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Just in case you've forgotten,

I am The Game.

Behold "The King of Kings" Triple H,

an icon who graced the squared circle with talent

so incredible the story of WWE

cannot be told properly without him.

I'm Triple H, and with me,

there is no hype necessary.

To this day, his presence is still felt out of

the ring as the Cerebral Assassin's mind

permeates WWE's every move.

He's as deadly as they come.

The Cerebral Assassin.

With an intellect as impressive as his physical

capabilities, The Game is unquestionably a bona fide

legend of professional wrestling.

Today, we're looking back at all things King of Kings as we delve

in to the illustrious career of Triple H.

Are you ready?

This is WWE's Greatest Moments.

If you smell--

Oh, my God, what the hell are you doing?

Absolutely unbelievable.

Hulkamania is here.

Welcome, everyone,

to WWE's Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole.

And on this edition, we're looking back at the very best of

"The Game" Triple H.

In 1995, the WWE Universe was introduced to the posh and

proper Hunter Hearst Helmsley.

The Connecticut blue blood would eventually morph into the brash

and dangerous superstar we've come to know.

Let's get ready to suck it.

Aligning himself with his best friend,

Shawn Michaels, the two would form

one of the greatest factions of all time.

We are D-Generation X.

You made your rules, and we will break 'em.

But after a severe back injury to keep

The Heartbreak Kid away from competition,

it was time for Triple H to take the reins.

Triple H of DX is gonna make

a major announcement here tonight.

At that time, D-Generation X was

the biggest faction in WWE,

and it was hard to picture them without Shawn Michaels.

This is the genesis of D-Generation X.

There were conversations with me about going forward

with DX from there.

When you start an army, you look to your friends.

Well, look who's back.

Hunter called me.

He wanted to keep doing the DX thing.

I was just happy it turned out as good as it did.

One of my best friends of my entire life, Triple H,

and he says, "DX needs your help."

So now you have Triple H, Chyna and X-Pac.

That's not all for that night, though.

The New Age Outlaws have a tag match against Cactus Jack

and Chainsaw Charlie.

And all of a sudden, DX shows up and interferes.

That's DX.

DX is here.

And then we all got on all four corners of the cage

after that.

They're stronger than ever.

There they were.

Triple H's DX.

Let's get ready to suck it.

After renewed DX, very quickly went from a place of approaching

everything from an angry heel standpoint

to fans were mobbing us.

The fans loved it.

It's my DX, it's my army.

In 2001, Triple H was at the top of his game.

When you play The Game, you will lose.

Engulfed in a heated rivalry with

"The Texas Rattlesnake" "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,

these two would stop at nothing to take the other out.

Triple H, right here in this ring in front of

the world, I'm gonna beat your ass.

This situation became so tumultuous that it

required an entirely new type of match just to settle the score.

A 3 Stages of Hell match.

Three falls of hell for Austin and The Game.

Is Austin ready to play The Game?

That's the question.

A regular match, it was a-- that turned into a, uh,

street fight that turned into a cage match.

That was the first time that's been done.

This whole issue built on nothing

but pure hatred.

To put those two together created a match

of just magic.

Stone Cold has beaten The Game in the first fall.

That was really cool 'cause

it's not just one stipulation, it's three of 'em.

Now we're in a street fight phase.

Look out.

Look out.

It was just straight magic that happened

with me and Austin.

Professionally, a great part of my career.

The sledgehammer right at Austin's face.

Now going for the Pedigree, and that's the second by God fall.

And now we're going to the third fall.

What are these guys gonna do?

We've seen what they're capable of,

we've seen all what they've done to each other already.

The Game punishing "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

Wait a minute.

The Game.

Look out.

I think we went like 45 minutes.

This is a marathon.

Triple H has got the sledgehammer,

Austin with the 2x4.

Look out.

Oh.

They both scored, they both hit each other,

and The Game falling back on Austin.

Austin, wait a minute.

Triple H has done it.

Triple H won two outta three.

This was a huge victory for Triple H.

In 2015, Triple H and his wife, Stephanie McMahon,

ruled the WWE with an iron fist as The Authority.

Anybody that defies our authority will grovel.

Roman.

However, his subjects wouldn't take kindly to

such an emotionless ruler.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

That's the boss.

The semi-retired King of Kings

would suffer a vicious attack at the hands of Roman Reigns.

Oh, my God.

What is he doing now?

Stop him.

Oh, my God.

He just Speared Triple H through the floor.

But his punishment for his actions, Reigns was forced to

defend his WWE Championship in the number one spot

at the Royal Rumble.

It's one versus all.

Outlasting many competitors,

Roman Reigns looked to be on the verge of retaining his title.

Roman Reigns is the only one standing

in this match right now.

Until he learned why you should never put your

hands on the boss.

Number 30 on his way.

Oh my God.

At this point in his career,

Triple H really wasn't wrestling that often.

For him to come out at the Royal Rumble,

this was a huge surprise.

