TRIPLE H
HHH is still gone after all of the chaos that has occured in this past
year. What will happen when the Game makes his return to the ring?
Only time will tell.
Triple H came into the WWF in mid-1995 as the snob from Greenwich
Connecticut. He gained wins over undercarders like Doink the Clown and
beat Bob Holly at SummerSlam in his pay per view wrestling debut. He
went on to beat Fatu at the October IYH, and seemed stuck on the under
card for the rest of '95. In the spring of 96, it was announced Hunter
would be the opponent for the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania XII.
The Warrior embarassed Helmsley and beat him at 1:38. Helmsley berated
his valet for the night, Sable. As he did this, Todd Pettengill was
interviewing newcomer Marc Mero, who took exception to Helmsley's
treatment of Sable. A feud developed, and Mero beat Helmsley at IYH:
Beware of Dog. Helmsley also dropped a first round King of the Ring
match to Jake Roberts on Raw. Then a problem developed. Mr. Perfect
Curt Hennig would come down to ringside and steal away Helmsley's
valets. This made Hunter mad and he challenged Perfect to a match on
Raw. Before the match, Hunter injured Perfect's knee, and Hennig's
friend, Marc Mero volunteered to take his place. Helmsley said he
would only wrestle him if he put his IC belt on the line. Mero said he
would, and at the end of the match Perfect deliberately nailed Mero
with a chair, and Hunter was the new IC Champ. Hunter and Perfect then
revealed it had been a plot all along.
At IYH: It's Time, Hunter tried to get Marlena to accompany him, which
enraged Goldust and Helmsley beat Goldust at the Royal Rumble. Then, as
Goldust would have his matches, a huge woman would jump through the
crowd and attack Marlena. It was later revealed she was in cahoots
with Helmsley, and her name was Chyna. Helmsley lost the IC belt to
rookie Rocky Maivia in an upset on Raw, and beat Goldust at
WrestleMania XIII. He went through Crush, Ahmed Johnson, and Mankind
to win the 1997 King of the Ring tournament. He pedigreed Mankind
through a table to win, and wrestled Mankind to a no-contest at IYH:
Canadian Stampede, a match which spilled all over the arena, and
outside of it! They wrestled in a steel cage match at SummerSlam, and
Mankind beat Helmsley after elbowing him from the top of the cage.
Supposedly to get even, Hunter and Chyna distracted Mankind during a
bout with Shawn Michaels, allowing Rick Rude to hit him with a chair.
We found out there was indeed an alliance, and DeGeneration X was born.
At IYH: D-generation X, Helmsley beat Sgt. Slaughter, who came out of
retirement for the match. In a faux match on Raw, Shawn laid down and
let Helmsley beat him for the European title. A week later, Helmsley
couldn't wrestle Owen Hart because of a knee injury, and couldn't
defend the belt. In late January, Slaughter ordered Helmsley to defend
his title, but Helmsley sent Goldust, who was dressed as Triple H, to
wrestle Owen Hart. Owen won, and the Sarge said that since Goldust did
such a good job portraying Helmsley, he was awarding the European title
to Owen Hart. Helmsley won it back two weeks before WrestleMania,
preying on Owen's injured ankle, and beat Owen with the Pedigree at
WrestleMania XIV. Shawn dropped the title to Steve Austin that night,
and the next night, Helmsley announced he was taking over DX, and
introduced Sean Waltman, renamed X-pac.
"When you recruit for an army, you look to your family... you look to
your blood... you look to the Kliq!"Later that night, X-pac and H
elmsley brought The New Age Outlaws into DX as well. At IYH: Unforgiven
, Helmsley beat Owen Hart when X-pac nailed him with a fire
extinguisher. The next night, Owen joined the Nation, and DX feuded
with them, turning DX face! This feud has been escalating to new
heights ever since after King of the Ring, when DX dressed up as the
Nation. Triple H was "The Crock", Jason Sensation was Owen Hart, X-pac
was "Mizark Henry", Jesse James was "B-Lo", and Billy Gunn was "The
Gunnfather". D-Lo managed to beat Helmsley for the European Title on
Raw. Helmsley faced the Rock at IYH: Fully Loaded and went to a time
limit draw, but won the IC belt from him at SummerSlam in a ladder
match. He injured his knee, however, and had to forfeit the belt.
After a ceremony where he had to hand over the belt to new champion
Ken Shamrock, Triple H was attacked by Shamrock furthering his knee
injury.
Helmsley returned shortly before Rock Bottom, and did another
impersonation with the rest of DX of the Corporation, reprising his
role as "The Crock." He challenged The Rock to a title match, but won
by DQ when Test made his debut and attacked Triple H. DX befriended
Mankind, and supported him against The Corporation. Vince sanctioned a
match between HHH and Mankind for a spot in the Royal Rumble. Triple H
won with a fast count by referee Shane McMahon. Triple H said that he'd
do anything to get the WWF Title, and gave McMahon the Pedigree and
told Mankind "Happy New year. He's all yours." before leaving. HHH
didn't win the Rumble, but got a shot at The Rock in an "I Quit" match
the next night on Raw. As he was about to Pedigree him through a table,
the rest of the Corporation came out and Kane threatened to chokeslam
Chyna if HHH didn't say "I Quit." Triple H saved her by saying the word
s, and got into a staredown with Kane. Chyna then came from behind
with the low blow on Triple H and hugged all the Corporation members.
Over the next few months, he and X-pac feuded with Chyna and Kane.
