Paul “Triple H” Levesque was stunned at WWE HQ final week when CEO Nick Khan and legends Shawn Michaels and Undertaker revealed he can be the primary member of the 2025 Corridor of Fame class.
Levesque will go into the Corridor of Fame as a solo wrestler. He was inducted into the Corridor of Fame as a member of the D-Technology X tag-team with Michaels, who had been each integral elements of the “Monday Night time Wars” towards World Championship Wrestling within the late Nineties.
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WWE Chief Content material Officer Paul Levesque aka Triple H speaks throughout a press convention after the WWE Royal Rumble on the Alamodome in San Antonio on Jan. 28, 2023. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
He spoke about receiving the consideration on the Royal Rumble post-event press convention.
“In enterprise for me, outdoors of the ring, there’s no person that I respect extra, no person, than him,” he stated of Khan. “He’s my accomplice in all of this. So him doing that for me was extremely significant.”
Final week, Khan was addressing the corporate when Michaels and Undertaker, whose actual title is Mark Calaway, interrupted and stunned Levesque with their very own announcement.
“From a man who often has one thing to say about every part, I’m speechless,” Levesque stated on Wednesday. “I’m gonna kill Nick once we go away right here. If you happen to see somebody flying off of the roof, simply ignore it. I don’t actually know what else to say.”
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Stephanie McMahon and Paul “Triple H” Levesque arrive on the 71st Emmy Awards on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angels on Sept. 22, 2019. (Harrison Hill-USA TODAY)
Levesque was a 14-time world champion in WWE, profitable the WWE Championship 9 occasions and the World Heavyweight Championship 5 occasions. He had important feuds with The Rock, Mick Foley, “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin, Michaels, Undertaker and numerous others all through the length of his profession.
He turned WWE’s chief content material officer in 2022 and helped usher in a “new period” within the firm following the departure of Vince McMahon, his father-in-law, because of sexual misconduct allegations. He has since been the primary voice behind the corporate’s artistic work.
Levesque’s WrestleMania XX match towards Chris Benoit and Michaels, his WrestleMania 22 match towards John Cena and WrestleMania XXIV match towards Undertaker are thought of a few of the greatest within the occasion’s historical past.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque speaks at a WWE information convention at T-Cellular Enviornment on Oct. 11, 2019 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures)
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The WWE Corridor of Fame ceremony is often set for the Friday earlier than WrestleMania, which might be April 18. He’s the one particular person within the class up to now.
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