Triple H has had a long and illustrious career as a professional wrestler. He has won 14 WWE World Titles, 5 Intercontinental Championships, 3 Tag Team Championships, and Two European Championships as well as The King of The Ring Tournament in 1997 and The Royal Rumble in 2002 and 2016.
He has been involved in some of the most memorable factions in the history of the business including D-Generation X and Evolution. He has feuded with the greatest of the greats and has had some of the most memorable WWE storylines ever since he became a main event player in the late 1990s.
However, that doesn’t mean it’s all been smooth sailing for The Game. Despite his unquestionable success, he has been involved with some pretty terrible storylines as well. After all, even the greatest professional wrestlers to ever lace on a pair of boots have had less than memorable moments.
So, without any further ado, let’s dive into our list of 5 terrible storylines that Triple H has been involved in:
#5 The Roman Reigns feud
During his run as the leader of The Authority, Triple H became embroiled in a feud with the most popular wrestler to have ever stepped foot into the WWE – Roman Reigns. As you would expect, the fans soundly rejected Reigns – who was the babyface – and got behind Triple H – the heel – instead.
When he made an unexpected appearance in the 2016 Royal Rumble and won the whole thing to become a 14 time WWE Champion, there was only one way the storyline was going to end: With The Game putting over and dropping the belt to the Roman Empire at Wrestlemania 32.
What ensued was one of the most roundly rejected feuds in recent memory, and the culmination of that was the main event of Wrestlemania 32. When The Big Dog picked up the victory against The King of Kings, the boos were thunderous. There wasn’t anything wrong with the feud really, except for the fact that Roman Reigns was involved.
#4 Stone Cold being run over by a car
When Stone Cold Steve Austin needed time off to have surgery in 2000, he needed to be written off TV. Therfore, in typical late ‘90s WWE fashion, the Rattlesnake was run over by a car.
During the investigation to find the culprit, it emerged that it was Rikishi that had done the dastardly deed. What? The big guy from Too Cool? Really? Things got complicated further when the Samoan claimed that he did it for The Rock, in order to help The People’s Champ, though, The Rock had never asked for his help in the matter. It was like a present, I guess.
The final twist of this bizarre tale was that it was, in fact, Triple H who had paid off Rikishi and he was the evil mastermind behind the plan all along. It is utter and total nonsense of the highest order.
#3 Everything with Stephanie McMahon
For all of their talk of being the most powerful couple in the world of professional wrestling, Triple H and his wife, Stephanie McMahon, have been involved in some of the worst storylines to have ever graced a WWE ring.
There was the whole incident where Hunter drugged Stephanie and kidnapped her to get married to him against her will. Then there was the weird angle where Steph kept flip flopping between being on The Game’s side and her family’s side.
And, then there was the supremely strange love triangle storyline with Kurt Angle. Then there was the storyline with Chris Jericho where Triple H and Stephanie got an on-screen divorce. All of these storylines are garbage.
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#2 The Booker T feud
In 2003, Triple H was at the peak of his powers as he led Evolution – comprised of Randy Orton, Batista, and Ric Flair – to domination in the WWE and enjoyed an extended run as the World Heavyweight Champion. During this period, he was involved in a feud with one Mr Booker T.
Things became very uncomfortable when the feud started taking one racist undertones with The Game and Ric Flair throwing some pretty vile insults Booker’s way. Things would not have been that bad if not for the conclusion of the feud, though.
Booker was expected to go over The King of Kings and win the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania XIX and find redemption but instead, the current Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Live Events, and Creative put his foot down and refused to drop the belt, winning the match at Mania instead.
#1 Katie Vick
It just had to be this one, didn’t it? When Triple H and Kane were feuding back in 2002, one of the first things to ever take place on WWE programming involved Mr Hunter Hearst Helmsley and a fictional woman by the name of Katie Vick.
Hunter claimed that The Big Red Machine had a one-way relationship with Vick where she didn't return the love he had for her. Then Vick was killed in a car crash where Kane was the driver. Distasteful, no? But, it gets worse.
Then Triple H said that Kane raped the woman's corpse and proceeded to air a clip where The Game dressed up in a Kane mask simulates having sex with a mannequin – that is supposed to be Katie Vick – in a casket.
This is by far the worst thing that Triple H has ever been a part of in terms of WWE storylines.
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