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Birth Date: July 27, 1969
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Birth Place: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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Birth Name: Paul Michael Levesque
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Height: 6'4"
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Triple H has done it all. He is the only man in WWE history
to become a Grand Slam Champion and to win both a King of
the Ring tournament and the Royal Rumble Match. He's a
10-time world champion, and he makes sure everyone knows it.
And at WrestleMania 22, the "King of Kings" says that he
will regain his throne by defeating WWE Champion John Cena.
Triple H expected to punch his WrestleMania ticket by
winning the Royal Rumble Match. But "The Game" drew No. 1,
putting him in the most difficult position possible. Despite
the odds, Triple H lasted until the final three competitors,
but he came up just short. Instead, Triple H fought his way
through the Road to WrestleMania Tournament to earn a WWE
Championship Match on the grandest stage of them all on
April 2.
Before returning his sights to the world championship,
Triple H battled the largest athlete in the world: Big Show.
"The Cerebral Assassin" first broke Big Show hand, then he
exploited the injury en route to victory at New Year's
Revolution. Triple H also clashed with former Evolution
member and friend, Ric Flair, saying it was time to put "The
Nature Boy" out of his misery.
Triple H made his WWE debut in the spring of 1995 as a
snobby blueblood. In May 1996, Triple H had his first
televised battle with Shawn Michaels on RAW. It was the
beginning of what would become one of the most important
pairings — as allies and foes — in WWE history. In October,
Triple H faced Stone Cold at Buried Alive in the origins of
another storied rivalry. Six days later, Triple H would
capture WWE gold for the very first time, winning the
Intercontinental Championship from Marc Mero on RAW. It was
the first of 19 WWE championship reigns to-date, including
10 times as the world champion.
After retaining his Intercontinental Championship against
Goldust at the Royal Rumble in January 1997, Triple H began
a rivalry with The Rock. Triple H would lose the
Intercontinental Championship to The Rock on RAW, but by
March, Triple H would hit another milestone: his first
WrestleMania victory. With newcomer Chyna by his side, he
beat Goldust (with Marlena) at WrestleMania 13. No one then
knew just how large an impact Triple H would have on the
biggest stage of them all.
Next, Triple H dominated the 1997 King of the Ring
tournament, beating Mankind in the finals. In the
pay-per-view battles and wild brawls that followed, Triple H
would be introduced to all three “faces of Foley.” He forced
a double count-out at Canadian Stampede; brawled with
Mankind in a SummerSlam Steel Cage; and beat Dude Love at
One Night Only in September.
Triple H has arguably formed the two most important factions
in WWE history. The first was conceived in October 1997.
Composed of himself, Chyna and best friend Shawn Michaels
and epitomizing WWE “Attitude,” they were known as
D-Generation X. The group was constantly amid controversy,
pushing the limits of tolerable behavior. One of its first
victims was WWE Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter, who fell to
Triple H in a December, 1997, “Boot Camp” Match in a
pay-per-view bearing the group’s name.
At this time, Michaels was both the World Heavyweight
Champion and European Champion, so D-Generation X devised a
method to spread around the riches. As an early Christmas
present, HBK literally laid down and allowed Triple H to pin
him to “win” the European Championship. Triple H feigned
tears in the ring, declaring how “hard” he had worked for
that moment to arrive. The farcical title change infuriated
WWE management, but that only fueled DX’s fire.
By early 1998, DX was a monster of the industry. On Jan. 20,
1998, European Champion Triple H hit a bump in the road. To
further make a mockery of the division, Triple H sent
Goldust out as his proxy for a match with Owen Hart. But
when Owen beat the “Bizarre One,” Slaughter declared it a
valid title match with Goldust defending on Triple H’s
behalf. So, Owen became the new European Champion.
By March, Triple H had taken back what was his. “The Game”
also made it two WrestleMania victories in a row by
retaining the European Championship against Owen Hart at
WrestleMania XIV.
The day after WrestleMania, Triple H assumed the DX
leadership (upon Michaels’ departure). To solidify the
group’s strength and take the outrage to a new level, Triple
H brought the New Age Outlaws and X-Pac into the fold.
Meanwhile, Owen Hart would join Nation of Domination,
pitting WWE’s two largest factions against each other. The
rival parties would battle continuously for the next five
months.
During that span, D-Lo Brown would wrest the European
Championship from Triple H. But “The Game” answered back by
winning the Intercontinental Championship from The Rock in a
SummerSlam Ladder Match. His success came with a price,
however. Triple H was forced to miss three months with a
serious knee injury.
