Triple H is a thirteen-time World Champion professional wrestler working under the World Wrestling Federation’s Raw brand. He is one of the most decorated wrestlers in the current WWE roster and has been in the main event after the dissolution of the wrestling stable Degeneration X. In the past, he has wrestled under the names Terra Ryzing, Jean-Paul Levesque, and Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, which he later abbreviated.

 

Triple H was involved in a storyline marriage with Stephanie McMahon in 2000. Things took a serious tone after it was revealed that the two were actually dating in real life and were married in 2003. Together, they have two daughters, Aurora Rose (born July 24, 2006) and Murphy Claire Levesque (born July 28, 2008).

 

Levesque was born in Nashua, New Hampshire on July 27, 2969 (although he is billed from Greenwich, Connecticut) and was a fan of professional wrestling growing up. Aside from wrestling, he also started working out as a bodybuilder. By 1992, he joined the Independent Wrestling Federation after his training at Killer Kowalski’s wrestling school. He became the IWF Heavyweight Champion under the name Terra Ryzing.

 

In 1994, he left the IWF for WCW and was renamed as Jean-Paul Levesque, an aristocratic heel. Along with Lord Steven Regal, they briefly formed a tag team as their characters’ personalities were a match. When the WCW denied his request to be a singles competitor, he left the company.

 

In the WWF, he was known as Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, a takeoff from his aristocratic gimmick in the WCW. He was accompanied by different valets every week on his way to the ring, including Sable. During his time with the WWF, he became part of a backstage group called “The Kliq” along with Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman. This group was known to influence the booking decisions of Vince McMahon and the WWF creative team.

 

He then joined the stable Degeneration X, along with his bodyguard Chyna and Shawn Michaels. After Michaels left because of an injury, Triple H assumed the leadership role and added The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) and X-Pac (Sean Waltman) to the stable and became fan favorites due to their funny gimmicks. After Triple H left the group, he changed his image and turned heel. On August 1999, Triple H won his first WWE Championship after pinning Mankind (Mick Foley) in an episode of Raw. By 2000, he forged an alliance with Stephanie McMahon, known as the McMahon-Helmsley Era.

 

In the May 21, 2001 episode of Raw, Triple H suffered a serious quadriceps injury during a tag-team match. His injury forced him out of the ring and ended the McMahon-Helmsley Era. Triple H was out of action for 8 months and completely missed the infamous Invasion storyline.

 

He returned from injury on January 2002 and captured the WWF Undisputed Championship title at WrestleMania X8. The following month, he dropped the title to Hulk Hogan. Triple H was brought over to Raw and reunite with Shawn Michaels but Triple H turned on Michaels, starting a years-long feud between the two. In 2003, he formed the dominant stable Evolution, whose members were billed as the past (Ric Flair), the present (Triple H) and future (Randy Orton and Batista). Evolution eventually imploded as Orton and Batista achieved main event status and feuded with the jealous Triple H.

 

After several failed attempts to regain the World title, Triple H reformed Degeneration X along with Michaels in 2006 and feuded with the McMahons. The reunion proved successful but was cut short in January 2007 when Triple H suffered a similar quad injury once more, this time on the other leg. The injury forced him out of action until August 2007, when he defeated King Booker at SummerSlam. He captured the WWE Championship twice in a span of 7 months, feuding heavily with Randy Orton. After Orton was sidelined with an injury, the feud was put to a halt and Triple H was sent to SmackDown as part of the annual WWE Draft.

 

After several successful title defenses, he dropped the title to Edge but regained it after winning an Elimination Chamber match at No Mercy 2009. He resumed his feud with the returning Orton and his stable, Legacy. Triple H retained his title at WrestleMania 25 against Orton but lost it at Backlash a month later. He was taken out on a stretcher after Orton punted him in the head and will be out of action indefinitely.

 

Real Name: Paul Michael Levesque
Date of Birth: Born: July 27, 1969

 

Career with WCW:
Paul Michael joined WCW as Terra Ryzing in 1994 but he didn’t get much fame and matches and finally in 1995 he quit WCW and joined WWF.

Career with WWF:
Paul Michael appeared on WWF in 1995 as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Paul was punished not to win the King of the Ring title held in 1996 due to the MSG incident but he surely got fame even after MSG incident. In 1996 Paul Michael became the Intercontinental Championship by beating Marc Mero. He held the
championship belt for another few months until Rocky Maivia currently know us “The Rock” defeated him on Feb 13, 1997 on RAW.

D-Generation X:
In 1997, Shawn Michaels, Paul Michael, Chyna and Rick Rude formed D-Generation X also known as “DX” after Triple H wont the title King of the Ring. Triple H dominated leadership of the DX group soon after Shawn Michaels retired due to his back injury at WrestleMania.

Evolution:
Triple H formed this group in Jan 2003 with his team members Ric Flair, Randy
Orton, and Batista. Evolution was on RAW from 2003 to 2004 untill the group
broke up.

The D-Generation X revival:
On June 12, 2006 Shawn Michaels and Triple H reformed the DX group. DX soon once again became very popular by defeating Spirit Squad at Vengeance in a 5 on 2 handicap match, the McMahons at SummerSlam, The McMahons and Big Show.

 

Film Career:
2004: Blade: Trinity
2009: Journey of Death

 

WWE Career:

1996
Intercontinental Championship, Oct 21 – against Marc Mero

1997
European Title, Dec 22 – against Shawn Michaels

1998
WWE Title (Backlash ), April 27 – against Champion Randy Orton, John Cena, and
JBL
Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam), Oct 30 – against The Rock

1999
WWE Title, Aug 23 – against Mankind
WWE Title (Unforgiven), Sep 26 – 6 Pack Challenge featuring The Rock, Davey Boy
Smith, Kane, Mankind, & The Big Show

2000
WWE Title, Jan 3 – against The Big Show
WWE Title (Judgement Day), May 21 – against The Rock

2001
World Tag Team Title (Backlash), April 29 – with Steve Austin against Kane & The Undertaker
Intercontinental Championship, April 5 – against Chris Jericho
Intercontinental Championship, April 16 – against Jeff Hardy

2002
WWE Title (WrestleMania 18), Mar 17 – against Chris Jericho
World Heavyweight Championship, Sep 2 – 1st champion by Eric Bischoff
World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon), Dec 15 – against Shawn Michaels

2003
World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon), Dec 14 – against Goldberg

2004
World Heavyweight Championship (Unforgiven), Dec 9 – against Randy Orton

2005
World Heavyweight Championship (New Years Revolution), Jan 9 – won vacant title in Elimination Chamber match featuring Randy Orton, Batista, Edge, Chris Jericho
& Chris Benoit

2007
WWE Title (No Mercy), Oct 7 – against Randy Orton

2008
WWE Title (Backlash), April 27 – against Champion Randy Orton, John Cena, and JBL

 

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