Time to HALL OF FAME
It’s officially Wrestlemania season and the speculation started early for who would be inducted in this year’s class for the WWE Hall Of Fame.
Earlier today at a WWE Town Hall event, Paul “Triple H” Levesque was on stage addressing the WWE talent and staff when he was surprised by longtime foe The Undertaker and his long-time stablemate, HBK with the announcement of Levesque’s induction into the Class of 2025 in the WWE Hall Of Fame.
Levesque who started his wrestling career in the early 90’s under the name Terror Risin in WCW was quickly scouted by the WWE who brought him on board in 1995 and provided him the platform where he would find himself portraying a Connecticut Blueblood style gimmick under the new name Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Levesque would run with this gimmick / name up until that fateful formation of the group that would define his career for the most part in Degeneration X in 1997.
In late 97, Hunter Hearst Helmsley would eventually drop the blueblood style gimmick and also undergo a slight shortening of his name to Triple H of which he would go by for the rest of his career.
After Wrestlemania 14 and Shawn Michaels lost the WWE World Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin, HHH would take over as the leader of DX and would take the faction to brand new heights. However, it would only be 1 year before he would turn his back on the faction that built him to join The Corporation.
Levesque would win his first World Championship in 1999 when he defeated Mankind on Monday Night Raw and then would go on to lose the belt to Mr McMahon on the September 16th edition of Smackdown.
In the early 2000’s, HHH would step into the next evolution (pun intended) of his character as a part of the McMahon-Helmsley Era and would start calling himself The Game after his storyline marriage to Stephanie McMahon. This would last until HHH would form Evolution alongside Randy Orton, Batista and fellow Hall of Famer, Ric Flair which would last through until the eventual destruction of the group.
During the middle of 2006, HHH would make amends with his longtime friend, Shawn Michaels and reform DX, however the reunion would ultimately fall apart in early 2007 due to HHH tearing his quad which put him out of action.
We wouldn’t see HHH in the ring until August of 2007 where he made his return at Summerslam. Through the period of 2007 through 2009 he would go on to have multiple World Championship reigns being the top gu in the company for most of the years. Throughout late 2009 to 2010, HHH would once again reform DX alongside HBK which would end with Michaels succumbing to The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 26 which forced him into retirement.
2011 would see yet another transformation in characters for Levesque, this time he would become the Chief Operating Officer of the WWE which he would eventually merge into the Authority character for the later years of his career.
In 2021, Levesque suffered from Heart Failure which resulted in him announcing his official retirement from in ring competition. September 2022 saw WWE announce Levesque as the Chief Content Officer for the company. Once the purchase of WWE by Endeavor in 2023 was completed, Levesque continued to serve as the Head of Creative where he sits to this day.
Levesque has a major set of achievements throughout his career including multiple title runs as well as being the head / face of the company.
WWE Championship – 9 times
World Championship – 5 times
WWE Intercontinental Championship – 5 times
WWE European Championship – 2 times
WWE Tag Team Championship – 1 time
WWE World Tag Team Championship – 2 times
King of the Ring – 1 time (1997)
Royal Rumble winner – 2 times
Hello, I’m Scott aka RAZ. I’ve been an avid wrestling fan for over 30 years and have dabbled in both the world or pro wrestling and music. Previously commentated for Iron Fist Pro in South Australia, I now focus on more of the mainstream wrestling and run a few shows on YouTube where I breakdown the most recent happenings. Glad to be part of the team here at PWdownunder.com.
