My dad died of a sudden heart attack from the same type of blockage some years back. Not the biggest fan of HHH, but am glad the guy's going to be around for his wife and kids.
My dad had this kind of a heart attack and somehow it bypassed itself just like HHH. The cardiologist showed him the picture and told him to pin it to the refrigerator and then buy a lottery ticket. But a nod to HHH. The real deal and provided many good times for the fans for many years.
pusang halaw he was a good mid car IC guy. Would he have gotten a push? His body in 2000 prolly gets him a heel push to go against Rock and Austin but that’s prolly the extent Of where he goes.
@@zekegillespie1486 Marriage isn't the only form of politicking and lots of guys have held a title without being a legend, an all time great, etc. He's good, I just think his legacy exceeds his actual ability.
His return in 2002 was something special. I remember the vignettes they played in the weeks leading up to his return. His heel run from August 1999-May 2001 is something that can’t be matched. I loved his rivalry with Foley and Austin. The three stages of hell match was excellent story telling. His reign of terror was horrible, BUT he made Big Gold matter. He helped make Batista with that whole story.
Jesus Christ Brian, should he have sat down with Walter fucking Cronkite for you to be happy?! He literally had a heart problem & now has a pacemaker, let’s put him under some stress with an interview that makes Brian Last happy.
Brian Last is the old head Smark leader. He legitimately thinks he's one of "the boys". It's crazy how serious people can take wrestling and it's usually for booking reasons which is truly sad.
I've always thought he appealed to Stephanie in part because he wasn't a fuck up. That being said, HHH was already a household name to any wrestling fan even in the late 90s. He's definitely had a hell of a career.
I call bullshit on Brian. I was a big fan of HHH early on as a kid and I'm an average schlub so there has to be a lot of other average schlub kids who felt like I did. Everyone seems to forget the response he recieved from the crowd when he came back after his quad tear. One of the loudest pops I've ever heard.
The two HHH matches I remember most are Cactus Jack at RR2000 and Austin at NWO2001. Those and others like the Rock ladder match will always be something to remember, along with the Motorhead themes being "HIS" thing.
He was drawing record numbers in house shows without rock and austin on shows in 00. He was top draw from 00 - 10 just as many years as Cena. They were equal in years on top during that decade according to WON.
Triple H needed help from the click, then D/X and then being married to Stephanie. He was never the Rock, Steve Austin, Undertaker or Foley. Or Cena for that matter. But he was good.
My personal favorite…THANK YOU! His push started BEFORE Stephanie so I’ll never understand some of the claims people make about her being the only reason for his push smh good mic work,solid in ring and took some bumps in some brutal matches. for the record… I woulda left chyna for steph too in a heartbeat 😂
Exactly. You think major sports personalities just line up to review wrestlers? hardly. Do they want them to drag this guy because he wasn't hard on a guy who had a heart attack lol.
@@poocrayon4588 yep, there aren't a ton of big name sports journalists chomping at the bit to interview a wrestler, the fact that the biggest name in US sports journalism bothered to interview a wrestler is a miracle in itself. Plus as you said the guy just suffered heart failure, nobody would give him an intense tough interview anyway and WWE knows that.
HHH will always be a beast. People's favorite thing to talk about was when he finished that tag team match with a torn quad which don't get me wrong s really impressive but him finishing the elimination chamber match with a crushed throat is next level tough S.O.B shit.
1999-2000 Triple H was in the "best in the world" conversation just as Bryan or Roman or Brock are in right now (although that was helped along by most of his competitors getting hurt or aging out across the world). I still hold that version of HHH as the one people should remember, McMcahon-Helmsley era HHH absolutely was that guy on the level of Rock, Austin, Vince etc as someone who held his own in the main cast. In middle school everyone I knew was all about HHH and said he was the best wrestler, it was all about him or Kane. If you were a detention regular, HHH was your icon: he hooked up with the "principal's" daughter and crotch-chopped and caused mayhem everywhere he went.
Yeah that’s definitely true the crowd reaction thing. Since about the year 2000, wether it was boos or cheers he ALWAYS got the crowd reaction. After 2002 even as a heel he was cheered a lot
The loudest pops at MSG I've ever heard way before the renovation a few years ago are 1. HHH Returns 2. Sid entrance vs HBK 3. Cena RR Return 4. Larry Johnson's 4 point play 5. Rangers win the cup
The rotating rivalries between HHH, Austin and The Rock and his programme with Mick Foley was incredible. One of the best era's in history. I'm sad we won't see him in the ring again knowing its his last hoorah but even more glad he is getting through it and will hopefully be around for a long time to come. His final match being at Wrestlemania vs Batista was a fitting end.
The heart creating new and smaller arteries to channel the blood is actually a real thing. That happened to my Dad when he needed triple bypass surgery.
No disrespect to Foley but more people know Triple H than Foley. It’s revisionist by Last to act like H wasn’t on that level when the crowd reaction and main events put him there. He was the top guy from like 02-05
@@zoraizasim2459 No, Triple H should be in a tier below where they belong. He never would have sold out a wrestlemania by himself like Rock, Austin or Hogan would have. He always needed paired up with the person drawing those houses. And take the line Schiavone said about Foley winning the title. I'd damn near bet one of my limbs not that many people would have switched had he said it were Triple H instead of Foley. Hell that line probably would have worked instead of failed spectacularly.
I lost my dad from a heart attack, his widowmaker was also almost completely. I convinced to go to a doctor cuz he looked gray - his appt was on Monday, he died Friday. I lost my dad at 24, I wouldn't wish that on anyone and HHH has three kids.
@@JackTheripper911 I know the words don't mean much (they didn't to me) but I am sorry - it's the fucking worst, no other way to put it. If you ever want to talk, feel free to reach out.
First off, it was reall serious, the man has a defib in his chest, dang, that means his heart could stop at any minute, he REALLY REALLY almost died and it was off just what he was doing, not that BS these dirt sheets were saying and making fun of it. ALSO It had nothing to do with softball questions, Brian Last just hates everything and thinks he will put someone in WWE in a corner and be a tough guy, lame ass.
No matter what these guys say, if you were a fan of the top heel growing up, those 20 min segments of HHH starting off raw, were great. There wasn't anyone else outside of the good guys , who could work the crowd from the mic. It's weird that alot of people don't give him the credit he is due.
Its retarded. People cry about shit that doesnt matter. "whaa he held other down with muh politics!". Like any of that mattered to the fans. You wouldnt even know this crap if kayfabe was still around and everyone didnt shit on each other behind the scenes lol
I feel for him. I had 15 to 20 percent functioning of my heart 90 percent blocked in front wall of my heart. 80 percent in my sidewall of my heart. I had 3 stents put in my heart and then put a difiburator put in me. Just like Triple H. I hope he gets better. I had mine go off 3 times in a hour. The shocks go off at 181 heart rate. It hurts like hell feels like you got kicked by a horse.
@@Rschr101 While I don't agree with his politics 100% of the time, it's his show, and he can say what he wants. And he can talk circles around shit stain on any given day and twice on Sunday!!! "Bro, bro, bro, bro" is all you're gonna hear from Russo 😁
Triple H is one of the best. He was a good babyface but was an incredible heel. I remember hating him so much 😂 Its a shame he won’t be able to have a proper retirement match. But the good thing is that he’s still here with us. He wasn’t appreciated until he was gone from the business.
His very first run as a face with DX-Army was good. But other than that return at MSG he never connected as a face. But as a heel? He's one of WWE's best.