We have not seen Triple H since Roman Reigns

sent him to the hospital over a month ago.

Here we go.

He's not afraid to do whatever it takes

to keep himself at the top.

Roman Reigns eliminated.

We are guaranteed to have a new champion,

and it's gonna be Triple H or Dean Ambrose.

Triple H over the top rope.

Ambrose gonna do it.

No, he hung on.

He hung on.

Ambrose eliminated.

Triple H is a 14-time WWE Champion.

To be able to be in there with Triple H,

you lose to learn how to win.

You know what I mean?

So you have to go through some kind of struggle,

some kind of adversity.

What a great night for The Authority.

The Rumble was incredible.

It was everything it needed to be.

When a king has lust for power, the best way to

keep it is to surround yourself with trusted allies.

Following a victory over his former friend, Shawn Michaels,

at Armageddon 2002-

He's the World Heavyweight Champion, JR.

Triple H

captured the World Heavyweight Championship once again,

taking his rightful place atop the WWE kingdom.

From now on, when you call me out,

you don't just get me.

In February of 2003, the King of Kings

introduced the WWE Universe to his new royal council.

Wait a minute, what the hell is this?

That's the World's Heavyweight Champion, Triple H,

and who are these other guys?

Batista and Flair and Orton.

What are they doing out here?

And what you see in this ring before you

is the greatest example of Evolution you will ever see.

Evolution was sort of that next step in careers.

Dave Batista, 6'5”, 325 pounds.

Hunter was the first guy to-to see something

special in me.

Randy Orton is the coal that will be squeezed

into the next diamond.

That's a huge part of what made me who I am.

Triple H cutting that promo and forming

Evolution was a monumental moment in his career.

Evolution had an incredible run.

The celebration is just about to begin.

Evolution on top of the world.

Triple H is really the architect here,

setting them on that path.

You've got two future world champions here, Randy Orton and

Batista, and that may not have happened without Triple H.

Because Hunter saw that there was something special

about Randy Orton, my career took off.

Hunter made my career.

I-I was only as good as I was because of Hunter.

So if you wake up one day and you're wondering what in

the hell happened, Evolution has just passed you by.

Triple H desired one thing, one thing that eluded

him his whole career, the WWE Championship.

And he would do nearly anything to get his shot.

Now, Mick, I want your ass out here.

I want what is mine, or I am gonna break his arm.

You don't have to threaten JR.

You want a shot at this belt?

All you have to do is ask.

Triple H and Mankind,

WWE Championship on the line.

Shane McMahon who appointed

himself the referee to this match.

He's on the precipice of greatness,

but he still hadn't had that decisive moment.

Mick was instrumental in putting his stamp

of toughness to Triple H.

And now Triple H takes advantage.

Did you see that?

Double-teamed.

That night was pretty much the most important thing in

my life at that point.

Pedigree time.

He got it.

Triple H with a Pedigree.

This is- It's over.

Referee.

Will it be? Will it be?

Yes.

Triple H.

Yes.

Triple H. Triple H.

Guys inside the business will joke about it like

there's a moment when you win that title for the first time

where it's all real and you sort of get that feeling.

Triple H has realized his dream.

He is now the World Wrestling-- Champion.

the help of his mentor, [Michaelh

Triple H, Randy Orton evolved from a champion

to a vicious Viper that gained a lust for the spotlight.

In 2009, Orton won the Royal Rumble and chose to face his

former ally, Triple H, for the WWE Championship

at WrestleMania 25.

Triple H, I have taken everything from you

except the WWE title.

All bets were off,

but The Game decided to make a house call.

Triple H, I gave you too much credit.

You're not the competitor that I thought you were.

You're not even the man that I thought you were.

Randy Orton's doing an interview at his house,

and then all of a sudden-

- award me the title.

I-- Wait, stop.

Samantha, don't get the door.

It doesn't get any more personal

than someone invading your home.

Working with Triple H,

always a next-level experience.

It was just a chaotic moment.

I mean, Triple H is just destroying this guy

at his house.

People were really absorbed

at this emotionally charged angle.

It was intense, and they could buy into that.

He attacked me.

He attacked me.

The year 2000 was the end of a millennium,

but it was also the beginning of a whole new Game.

Triple H has won the World Wrestling--

Championship.

No one was taking that gold

from the King of Kings.

Not even "The King of Hardcore" Cactus Jack.

The most sadistic wrestler of all time was hell-bent on

capturing the prize that Triple H held so dearly.

You accept my stipulation,

I will put my entire 15-year career on the line.

Hell in the Cell.

Somebody's going to walk out

of here with the WWE title.

The matches they had were brutal.

The Hell in the Cell match takes it to another level.

Oh, man, oh, man.

God Almighty.

For the love of God.

Oh, my God.

Look out.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

He just went through the cage.

And then the building just came alive.

And as soon as they come alive, it registers,

I promised these people

I was going on top of that cell again.

The crowd chanting Foley.

