The WWE universe can not be understood without the presence of one of its most iconic faces, a true showman, but also an athlete, Triple H. It seems that for wrestling fans these are sad days asThe Gameis over after the former Heavyweight Champion has announced his retirement.
Paul Michael Levesque achieved 30 years of a wrestling career, 27 of them in the WWE, in which he has starred many main events such as Wrestlemania and Summer Slam. He has even helped the company to establish its image after having to forcibly leave the WWF name due to a lawsuitlost.
Triple H, a huge fan of English metal band Motƶrhead,was inducted to the WWE Hall of fame in 2019 after having won 9 times the WWE Championship, 5 times the World Heavyweight title, 3times the World Tag Team Championship, 4 Elimination Chambers, and 2 Royal Rumbles.
The reason for Triple Hās retirement
In an interview with ESPNās Stephen Smith, theKing of Kingswent emotional by sharing that he was never coming back to the ring again to wrestle. His health condition totally changed when last September he suffered heart failure after dealing with viral pneumonia.
āI will never wrestle again. First of all, I have a defibrillator in my chest, which, you know, probably not a good idea for me to get zapped on live TVā¦ Iwas nose-diving and sort of at the 1-yard line of where you donāt want to be really, for your family and your future.ā, stated the 52-years-old Levesque.
Triple H is a true WWE legend. (Getty Images)
Triple H discovered his health condition after noticing he was coughing up blood. After being taken to the hospital the medical diagnosis was that his lungs had fluid in them and that his heart was damaged and was not working at its full capacity.
The last televised match ofThe Gamewas in June 2019 against Randy Orton, one of his lifelong rivals,in Saudi Arabia, however, his very last appearance in WWEās ring was days after, in an untelevised card in Japan.
