Triple H retires
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/TripleH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TripleH</a> announced his retirement from in-ring competition on <a href="https://twitter.com/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@espn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FirstTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@firsttake</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stephenasmith</a>. <a href="https://t.co/qnyw9NVtv4">pic.twitter.com/qnyw9NVtv4</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1507386044660035585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He's more or less been in the "part-time" rotation for ages. But yeah, health issues prevented him from getting a proper retirement match he probably would've otherwise had.

James Steele in ruins.

Game over.........in the ring.

Backstage, who knows.

So… who’s gonna be his opponent at next year’s WrestleMania?

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Suck my balls on the way out.:wave:

triple h vs cactus jack still some of my favorite matches of all time.

they needed someone to main next years HoF pretty badly

What he had to say about his health:

* He had viral pneumonia. Lungs were inflamed. Got worse day by day at home.
Coughed up blood. Got checked by doctors and had fluid in his lungs and around his heart.

* After being tested with an EKG and electrocardiogram, his ejection fraction -- measurement of the percentage of blood leaving your heart each time it contracts (supposed to be at 55-60%) -- was down to 30%. By the time he got to hospital, it was 22% and then 12% before surgery as he was experiencing heart failure. "I was at the 1-yard line of where you don't want to be."

* He thought it was over, wondered if he'd wake up from the procedures. Got really choked up thinking about his daughters. "That's tough to swallow. It makes you think differently about life. It doesn't make you any less driven for the things that you do, but it certainly makes you appreciate the things that you have more."

* Has a defibrillator in his chest and is still recovering.

Julie Hart's day has come

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 1997: Julie Hart, then-wife of Bret Hart gives <a href="https://twitter.com/TripleH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TripleH</a> a piece of her mind after the Montreal Screwjob. <a href="https://t.co/icz2jrgbZD">pic.twitter.com/icz2jrgbZD</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/928639393660833792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I’m selfishly heartbroken that I won’t get to see him perform ever again, but I am thankful he is still alive and getting to be with his family for hopefully many more years. His career is prolific and full of many incredible matches and moments. He was the first heel I fell in love with as a smartass kid/teenager. Such an intense wrestler who could be a badass heel, chickenshit heel, and could be an effective babyface. Obviously, his heel work is his greatest work. I’ve done plenty of long winded threads in years past. I might make one final one down the road. Genuinely surprised at my guttural reaction to this, but all these moments and memories are flooding my brain at the moment.

He tagged with Shinsuke Nakumra against Roode and Samoa Joe in his last match at a house show.

His last televised match was against Orton at one of those Saudi PPVs in 2019.

What a legendary in-ring career.

If he's got a jump starter strapped in him, he should just get out of the E altogether. Probably take a load of stress off him. Stay home and be a full time Dad or find something easy going.

4/10 guy. No loss.

:y:

Never a Triple H fan. Sucks whenever something gets taken away from you like that, but in some ways it may have been better for him. Especially if he now enjoys life and the important things. Instead of trying to make himself an important thing.

Was his last match against Batista?

For the bulk of his career, HHH had 1994-1995 Hulk Hogan energy

There is some Triple H I like. It was a few matches in 2000.

Triple H had a banger against Chris Benoit at No Mercy 2000. It might actually be my favorite Triple H match. Either that or him against Taka Michinoku or D’Lo Brown in the Blindfold Match.

For Noid.

You know what actually does suck? D’Lo’s career getting muted. He was probably psyched out after Droz and getting caught trying to go to WCW or whatever that was, but from 2001 until when he eventually did leave, they could have done more of anything with him.

Thanks.

Hmm, those matches seem oddly fitting. The house show match, as weird as it is to imagine, does have very “NXT Daddy” vibes to it. Just weird to think of Nakamura as a Triple H partner and Roode as a Triple H opponent for whatever reason.

His last televised match being against Orton is darkly appropriate. Got that members of Evolution eating each other vibe. And Triple H so rarely put Orton over that it’s got a karmic snap to it.

