PPV Match. 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. The injury was the real deal, reputedly caving in part of The Game's moneymaker. Triple H suffered a knee injury in 1998 and when he returned, he left the group and joined the Corporation. Triple H ran into a familiar face in 2011 as his former Kliq partner Kevin Nash made his return to WWE. Ian's also an unrepentant, unapologetic Cougar Town fan, a show he will defend until the day he dies. 7 1999. [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. [35] For a very brief time, Helmsley was accompanied by Mr. Hughes, who was his storyline bodyguard reminiscent of Ted DiBiase and Virgil. Grapple Moves: Grapple Punch 2 x2. [34] Even after the DX versus Hart Foundation storyline ended, he continued to feud with the sole remaining Hart family member Owen over the European Championship. [36] After losing the title, he feuded with Goldust, defeating him on March 23 at WrestleMania 13. Helmsley was being highlighted again in 1997, winning the 1997 King of the Ring tournament by defeating Mankind in the finals. [17], In 2004, Levesque released the book Making the Game: Triple H's Approach to a Better Body. [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. Unfortunately, at Royal Rumble 1998, he faced Undertaker in a casket match and took a bad bump off the corner of the casket. (ACL deficient knees) 0.81s difference between limbs. The following week, Triple H smashed Michaels' face into a car window to prove that Michaels was weak. He is signed on the RAW brand. While giving a farewell speech the next night, Sheamus attacked him and set up a rematch at Extreme Rules on April 25. People online were mocking it calling it the. I said, are you ready? [58] While Triple H said he had done it in order to shield Austin from the WWF Championship and end his career in storyline, Austin's previous neck injuries started bothering him again in reality, forcing him to have surgery. Unfortunately, at Royal Rumble 1998, he faced Undertaker in a casket match and took a bad bump off the corner of the casket. The stage was set for an incredible clash between Triple H and the first ever Undispited Champion, Chris Jericho. [76], Triple H eventually lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Shawn Michaels in the first Elimination Chamber match on November 17 at Survivor Series. [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. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. The angle was very unpopular with fans,[75] and was de-emphasized before the title match. He teamed up with Shawn Michaels at the 2007 New Year's Revolution PPV to take on Edge and Randy Orton. [185][186], On the August 29 episode of Raw, Triple H made his return by interfering in the main event for the recently vacated and established WWE Universal Championship. [217] He is also the founder and executive producer of WWE's NXT brand,[10] though he was not involved with the brand's "NXT 2.0" overhaul in the September of 2021. A week later, he attacked Sheamus with a Pedigree through a broadcast table in retaliation for Sheamus giving him a ten-month injury. I wasnt comfortable jumping off of there; it wasnt my idea to do it. [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. [187] This began a feud with Rollins, which culminated in a "non-sanctioned match" at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, 2017,[188] where Rollins defeated him. Before he could announce the decision, he was interrupted by the returning Undertaker. Evolution subsequently lost back-to-back matches with The Shield on May 4 at Extreme Rules[173] and on June 1 at Payback. Triple H is no exception. [122] On the April 13 episode of Raw, Triple H was drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 WWE draft. The man didnt even know whether his throat was fully crushed or not. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. He struggled to breathe, could barely talk, yet still went the distance in the match, making it to the end. [146] WWE later announced that Triple H had sustained a fractured vertebra, and would be out of action. 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. D-Generation X (Submissions Count Anywhere Match)", "Lots of wrestlers per match but no title changes at Survivor Series", "Caldwell's WWE TLC PPV Report 12/13: Complete PPV report on Cena vs. Sheamus, DX vs. JeriShow, Taker vs. Batista", "RAW: A bad trip on the Road to Wrestlemania", "Spoilers: WWE 2010 Tribute to the Troops results", "John Cena vs. CM Punk Undisputed WWE Championship Match", "WWE COO Triple H def. In 2000, he suffered a career-threatning injury when his left quadriceps muscle became completely detached from his kneecap. There is broad consensus that good outcome measures are needed to distinguish interventions that are effective from those that are not. "For me, the doctor said it was a lot of things. Angered at his loss, a bloodied Triple H used his sledgehammer to attack both Edge and Cena and then performed a number of DX crotch chops. He announced he would referee a match to unify both WWE Championships on August 14 at SummerSlam. Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. 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. Once he returned to the ring, you might remember him wrestling in some odd looking bicycle shorts. I knew that it was a really big deal, and I never want to hurt anyone anyway. 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. [81] Triple H was drafted to the SmackDown! RELATED:10 Best Stone Cold Vs Triple H Matches, Ranked. 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. In the midst of the match being slowed down, Shawn Michaels dived to the outside through the middle rope onto Orton to excite the fans while the crowd was relatively silent. [203] The group made an additional appearance at Raw is XXX on January 23, 2023. [17] Despite his inability to place any weight on his leg, Triple H was able to complete the match. My necks very thick from training it. Triple H after tearing his pectoral muscle, and after surgery. Triple H went on to defeat Kane at No Mercy on October 20, unifying the two titles. This has nothing to do with Rob. Triple H defended the World Heavyweight Championship inside the Elimination Chamber once again when he walked inside the structure at the 2003 SummerSlam PPV. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. Just being off like that, BAM. The hit caused a lot of swelling that made it almost impossible to breath. NEXT:5 Reasons Why Shawn Michaels Is Triple H's Best Rival (& 5 Why It's The Rock). It was just one of those things. In the weeks preceding the match, Triple H claimed that, several years earlier, Kane had an unrequited relationship with a woman named Katie Vick. [192] He subsequently defeated The Undertaker on October 6 at Super Show-Down in a match that was billed as the "Last Time Ever". And unfortunately, when your throat swells, you cant breathe. As it turned out, Triple H was legitimately injured in the match as he suffered a bicep tear. ", "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. New, Top AEW Star Has "Zero Interest" In Going Back To WWE ", 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". Triple H has had an amazing career. Two were career-threatening injuries, while another came close to ending his life. 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. So I called the office [of WWE] and was like, I need to stay down here. [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. Triple H returned to Raw as a face on January 7, 2002, at Madison Square Garden. But RVD misjudged the timing and ended up landing hard on The Game's throat, which caused a swelling inside the throat that put pressure on his esophagus and trachea. I said, Im telling ya, and he put his hand in there and was like, Wow, you did. He could feel the divot and stuff. [112] He successfully defended it against Jeff Hardy both on October 5 at No Mercy[113] and Cyber Sunday on October 26. When Triple H returned to action a few months later after that injury he looked a lot bigger. [82] Triple H was traded back to Raw without competing on SmackDown! The opponents actually recounted the match in full on the 'Talk is Jericho' podcast. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he currently serves as the chief content officer for WWE. On the January 3 episode of Raw Is War, Triple H defeated Big Show to win his third WWF Championship. Triple H has seen his share of injuries in his career. It caused swelling on the inside of my throat, which closed my airway down. [26] Helmsley made his WWF pay-per-view debut on August 27 at SummerSlam, defeating Bob Holly. [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. While Triple H managed to continue the match and also walked out for the last segment of the show, the damage was already done as The Game reportedly passed out immediately after getting backstage. I rolled with the shot. DDT 15. [121] At WrestleMania 25 on April 5, Triple H defeated Orton to retain the title. He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994 and was soon repackaged as a French-Canadian aristocrat named Jean-Paul Lvesque. 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. While having a decorated career that spans close to thirty years, Triple H suffered three dramatic injuries within five years of each other. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.102), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. As usual, Triple H figured he was fine and went back out for the last segment of the show with Batista. Triple H won after Chyna threw powder into Slaughter's eyes, momentarily "blinding" him and allowing her to interfere in the match. Regardless, Triple H's longtime friend Kevin Nash attacked Punk immediately after the match to allow Alberto Del Rio to become the new champion. Female racers were 2.3 times more likely to have sustained a knee injury than male racers. RELATED: Every Wrestler Who Defeated Triple H In A Singles WWE PPV Match. Rob tried to protect me as best he could. [199], In September 2021, Triple H suffered from heart failure and a defibrillator was installed in his chest. Most men wouldnt be able to walk with a torn quad, let alone continue a wrestling match, but thats exactly what Triple H pulled off. [16] He dropped the WWF Championship to Mr. McMahon on the September 16, 1999 episode of SmackDown! It wasnt his fault; it wasnt my fault. Obviously, there was a story reason why Rock got such an easy win. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. And there are certain moves in the business that are high-risk moves. Throughout the remainder of 2015, The Authority aligned with Sheamus, who successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank contact immediately after Reign's victory. Once the swelling goes down, I have to see. Tibiofemoral dislocation is the variant that is deemed the most serious, with a higher risk of compromise to the popliteal artery and common peroneal nerve. [223], From 1996 to 2000, Levesque was in a relationship with fellow wrestler Joan "Chyna" Laurer. 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. 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. John Cena and Triple H (Orton retains WWE Title)", "Judgment Day spoils streak of good shows", "Keller's WWE Night Of The Champions PPV Report 6/29: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of event", "SummerSlam comes close to 'blockbuster' status", "Scramble matches make for wild Unforgiven", "Cyber Sunday: Triple H marches on as champion", "Edge def. 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. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. [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. The tenacious Triple H. The Injuries of Triple H Trauma to a wrestler can be severe and derail a career. At the 1998 Royal Rumble, Shawn Michaels suffered a debilitating back injury that would keep him retired from in-ring competition until 2002. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. However, this was a no-contest done right. But as of right now, they think its not structural damage; its just swollen tissue. Triple H's long career saw him overcome several major injuries, some of which put him on the shelf for months at a time. Answer (1 of 3): The injury of Stone Cold's knees is one that occurred over the accumulation of his 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. By that point, Helmsley had all but dropped the "blueblood snob" gimmick, appearing in T-shirts and leather jackets. Less than 85% on limb symmetry score is classified as abnormal ( ) Vertical Hop. Yeah, and its Hunter. )", "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. This forced Michaels to carry the load despite his lengthy in-ring absence. [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. [211] After his tag team match along with Michaels against Undertaker and Kane at Crown Jewel in 2018, Wade Keller from Pro Wrestling Torch wrote that Triple H "moves like the trees in Wizard of Oz". But The Game managed to continue in the match and even eliminated Sheamus from the bout before he tapped out to Cena's STF. 10 Recent Wrestling Moments That Shook The World, Triple H "Very Happy" With Failed Vince McMahon Prodigy's WWE Progress He loves to write and writes about what he loves. He is also a two-time Royal Rumble match winner, and a King of the Ring tournament winner. [] I will never wrestle again. [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. He defended the title against Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, and Kevin Nash at the event, but before he could get there, The Game went one-on-one with Goldberg in a dark match after an episode of Raw went off-air. It was Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho against Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin. [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. The injury Triple H ended up with was bad but it could have been much, much worse, possibly even life threatening. However, even the mightiest warrior have many wounds in his body, and similarly, Triple H has endured various injuries throughout his career. A consistent factor in Triple H's career of injuries seems to be playing through the pain until he just can't keep going. "This was something that was an accident. I was visibly upset about it. [125] At Night of Champions on July 26, he again lost a title match to Orton in a triple threat match involving John Cena. 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. [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. Tension between the two began in the weeks leading up to the event as Triple H convinced Batista to challenge for the WWE Championship instead of his World Heavyweight Championship. [34][39] Later that year, Shawn Michaels, Helmsley, Chyna and Rick Rude formed D-Generation X (DX). 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