1 00:00:00,269 --> 00:00:02,722 - Oh, through the plate glass window! 2 00:00:02,722 --> 00:00:06,141 - Oh no! I'm so glad you showed this clip! 3 00:00:06,141 --> 00:00:07,700 - I still get goosebumps from this one. 4 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:10,478 Yeah, that's my favorite Triple H moment of all time. 5 00:00:10,478 --> 00:00:12,683 - (Michael) Again! 6 00:00:12,683 --> 00:00:14,368 - Ooh, the Undertaker! 7 00:00:14,368 --> 00:00:16,206 - (Michael) Again! - Oh! 8 00:00:16,206 --> 00:00:19,028 - Oh yeah, here we go, Pedigree! Pedigree! 9 00:00:19,028 --> 00:00:20,985 - (Michael) Pedigree! (bell rings) 10 00:00:20,985 --> 00:00:24,779 - Hunter and I have always enjoyed being out there with one another. 11 00:00:24,779 --> 00:00:29,799 Like, it's a real life, bona fide friendship 12 00:00:29,799 --> 00:00:31,568 that has been there for 25 years. 13 00:00:31,568 --> 00:00:35,265 - (Michael) Sweet Chin Music! Into a Pedigree! 14 00:00:35,265 --> 00:00:36,226 - Oh! (bell rings) 15 00:00:36,226 --> 00:00:37,601 - (Renee) What a last match! 16 00:00:37,601 --> 00:00:41,158 - Triple H and Undertaker go back a long ways, 17 00:00:41,158 --> 00:00:43,944 in one way, that was just a huge end of an era 18 00:00:43,944 --> 00:00:46,466 to know that they would never face each other again one on one. 19 00:00:46,466 --> 00:00:48,918 - (Renee) Last time ever! - Oh man. 20 00:00:48,918 --> 00:00:50,329 - They're so legendary, 21 00:00:50,329 --> 00:00:52,227 they don't even need to come back to do these matches, 22 00:00:52,227 --> 00:00:54,996 but you know that when they do wanna come back, 23 00:00:54,996 --> 00:00:56,233 they wanna give it their all, 24 00:00:56,233 --> 00:00:58,979 and kinda show the younger people like we still got it. 25 00:00:58,979 --> 00:01:01,651 - Just thinking how much fun he must be having with Shawn. 26 00:01:01,651 --> 00:01:04,202 Obviously kicking the Undertaker's butt, 27 00:01:04,202 --> 00:01:08,140 but just being in there with your best friend, causing havoc. 28 00:01:10,742 --> 00:01:13,240 - Oh man! (laughs) 29 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,479 - Oh! - (laughs) Yeah, remember that! 30 00:01:16,479 --> 00:01:17,753 - I remember this! - Ah! 31 00:01:19,471 --> 00:01:21,148 - This was crazy. 32 00:01:21,148 --> 00:01:24,480 - It's really a precursor to a lot of the cinematic matches 33 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,417 we've seen recently in WWE pay-per-view 34 00:01:27,417 --> 00:01:30,001 because of the pandemic and stuff like that. 35 00:01:30,001 --> 00:01:31,589 - Get him, baby! 36 00:01:32,283 --> 00:01:34,489 Oh, through the plate glass window! 37 00:01:37,424 --> 00:01:39,207 - It kinda brought it back to the Attitude Era, 38 00:01:39,207 --> 00:01:41,710 that type of vibe, so we hadn't really seen anything like that 39 00:01:41,710 --> 00:01:42,671 in a long time. 40 00:01:42,671 --> 00:01:47,490 - I think it was after Randy had given me his DDT, 41 00:01:47,490 --> 00:01:51,571 at, you know, off the second rope, and had kissed me 42 00:01:51,571 --> 00:01:54,310 in front of a handcuffed Triple H. 43 00:01:54,310 --> 00:01:57,810 So this was just a really fun story, you know, I guess, 44 00:01:57,810 --> 00:01:59,643 depending on whose perspective. 45 00:01:59,643 --> 00:02:03,872 And you know, really set up in Triple H versus Randy Orton. 46 00:02:03,872 --> 00:02:06,430 - Triple H shows up in my backyard, we're gonna have a problem, 47 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:08,620 I'll tell ya that, he'll be the one going through my window. 48 00:02:08,620 --> 00:02:11,353 I got a pregnant woman in here, dang it! 49 00:02:11,353 --> 00:02:12,567 No danger, alright? 50 00:02:12,567 --> 00:02:15,013 - (Michael) Wait a minute, wait a minute, no! 51 00:02:15,013 --> 00:02:16,918 - (Jerry) What? - (Michael) No! 52 00:02:16,918 --> 00:02:20,369 - