Abstract
Triple H is without doubt one of the most profitable Superstars in WWE historical past, with 14 world title reigns to his credit score.
Avenue Battle vs. Cactus Jack at Royal Rumble 2000 was a brutal, memorable win.
Triple H’s traditional battles with varied WWE legends present his immense in-ring expertise.
With 14 world title wins to his title, there’s little doubt that Triple H is among the many best of all time in WWE. Now the corporate’s Chief Content material Officer (COO), he shapes the way forward for many Superstars. Earlier than his company position, ‘The Sport’ loved an illustrious in-ring profession and was inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame in April 2025 as recognition for his accomplishments.
From his debut in 1995 to battles in 2019, his intensive 24-year in-ring WWE profession was nothing in need of excellent, with a number of heralded bouts alongside the best way. Triple H boasts an intensive catalogue of high-quality matches, towards a who’s who of opponents.
Clashing with fellow Corridor of Famers resembling Steve Austin and The Undertaker, to his protege Batista and Daniel Bryan, the ‘King of Kings’ has locked up with all of them. Under is a take a look at the ten best matches on Triple H’s resume.
10
Vs. Daniel Bryan (WrestleMania XXX)
WWE World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contenders Match
WrestleMania XXX marked the fruits of Daniel Bryan’s epic ascension to the highest of the WWE mountain, the place the chief of the ‘Sure! Motion’ defeated Randy Orton and Batista to raise the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Nevertheless, previous to his crowning second, Bryan first needed to overcome Triple H. For months, the COO had tried to de-rail Bryan’s rise, recruiting the companies of Orton, Large Present, the Defend and even Shawn Michaels alongside the best way.
Ultimately taking issues into his personal arms, ‘The Sport’ agreed to a match with Bryan at WrestleMania with the winner advancing to the principle occasion later that night time. The passionate contest noticed Triple H carry out an array of strikes, together with a slick launch Tiger Suplex. Nevertheless, Bryan was in a position to overcome his senior, kicking out of the Pedigree earlier than nailing Triple H together with his patented working knee for the win.
9
Elimination Chamber (Survivor Sequence 2002)
World Heavyweight Championship
The world-famous Madison Sq. Backyard hosted Survivor Sequence 2002, finest remembered for the inaugural Elimination Chamber match. RAW GM Eric Bischoff was decided to one-up his SmackDown counterpart Stephanie McMahon and produced the Elimination Chamber idea, the place six members would compete for Triple H’s World Heavyweight Championship.
‘The Sport’, Booker T, Chris Jericho, Kane, Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels went to conflict contained in the metal chains. Regardless of struggling a respectable harm to his throat after RVD’s frog splash from the highest of the cage, Triple H made it to the ultimate two. Going backwards and forwards with Michaels, the champion finally succumbed to Candy Chin Music, taking the pinfall as Michaels gained his fourth (and ultimate) world title.
8
Vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2002)
Unsanctioned Match
D-Technology X was a dominant drive within the Perspective Period. When Shawn Michaels returned to WWE after a four-year hiatus, it solely made sense when he requested to re-form the secure with Triple H. Triple H declined the provide and nailed his former pal with a brutal Pedigree, sending the pair on a collision course for SummerSlam. Eric Bishoff introduced the competition can be an unsanctioned road combat.
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Stepping again contained in the ring for the primary time since 1998, the ‘Heartbreak Child’ barely missed a step. Triple H tried to maintain Michaels at bay with savage backbreakers to the beforehand injured lumbar, however HBK would reply with a diving elbow drop off a ladder.
HHH countered a Candy Chin Music right into a Pedigree try. Nevertheless, Michaels would reverse with a fast jackknife pin for the shock victory within the ruthless bout.
7
Vs. Batista (Vengeance 2005)
World Heavyweight Championship, Hell In A Cell
After defeats to Batista at each WrestleMania 21 and Backlash, Triple H challenged the World Heavyweight Champion to a third-and-final showdown inside Hell In A Cell. Attacking Batista together with his signature sledgehammer, ‘The Animal’ had little selection however to simply accept his former Evolution teammate’s request.
When the cage lowered in Las Vegas, the rivals engaged in a brutal encounter. A blood-soaked Triple H was unrelenting, attacking the champion with a series and barbed wire-wrapped chair.
Youth bettered expertise that night time, as Batista nailed ‘The Sport’ together with his personal sledgehammer, earlier than a crunching spinebuster on the metal steps fed into the Batista Bomb for an additional victory over his mentor.
6
With Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit (RAW twenty first Might 2001)
WWF Tag Group Championships
On paper, this contest was a mouth-watering affair, with 4 prime stars competing for the WWF Tag Group Championships. Regrettably, the match is notorious for the harm Triple H suffered mid-bout.