Upon his return, Triple H took issue with the Corporation.
He fought Kane at WrestleMania XV , where Chyna again
shifted loyalties and rejoined D-Generation X. But The
Cerebral Assassin made heads spin when he and Chyna
surprised everyone by joining the Corporation that very same
night.
Triple H captured the WWE Championship for the first time
the night after SummerSlam 1999, beating Mankind.
Remarkably, he lost that championship to none other than Mr.
McMahon, who won his only world championship in an
unscheduled match that saw Shane McMahon officiate. During
the match, Stone Cold delivered a Stunner to the champ,
allowing McMahon to get the shocking win. McMahon vacated
the championship four days later, putting it up in a
Six-Pack Challenge, where Triple H won and regained the
championship.
The Cerebral Assassin then stepped between Stephanie McMahon
and fiancé Test — marrying Stephanie under questionable
circumstances before Test could. Mr. McMahon took great
exception to this series of events, leading to an Armageddon
Street Fight Match. During that match, Stephanie chose to
abandon her father and align herself with The Game, marking
the beginning of the McMahon-Helmsley era. Triple H won his
third WWE Championship one month later from Big Show on the
Jan. 3, 2000, edition on RAW.
In February at No Way Out, Triple H survived a vicious Hell
in a Cell Match with Cactus Jack, retiring Mick Foley in the
process. Then in April, Triple H delivered on another
significant accomplishment by becoming the first WWE
Champion to defeat an ECW Champion in Tazz.
The animosity between Triple H and Stone Cold reached a
fever pitch when in November of 2000, the Cerebral Assassin
was revealed as truly behind Stone Cold getting run over by
a car the year before. This led to a match at Survivor
Series, where Austin exacted vehicular revenge: When Triple
H tried to escape the arena in his car, Stone Cold lifted
the automobile with a construction crane — then let Triple H
and his car plummet to the earth.
Triple H miraculously recovered in time for No Way Out,
where he beat Stone Cold in a special best-of-three falls
contest featuring a traditional match, a Street Fight and a
Steel Cage Match. But in a shocker, Triple H aligned with
Stone Cold and Mr. McMahon the night after WrestleMania
X-Seven, then won the Intercontinental Championship three
days later from Chris Jericho. Triple H followed that up by
winning the World Tag Team Championship with Stone Cold at
Backlash.
In a span of two devastating days, Triple H lost the
Intercontinental Championship to Kane at Judgment Day and
then lost the tag titles to Y2J & Chris Benoit the following
night. In that match, Triple H tore his left quadriceps
muscle completely off the bone. Yet, “The Game” found the
heart to finish the bout. It took Triple H eight months of
hellacious rehab before he would return. Learn about his
long road back to health in his book, “Making the Game.”
Triple H came back on a special edition of RAW at MSG, and
he followed that up by winning the 2002 Royal Rumble Match,
earning an opportunity at the world championship. The Game
became the Undisputed WWE Champion at WrestleMania X8, where
he defeated Chris Jericho at Toronto’s SkyDome.
After facing Michaels at SummerSlam, Triple H claimed
another world championship on Sept. 2, 2002, after a unique
sequence of events. RAW had been left without a champion
after Brock Lesnar signed a contract exclusive to SmackDown.
In retaliation, then-RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff
introduced the World Heavyweight Championship — exclusive to
RAW. Bischoff declared its first champion would be Triple H.
World Heavyweight Champion Triple H continued his rivalry
with HBK and it carried into the Elimination Chamber at
Survivor Series, where Michaels came out on top. Triple H
regained the championship in a Three Stages of Hell Match on
Dec. 15, 2002, at Armageddon.
On Jan. 20, 2003, the Cerebral Assassin formulated a plan
that would change WWE forever. He aligned himself with "the
dirtiest player in the game," Ric Flair, Randy Orton and
Batista. Together, they were Evolution.
With the protection of his faction, Triple H held the World
Heavyweight Championship for most of 2003, finally losing it
to Goldberg at Unforgiven in late September. During that
lengthy reign, Triple H beat Kane in Mask vs. Championship
Match, revealing the Big Red Monster’s face.
In December, Triple H won back the World Heavyweight
Championship in an Armageddon Triple Threat Match. What
followed were a series of incredibly close matches with
Shawn Michaels, but Triple H managed to escape with his
title every time. The Game ran into a juggernaut at
WrestleMania XX, where Chris Benoit realized his lifelong
dream by beating The Game for the World Heavyweight
Championship.
Triple H hit another milestone when he was drafted to
SmackDown during a lottery in March of 2004. But the next
night, GM Bischoff had found the means to regain his star
attraction, trading the Dudleys and Booker T to SmackDown
for The Game.
In June, after a recent history that included two draws and
a Triple Threat Match, Triple H finally beat Michaels
decisively at Bad Blood. After 45 minutes of bloody carnage
and total exhaustion in Hell in a Cell, Triple H mercifully
ended the match, hitting Michaels with the Pedigree twice in
succession.
Evolution reached a crossroads when rising star Randy Orton
won the World Heavyweight Championship from Chris Benoit at
SummerSlam. “The Legend Killer” was a bit too far ahead of
schedule for Triple H’s liking, so in the infamous
“thumbs-down” incident on RAW, Triple H kicked Orton out of
Evolution. The Game then finished the job by beating Orton
for “his” championship at Unforgiven in September.
Triple H was then put at an unprecedented disadvantage when
he was forced to defend his World Heavyweight Championship
against one of three possible opponents at Taboo Tuesday.
Minutes before his match, the results of WWE fan voting
revealed none other than longtime rival Shawn Michaels as
his challenger. But the Cerebral Assassin effectively
exploited Michaels’ knee injury and successfully retained
the championship.
In November 2004 at Survivor Series, Triple H’s team lost to
Randy Orton’s team, giving Team Orton four weeks of control
of RAW. The Game tried to lure General Manager for-a-day
Maven into the Evolution fold, but when he refused, Triple H
defeated him. Next, the Cerebral Assassin outwitted GM Chris
Benoit by feigning injury, costing The Crippler his chance
at the World Heavyweight Championship.
When Orton’s turn as GM came around, chaos ensued. Edge and
Chris Benoit tied during a RAW roster Battle Royal, so Orton
ordered a Triple Threat Match also involving Triple H for
his championship. But Edge and Benoit simultaneously won,
forcing Mr. McMahon to vacate the World Heavyweight
Championship — despite The Game’s fervent protests. When
actual General Manager Eric Bischoff returned from vacation,
he ruled that the World Heavyweight Championship would be
won in the Elimination Chamber at New Year’s Revolution.
There, Triple H won his 10th world championship. |
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Professional wrestler.
Former WWF World, IC and European champion
Won the second ever 60-minute "Iron Man Match" against the
Rock at Judgement Day (year 2000).
Dated fellow WWF superstar Chyna for 4 years. (Feb 1997-Jan
2001)
Fourth ever person to keep his WWF Heavyweight title at
Wrestlemania
In an unofficial poll among wrestling fans in August 2001,
the question was "Will Triple H's Return Boost WWF Ratings?"
(Triple H was injured and off WWF TV at the time.) 75% said
yes, 19% say maybe and 5% said no.
Returned to WWF RAW IS WAR on January 7th 2002, after being
out for 8 months in rehab with torn left quadriceps muscle
completely off the bone.
Winner of 2002 Royal Rumble
Has also held the WWE Tag Team Championship
Held WWE Tag-Team Championship with Steve Austin
Retired Mick Foley at 2000 No Way Out PPV inside Hell in a
Cell.
Schooled by Killer Kowalski, along with Joanie Laurer and
Perry Saturn
Chosen as the #1 wrestler in the world in Pro Wrestling
Illustrated Magazine's tenth annual "PWI 500" in 2000.
After seven months of his current HHH character, in March
2003 he had to explain in a press conference that it
reflects the backstage politics and backstabbings of their
business. Many fans would not have known this until they
heard or read his explanation.
Former member of D-Generation-X, The Corporation and
currently member of Evolution.
"Invaded" WCW in 1998 with follow D-X members X-Pac, "Road
Dogg" Jesse James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and Chyna during a
WCW event.
Won the first WWF special of "The Weakest Link" in 2001
4th wrestler to appear in a Marvel comic book movie, others
are: Randy Savage (Spider-Man), Tyler Mane (X-Men), & Kevin
Nash (Punisher)
Son-in-law of Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon.
Defeated Shawn Michaels in a 45-minute long "Hell in a Cell"
match at Bad Blood 2004. [June 2004]
Faced Chris Benoit in his second one hour "Iron Man" match.
But lost thanks to the interfere by Eugene (Dinsmore). [July
2004]
Member of the backstage wrestling faction known as the Kliq
with Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Sean Waltman
and Justin Credible.