Cactus is going up.

I don't know how high we are, but we're high.

Seems a lot higher when you're up there.

Jerry Lawler says-

What could be worse than

a 2x4 wrapped in barbed wire?

Boom.

That thing lights up.

What?

He's going to piledrive him on the fire.

Oh, my God.

For the love of God.

The cage broke.

The ring broke, and Cactus Jack has broken in half.

That's Mick's playground.

And Hunter walked in there and beat him.

What more can you do as a heel than take a lovable

character and force him to then retire?

Mick Foley's career is over, folks.

For my career, it meant the world.

It's about one thing.

It's about me.

On an episode of Sunday Night Heat in 1999,

Triple H sat down with Jim Ross to get something heavy off his

chest and make an emphatic statement to the WWE Universe,

reminding them of who he was.

What?

You-You want me to shoot with this interview?

I'm gonna shoot with it.

I'm going to tell you how I feel whether you like it or not.

The interview with Jim Ross,

that's a very real interview.

Everything that came out of Hunter's mouth was the truth.

I don't need anybody else, JR.

This is about me.

I don't need to be in a Kliq anymore.

I don't need to be in DX anymore.

It's about me reaching my goals.

There's moments in time where you can just sit down with

somebody and be real.

Not having to be projecting on a microphone to a large crowd.

You guys talk about being students of the game.

I am The Game, JR.

I said The Game moniker for the first time just off the cuff.

Just happened to say it.

I knew that we had heard something special.

There is nobody that eats, sleeps, or breathes

this business more than me.

And now it's my time to prove that to the world.

I knew that was a pivotal moment for me

to get across what I was looking for from the business.

I was no longer Hunter Hearst Helmsley, I was The Game.

It was a different conversation.

But when it's said and done, it's about me getting

what I deserve in this business,

and that is becoming the WWE Champion.

A king is dangerous when they are hungry

for glory but can be even more ruthless

when motivated by revenge.

After watching the career of his best friend, Shawn Michaels, end

when he failed to conquer The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26-

The Undertaker is 18-0.

Shawn Michaels' career is over.

Triple H set his sights on

The Deadman the following year-

but he, too, came up short.

We have seen two men go through an

excursion through hell.

With The Undertaker offering him one more

shot at immortality, and HBK as a special guest referee,

we would witness The Phenom and The Game

wage war inside two tons of harrowing steel.

There have been 24 Hell in a Cell

matches in history.

These two men have been in 19 of them.

Our names are-are synonymous

with that match.

Those carcinogenic right hands of The Undertaker,

so debilitating.

Three guys that have been in the trenches together

for all of it, having our last shot on the front lines

together.

Oh, my God.

He beat me with that chair

like I owed him money.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

He is truly superhuman.

How's he doing this?

Oh, my God.

At two and a half, he kicks.

Oh, my God.

I can't believe what I'm seeing.

That's one of my favorite

moments of my entire career.

Look at this.

My God.

We know what that means.

Yes, we do.

The sign.

Oh.

A disaster.

And a three.

I knew that we had just finished

something that was going to be so special that would last

through the annals of time in our industry.

An image that we will all remember forever.

We have now reached our number one moment,

one that would define the grit and determination

of The King of Kings.

2001 saw Triple H running at peak performance,

but everything would come to a screeching halt in May

of that year when The Game suffered a career-threatening

injury in the form of a torn quad.

The WWE Universe questioned if this was the end of the game.

A horrible break.

For nearly eight grueling months,

Triple H put his body through hell to make it back

to where he was meant to be inside the squared circle.

It was time for The Game to restart.

One of the loudest Garden

ovations that I've ever heard.

That's what you live for.

It has been eight full months

of hellacious rehabilitation.

I just have to prove to everybody

that I can still do this.

But every moment of hell that he went through,

was thinking about this very night.

Just in case you've forgotten, I am The Game.

It's Madison Square Garden with the most

passionate WWE fans in the whole entire world,

and Triple H got to make his comeback there,

and it was with me,

which was crazy.

What the hell is this idiot, Kurt Angle?

The audacity to interrupt this man's return.

Who the hell do you think you are?

Hey, look out.

Oh.

The Game with those big old right hands-

Yeah.

right on the face of that pompous Kurt Angle.

Get out of there, Kurt.

Look at The Game.

My God, The Game is in great shape.

Oh, no.

Oh, look out.

Could it be? A Pedigree.

No. No.

A Pedigree.

Pedigree.

Triple H gave me the Pedigree,

and there he was, man.

He was back in the game.

The Game looks better than ever.

Just everything about it, fairytale.

You can bet your ass I'm back.

No man alive could stop Triple H

from conquering the impossible,

as he would stack win after win, claim title after title,

all-the-while cementing his legacy

in professional wrestling.

He's The Game, and he's that damn good.

Well, that'll do it for this edition

of WWE's Greatest Moments.

Hope you've enjoyed this look back

at the best of "The King of Kings" Triple H.