WWE Legend Triple H Announces Retirement
Paul «Triple H» Levesque is one of WWE's most popular and successful stars of all time, winning the WWE Championship nine times and the World Heavyweight Championship five times over the course of his storied career. Triple H has been part of WWE since 1995, feuding with the likes of The Rock and «Stone Cold» Steve Austin in the Attitude Era and more recently helping to develop a new generation of talent in NXT. Triple H's most recent televised match took place at Super Showdown on June 7, 2019 when he faced Randy Orton. And as it turns out, that match will go down in history as Triple H's last.
In a recent interview with ESPN, Triple H confirmed that he is retiring from in-ring competition. «I will never wrestle again,» he said. This comes months after the 52-year-old suffered heart failure that required hospitalization and as it's now been revealed, he has a defibrillator in his chest. «It's probably not a good idea for me to get zapped on live TV,» Triple H explained in the ESPN interview.
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Triple H has had incredible longevity in WWE, having been with the company for a staggering 26 years at this point. Prior to his time in WWE, Triple H wrestled on the independent circuit and for WWE competitor World Championship Wrestling, where he wrestled under the ring-names Terra Ryzing and Jean-Paul Levesque. Upon joining WWE, Triple H changed his name to Hunter Hearst Helmsley, which was eventually shortened to Triple H.
Triple H was featured as a low- to mid-card talent in WWE at first. The Ultimate Warrior infamously defeated Triple H in a squash match at WrestleMania 12, and the plans to have him win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament were scrapped after the
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