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. He revealed that he had viral pneumonia and inflamed lungs, which worsened over time. People online were mocking it calling it the. [13], Levesque was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. RELATED: Every Wrestler Who Defeated Triple H In A Singles WWE PPV Match. Eventually, after numerous attempts, Levesque persuaded Arcidi to introduce him to former wrestler Killer Kowalski, who ran a professional wrestling school in Malden, Massachusetts. 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. 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. During a tag team match against The Hurricane and Rosey, the latter performed a botched leg drop on Triple H and landed hard on The Game's head and neck. 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. Jericho had Austin in the Walls of Jericho when Triple H swooped in to break it up. Mr. McMahon disbanded the nWo following several backstage complications and brought in Eric Bischoff as the Raw general manager. [29][30] Up until that event, his angle included appearing on television each week with a different female valet (which included Playboy Playmates Shae Marks and Tylyn John). Show more areas of focus By Mayo Clinic Staff Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Diagnosis & treatment Sept. 27, 2022 Print Baker cyst Symptoms & causes Diagnosis & treatment Doctors & departments "[200], According to the Wrestling Figure Checklist, Levesque had 412 action figures produced of his likeness between the 1990s and 2010s. In October, Triple H began a controversial feud with Kane, leading to a match at No Mercy in which both Kane's Intercontinental Championship and Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship were at stake. 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. [69] When he learned that it was fake, he dumped her publicly on Raw when they were supposed to renew their wedding vows. "No. as she watched her husband on the monitor backstage. I rolled with the shot. RELATED:10 Best Years Of Triple H's WWE Career, Ranked. RELATED:Triple H: 5 Reasons He Was Better In DX (& 5 Reasons He Was Better In Evolution). Extreme pain in the knee after a traumatic injury. Two of the men in that inaugural bout were Triple H and Rob Van Dam. Bruising usually appears within 2-3 days. It didn't simply happen over night. 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. Triple H agreed to it only if the charges were dropped, which Hornswoggle agreed to. Bret Hart commented on Triple H winning the 2016 Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship while not wrestling full-time, saying: "I didn't like the decision that Triple H, surprise, put the belt on himself again it just showed a real lack of imagination if you ask me. [176] However, The Authority were reinstated on the December 29 episode of Raw after Rollins coaxed Cena into reinstating them by holding Edge hostage. Once again, Triple H's neckissues pop up as does Sheamus and the Elimination Chamber. World Heavyweight Title", "World Heavyweight Title (W.W.E. I basically sat bloody in the hospital with my gear on until about eleven or noon today. It just happened. The leader of DX entered the Royal Rumble match as the 23rd entrant. [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. [89], After a four-month hiatus, Triple H returned to Raw on October 3, where he and Flair defeated Chris Masters and Carlito. Stephanies reaction to the injury could be described as if she were reacting to a death in the ring. [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. During the second assault, Triple H sustained a legitimate injury which WWE later revealed as a fractured vertebra. [53] He feuded with Kurt Angle, initially over the WWF Championship, but then as a love triangle between himself, Angle, and Stephanie. He teamed up with Shawn Michaels at the 2007 New Year's Revolution PPV to take on Edge and Randy Orton. My necks very thick from training it. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. It was a marginal improvement from his . It was a brutal injury that came at a straightforward moment in the 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. I dont know the percentage, but [the medical staff] said your throats normally at two, and it was at less than one. However, he made his triumphant return in January 2002 to one of the loudest crowd receptions in WWE history. [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. 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. Just being off like that, BAM. [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. [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. roster due to the WWF draft lottery and continued to feud with Jericho, culminating in a Hell in a Cell match on May 19 at Judgment Day, which Triple H won. Figure-eight hop test. On December 18, he defeated Nash at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs in sledgehammer ladder match, after attacking him with a sledgehammer. He regained the championship from Orton on September 12 at Unforgiven. [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. [18], In early 1990, Levesque began to train as a professional wrestler at Killer Kowalski's school in Malden. The 1998 SummerSlam was the 11th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It wasnt his fault; it wasnt my fault. 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. These are the worst. 