Notable title wins include: IWF title; WWF Intercontinental
title (4); WWF King of the Ring 1997; WWF European title
(2); WWF Federation title (4); WWE Tag Team titles with
Steve Austin; WWE Royal Rumble winner 2002; WWF/WWE
Undisputed title; WWE World Heavyweight title (2)
Former Member of D-Generation X.
5-time WWE Intercontintal Champion
10-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Faced Chris Benoit in his second one hour "Iron Man" match.
But lost thanks to the interfere by Eugene (Nick Dinsmore).
[July 2004]
Notable title wins include: - WWF Intercontinental
Heavyweight Champion (10/21/96 - 2/13/97) - WWF European
Heavyweight Champion (12/11/97 - 1/20/98) - WWF European
Heavyweight Champion(2) (3/16/98 - 7/14/98) - WWF
Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion(2) (8/30/98 -
10/11/98) - WWF World Heavyweight Champion (8/23/99 -
9/14/99) - WWF World Heavyweight Champion(2) (9/26/99 -
11/14/99) - WWF World Heavyweight Champion(3) (1/03/00 -
4/30/00) - WWF World Heavyweight Champion(4) (5/21/00 -
6/25/00) - WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion(3)
(4/03/01 - 4/10/01) - WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight
Champion(4) (4/16/01 - 5/20/01) - WWF World Tag-Team
Champion w/ Steve Austin (4/29/01 - 5/21/01) - WWF World
Heavyweight Champion(5) (3/17/02 - 4/21/02) - WWE World
Heavyweight Champion(6) (9/02/02 - 11/17/02) - WWE
Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion(5) (10/20/02 -
11/17/02) - WWE World Heavyweight Champion(7) (12/15/02 -
9/21/03) - WWE World Heavyweight Champion(8) (12/14/03 -
3/14/04)
He wrestled under the name Terra Ryzing while he was
wrestling in WCW.
Son-in-law of Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon.
5-time WWE Intercontinental Champion
4th wrestler to appear in a Marvel comic book movie, others
are: Randy Savage (Spider-Man), Tyler Mane (X-Men), & Kevin
Nash (Punisher).
Defeated Shawn Michaels in a 45-minute long "Hell in a Cell"
match at _WWE Bad Blood (2004) (V)_ . [June 2004]
Member of the backstage wrestling faction known as the Kliq
with Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Sean Waltman
and Justin Credible.
The WWF King of the Ring (1997) (V).
Won the second ever 60-minute "Iron Man Match" against The
Rock at WWF Judgment Day (2000) (V).
Winner of the WWF Royal Rumble (2002) (V).
Held WWE Tag Team Championship with 'Stone Cold' Steve
Austin.
Schooled by Walter 'Killer' Kowalski, along with Joanie
Laurer and Perry Saturn.
By winning the main event at Wrestlemania 2000 as a "heel"
(bad guy), he broke the long-standing tradition of "babyface"
(good guy) wrestlers winning the main event.
His father was the best man at his wedding to Stephanie
McMahon
Was originally supposed to win the 1996 King of the Ring,
but was punished for breaking character at Madison Square
Garden on Scott Hall and Kevin Nash's final show with the
WWF. Ironically, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was chosen to win
the tournament instead, and it boosted his career. Triple H
later went on to win the 1997 King of the Ring.
Had tension with Bill Goldberg before they even wrestled for
the same company. When Goldberg was asked if he could fight
any wrestler in a real street fight, he said either Triple H
or Scott Hall, both of whom are close friends.
Along with his Father-in-law, Vince McMahon, paid for fellow
wrestler, Sean Waltman (X-Pac) to go through drug rehab
Member of the Clique, a group of wrestlers who were best
friends in and out of the ring. The group consists of Triple
H, Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, and
Justin Credible.
He became a 10-time World Heavyweight Champion, which is the
third highest in WWE history (Hulk Hogan 14 times; Ric
Flair:- 16-time), by winning the elimination chamber match
at New Year's Revolution, 9 January 2005.
Debuted in The WWE in 1995.
In his WWE PPV debut, Helmsley defeated Bob Holly at
Summerslam 1995 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Entered WCW as Jean Paul LeVeque. He was primarily used as
jobber
He and wife Stephanie Levesque (née McMahon) are expecting
their first child together, due in 2006.
One of the few people with the distinction of appearing on
both Saturday Night Live (25.15) and Mad TV (7.9) |
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