I'm torn because I was so pissed he went over Sting in his big WM debut. That was def all Vince, tho. I always liked HHH outside of "The Authority" storylines. Great in-ring career

When that dry ice smoke or whatever hit him on that entrance...My eyes felt the pain.

*whichever ppv that was

We're talking like the man is dead. Tony probably will sell him RoH for some stock in XFL or something dumb

He has a very complicated and complex on-screen legacy. How much of that was directly the result of his own machinations vs. how much was the result of a backstage creative team will never truly be known. He provided me with a ton of memories in my teenage years and was THE guy for the early part of them - before that torch got passed to Cena, Barista, and Orton. So at this point there's always a tinge of nostalgia talking about him but I recall so much vitriol for the wins over Jericho, RVD, and then *especially* Booker T that I don't think I've ever had an unbiased opinion of him since.

I can't think of many matches of his that blew me away, and for a guy who spent so long on top that's really rough for an in-ring legacy. Sometimes the backstage politicians perform so well in front of fans they get forgiven, but I don't think HHH ever had that luxury. Outside of the period from when he retired Foley to tearing his quad his matches felt less like attractions and more like something we had to get through.

Just an extremely strange run, most of which was at the top. Nobody else lasted as long as a top attraction without truly feeling like a top attraction.

Then you look at his behind-the-scenes work running NXT and realize a lot of the parts that made NXT work so well were put in place by him. He had a certain affection for wrestling as a whole that never really translated to the screen, but in NXT it was very evident. While it had its flaws most of those felt more with the nature of the WWE beast than with the core aspects of NXT.

honestly thank god he didn't have a retirement match. He'd have done 45 minutes in front of a dead Wrestlemania crowd against Seth Rollins.

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Still the best of H/Paul's career here. XD

It's good for me to know that Warrior owned a nice, large piece of real estate in H's psyche for the rest of his life, and still does in the great beyond.

Oh, and one thing I know will make Jimmy Steele cry here....here's something that will never be heard.

D-Generation X Main Theme Cover Version performed by Motorhead.

Ha!

:rofl:

would be cool if given this news, cody decided to do the haitch throne smash again with a wwe budget

For all the shit people talk about the "reign of terror", it made the big gold belt mean something again.

And the era of NXT Takeovers being better than their corresponding WWE ppv every single time, was all triple h.

Clear to everyone that HHH felt able to retire due to his “spiritual successor” returning to the fold.

HHH's retiring from the ring has nothing to do with his backstage role in NXT. He'd lost that long ago, and other than a few talents breaking through, all his "guys" amounted to nothing on the main roster.

He had one great year in 2000 and some scattered good matches for the next 2 decades. For the most part, he was bland and mediocre and the product suffered when he was on top (or prominently featured). Just a fucking awful promo, too.

I appreciate that he tries to keep things old-school and "wrestling" focused, but it didn't make him any less boring and underwhelming while simultaneously sucking up airtime like the fun vacuum he always was.

Acting like the man did nothing other than his heel run in 2000 and only a handful of great matches is laughable.

This turned into The Roast of HHH quite quickly :lol:

That tweet above is hilarious (but does undersell his impact (which is generally oversold by the company)).

That's the thing. He's obviously better than let's say a Bob Holly (who was decent btw), but when the company just forces down your throat how monumental HHH was as an in-ring performer, it's like fuck off. He was okay.

Not even a knock on him as a businessman or a smart guy or anything. No doubt, a savvy dude and I don't think he married Stephanie for nefarious reasons. My hate isn't about his wife. He climbed up the ranks because he had a solid head on his shoulders. But as a top performer, he is eh. There have been much much worse--but he never really sparked one's imagination with his endless "THIS BUSINESS" promos and his drawn-out overcooked matches. And he also held down much more talented, dynamic performers.

You might say he’s a “B+ Player”.

and I refuse to "pay homage" to such a gaping, self-important asshole who already receives far more accolades than he deserves.

Fuck. If he'd stayed a B+ player instead of such a focal point he'd have been SO MUCH better.