To me the thing that separates HHH from others was his drive. He was never satisfied with being satisfied. He always wanted more and would put in the work and effort to improve at whatever he was doing. People can make remarks about him being married into the family, but no one gets that far with their career "just because"
I mean the only other person that was as successful as Triple H was would’ve been Hogan and we know part of the reason Hogan succeeded was in large part because of Crowd reaction which Triple J did not have by comparison.
Trippix, I appreciate those kind words. It means a lot to this lifelong HHH fan. HHH'S my GOAT. Not just for his character, look, promo, and ring work. But his unrivaled work ethic, ambitiousness, and passionate respect for wrestling history. He wasn't born "in" the business like Rock or Orton. But it's as if he was born FOR the business. There won't be another like him.
Triple H is one of the greatest heels of all time and Brian's attitude toward him just proves it to me. Triple H and Edge were the only guys during it all to make me scream at my tv
Jim is one of the kings of the Slick Jab. "Scott Hall's knowledge of the wrestling business. And Nash's knowledge of politics." Cleverly places a compliment of Hall right before a clear shot at Nash😂. Corny's a true magician.
Brian Last Stfu HHH was THE heel of 1999-06 tf u talking about he was so heel he turned vince face at one point. He was literally the game he was top guy and when austin went down the numbers went up with his feud with the rock they averaged more viewers in 2000 with HHH as champion and their feud was on SNL when the rock hosted in 2000, and he got the loudest pop ive ever heard HHH is the greatest heel of his era period.
I still say the loudest pop I ever heard was when Triple H returned from the quad injury on RAW in 2002, that crowd really blew the roof off the place.
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? He also stole the top stars from other promotions including contract tampering trying to put them out of business. Then taking credit like these guys trained in NXT u under him.
You dont have to like him , but dont forget he’s a human with family. So glad he’s okay and will always be one of the top heels during the attitude/ruthless aggression era
I’m 28 and really stopped watching around 2007 but for me trips was THE heel. You loved to boo him. He had legit animosity with the crowd it felt like. Idk. I’ve always been a huge fan and I hope for the best concerning the game.
Cornette - “Triple H was always the guy who worked with the guy who drew the money” Well, the guy who drew the money needed someone in the ring who was good enough to draw the money. Imagine Stone Cold drawing money against Hurricane. Or Imagine The Rock against Scotty 2 Hotty when the Undertaker came back as the American Bad Ass. Triple H is the second best heel of all time after Ric Flair and there is no argument there.
Completely agree. And also about him marrying stephanie. Imagine if she married someone like hurricane or Brian Kendrick or Jamie noble, would they have the career that Triple H had just because of stephanie? Hell no! People would never buy them as main event caliber guy and a world champion.
Dr. Brisn Sutterer on YT went through the medical points that HHH revealed. My mom has been a nurse for over 50 years. Mom backed up Dr. Sutterer's point that HHH is lucky to be alive, period. Ex NHL goalie Henrik Lunqvuist had a heart condition that was managed for years. I would have to find citations, but it got to the point where surgery was needed. Henrik is 40 years old and in elite shape. Heart surgery took about a year for recovery. But Lundqvist had to retire. HHH had open heart surgery! It will take him a year or more to recover. But HHH is in good shape for his age. He should be able to live a normal quality of life. Hopefully, HHH sees his daughters grow up and life a long life. That is all that matters.
@@TheSnatchbuckler Crosby and Ovi owed him. Sure he was a great goalie, but he never won a cup. If he played anywhere but New York, he’d be a Luongo in that he won a lot of games, but isn’t revered like a Roy or Brodeur.
@@pens87668 I think you meant "owned", but to be fair, Crosby and Ovechkin owned pretty much everybody. They're star players, and role players on their teams. And they had contemporaries. Lundqvuist was also a star player. And, honestly, I can't think of anyone from his generation that was as good a goaltender, team leader, and ambassador for the game like Lundqvuist. I know that stuff is subjective, but I find it hard to name another. I'd gladly consider anyone that you think met those marks, but it's gonna be a short list. Nobody will ever be another Roy, or Brodeur, or any of the other legends. For his generation, though, Lundqvuist is one of the greatest, in my opinion.
It wasn't a softball. Hhh was asked if he could handle the challenge of creating another Hogan and Rock. The interview had many different elements to it. It was complimentary (as it should've been when you look at HHH's legacy and current situation), but it was also infomative. It was well done.
Idk what they were expecting from a interview that was literally promoted as an update on his health and future, I swear the FED bad bias on everyone who works there is so annoying from Brian.
My absolute favorite thing, the thing I look forward to,is Jim going absolutely off doing a promo for a sponsor and Brian having to play straight guy and drag it all back in. It is so cool and old school and fun and I love that bit more than I have words for.
Stress will kill you! Imagine working for Vince that close while running one of the WWEs brands, then having it taken away from you, and on top of that having him as a father in law! I just hope he slows down and takes care of himself and his family and tells Vince to F Off!
@@fwef7445 steroids and HGH will enlarge your heart forcing it to work harder, but I doubt they clog your arteries (unless I'm missing something). I always thought HHH was a health nut and always ate well.
@@fwef7445 So if that's the reason then why is Vince Himself never had problems? He was more jacked than HHH and still is today probably! Oh and why isn't Hulk Hogan having issues. Think about that!
A defibrillator - when it detects your heart in a "abnormal rhythm" will shock it with a specified voltage to "get the heart back into the correct rhythm".
Never been the biggest HHH fan, but I think people forget sometimes how popular he got in 2001 especially after the retiring Foley, stuff like the love triangle with Steph and Angle, and his high quality title runs in 2000. I remember hearing reports of the whole arena booing when he didn’t come back from his quad tear at Vengeance 2001, for instance. He might not have been Rock or Austin, but he got close.
They didn't forget they just try and change history based off how they feel now. Same reason they'll talk about "draws" yet don't mention Goldberg since he can't wrestle, as if that actually mattered at all.
@@davyjones2032 Maybe, but even then I’ve noticed that a lot of the smark opinion turned around on him since the NXT stuff, so its nowhere near as negative as it was even 10 years ago. Again, never the biggest fan, but I think he’s got a nice legacy no matter what perspective you’re looking from.
@@Thecallmemisterajp true. They like the NXT version of HHH. I'm the opposite as I like the wrestler. Then again I don't really care about who is running a program anyway.
I got use to it.. dude really said “wwe gave triple h a softball of an interview.” H almost died why would he want some pressing questions. I try to mute the video when Brian start talking!
His legacy will be a mix of good and bad but there no doubt he has a legacy regardless and impact on the industry. Im glad we didn’t lose him because this industry has lost so many guys young. And God is Stephen A. Smith insufferable.
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? the KLIQ was good for wrestling. Pay went up, all but Pac were stars, all but Nash were legendary workers. The worst you can say about Triple H is the series of burials he gave out from 02-04, especially RVD and Booker T. Cena’s burial of the Nexus is maybe #1 tho 😂
Before CM Punk's return this year in my opinion the best return ovation ever was when Triple H came back at MSG from a torn quad. The fans went crazy and Triple H looked so fucking badass. Like, never had someone looked more like a badass professional wrestler than Triple H did in that moment.
Jim is not making sense. All those wrestlers were baby faces, HHH is known as a heel. Of course he worked with who drew the money. All of them, it was him
Whether you love him or hate him, he was a massive part of the attitude era, he became the man you had to beat to be THE top guy.....and he started to develop a brand in NXT that was at one time one of the best things out there that you could watch.....even if you think others made him look better than he was, find a wrestler he didn't have an amazing match with....The Rock, Stone Cold, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Batista, Shawn Michaels, Kane, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Owen Hart, Mick Foley, John Cena, Randy Orton.....he had a classic at one time or another with every single one of them.....I know many people think of Ric Flair when they see that big Gold belt.....but I still see Triple H every time I see it......
Triple H is one guy who really redeemed himself. From everybody accusing him of not putting anyone over and marrying his way to the top. He got every indu guy (some of them not deserving) over. Smart guy
Absolutely, not to mention being absolutely awesome in the ring, on the mic, HELL EVEN ON COMMENTARY his commentary appearance in Lockdown was great! Very talented, great PR guy, good with kids etc
for me it was the HHH "reign of terror" and the v2 rocket they shoved up cenas ass to push him over the moon that caused me to lose interest in wrestling. glad he's well and able to raise his kids.
I believe what HHH had is a pacemaker/defibrillator. I know several people with these devices. So it both has the functionality of a pacemaker & when needed a defibrillator to pretty much keep him alive. My dad had one after a quadruple bypass. His defibrillator went off while on a ladder once, dam near killed him! Lol
@@mykoniichistorychannel YUP. My Dad was a tough guy, not in the way of beating people up, just that whatever happened to him he pushed through where most people would have given up!! At 80 years old when his defibrillator went off on the ladder and he saw that doctor after he asked the doctor if they could make the device warn him before being shocked. The doctor asked why, and he told him about it going off on the ladder. The doctor told him, "Sir you should not be on a ladder" My Dad looked at him and replied "Don't tell me what to do sonny!!" And he was not kidding!! LOL
I love Triple H, one of my favorites and I do think he was a star to the level of an Undertaker, but yes it did take him longer to get there. Probably 2000-2006 was what made him to a lot of people. I still think he's one of the best and most dedicated as well has having such a storied career that you can turn to and say Triple H was a great talent.
Some see him as a legend and a hero, some see him as a serial backstage politician. Hell, some see him as both at the same time. All I know is that Triple H, DX and Evolution were a major part of my childhood and watching this interview was rather awful. I hope to God that Triple H takes all the time he needs to get back behind the scenes...if he wants to come back at all. If he decides to call it quits and spend the rest of his life out of the spotlight, I'm good with that too.
Everyone has their dislikes of wrestlers for one reason or another but honestly when wrestlers get sick , they are human beings and people have to remember that. No matter what my preference on who’s a better star or if I’m a fan of their work , we still have to remember at the end of the day these people put their lives on the line everytime they step into the ring to entertain us , no matter how shitty we might think some things are
when Jim says Trip was never a main event guy its the big one i disagree on watch the raw comeback when he came back after 18 months of rehab on his acl that crowd blew and chucked babies in the air he got a ten minute walk to the ring ffs people popped for the water spit as well he was over and over strong at various points in his career.
That is his bias kicking in. There is no way someone can look at HHH and his ability in ring and even in promos (even if often montone and long) and act as if he isn't a main eventer. It's honestly no shame to not be as big of a star as Austin and Rock especially when you're a bad guy.
He still wasn’t the guy. That’s all gym says you changing Cornette words he says hhh is the guy who worked with the guy never the game changing superstar.
I agree with you, say what you want but he worked his ass off to be "the game" in 1999, and even then politics themselves held him down (Austin refusing to do the honors to him that time at Summerslam), but he persevered, i hated his reign of terror but it made it more special when Benoit and Batista finally dethroned him. My least favorite run of his was 2008-9 when he was WWE Champ, aside from putting over Jeff, he didn't have alot of memorable feuds if Im being honest, but Trips will always be one of the greats and one my personal favorites.
He’s been a main event guy, but he’s just never been *THE* guy. I’d go as far to say he’s even been the best in the business imo (in 2000), but he was never *THE* guy.
I was always a fan of Triple H with the notable exception of when he went on his reign of terror on Raw and was the only singles champion on there (when the Katie Vick thing happened). But when he stepped back a bit I was a fan again.
Dx and the crotch chops were common place in my primary school aged up to 11 in the UK, even those who didn’t watch knew him and Michael’s from being on the cover of the console games which everyone always played, the crotch chops were fully a thing in the uk amongst my age group (I’m 22 now)
@@bobwatson1162 to be honest by the time it got to my age group (2007) or so it wasn’t suck it it was more making an x like ‘dx’ not what it was originally
His involvement with them always felt like a good participation award from Vince. not knocking Foley’s legacy at all but it’s clear as day how WWE truly regarded him. the revisionist history is insane.
I would pay money to have Corney go up to Triple H and tell him "Paul, I used to think you were a dumb shit, but so many other dumbshits have come by that you moved up the ladder without doing anything." Really feels like Jim has not just lightened up about Triple H but is now giving him some big credits for what he's done in and for the wrestling business and is now genuinely sympathetic to the guy. I personally eagerly await for Triple H's new business venture, The Paul Levesque Experience with your host Triple H and co-host the 123 Kid, Sean Waltman
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I hope so!!! It’ll be amazing to have some retro versions of Triple H, DX, McMahon-Helmsley Regime, Evolution etc. From the blue blood to the King of Kings. Triple H has had one of the coolest careers of all time.
I was sad to hear that Triple H announced retirement from in-ring competition with WWE. I figured he could probably go another 5-10 more years, but, we all know how well that prediction lasted...
I had a defribulator implanted in 1993. I had a V-TAC . My heart went 350 bpm and stopped. I crashed seconds after hitting the floor. My coworkers spent almost 10 minutes performing cpr. The paramedics could not get me stabilized and lost me 6 times to the hospital. I was on life support for two days. No vitals. They told my wife at the time she was going to have to start thinking if she wanted to keep me on life support. I had no vitals. After a month of being transferred to different hospitals and going through so many test they left it as sudden death. No reasons. They implanted a defribulator originally in my abdomen. Now they put it up in your chest. I've had this nightmare fire on me accidently 5 times. It was a 2 year battle to even take the garbage out. You were afraid of your heart going to fast. The hospital that originally implanted the defribulator asked me to be a part of a research study for PTSD. There has to be a more humane way to do this. They used to electrocute people as a death sentence. You are having electricity course through your body. Some people might think that's nothing. But when you get shocked like shine people up to 63 times and they didn't need a shock. Triple H made the right decision to retire. Him having a blockage was no joke. But the heart has av way of trying to repair itself. The heart was forming capillaries to get the blood to start pumping in that area. The blockage woulda killed him long before the repair. His struggle is going to be an emotional journey. But if he asks the help. It's out there. Slash from guns n roses has a defribulator. I read in his autobiography that he gets shocked while playing on stage. How he does it is amazing.
Always was fan of HHH, one of my 5 favorites. People try to use their weird real life hatred because of "booking" from 10-15+ years to rewrite history. However, DX was absolutely huge part of Attitude Era and no one I know in real life hates HHH. He's a part of fond memories of Attitude and Ruthless Aggression Eras. Made Cena, Reigns, Orton, Batista, The Guy wiped from my memory, Angle, Rollins better and lifted up Flair. Also might have brought out the best of JR on commentary even more than Austin. "Tell me why you son of a bitch!"🤣 Numerous great matches and feuds. One of greatest return pops. Top 5 best Modern day heel too when you factor in him, Cena, and Vince "killed wrestling" nerd heat... The sad irony is the nerds who hated wrestler him for not putting Kozlov over seemed to love the NXT Indie lover version of HHH lol.(the feud with Booker T was BS tho).
@@RKO1988 cough *Kane* cough *Randy Orton* cough *Goldberg* cough I agree generally about everything you said (down to people genuinely hating him being irrational marks that can’t correlate their hatred for Paul Levesque *personally* to the heat he’s built as Triple H), but acting like he didn’t bury multiple people is horse shit.
