Paul Levesque Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American professional wrestler, best known for performing under the name Hunter Hearst Helmsley or Triple H. He is a nine-time World Champion and the current World Heavyweight Champion of RAW.
Triple H is a graduate of Killer Kowalski's Wrestling School. In 1994 he joined World Championship Wrestling, wrestling there as a heel under the names Terra Ryzin and Jean-Paul Levesque. He left in 1995 for World Championship Wrestling's rival organization, the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). The World Wrestling Federation packaged him as heel Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a spoiled rich kid from Greenwich, Connecticut. Along with fellow Clique members Shawn Michaels and Chyna, he formed D-Generation X in 1997. This was the beginning of a meteoric rise to become one of the most successful wrestlers ever.
Triple H's World Wrestling Entertainment career, he has held an impressive number of titles, including the WWE Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the WWE European Championship, and the WWE World Tag Team Championship (held with Stone Cold Steve Austin as his partner) as well as winning the 1997 King of the Ring. He is only the second of five men to have held all four of those titles, the first being Shawn Michaels. Although some people beleive he is actually a ten-time world champion due to the fact that he held the Undisputed Championship when it was represented by two belts after being consolidated by Chris Jericho, it was only one title, the number of physical belts or other awards is irrelivent. Since then he was awarded the belt once and won it a further three times, from Shawn Michaels, Goldberg and Randy Orton, as well as five reigns as World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, totaling ten times.The most difficult moment of Triple H's career occurred during a match on a live broadcast of Monday Night RAW on May 21, 2001 when he suffered a legitimate and career-threatening injury. A misstep caused him to suffer a tear in his left quadricep muscle. Despite his inability to place any weight on his leg, Triple H completed his part in the remaining few minutes of the match – an admirable display of dedication to the business. He even allowed one of his opponents in the tag team match, Chris Jericho, to place him in his standard finishing maneuver, the Walls of Jericho, a move that places considerable stress on the quadriceps. The tear required an operation, which was performed by famed orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews. The rigorous rehabilitation process kept him out of action until January 7, 2002, over seven months.
Triple H is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the business. Many pundits have criticized him for using backstage political leverage to hog screen time, retain titles, elevate his friends, and generally hold down talented workers who might otherwise deserve to share the limelight with him. This view has only increased since he became the real-life son-in-law of WWE promoter Vince McMahon, which at one time was merely part of his gimmick. At the same time, his career is filled with legendary performances against a wide variety of opponents, ranging from newcomers to some of the greatest champions ever. All else aside, he continuously draws one of the biggest crowd reactions (whether cheered or booed) in any arena he performs in – a mark of high success in the pro wrestling world.
In recent storylines, he manipulated Eugene, the "mentally challenged nephew" of RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff, to get the World Heavyweight Championship from then-champion, Chris Benoit. Unfortunately he failed in weakening the defense of Chris Benoit, getting the World Heavyweight Championship, or even ending Eugene's career.
He recently faced Randy Orton, ex-member of Evolution. Randy Orton was thrown out of Evolution, after winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Chris Benoit, something Triple H could never do. They faced off one-on-one at Unforgiven 2004 with Randy Orton losing to the Cerebral Assassin with the help of his Evolution colleagues.
His real-world marriage to Stephanie McMahon: [1]
| '\Triple H's WWE Championship Reigns' | ||
| Won from: '''Mankind | First | Lost to: '''Vince McMahon |
| Won from: '''vacant | Second | Lost to: '''Big Show |
| Won from: '''Big Show | Third | Lost to: '''The Rock |
| Won from: '''The Rock | Fourth | Lost to: '''The Rock |
| Won from: '''Chris Jericho | Fifth. Won with World Title, this became Undisputed title | Lost to: '''Hulk Hogan |
| Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship Reigns
| ||
| Won from: '''Chris Jericho | First. Won with WWE title these titles were then joined together to become an undisputed title | Lost to: '''Hulk Hogan |
| Won from: '''awarded | Second | Lost to: '''Shawn Michaels |
| Won from: '''Shawn Michaels | Third | Lost to: '''Bill Goldberg |
| Won from: '''Bill Goldberg | Fourth | Lost to: '''Chris Benoit |
| Won from: '''Randy Orton | Fifth | Lost to: '''Current Champion |
Matches generally regarded as Triple H's most notable performances:
versus The Rock - WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match - SummerSlam, 8/30/1998
versus Cactus Jack - WWE Championship Street Fight - Royal Rumble 1/23/2000
versus Cactus Jack - WWE Championship Hell In A Cell Match - No Way Out, 2/27/2000
versus The Rock - WWE Championship 60 Minute Ironman Match - Judgment Day, 5/21/2000
versus Chris Jericho - Last Man Standing Match - Fully Loaded 7/23/2000
versus Stone Cold Steve Austin - Best 2 Of 3 Falls Match - No Way Out, 2/25/2001
versus The Undertaker - WrestleMania 17, 4/1/2001
versus Shawn Michaels - Nonsanctioned Match - SummerSlam, 8/25/2002
versus Ric Flair - World Heavyweight Championship Match - WWE RAW, 5/19/2003
versus Shawn Michaels - World Heavyweight Championship Match - WWE RAW, 12/29/2003
versus Shawn Michaels - World Heavyweight Championship Last Man Standing Match - Royal Rumble, 1/25/2004
versus Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels - World Heavyweight Championship Match - WrestleMania 20, 3/14/2004
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