Regardless, Triple H's longtime friend Kevin Nash attacked Punk immediately after the match to allow Alberto Del Rio to become the new champion. ", 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". [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. There are three types of dislocation around the knee joint: patellofemoral, tibiofemoral, and tibiofibular. Following a triple threat World Heavyweight title defense against Benoit and Edge on the November 29 episode of Raw, the World Heavyweight Championship became vacant for the first time. But when 'The Game' planted his left foot, he tore his left quad. New, Backstage Update On Matt Riddle's Continued WWE Absence These are the worst. Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! [90] Flair defeated Triple H in a steel cage match on November 1 at Taboo Tuesday for Flair's Intercontinental Championship. Triple H being who he is, he still finished the match and even insisting that Jericho throw his submission on him. I said, are you ready? The Miz & R-Truth", "The Undertaker returned with his sights set on Triple H", "WWE Raw SuperShow results: Has Cena embraced the hate", "The Undertaker vs. Ive never seen a contact sports athlete come back from this, so if you do, its gonna be awesome. [88] After Vengeance, Triple H took a hiatus from WWE due to suffering from minor neck problems. RELATED:10 Best Stone Cold Vs Triple H Matches, Ranked. [135] On the February 8 episode of Raw, DX lost the Unified Tag Team Championship to ShoMiz (The Miz and Big Show) in a triple threat elimination tag match, also involving The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows). "This sounds extreme, but the doctor explained to me that if somebody dropped even a 10 or 20 lb. [129] On September 13 at Breaking Point, they lost to The Legacy in the first ever Submissions Count Anywhere match in WWE history. The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! [220] On September 2, Levesque elevated to Chief Content Officer as announced by the company four days later. All rights reserved. [95] On November 26 at Survivor Series, DX got their revenge when their team defeated Edge and Orton's team in a clean sweep during their five-on-five elimination match. Triple H would win the belt from The Rock, only to quickly drop it. [207] His WrestleMania matches against Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XX, John Cena at WrestleMania 22, Cena and Randy Orton at WrestleMania XXIV, The Undertaker at WrestleManias X-Seven and XXVIII, and Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX have been considered among Triple H's best WrestleMania matches and some of the best matches in WrestleMania history. Once he returned to the ring, you might remember him wrestling in some odd looking bicycle shorts. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.105), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Triple H had two targets when he entered in the 1999 Royal Rumble match. During the main event of the May 21, 2001 episode of Raw Is War, he suffered a legitimate and career-threatening injury. [18], In early 1990, Levesque began to train as a professional wrestler at Killer Kowalski's school in Malden. [121] At WrestleMania 25 on April 5, Triple H defeated Orton to retain the title. [133], On December 21, Triple H announced that Hornswoggle was the new DX mascot. At the time, Michaels was the WWE World Champion,. 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). Triple H and Stephanie McMahon", "D-Generation X def. Perfect left the WWF, his departure was explained to be a result of Helmsley turning his back on his manager as soon as he won the Intercontinental Championship. Two were career-threatening injuries, while another came close to ending his life. 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. On the February 21 episode of Raw, Batista turned on Triple H and signed a contract to face him for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania. He was known backstage as one of the members of The Kliq, a stable of wrestlers including Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall, who were known for influencing Vince McMahon and the WWF creative team. [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. Rapid, extreme swelling. In this . [22] The team was short-lived, however, as Levesque left for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in January 1995 after WCW turned down his request to be promoted as a singles competitor. [11] In 2019, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of D-Generation X. The other was on the announce table after the match had come to a no-contest. [208][209], Triple H's later career, especially after 2014 during which he was a part-time performer, has been sometimes criticized. [27] In the fall of 1995, Helmsley began a feud with the hog farmer Henry O. Godwinn, culminating in an infamous Hog Pen match on December 17 at In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings, where Helmsley was victorious. [101] After that, McMahon gave Orton a rematch against Triple H in a Last Man Standing match in the main event, and Triple H lost after an RKO on a broadcast table. [118] That record stood until 2011 when John Cena won his ninth WWE Championship. (27%) reported a history of a knee injury. (ACL deficient knees) 0.81s difference between limbs. [182] He successfully defended the championship against Ambrose on March 12 at Roadblock,[183] and defeated Dolph Ziggler in non-title match two days later on Raw, but lost the championship to Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 32 on April 3, ending his last world championship reign at 70 days. The medical staff tried to put him on a backboard and he put up the traditional kayfabe fight. He returned on December 12, as part of the Slammy Awards. [83] The following night on Raw, Triple H turned on his protge Randy Orton (who became the youngest world champion in WWE history at SummerSlam), expressing jealousy over Orton's title victory. 