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. It happened in a very innocuous manner but was perhaps a result of wear and tear and years of landing on the quad area from delivering pedigrees. Despite the injury, The Game finished the match by hitting Kane with a Pedigree and pinning him for the win. As usual, Triple H figured he was fine and went back out for the last segment of the show with Batista. [77], In February 2003, Triple H formed a stable known as Evolution with Ric Flair, Randy Orton, and Batista. Triple H returned to the ring after his first torn quad injury on January 7, 2002. [16] His gimmick changed as he fought to earn a WWF Championship opportunity. [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. Nothing specific in the match appeared to cause the injury but years of wear and tear must have weakened it. The brawl resulted in Lesnar having his head split open and requiring 18 stitches. Triple H and Shawn gave Orton and Edge a very solid beat down. 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 . Vince was super cool about it.". Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). More impressively, one in five female alpine racers (22%) reported an ACL disruption, and females were 3.1 times more likely . [68] Triple H then became exclusive to the SmackDown! [107], On the June 23 episode of Raw, Triple H was drafted to the SmackDown brand as a part of the 2008 WWE draft, in the process making the WWE Championship exclusive to SmackDown. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.115), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. 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. "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 medical staff tried to put him on a backboard and he put up the traditional kayfabe fight. Aninterview for WWE.com the day after the second Triple Hinjury backed up what RVD said and explained his version of events. [177] Back in power, Triple H began feuding with Sting, whom he defeated in a no disqualification match on March 29 at WrestleMania 31 after interference from D-Generation X. Ito et al. Also during this time, Triple H began a feud with the leader of the Nation of Domination and rising WWF villain, The Rock. [34] Despite the punishment, Helmsley did have success following the MSG Incident. [16] turning heel in the process. 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). While having a decorated career that spans close to thirty years, Triple H suffered three dramatic injuries within five years of each other. Unfortunately, Triple H suffered what was described as a severely strained groin. During the match, SmackDown general manager Vickie Guerrero announced that Edge had returned and introduced him into the contest. [117] At No Way Out on February 15, Triple H won the WWE Championship in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match, setting the record for most reigns at eight. [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. Group B had a 46.3% LSI with a SD of 12.9. By the time he returned, Triple H's on-screen marriage to Stephanie McMahon was faltering, so Stephanie faked a pregnancy in order to get him back on her side. Some authors mistakenly believe that in this . [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. Authors H Stevenson 1 , J Webster, R Johnson, B Beynnon. He returned on December 12, as part of the Slammy Awards. [158][159], Triple H returned on the February 25, 2013 episode of Raw, brawling with Brock Lesnar after he attempted to attack Mr. McMahon. [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. [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. At the New Years Revolution pay-per-view in 2007, it was DX up against Rated RKO. I want to come back and be on top. [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. [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. However, he was not able to enjoy the title for long as he suffered a legitimate knee injury and had to relinquish the title. In this business, theres a fraction of an inch between safe and not safe, and we were on the wrong side of the fraction.". During the match, Triple H took a five-star frog splash from Rob Van Dam off the top of a pod. He reputedly passed out backstage shortly after that. Their group ran roughshod over the WWE for several months. Triple H competed for Sheamus' WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match at the titular PPV in 2010. During the course of the match, Triple Hs quad just gave out. "[The doctors] told me not to wrestle for at least ten days. [150] Triple H went on to lose this match on April 1 at WrestleMania XXVIII. The tenacious Triple H. The Injuries of Triple H Trauma to a wrestler can be severe and derail a career. [26] Helmsley made his WWF pay-per-view debut on August 27 at SummerSlam, defeating Bob Holly. Triple H wound up requiring surgery once he was back in the United States and, after lengthy rehabilitation, returned to the ring for WrestleMania 35, where he defeated Batista. Triple H has seen his share of injuries in his career. What began as an on-screen storyline marriage in 2000 became a real-life romance when Levesque began dating Stephanie McMahon. This injury brought an abrupt end to the McMahon-Helmsley Era, as the rigorous rehabilitation process kept Triple H out of action for over eight months,[5][17] completely missing The Invasion storyline. [112] He successfully defended it against Jeff Hardy both on October 5 at No Mercy[113] and Cyber Sunday on October 26. It took place on August 30, 1998, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. 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. 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. 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. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. [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. RELATED:10 Best Stone Cold Vs Triple H Matches, Ranked. 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