@@LimaKiloRomeo I hate to sound like a dick but I feel like this is karma at play, he held down so many ppl married the bosses daughter and become a 10,000x world champion refused to do jobs for people who needed them like Kane, RVD, Booked T, Punk etc I guess he forgot he was supposed to be a heel and get those guys over…
Y'know I don't know if someone can technically be "made" twice. But if there was a ever a case, it'd be John Cena. Cuz as much as WM22 was significant for his ascension as "the guy", the Shawn Michaels feud was so much better end to end and inside the ring. I would argue that those were the best matches from the first half of his career.
In all honesty, his last big match was against Randy Orton in Saudi Arabia. That would've potentially been his last opponent even if he had his say in the matter. And he took the loss in that match.
I don’t think Cornette realizes how big Triple H truly was and then people who grew up see him. Beside Austin and Rock most of us see Triple H as the next guy. We see him on their level.
For me, HHH was always the guy. I hated Austin and Rock. I loved when HHH beat their asses and was bored everytime Austin wasted beer and stunned people he wasn't even feuds with for no reason every week.
My dad died of a sudden heart attack from the same type of blockage some years back. Not the biggest fan of HHH, but am glad the guy's going to be around for his wife and kids.
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Bless the millionaires. These people really deserve all the love in the world 🤣🤡
Mine too and me too. Hope you are ok.
@@tripvic7629 hahahha I know right... fuck HHH
@@tripvic7629 Chynas ghost coming for revenge
My dad had this kind of a heart attack and somehow it bypassed itself just like HHH. The cardiologist showed him the picture and told him to pin it to the refrigerator and then buy a lottery ticket. But a nod to HHH. The real deal and provided many good times for the fans for many years.
“Life finds a way”
Is anyone surprised he wouldn't put Death over?
I had a very similar thing happen in March 2017
levesque would be nothing if he didn't marry the bosses daughter.
pusang halaw he was a good mid car IC guy. Would he have gotten a push? His body in 2000 prolly gets him a heel push to go against Rock and Austin but that’s prolly the extent Of where he goes.
I always saw HHH as the guy someone had to beat to get to the top, he was the final test for a wrestler so definitely one of the best
Exactly, the guy that worked with whoever Vince chose as THE guy.
He just had the influence to put himself in that position. I think being in that spot made him, more than he got over to earn that spot.
@@mgk2020 he got the title in 1999 b4 steph tho....
One might even say he's the game.
@@zekegillespie1486 Marriage isn't the only form of politicking and lots of guys have held a title without being a legend, an all time great, etc. He's good, I just think his legacy exceeds his actual ability.
His return in 2002 was something special. I remember the vignettes they played in the weeks leading up to his return. His heel run from August 1999-May 2001 is something that can’t be matched. I loved his rivalry with Foley and Austin. The three stages of hell match was excellent story telling. His reign of terror was horrible, BUT he made Big Gold matter. He helped make Batista with that whole story.
Jesus Christ Brian, should he have sat down with Walter fucking Cronkite for you to be happy?! He literally had a heart problem & now has a pacemaker, let’s put him under some stress with an interview that makes Brian Last happy.
Brian Last is the old head Smark leader. He legitimately thinks he's one of "the boys". It's crazy how serious people can take wrestling and it's usually for booking reasons which is truly sad.
Dude is a real low life
Corny was the one who accused smith of giving a shitty interview
@@davyjones2032 Brian last will always be bootleg Conrad to me
Can be a good co-host with Corny but man he is so self-righteous and preachy. Straight up insufferable at times.
This man went from a British aristocrat to the cerebral assassin to the king of kings .what a legend
Wasn't he supposed to be French?
He was French
@@theeverchosen1504 Oui, oui!
*He held other workers down and played politics to get to the top and stay there.*
@@MattSingh1 who he held down, that didn't become a big star?
I've always thought he appealed to Stephanie in part because he wasn't a fuck up. That being said, HHH was already a household name to any wrestling fan even in the late 90s. He's definitely had a hell of a career.
He was a legit student of the game. I became a bigger fan of his when he was doing great stuff in NXT (2015-2019) and with the CWC and UK tournament
Not a fuck up. Just a suck up
Household name is a stretch
I will always love hhh for being enemy #1 to the wrestling observer reader marks
That’s actually Kevin nash
Those smarks are still mad that he beat RVD🤣🤣 embarrassing
Hey yo when did him and rvd face?
@@botchamaniajeezus it’s wear rvd was saying that he liked how triple h spit water
Hahahahaha. Real heels make the fans, dirt sheet people, and Corny angry. 😈😈😈
I call bullshit on Brian. I was a big fan of HHH early on as a kid and I'm an average schlub so there has to be a lot of other average schlub kids who felt like I did. Everyone seems to forget the response he recieved from the crowd when he came back after his quad tear. One of the loudest pops I've ever heard.
Brian is usually full of shit.
If people actually watched raw 1999-2002 Triple h was one of the most over wrestlers in the business.
@@heyyo7431 tbf it's really easy to be over in those times
@@jamirimaj6880 Oh yea you’re right because there was no wannabe fantasy booking smarks who complained about booking decisions.
@@LordChromeGaming I guess Brian last is a big fan of Chyna lol.
The two HHH matches I remember most are Cactus Jack at RR2000 and Austin at NWO2001. Those and others like the Rock ladder match will always be something to remember, along with the Motorhead themes being "HIS" thing.
The two matches you mentioned here are two of my favorite wrestling matches of all time. Both were just perfect. Amazing storytelling throughout.
Add WM2012 vs. Taker in HIAC
Except he had no business beating Austin. Even tho he always did. Somehow.
I usually agree. But HHH was a top guy a lot earlier than Bryan is saying. He was a top guy/household name by early 2000’s I would say.
He was drawing record numbers in house shows without rock and austin on shows in 00. He was top draw from 00 - 10 just as many years as Cena. They were equal in years on top during that decade according to WON.
Brian is a clown
Triple H needed help from the click, then D/X and then being married to Stephanie. He was never the Rock, Steve Austin, Undertaker or Foley. Or Cena for that matter. But he was good.
@@Batony Jerry Lynn and Kid Kash were way better too
@@Batony People can have negative opinions about him. I don't want these thoughts censored or have people silenced. Haha. But the numbers don't lie.
"I'm not a doctor, I'm just a small town bird lawyer"
Love ya Jim
Triple H was the foil to everyone's favorite wrestler. Put respect on his name.
That's my GOAT. 🎮🎮🎮
My personal favorite…THANK YOU! His push started BEFORE Stephanie so I’ll never understand some of the claims people make about her being the only reason for his push smh good mic work,solid in ring and took some bumps in some brutal matches.
for the record… I woulda left chyna for steph too in a heartbeat 😂
@@x_bmore_410x Chyna also believed Nose's push was before Stephanie. Are you just as clueless?
@@thegoughandbordenfamily8234 What does that even mean
@@thegoughandbordenfamily8234 have you seen what happened to her and x pac? Triple h glad he left that junkie
Very underrated are his mic skills. His promos don't pump you up like Austin's or Rock's but they never sound forced and he always sounds confident.
It's not as deep as Brian tried to make it, Stephen A. Smith is a huge name, of course WWE would want someone with his fame interviewing Triple H.
Exactly. You think major sports personalities just line up to review wrestlers? hardly. Do they want them to drag this guy because he wasn't hard on a guy who had a heart attack lol.
@@poocrayon4588 yep, there aren't a ton of big name sports journalists chomping at the bit to interview a wrestler, the fact that the biggest name in US sports journalism bothered to interview a wrestler is a miracle in itself.
Plus as you said the guy just suffered heart failure, nobody would give him an intense tough interview anyway and WWE knows that.