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. Rob himself was uncomfortable performing a move from the top of the pod, and it was never his idea to execute the daring splash. 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As always, he played through the pain to finish the match and needed surgery to repair the damage. Triple H then went to "Plan B", Seth Rollins, who turned on The Shield and rejoined The Authority. [5][68] After holding the title for a month, Triple H lost it to Hollywood Hulk Hogan on April 21 at Backlash. She supposedly fell to her knees and shrieked, "Noooooooo!" Ian Goodwillie is a freelance writer based out of Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Mankind won the match by pinning Austin. The angle was very unpopular with fans,[75] and was de-emphasized before the title match. This forced Michaels to carry the load despite his lengthy in-ring absence. 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. Undertaker Knee Strike. [141] This was followed by the announcement that he had been assigned to take over as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the WWE. [156] To anger Triple H, Lesnar broke Michaels's arm on the August 13 episode of Raw. [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. When Triple H completely recovered from the quad injury he sustained in 2001 he must've sworn to be more careful in the ring. Increased vertical and posterior ground reaction forces (GRFs) are associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Triple H defended the World Heavyweight Championship inside the Elimination Chamber once again when he walked inside the structure at the 2003 SummerSlam PPV. [97], At SummerSlam on August 26, he defeated King Booker in his return match. [28], Although Helmsley was highly promoted in the first few months after his debut, his career stalled during 1996, starting off with a feud with Duke "The Dumpster" Droese following a loss during the Free for All at 1996 Royal Rumble. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.119), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [6] DX defeated The Spirit Squad on June 25 at Vengeance in a 5-on-2 handicap match. Triple H has seen his share of injuries in his career. [80] After failing to win back the title from Goldberg in a rematch on November 16 at Survivor Series, he finally regained the championship from Goldberg in a triple threat match at Armageddon on December 14, which also involved Kane. Triple H won the match, winning his eleventh world championship and sixth WWE Championship,[100] then defended his title against Umaga in his regularly scheduled match after Mr. McMahon declared the match to be for the WWE title. Before he could announce the decision, he was interrupted by the returning Undertaker. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. Much like in sports, a pro wrestling match can also be stopped, but there have been times where wrestlers showed mental and physical perseverance by finishing a match despite the distress they were under due to injury. It wasnt good, and they wanted me to know they understood. Some authors mistakenly believe that in this . [203] The group made an additional appearance at Raw is XXX on January 23, 2023. [16] When The Rock won the WWF Championship on November 15 at Survivor Series,[43] the rivalry between the two continued, as DX fought The Corporation stable of which The Rock was the main star and Triple H received a shot at the WWF Championship on the January 25, 1999 Raw Is War in an "I Quit" match, but the match ended when Triple H was forced to quit or see his aide Chyna chokeslammed by Kane. [170] Along with his wife Stephanie, they subsequently created The Authority, with The Shield (Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose) as his enforcers, Kane as the Director of Operations and Orton as their hand-picked WWE Champion. ", "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. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.107), Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. Such was the case with each of the injuries Triple H sustained. [23] During this time, he began using his finishing maneuver, the Pedigree. Trauma to a wrestler can be severe and derail a career. On the March 1 episode of Raw, they lost a rematch for the titles in their last televised match before Michaels retired. 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. Mr. McMahon returned to relieve him of his duties on Raw, though he remained the COO. [112] He successfully defended it against Jeff Hardy both on October 5 at No Mercy[113] and Cyber Sunday on October 26. [136], On February 21, Triple H eliminated then WWE Champion Sheamus from the Elimination Chamber match, though he did not win the title. [212] Jason Powell from Pro Wrestling Dot Net stated that wrestlers like Triple H, alongside Michaels, Undertaker, and Kane, "need to accept their limitations, stop pretending they belong in main events, and stop acting like being in these main events isn't stealing the spotlight (from newer talent)". [193] His feud with The Undertaker continued into Crown Jewel on November 2, where Shawn Michaels came out of retirement to reform DX with him, in a winning effort against The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane). RVD is an exceptional athlete, and he uses a lot of that athleticism in his Five-Star Frog Splash, using the ropes as leverage, getting that extra spring, covering great distance, and adjusting his body mid-air But it wasnt natural for him to do all that on top of a pod. Robs uncomfortable feeling was justified because it all went wrong. Heres what Triple H had to say from the segment: "Basically, I detached the muscle at the front of my leg from the bone of my kneecap. But he's had some nasty injuries pile up over the years. [127] On the August 17 episode of Raw, Triple H and Michaels officially reunited as DX, but as they were in the process of their in-ring promo, The Legacy attacked them both. [68] Triple H then became exclusive to the SmackDown! [230] He sported Lemmy-inspired facial hair during the early 2000s[231] and spoke at Lemmy's funeral on January 9, 2016. He defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin on October 17 at No Mercy before dropping the title to Big Show on November 14 at Survivor Series. [78] Triple H held the World Heavyweight Championship for most of 2003, successfully defending against Booker T on March 30 at WrestleMania XIX in an angle with racist undertones. Triple H sustained the most gruesome injury of his career in 2001 when he suffered a tear in his left quadriceps muscle, causing it to come completely off the bone. 