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Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (usually abbreviated to "Triple H" or "HHH"), currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its RAW brand. He is a 10-time World Champion: 4-time WWE Champion, 1-time Undisputed Champion and 5-time World Heavyweight Champion.

Triple H was originally packaged as the WWF heel Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a spoiled rich kid from Greenwich, Connecticut whose name invoked both the family of publisher William Randolph Hearst and "The Queen of Mean," Leona Helmsley. Along with fellow Clique member Shawn Michaels and Chyna, he was a member of one of the most popular stables in wrestling history, D-Generation X in 1997. Around the same time, he reduced his alias to Triple H. This was the beginning of his rise to become one of the most successful professional wrestlers ever.

During Triple H's WWE career, he has held a number of titles, including the WWE Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, the European Championship, and the WWF Tag Team Championship. He is only the second of five wrestlers to have held all four of those titles, the first being Shawn Michaels. This type of achievement is sometimes referred to as being a Grand Slam Champion. He also won the 1997 King of the Ring tournament and the 2002 Royal Rumble match.

Wrestling career

Triple H was trained to wrestle by legendary wrestling heel Killer Kowalski. In 1994 he joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling there as a heel under the ring names Terra Ryzin and Jean-Paul Levesque. Under the latter name he also teamed with Lord Steven Regal. He left in 1995 for WCW's rival organization, the WWF (now WWE).

In continuity to his gimmick in WCW, Triple H started off his WWE career as the Connecticut Blue-Blood, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Later on he enlisted Mr. Perfect as his manager. He was not a very popular wrestler, and his most notable accomplishment was being squashed by The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania XII. Helmsley was best known backstage as one of the members of the Clique, a group of wrestlers including Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall who worked exclusively together and were known for influencing Vince McMahon and the WWF Creative team. Because of his connections with the Clique, he was in line to win the 1996 King of the Ring, but was eventually suspended and buried after the MSG incident where the Clique broke kayfabe after a Shawn Michaels/Diesel match to say goodbye to the departing Nash and Hall.

Despite the punishment, Triple H did have several successes following the MSG Incident. He won his first Intercontinental Championship on October 21, 1996, defeating Marc Mero, and held the belt for nearly four months before losing it to a young Rocky Maivia the February 13, 1997 edition of RAW. After losing the belt, he feuded with Goldust, defeating him at WrestleMania 13. During their feud, Chyna debuted as his bodyguard, assaulting Goldust's wife and valet Marlena.

D-Generation X

Triple H's push resumed in 1997, where he won the King of the Ring tournament. Later that year, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chyna, and Rick Rude formed D-Generation X. D-X became known for pushing the envelope, as Shawn and Helmsley made risque promos, developing the catchphrase "Suck It" along with a "crotch chop" hand motion, and sarcastically deriding Bret Hart and Canada. After WrestleMania XIV, Shawn Michaels was forced into retirement due to a back injury, and Triple H took over the leadership position in DX. He introduced the returning X-Pac the night after Wrestlemania and joined forces with the New Age Outlaws (The Tag-Team of "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and "Road Dogg" Jesse James).

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