HHH will always be a beast. People's favorite thing to talk about was when he finished that tag team match with a torn quad which don't get me wrong s really impressive but him finishing the elimination chamber match with a crushed throat is next level tough S.O.B shit.
I feel like that last one doesn't get talked about enough.
1999-2000 Triple H was in the "best in the world" conversation just as Bryan or Roman or Brock are in right now (although that was helped along by most of his competitors getting hurt or aging out across the world). I still hold that version of HHH as the one people should remember, McMcahon-Helmsley era HHH absolutely was that guy on the level of Rock, Austin, Vince etc as someone who held his own in the main cast. In middle school everyone I knew was all about HHH and said he was the best wrestler, it was all about him or Kane. If you were a detention regular, HHH was your icon: he hooked up with the "principal's" daughter and crotch-chopped and caused mayhem everywhere he went.
Stephen A. Smith is the smartest guy in the room...until someone else shows up. You don't believe me, just ask him.
For like 15 years he was the top guy or maybe second behind John Cena, at least according to the crowd reaction he always had since his return in 2002
He was never the top guy. He's the guy who works with the top guy.
@@Saturday2015 BS narrative that’s been proven wrong many of times. You guys get moist off of sting, jeff hardy but hate triple h🤣
Yeah that’s definitely true the crowd reaction thing. Since about the year 2000, wether it was boos or cheers he ALWAYS got the crowd reaction. After 2002 even as a heel he was cheered a lot
@@Saturday2015 are you talking about cm punk?
@@Saturday2015 he was the top guy from 2003-2005
When he came back from his first quad injury. He got one of the loudest pops ever .
The loudest pops at MSG I've ever heard way before the renovation a few years ago are
1. HHH Returns
2. Sid entrance vs HBK
3. Cena RR Return
4. Larry Johnson's 4 point play
5. Rangers win the cup
@@keithharper1470 I'd add CM Punk's return in AEW.
Don't have to like him but it was what it was.
Jan 7 2002. I was there. It was epic and emotional.
The rotating rivalries between HHH, Austin and The Rock and his programme with Mick Foley was incredible. One of the best era's in history. I'm sad we won't see him in the ring again knowing its his last hoorah but even more glad he is getting through it and will hopefully be around for a long time to come. His final match being at Wrestlemania vs Batista was a fitting end.
The heart creating new and smaller arteries to channel the blood is actually a real thing. That happened to my Dad when he needed triple bypass surgery.
No disrespect to Foley but more people know Triple H than Foley. It’s revisionist by Last to act like H wasn’t on that level when the crowd reaction and main events put him there. He was the top guy from like 02-05
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Nah it's revisionism by fans to portray him as just as the same level as austin or rock.
@@maxxdahl6062 I don't know where you got that. Neither Taker or Foley were at that level too. They were in a tier below in which Triple H belongs.
@@zoraizasim2459 No, Triple H should be in a tier below where they belong. He never would have sold out a wrestlemania by himself like Rock, Austin or Hogan would have. He always needed paired up with the person drawing those houses. And take the line Schiavone said about Foley winning the title. I'd damn near bet one of my limbs not that many people would have switched had he said it were Triple H instead of Foley. Hell that line probably would have worked instead of failed spectacularly.
@@maxxdahl6062 no one never said that, read what the OP said again. Is not hard to understand
I lost my dad from a heart attack, his widowmaker was also almost completely. I convinced to go to a doctor cuz he looked gray - his appt was on Monday, he died Friday.
I lost my dad at 24, I wouldn't wish that on anyone and HHH has three kids.
I'm very sorry to hear that and that you went through that.
I lost my dad at 17, but that was due to him having stage 4 lung cancer.
My dad died March 3rd 2022. Im 26, its definitely life altering.
@@JackTheripper911 I know the words don't mean much (they didn't to me) but I am sorry - it's the fucking worst, no other way to put it. If you ever want to talk, feel free to reach out.
First off, it was reall serious, the man has a defib in his chest, dang, that means his heart could stop at any minute, he REALLY REALLY almost died and it was off just what he was doing, not that BS these dirt sheets were saying and making fun of it. ALSO It had nothing to do with softball questions, Brian Last just hates everything and thinks he will put someone in WWE in a corner and be a tough guy, lame ass.
Yes he could die at any moment. This is as serious as it gets.
No matter what these guys say, if you were a fan of the top heel growing up, those 20 min segments of HHH starting off raw, were great.
There wasn't anyone else outside of the good guys , who could work the crowd from the mic.
It's weird that alot of people don't give him the credit he is due.
Its retarded. People cry about shit that doesnt matter. "whaa he held other down with muh politics!". Like any of that mattered to the fans. You wouldnt even know this crap if kayfabe was still around and everyone didnt shit on each other behind the scenes lol
That was his worse times imo
He made Big Gold matter more than the WWE championship during his reign of terror. No one can deny that.
I feel for him. I had 15 to 20 percent functioning of my heart 90 percent blocked in front wall of my heart. 80 percent in my sidewall of my heart. I had 3 stents put in my heart and then put a difiburator put in me. Just like Triple H. I hope he gets better. I had mine go off 3 times in a hour. The shocks go off at 181 heart rate. It hurts like hell feels like you got kicked by a horse.
Sheesh man. I’m glad you’re still here with us stay strong 🦾🦾
@@MrSweetpoeticjustice thanks man It's been a battle since June of last year. appreciate the kind words.
Stay strong brother.
Foda-se meu. You're a warrior, keep strong big man!💪
They didn't try to take out the blockage?
"Shaking like a dog, shitting peach seeds" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This man is a national treasures 😎
Hes okay, unless hes talking politics. He needs to face Russo in a debate tho. Cant hide forever!
@@Rschr101 While I don't agree with his politics 100% of the time, it's his show, and he can say what he wants. And he can talk circles around shit stain on any given day and twice on Sunday!!! "Bro, bro, bro, bro" is all you're gonna hear from Russo 😁
Triple H is one of the most driven and dedicated wrestlers. Insane amount of professionalism and tremendous work ethic, major props to him.
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6?
Jesus STFU already, you'd do the same damn thing in his position.
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? he was always going to be big with his promo and look. Give me a break dude ur delusional
#Respect to you Sidd, from a lifelong HHH fan.🎮🎮🎮
heavily abused steroids, refuses to take responsibility and blames it on a hereditary condition, great role model to the kids
Triple H is one of the best. He was a good babyface but was an incredible heel. I remember hating him so much 😂 Its a shame he won’t be able to have a proper retirement match. But the good thing is that he’s still here with us. He wasn’t appreciated until he was gone from the business.
I never bought triple h for a second as a Baby-face, he was a natural heel, he just had a heel aura about him
His very first run as a face with DX-Army was good. But other than that return at MSG he never connected as a face. But as a heel? He's one of WWE's best.
No one wanted another match from him, stop it.
@@electrolettuce5624 he trained under killer kowalski. He was an incredible heel. Trips learned a lot from him
Triple H was a natural heel for sure
To me the thing that separates HHH from others was his drive. He was never satisfied with being satisfied. He always wanted more and would put in the work and effort to improve at whatever he was doing. People can make remarks about him being married into the family, but no one gets that far with their career "just because"
Agreed, his career was taking off long before he married stephanie mcmahon.
I’m finding the other wrestlers making those remarks are The Paul Romas of the world, who couldn’t cut the mustard.
I mean the only other person that was as successful as Triple H was would’ve been Hogan and we know part of the reason Hogan succeeded was in large part because of Crowd reaction which Triple J did not have by comparison.