Just before WrestleMania XV, Kane accidentally hit Chyna with a
fireball. When she showed up for the HHH/Kane match at WMXV, she sided
with Triple H, and they hugged after the match. Later that night,
during the Shane McMahon/X-pac match, they made another appearance,
helping Shane win and turning against DX. He beat X-pac at IYH:
Backlash, and when the Corporation merged with the Corporate Ministry, he and The Undertaker became friends. They threw The Rock and Steve Austin off the ramp, setting up a HHH/Rock match at Over the Edge which Triple H lost by DQ. He started having problems with UT, but it all turned out to be a ruse, and he helped Undertaker beat The Rock at King of the Ring. He beat The Rock at Fully Loaded in a strap match and received a title match with Steve Austin at SummerSlam. However, he kept losing the spot: In a Triple Threat Match, he lost it to Chyna, who lost it to Mankind, who went to a no contest with HHH. Triple H and Mankind both got the spot and Mankind won the belt at SummerSlam, but lost it the next night to HHH. Triple H lost it to Vince McMahon after Austin interfered a few weeks later. McMahon put the belt up for grabs at Unforgiven in a Six Pack Challenge, which Triple H won.
He successfully defended it against Austin at No Mercy, but lost it to
The Big Show at Survivor Series in a Triple Threat Match. Before
Survivor Series, he had reformed DX for his feud with McMahon. His
feud with Vince grew more personal as HHH showed footage of him
marrying a drugged Stephanie during Stephanie's wedding to Test.
Vince and HHH wrestled at Armageddon. HHH won when Stephanie turned
against her father, getting him back for having her abducted by The
Undertaker earlier in the year. As a result of the match with Vince,
HHH got a title shot at the Royal Rumble.
However, he gave himself the shot early and he beat The Big Show in
early January for the title. Mankind made a turn into Cactus Jack to
challenge HHH at the Royal Rumble but was unsuccessful. Jack asked for
a rematch, and if he lost, he would retire. But it had to be in the
Hell in a Cell. HHH agreed, and beat Jack in the Cell at No Way Out.
There was a dispute over who would get the title match at WrestleMania
between The Rock and the Big Show, so when Vince finally returned, he
made it a Triple Threat Match. Linda McMahon then made it a Fatal Four
Way, bringing back Mick Foley for one night only. A McMahon sided with
each participant, but in the end, HHH walked out of WrestleMania with
the title after Vince turned on the Rock and sided with Triple H. HHH
lost the belt to The Rock at Backlash, but won it back at Judgment Day in an Iron Man Match. The Undertaker and Kane returned soon after, and a six man tag was made for King of the Ring, with Rock, Kane, and Taker vs. HHH, Vince, and Shane. If anyone on the McMahon-Helmsley Faction's side lost, HHH would lose the title. The
Rock ended up pinning Vince, and became the champion. HHH turned his
attention to Chris Jericho, who made some comments about Stephanie. He
beat him in a Last Man Standing Match at Fully Loaded. After that, he
started to feel as though his wife's friendship with Kurt Angle was
getting a little too friendly. They met, along with the Rock, in a
Triple Threat Match at SummerSlam. The Rock won, but a brawl afterwards
ended with Stephanie unconscious and leaving in the arms of Angle. HHH
and Angle met at Unforgiven, with HHH winning when his wife chose him
over Angle. HHH feuded with Chris Benoit after he headbutted Steph.
He beat Benoit at No Mercy. He appeared to be helping Austin one night
on Raw in a match against Rikishi and Angle, but HHH shocked everyone
by hitting Austin with a sledgehammer and revealing himself to be the
man behind the plot to have Stone Cold run over a year ago. They met
at Survivor Series in a match that ended when Austin foiled an attempt
by HHH to lure him into the parking lot to run him over again, only to
have his car lifted into the air by a forklift and dropped. HHH lost
a six man Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon in a match involving The
Rock, Angle, Rikishi, Austin, and The Undertaker.
He got a title match with Angle at the Royal Rumble, but Austin
intervened and cost him the match. Irate, Triple H agreed to a match
at No Way Out, but Vince McMahon said that if Austin touched HHH after
signing the contract, he would lose his WrestleMania title shot and if
HHH did so, he would be suspended for six months. After weeks of mind
games, HHH won the right to choose stipulations. He made it a Two Out
of Three Falls match. However, the first fall would be a regular match,
the second would be a streetfight, and the third a cage match. At No
Way Out, Austin won the first fall and Triple H the second. With both
exhausted, HHH squeaked out a victory in the cage. He took a week off
and returned on Raw, bragging that no one in the company could beat
him. The Undertaker took exception and challenged him to a match at
WrestleMania. Undertaker won, but the bigger story of the night was
Austin alligning with Vince McMahon. Triple H seemed to take offense,
but helped Austin beat down the Rock the next night. Triple H won the
Intercontinental Title from Jericho a couple of weeks later, but lost
it to Jeff Hardy and then won it back again. He and Austin beat
Undertaker and Kane for the tag team belts at Backlash. He took on
Kane in a strap match at Judgement Day and lost the IC belt to him.
The next night, they lost the tag belts to Chris Jericho and Chris
Benoit. HHH sustained an injury that kept him out of the ring for
months.
HHH is the Cerebal Assassin when he gets in the ring. He figures out
his opponentsweaknesses before entering the ring. Once doing so, he
goes straight for his opponents major weaknesses. His observing tactics
have made him a much more difficult opponent to beat in the past 2 to 3
years. His finishing move is the Pedigree.
WEAKNESSES
HHH is pretty slow when he'a fighting an opponent. He lacks the
technicality to preform technical wrestling skills in the ring. His
quadricep on his left leg which has been injured twice is one of the
main reason's for this.
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