The tone was instantly set for the principle occasion with high-energy, chaotic motion. HHH and Austin have been grinding down the Canadian duo earlier than a scorching tag to Jericho despatched him working riot on the villainous champions. Locking Austin into the Partitions of Jericho, Triple H needed to save his associate from tapping. As he ran to interrupt the submission up, ‘The Cerebral Murderer’ tore his left quad muscle, rendering him unable to place any weight on his leg.
Unbelievably, Triple H merely continued as deliberate, manoeuvring with Jericho to the subsequent spot, the place Y2J locked HHH into the Partitions of Jericho, putting appreciable stress on his quads. While the career-threatening harm put Triple H on the sideline for a chronic interval, his eventual return is one in every of WWE’s most epic moments.
5
Vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXVIII)
Hell In A Cell
Dubbed the “finish of an period”, Triple H and the Undertaker would go one-on-one for the second consecutive WrestleMania. Being unable to depart on his personal accord the 12 months prior, Undertaker was decided to set issues proper, providing Triple H one final probability to interrupt his storybook streak inside Hell In A Cell. Quickly after, Shawn Michaels was revealed because the particular visitor referee.
The match shortly escalated, as the celebs exchanged massive strikes and weapon assaults. Undertaker was in a position to overcome a number of sledgehammer photographs, two Pedigrees AND a Candy Chin Music from Michaels to nail Triple H with two Tombstone piledrivers and prolong the streak to 20-0. Essentially the most iconic second of the phase got here post-match, when the three legends embraced on the stage.
4
vs. Steve Austin (No Method Out 2001)
Three Levels of Hell
When ‘The King of Kings’ was revealed because the mastermind behind a automobile accident which, kayfabe, put Steve Austin out of motion for 9 months, the duo value one another in subsequent WWF Championship matches. Deciding sufficient was sufficient, Vince McMahon signed a two-out-of-three falls match for the pair to settle their variations. The primary fall, a straight-up singles contest, was awarded to Austin after he hit Triple H with the Stone Chilly Stunner.
A road combat instantly adopted, this time HHH countered Austin’s finisher with a sledgehammer shot, earlier than hitting ‘The Rattlesnake’ with a Pedigree to tie the competition. The metal cage was lowered for the deciding fall.
The electrical crowd witnessed each males kick out of every others finishers, earlier than the bloody warriors concurrently nailed each other with weapons. Triple H’s limp physique fell onto the unconscious Austin, profitable the third fall to wrap-up one in every of WWE’s most vicious rivalries.
3
vs. Cactus Jack (No Method Out 2000)
WWF Championship, Hell In A Cell
Triple H granted Cactus Jack one ultimate shot on the WWF Championship, with the latter agreeing to retire if he couldn’t seize the gold from ‘The Cerebral Murderer’. Jack was allowed to decide on the stipulation, and the belovedly sadistic Corridor of Famer picked Hell In A Cell.
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The primary occasion face-off featured a number of lethal weapons utilised contained in the cell. Most notably, a 2×4 piece of timber, wrapped in barbed wire, which was finally set on fireplace.
The motion moved to the highest of the cell, the place Triple H back-body-dropped his opponent THROUGH the cell roof. Jack fell quickly, his affect breaking the floor of the ring. As he pulled himself to his toes, he was hit with a brutal Pedigree to depart Jack’s profession unsure.
2
Vs. Cactus Jack (Royal Rumble 2000)
WWF Championship, Avenue Battle
A month earlier than their showdown at No Method Out, HHH and Cactus Jack clashed on the Royal Rumble. The not too long ago reinstated Mankind demanded a shot at Triple H’s WWF Championship. A road combat was signed, and Mankind promptly knowledgeable HHH his challenger would really be Mick Foley’s way more violent alter-ego, Cactus Jack.
Brawling throughout Madison Sq. Backyard, making use of the ring bell, trash cans and 2x4s, Triple H demobilised Jack with a pair of handcuffs. With Triple H distracted by The Rock, Jack was freed, earlier than introducing the dreaded thumbtacks. It took two Pedigrees, the second of which drove Jack’s cranium into the thumbtacks, for Triple H to place his rival away and retain his title.
1
Vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit (WrestleMania XX)
World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H’s primary masterpiece got here at WrestleMania’s twentieth anniversary. A collection of attracts between Triple H and Shawn Michaels was additional enhanced by the addition of Royal Rumble winner Chris Benoit to the feud.
Colliding in the principle occasion, the three stars exchanged signature submission holds and strikes all through the competition. Benoit locked Michaels into his Crippler Crossface, with Triple H saving the match simply because the ‘Heartbreak Child’ seemed able to faucet out.
An enormous Pedigree on HBK appeared to have the match wrapped up for Triple H, however Benoit broke up the pin on the final second. Making an attempt a Pedigree on the ‘Rabid Wolverine’ didn’t go as deliberate. Benoit reversed and locked Triple H into an inescapable Crippler Crossface; the primary time ever {that a} WrestleMania primary occasion led to submission.