Trippix, I appreciate those kind words. It means a lot to this lifelong HHH fan. HHH'S my GOAT. Not just for his character, look, promo, and ring work. But his unrivaled work ethic, ambitiousness, and passionate respect for wrestling history. He wasn't born "in" the business like Rock or Orton. But it's as if he was born FOR the business. There won't be another like him.
@@ahmeddemha6112 HHH is responsible for the biggest pop in wwe history
Triple H is one of the greatest heels of all time and Brian's attitude toward him just proves it to me. Triple H and Edge were the only guys during it all to make me scream at my tv
proves how much of a mark Brian is tbh lol
The only time I screamed at my tv with him, it was something like "Why won't this guy just go away, and never return?"
With more swear words.
Triple H's reign of terror in 2003 made me turn it off and watch something else finally, so it's probably not that great
@@AnEternalEnigma im pretty sure a heel is supposed to make you mad LOL
I had a similar problem when I was 18. Had a "fast track" develop from a bad valve. The heart will find a way to pump until well it stops
Jim is one of the kings of the Slick Jab. "Scott Hall's knowledge of the wrestling business. And Nash's knowledge of politics." Cleverly places a compliment of Hall right before a clear shot at Nash😂. Corny's a true magician.
I thought for a second he meant politics as in politics, which would be strange because Nash is liberal. I see he meant locker room politicking
@@moses0686 Cornette is liberal too
@@MBM1117727 that’s why he said that because corny would agree with him on the side of politics but not on the side of polotiques that the clique did
that J-A-B is why he nearly died also
@@randyortonsbulge True but doesn't mean that Cornette doesn't think Nash was "good" at backstage politics, just that backstage politics is shitty.
Brian Last Stfu HHH was THE heel of 1999-06 tf u talking about he was so heel he turned vince face at one point. He was literally the game he was top guy and when austin went down the numbers went up with his feud with the rock they averaged more viewers in 2000 with HHH as champion and their feud was on SNL when the rock hosted in 2000, and he got the loudest pop ive ever heard HHH is the greatest heel of his era period.
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Why isn’t anyone acknowledging all his years of clear steroid abuse? We all know this is why he’s having these issues.
My favorite version of Triple H was the 2000/2001 version when he was the ultimate heel to stone cold and the Rock, great matches and rivalries
Mine was when he retired and my next version is ehen he leaves all together and we can pray wrestling will come back to the way it was.
“He sure showed Shawn how to get out of doing a job” 😂 all love to Trips
“I’m not a goddamn fireman!”
Is pretty damn classic!
And a 40 ft cord for my dam phone
I still say the loudest pop I ever heard was when Triple H returned from the quad injury on RAW in 2002, that crowd really blew the roof off the place.
The beauty that he did with NXT will be missed forever….I don’t care what the fuck y’all say about him. NXT was awesome with him in it ❤️
Next was never good you should watch the attitude era and ecw hardcore tv
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? He also stole the top stars from other promotions including contract tampering trying to put them out of business.
Then taking credit like these guys trained in NXT u under him.
Fuck all these people
NXT was the best wrestling going for a while
You dont have to like him , but dont forget he’s a human with family. So glad he’s okay and will always be one of the top heels during the attitude/ruthless aggression era
I hope he gets a Raw segment like the one he gave to Flair after he retired. He deserves his flowers before he fades away
Nah, hes had his flowers most of his career. Got to beat everybody and win every title cuz his wife wrote the show.
He was brilliant in 2000. His match with CJ at the 2000 Rumble was a classic.
He Was The Best Heel They Had From Summer of 1999-August 2000
every match he had in 2000 2001 was a classic with cactus jack the rock benoit jericho angle taker and austin
"CJ" 😂😂
@@sobbyhasselhoff it took me a sec, I was like CJ Black? Lana? Oh Chris Jericho.
@@michaelunderhill8847 That was Foleys job lol
I have now zero respect for Last. I pray for his children, sincerely
I’m 28 and really stopped watching around 2007 but for me trips was THE heel. You loved to boo him. He had legit animosity with the crowd it felt like. Idk. I’ve always been a huge fan and I hope for the best concerning the game.
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Cornette - “Triple H was always the guy who worked with the guy who drew the money”
Well, the guy who drew the money needed someone in the ring who was good enough to draw the money. Imagine Stone Cold drawing money against Hurricane. Or Imagine The Rock against Scotty 2 Hotty when the Undertaker came back as the American Bad Ass.
Triple H is the second best heel of all time after Ric Flair and there is no argument there.
I interpreted that as a compliment from Cornette while stating facts about 3H
@@heresyisprogress before this video, it was always a jab. This time it sounds like he is complimenting him.
@@adeelthegame before this video it wasn’t. He was just stating the truth. That’s like saying “the sky is blue” is a knock on the sky.
Completely agree. And also about him marrying stephanie. Imagine if she married someone like hurricane or Brian Kendrick or Jamie noble, would they have the career that Triple H had just because of stephanie? Hell no! People would never buy them as main event caliber guy and a world champion.
The helix sleep promo had me nearly spit out my coffee. Hilarious.
Well done Corny!
Triple H Is Truly Legendary Man,Thank You To Him!!🔥🐐🐐❤️🙏🙏
Dr. Brisn Sutterer on YT went through the medical points that HHH revealed. My mom has been a nurse for over 50 years. Mom backed up Dr. Sutterer's point that HHH is lucky to be alive, period.
Ex NHL goalie Henrik Lunqvuist had a heart condition that was managed for years. I would have to find citations, but it got to the point where surgery was needed. Henrik is 40 years old and in elite shape. Heart surgery took about a year for recovery. But Lundqvist had to retire.
HHH had open heart surgery! It will take him a year or more to recover. But HHH is in good shape for his age. He should be able to live a normal quality of life. Hopefully, HHH sees his daughters grow up and life a long life. That is all that matters.
Lundqvuist and Triple H, both known as "King"
@@TheSnatchbuckler Lundqvist is the King of Nothing
@@pens87668 Lundqvuist is one of the best to ever play. Stats show it, his teammates attest to it, and so did anyone who played against him.
@@TheSnatchbuckler Crosby and Ovi owed him. Sure he was a great goalie, but he never won a cup. If he played anywhere but New York, he’d be a Luongo in that he won a lot of games, but isn’t revered like a Roy or Brodeur.
@@pens87668 I think you meant "owned", but to be fair, Crosby and Ovechkin owned pretty much everybody. They're star players, and role players on their teams. And they had contemporaries. Lundqvuist was also a star player. And, honestly, I can't think of anyone from his generation that was as good a goaltender, team leader, and ambassador for the game like Lundqvuist. I know that stuff is subjective, but I find it hard to name another. I'd gladly consider anyone that you think met those marks, but it's gonna be a short list. Nobody will ever be another Roy, or Brodeur, or any of the other legends. For his generation, though, Lundqvuist is one of the greatest, in my opinion.
Everyone person here has spit out water like Triple H
It wasn't a softball. Hhh was asked if he could handle the challenge of creating another Hogan and Rock. The interview had many different elements to it. It was complimentary (as it should've been when you look at HHH's legacy and current situation), but it was also infomative. It was well done.
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Idk what they were expecting from a interview that was literally promoted as an update on his health and future, I swear the FED bad bias on everyone who works there is so annoying from Brian.
I’m not sure how you think HHH isn’t the level of Mick Foley??? But ok
#HHHATERSGonnaHate
My absolute favorite thing, the thing I look forward to,is Jim going absolutely off doing a promo for a sponsor and Brian having to play straight guy and drag it all back in. It is so cool and old school and fun and I love that bit more than I have words for.
