- Height: 6'4''
- Weight: 255 lbs.
- From: Greenwich, Conn.
- Signature Move: Pedigree
- First WWE Game: WWE In Your House
- Career Highlights: WWE Champion; World Heavyweight Champion; Intercontinental Champion; Unified WWE Tag Team Champion; World Tag Team Champion; European Champion; 1997 King of the Ring; 2002 Royal Rumble Match winner
Once a pompous blueblood who favored the finer things in life, Hunter Hearst-Helmsley’s career soared to new heights when he aligned himself with Shawn Michaels and formed the nucleus of D-Generation X.
Redubbed as Triple H, he began to hone an edge to him both in and out of the ring. While he could be irreverent and humorous when bantering with Michaels and his D-X mates, there was nothing funny to opponents. Always a technically sound competitor, Triple H changed his tactics to a more rough-and-tumble style. Soon, he had earned a new nickname, “The Cerebral Assassin,” which alluded to both his keen strategic mind and his ruthlessness.
When Michaels left WWE with a severe back injury following WrestleMania XIV, Triple H grabbed the reigns of D-X and silenced the critics who felt that he would always be a “second banana.” Arguably, this was the most successful period in D-X’s history, as Triple H’s leadership and focus kept the group in command of much of the WWE landscape. He also found an enthusiastic ally in Stephanie McMahon. The two were married at a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas after Triple H allegedly drugged her, rendering her unconscious.
While their union was originally based on trickery, the two soon found common ground and formed one of the greatest alliances in WWE history. The “McMahon-Helmsley Era” was truly a reign of terror for their foes, as the couple wielded absolute power (as well as a sledgehammer at times), and always in their own favor. It can be said that while Stone Cold Steve Austin defined the “Attitude Era,” it was Triple H that was the dominant player during it. In WWE ’13, players get to relive Triple H’s assent to greatness.
