TRIPLE H

Born Paul  Michael  Levesque
July  27,  1969  (age  45)
Nashua,  New  Hampshire
Residence Greenwich,  Connecticut
Occupation Executive  Vice  President  of  Talent,  Live  Events  &  Creative  for  WWE
Professional  wrestler
Actor
Years  active 1987-present
Employer WWE
Salary $1.5  million  (2013)
Net  worth Increase  $25  million  (2011)
Title Executive  Senior  Advisor  (2010-2011)
Executive  Vice  President  of  Talent  &  Live  Events  (2011-2013)
Executive  Vice  President  of  Talent,  Live  Events  &  Creative  (2013-present)
Spouse(s) Stephanie  McMahon  (m.  2003)
Children Aurora  Rose  Levesque  (born  2006)
Murphy  Claire  Levesque  (born  2008)
Vaughn  Evelyn  Levesque  (born  2010)
Family McMahon

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s) Triple  H
Hunter  Hearst  Helmsley
Jean-Paul  Lévesque
Terra  Ryzing
Terror  Risin'
Billed  height 6  ft  4  in  (1.93  m)
Billed  weight 255  lb  (116  kg)
Billed  from Boston,  Massachusetts
(as  Terror  Risin'/Terra  Ryzing)
Sainte-Mere-Eglise,  France
(as  Jean-Paul  Lévesque)
Greenwich,  Connecticut
(as  Hunter  Hearst  Helmsley/Triple  H)
Trained  by Killer  Kowalski
Debut March  24,  1992

Paul  Michael  Levesque  :  (born  July  27,  1969), better  known  by  his  ring  name  Triple  H  (an  abbreviation  of  his  character's  full  name,  Hunter  Hearst  Helmsley),  is  an  American  business  executive,  professional  wrestler,  actor,  and  former  bodybuilder.  He  is  the  Executive  Vice  President  (Talent/Live  Events/Creative)  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange-traded  professional  wrestling  promotion  WWE  and  is  married  into  the  McMahon  family,  which  maintains  majority  ownership  of  WWE. In  addition  to  his  corporate  role,  Levesque  makes  regular  appearances  on  WWE  television  as  an  authority  figure  and  wrestler.

Levesque  began  competing  in  bodybuilding  contests  in  1987,  and  commenced  his  professional  wrestling  career  in  the  International  Wrestling  Federation  in  1992,  under  the  ring  name  Terra  Ryzing.  He  joined  World  Championship  Wrestling  (WCW)  in  1994,  where  he  was  soon  repackaged  as  Jean-Paul  Lévesque,  a  French  Canadian  aristocrat.  In  1995,  Levesque  moved  to  the  World  Wrestling  Federation  (now  WWE),  where  he  became  Hunter  Hearst  Helmsley  and,  later,  Triple  H.  In  1997,  Triple  H  co-founded  the  influential  D-Generation  X  stable,  which  became  a  major  element  of  the  WWF's  "Attitude  Era".  After  winning  his  first  WWF  Championship  and  beginning  a  storyline  marriage  with  Stephanie  McMahon  in  1999,  Triple  H  became  a  regular  main  event  wrestler.  Over  the  next  decade,  he  would  win  a  total  of  13  world  heavyweight  championships  and  lead  stables  the  McMahon-Helmsley  Regime  and  Evolution.  Levesque's  real  life  marriage  to  Stephanie  McMahon  in  2003  gave  him  considerable  influence  on  the  creative  direction  of  both  his  character  and  the  company  as  a  whole.

From  2010  onwards,  Triple  H  began  wrestling  on  a  part-time  basis  as  he  took  on  a  greater  behind  the  scenes  role  with  WWE.  In  mid-2013,  he  began  a  storyline  in  which  he  and  Stephanie  McMahon  were  portrayed  as  unctuous,  judgmental  WWE  co-owners  dubbed  "The  Authority."  Together  as  a  power  couple,  they  make  what  are  often  portrayed  as  self-serving  decrees  while  claiming  only  to  be  concerned  for  "what's  best  for  business,"  all  the  while  romanticizing  each  other  in  the  process  with  public  displays  of  affection.  The  Authority  later  expanded  into  a  stable  led  by  Triple  H  and  McMahon.

In  the  course  of  his  WWE  career,  Triple  H  has  held  a  total  of  23  championships,  including  eight  WWF/WWE  Championships  and  five  World  Heavyweight  Championships.  He  was  the  winner  of  both  the  1997  King  of  the  Ring  tournament  and  the  2002  Royal  Rumble,  and  has  wrestled  in  the  closing  match  of  WrestleMania,  WWE's  flagship  pay-per-view,  six  times.  Outside  of  professional  wrestling,  he  has  made  numerous  guest  appearances  in  film  and  on  television,  including  the  lead  role  in  the  WWE  Studios  production  The  Chaperone.

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