Stress will kill you! Imagine working for Vince that close while running one of the WWEs brands, then having it taken away from you, and on top of that having him as a father in law! I just hope he slows down and takes care of himself and his family and tells Vince to F Off!
steroids had a lot more to do with it then stress
@@fwef7445 steroids and HGH will enlarge your heart forcing it to work harder, but I doubt they clog your arteries (unless I'm missing something). I always thought HHH was a health nut and always ate well.
@@fwef7445 So if that's the reason then why is Vince Himself never had problems? He was more jacked than HHH and still is today probably! Oh and why isn't Hulk Hogan having issues. Think about that!
Damn you're blaming Vince McMahon for the dudes health too? You guys really act as if you know these people personally.
HHH literally said his heart problem was hereditary dating back to his great grandfather you damn clown!!
Anytime you hear that guitar riff intro from Motorhead you're guaranteed a pop.
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A defibrillator - when it detects your heart in a "abnormal rhythm" will shock it with a specified voltage to "get the heart back into the correct rhythm".
That would probably hurt and feel weird as hell
@@Rodshark75 I can only imagine.
Never been the biggest HHH fan, but I think people forget sometimes how popular he got in 2001 especially after the retiring Foley, stuff like the love triangle with Steph and Angle, and his high quality title runs in 2000. I remember hearing reports of the whole arena booing when he didn’t come back from his quad tear at Vengeance 2001, for instance. He might not have been Rock or Austin, but he got close.
They didn't forget they just try and change history based off how they feel now. Same reason they'll talk about "draws" yet don't mention Goldberg since he can't wrestle, as if that actually mattered at all.
@@davyjones2032 Maybe, but even then I’ve noticed that a lot of the smark opinion turned around on him since the NXT stuff, so its nowhere near as negative as it was even 10 years ago. Again, never the biggest fan, but I think he’s got a nice legacy no matter what perspective you’re looking from.
@@Thecallmemisterajp true. They like the NXT version of HHH. I'm the opposite as I like the wrestler. Then again I don't really care about who is running a program anyway.
@Noah 1217 Smith That KOTR 2002 match against Undertaker was a five-star classic!
wassup with brian going full on wwe hater mode like really dude is a clown 🤡🤡
I got use to it.. dude really said “wwe gave triple h a softball of an interview.” H almost died why would he want some pressing questions. I try to mute the video when Brian start talking!
Kinda guys who like Conrad or keepin it 100. Yea complain about Last
@@erockpatton Conrad's just as big of a prick as last just in a different way
@@bigdaddyroy5382 They're like two evil twins on opposite sides of the planet.
His legacy will be a mix of good and bad but there no doubt he has a legacy regardless and impact on the industry. Im glad we didn’t lose him because this industry has lost so many guys young.
And God is Stephen A. Smith insufferable.
His legacy will be great no one cares about the politics. Stephen a would make a great heel manager keep hating
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? the KLIQ was good for wrestling. Pay went up, all but Pac were stars, all but Nash were legendary workers. The worst you can say about Triple H is the series of burials he gave out from 02-04, especially RVD and Booker T. Cena’s burial of the Nexus is maybe #1 tho 😂
Stephen A. is doing his job. He’s playing a character.
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Proof of these claims, please. Thanks.
Please don't let Triple H become Triple Bypass
Lol that’s a great name for him now!
Making fun of someone’s health isn’t funny what if your health starts to have issues as karma ?
@@zlord1199
looks like we found the life of the party, folks.
Triple Heart Bypass
@@gunnarjordan3950 That's distasteful.
Before CM Punk's return this year in my opinion the best return ovation ever was when Triple H came back at MSG from a torn quad. The fans went crazy and Triple H looked so fucking badass. Like, never had someone looked more like a badass professional wrestler than Triple H did in that moment.
Jim is not making sense. All those wrestlers were baby faces, HHH is known as a heel. Of course he worked with who drew the money. All of them, it was him
HHH was “THE” heel that meant you were at the TOP when you beat him. He was the final boss. Lol
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Whether you love him or hate him, he was a massive part of the attitude era, he became the man you had to beat to be THE top guy.....and he started to develop a brand in NXT that was at one time one of the best things out there that you could watch.....even if you think others made him look better than he was, find a wrestler he didn't have an amazing match with....The Rock, Stone Cold, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Batista, Shawn Michaels, Kane, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Owen Hart, Mick Foley, John Cena, Randy Orton.....he had a classic at one time or another with every single one of them.....I know many people think of Ric Flair when they see that big Gold belt.....but I still see Triple H every time I see it......
He will always be the king of kings best of luck in the future
king of steroid abuse
Triple H is one guy who really redeemed himself. From everybody accusing him of not putting anyone over and marrying his way to the top. He got every indu guy (some of them not deserving) over. Smart guy
@Dave chinois??😜
He was a 2 time WWF champion before getting with Stephanie.
Absolutely, not to mention being absolutely awesome in the ring, on the mic, HELL EVEN ON COMMENTARY his commentary appearance in Lockdown was great! Very talented, great PR guy, good with kids etc
@@bez_ Jim Ross commentary during his reigns were a thing of absolute beauty and hilarious.
Only his haters accused him of that.
Never saw Foley as a true main event guy. Same as Kane. Triple H was by far more of a marquee name
we just lost Scott Hall, let's not lose Trips now too. Just stay safe and enjoy your life.
Last acting like this interview should've been brought up at a Congressional hearing.
for me it was the HHH "reign of terror" and the v2 rocket they shoved up cenas ass to push him over the moon that caused me to lose interest in wrestling. glad he's well and able to raise his kids.
You said it better than I could. But I think a lot of people would agree with you including me.
Jim it's been a awhile since I've watched one of your vids..super happy for you getting to over 200 thousand subs!!!
I believe what HHH had is a pacemaker/defibrillator. I know several people with these devices. So it both has the functionality of a pacemaker & when needed a defibrillator to pretty much keep him alive. My dad had one after a quadruple bypass. His defibrillator went off while on a ladder once, dam near killed him! Lol
Correct.
That's a hard irony. The thing designed to keep him alive damn near kills him.
@@mykoniichistorychannel YUP. My Dad was a tough guy, not in the way of beating people up, just that whatever happened to him he pushed through where most people would have given up!! At 80 years old when his defibrillator went off on the ladder and he saw that doctor after he asked the doctor if they could make the device warn him before being shocked. The doctor asked why, and he told him about it going off on the ladder. The doctor told him, "Sir you should not be on a ladder" My Dad looked at him and replied "Don't tell me what to do sonny!!"
And he was not kidding!! LOL
I love Triple H, one of my favorites and I do think he was a star to the level of an Undertaker, but yes it did take him longer to get there. Probably 2000-2006 was what made him to a lot of people.
I still think he's one of the best and most dedicated as well has having such a storied career that you can turn to and say Triple H was a great talent.
Last can be the shit sometimes Jesus Christ
Heart
Has
Handicap
Seriously, nothing but the best to Paul and his family. ❤️
Some see him as a legend and a hero, some see him as a serial backstage politician. Hell, some see him as both at the same time.
All I know is that Triple H, DX and Evolution were a major part of my childhood and watching this interview was rather awful.
I hope to God that Triple H takes all the time he needs to get back behind the scenes...if he wants to come back at all. If he decides to call it quits and spend the rest of his life out of the spotlight, I'm good with that too.
Everyone has their dislikes of wrestlers for one reason or another but honestly when wrestlers get sick , they are human beings and people have to remember that. No matter what my preference on who’s a better star or if I’m a fan of their work , we still have to remember at the end of the day these people put their lives on the line everytime they step into the ring to entertain us , no matter how shitty we might think some things are
when Jim says Trip was never a main event guy its the big one i disagree on watch the raw comeback when he came back after 18 months of rehab on his acl that crowd blew and chucked babies in the air he got a ten minute walk to the ring ffs people popped for the water spit as well he was over and over strong at various points in his career.