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. [142] Though Nash and Punk demanded a match against each other, Triple H fired Nash for insubordination and booked himself in a No Disqualification match on September 18 at Night of Champions with his position of COO on the line. In this role, he oversaw the company's Talent Development department and served as a senior advisor to the CEO for talent strategy. Michaels and Kevin Nash planned to bring Triple H over to Raw in order to put him into the group. and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, "A guide to collecting WrestleMania's biggest stars from WrestleMania 1 to 27", "W.W.W.F./W.W.F./W.W.E. Over the course of his 10+ plus year wrestling career, his kn. Shawn Michaels, in Triple Hs corner, could see the match was losing structure and used his high ring IQ to save the match. 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Group C had a 74.9% LSI with a SD of 13.3. Their group ran roughshod over the WWE for several months. 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. (Use code PWS for a nice surprise). With it being such a fresh concept, an injury was a strong possibility. Even though Triple H was in the best physical shape out of the four veterans, he wound up tearing his pectoral muscle early in the match. Triple H returned to the ring after his first torn quad injury on January 7, 2002. It was not to his spine as the WWE said but was to his face. McMahon. [81] Triple H was drafted to the SmackDown! Levesque had a brief feud with Alex Wright that ended on December 27 at Starrcade[5] with Wright pinning him. Female racers were 2.3 times more likely to have sustained a knee injury than male racers. brands. [120] On the February 20 episode of SmackDown, Triple H was interviewed by Jim Ross; in the interview, footage was shown highlighting the events that occurred on the February 16 episode of Raw. "Every time that you do one, the odds go up that somethings going to happen. 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. He is signed on the RAW brand. "No. "I feel completely safe in the ring with Rob every time Im in there with him. [10], Outside wrestling, he has been a figure of substantial media attention due to his marriage to Stephanie McMahon, daughter of Vince McMahon and the CEO of WWE. Braeden Farrell is a senior writer for Pro Wrestling Stories. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he currently serves as the chief content officer for WWE. No one had ever tried jumping off one of the pods before, and nobody really knew what it would feel like to bump on the steel and all the surroundings the Elimination Chamber came with. [215] He was named Executive Vice President, Talent and Live Events in 2011. 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. He knew I was concerned for a lot of reasons. In late October, Nash jumped Triple H with a sledgehammer, The Game's weapon of choice, and kayfabe injured his spine. [151], Triple H returned on the April 30 episode of Raw, when he refused to give in to Brock Lesnar's unreasonable contract demands, resulting in Lesnar attacking him and storyline breaking his arm. [17][21] In his first televised match, Levesque debuted as a villain named Terror Risin', defeating Keith Cole. Triple H and Shawn gave Orton and Edge a very solid beat down. With that said, let's take a look at all of those injuries in detail in the run down below. Bruising usually appears within 2-3 days. However, he continued making occasional appearances in an executive role for NXT. 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. He made his professional debut on March 24, 1992, in Kowalski's promotion, the International Wrestling Federation (IWF), under the name "Terra Ryzing", defeating Tony Roy. Few wrestlers go as hard in the ring or in the boardroom as Triple H does. On an episode of Raw that now seems like a lifetime ago, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit faced Triple H and 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin in a tag team match. More details:", Paul Levesque's executive profile at WWE.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triple_H&oldid=1141671325, Most Hated Wrestler of the Decade (20002009), Ranked No. The Game suffered bad swelling in the throat, and hes lucky it wasnt any worse than what it was. During the match, Triple H took a five-star frog splash from Rob Van Dam off the top of a pod. The match was a classic, and this could have motivated The Game to go that extra mile, but ultimately its down to his own sheer willpower that he pulled this off. At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, 2014, Triple H lost to Bryan, thereby granting Bryan a part in the subsequent WWE World Heavyweight Championship match against Batista and Orton,[171] which Bryan ultimately won. 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. This is what your Olympic hero had to say about it. [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. 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. 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. Triple H went to break up a Walls of Jericho hold applied to his partner Stone Cold, and as he planted his left leg, his quad tore. 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 .
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