That is his bias kicking in. There is no way someone can look at HHH and his ability in ring and even in promos (even if often montone and long) and act as if he isn't a main eventer. It's honestly no shame to not be as big of a star as Austin and Rock especially when you're a bad guy.
He still wasn’t the guy. That’s all gym says you changing Cornette words he says hhh is the guy who worked with the guy never the game changing superstar.
I agree with you, say what you want but he worked his ass off to be "the game" in 1999, and even then politics themselves held him down (Austin refusing to do the honors to him that time at Summerslam), but he persevered, i hated his reign of terror but it made it more special when Benoit and Batista finally dethroned him. My least favorite run of his was 2008-9 when he was WWE Champ, aside from putting over Jeff, he didn't have alot of memorable feuds if Im being honest, but Trips will always be one of the greats and one my personal favorites.
Dolph Ziggler got a huge pop when he cashed in money in the bank. Doesn’t mean shit
He’s been a main event guy, but he’s just never been *THE* guy. I’d go as far to say he’s even been the best in the business imo (in 2000), but he was never *THE* guy.
Agh man that helix mattress ad by Corny had me dying 😂
I was always a fan of Triple H with the notable exception of when he went on his reign of terror on Raw and was the only singles champion on there (when the Katie Vick thing happened). But when he stepped back a bit I was a fan again.
Dx and the crotch chops were common place in my primary school aged up to 11 in the UK, even those who didn’t watch knew him and Michael’s from being on the cover of the console games which everyone always played, the crotch chops were fully a thing in the uk amongst my age group (I’m 22 now)
The kids here in America were doing the Dx chop too...
@@bobwatson1162 to be honest by the time it got to my age group (2007) or so it wasn’t suck it it was more making an x like ‘dx’ not what it was originally
The way y’all keep squeezing Foley in there with Austin Rock or takers triple H was closer to them then any version of mick foley. Let’s be honest
His involvement with them always felt like a good participation award from Vince. not knocking Foley’s legacy at all but it’s clear as day how WWE truly regarded him. the revisionist history is insane.
I'll never forget the pop when HHH came back from surgery
Brian got something against HHH idk what it's though
I would pay money to have Corney go up to Triple H and tell him "Paul, I used to think you were a dumb shit, but so many other dumbshits have come by that you moved up the ladder without doing anything."
Really feels like Jim has not just lightened up about Triple H but is now giving him some big credits for what he's done in and for the wrestling business and is now genuinely sympathetic to the guy.
I personally eagerly await for Triple H's new business venture, The Paul Levesque Experience with your host Triple H and co-host the 123 Kid, Sean Waltman
That was quick...I only just saw the actual vids and health takes on it. Jim working harder than ever.
I believe that he records for the experience on Saturdays
The advertisement always makes me and friends go to what you advertise. Lol it’s just brilliant and hilarious!! Helix mattress just got the greatest ad ever!!!
He was one of the best, and also I'm guessing we know who the showcase mode will be about next year in 2k
I hope so!!! It’ll be amazing to have some retro versions of Triple H, DX, McMahon-Helmsley Regime, Evolution etc. From the blue blood to the King of Kings. Triple H has had one of the coolest careers of all time.
I was sad to hear that Triple H announced retirement from in-ring competition with WWE.
I figured he could probably go another 5-10 more years, but, we all know how well that prediction lasted...
HHH - the top/best heel in wrestling, when wrestling was at its best
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I had a defribulator implanted in 1993. I had a V-TAC . My heart went 350 bpm and stopped. I crashed seconds after hitting the floor. My coworkers spent almost 10 minutes performing cpr. The paramedics could not get me stabilized and lost me 6 times to the hospital. I was on life support for two days. No vitals. They told my wife at the time she was going to have to start thinking if she wanted to keep me on life support. I had no vitals. After a month of being transferred to different hospitals and going through so many test they left it as sudden death. No reasons. They implanted a defribulator originally in my abdomen. Now they put it up in your chest. I've had this nightmare fire on me accidently 5 times. It was a 2 year battle to even take the garbage out. You were afraid of your heart going to fast. The hospital that originally implanted the defribulator asked me to be a part of a research study for PTSD. There has to be a more humane way to do this. They used to electrocute people as a death sentence. You are having electricity course through your body. Some people might think that's nothing. But when you get shocked like shine people up to 63 times and they didn't need a shock. Triple H made the right decision to retire. Him having a blockage was no joke. But the heart has av way of trying to repair itself. The heart was forming capillaries to get the blood to start pumping in that area. The blockage woulda killed him long before the repair. His struggle is going to be an emotional journey. But if he asks the help. It's out there. Slash from guns n roses has a defribulator. I read in his autobiography that he gets shocked while playing on stage. How he does it is amazing.
slash had it taken out a long time ago
how did you heal your heart?
I always saw HHH on the level as Rock and Austin he was the guy they feuded with
I had that heart attack and I can tell you that the heart does find new paths if it can before the other symptoms kill you first.
Always was fan of HHH, one of my 5 favorites. People try to use their weird real life hatred because of "booking" from 10-15+ years to rewrite history. However, DX was absolutely huge part of Attitude Era and no one I know in real life hates HHH. He's a part of fond memories of Attitude and Ruthless Aggression Eras. Made Cena, Reigns, Orton, Batista, The Guy wiped from my memory, Angle, Rollins better and lifted up Flair. Also might have brought out the best of JR on commentary even more than Austin. "Tell me why you son of a bitch!"🤣
Numerous great matches and feuds. One of greatest return pops. Top 5 best Modern day heel too when you factor in him, Cena, and Vince "killed wrestling" nerd heat... The sad irony is the nerds who hated wrestler him for not putting Kozlov over seemed to love the NXT Indie lover version of HHH lol.(the feud with Booker T was BS tho).
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@@RKO1988 cough *Kane* cough *Randy Orton* cough *Goldberg* cough
I agree generally about everything you said (down to people genuinely hating him being irrational marks that can’t correlate their hatred for Paul Levesque *personally* to the heat he’s built as Triple H), but acting like he didn’t bury multiple people is horse shit.
@@LimaKiloRomeo I hate to sound like a dick but I feel like this is karma at play, he held down so many ppl married the bosses daughter and become a 10,000x world champion refused to do jobs for people who needed them like Kane, RVD, Booked T, Punk etc I guess he forgot he was supposed to be a heel and get those guys over…
Y'know I don't know if someone can technically be "made" twice. But if there was a ever a case, it'd be John Cena. Cuz as much as WM22 was significant for his ascension as "the guy", the Shawn Michaels feud was so much better end to end and inside the ring. I would argue that those were the best matches from the first half of his career.
@@RKO1988 Lies. He loss to Booker twice in 02,.twice in 03. Loss to RVD in 02. Loss to Kane in 99 twice.
Triple H will go down as one of the best heels in the business. In and out of the ring.
In all honesty, his last big match was against Randy Orton in Saudi Arabia. That would've potentially been his last opponent even if he had his say in the matter. And he took the loss in that match.
can you imagine corney running a 40 feet cable for the kitchen to the door of his room LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂
I don’t think Cornette realizes how big Triple H truly was and then people who grew up see him. Beside Austin and Rock most of us see Triple H as the next guy. We see him on their level.
For me, HHH was always the guy. I hated Austin and Rock. I loved when HHH beat their asses and was bored everytime Austin wasted beer and stunned people he wasn't even feuds with for no reason every week.
If Brian doesn't think Stephen A Smith will ask a hard question,he doesn't know Stephen A.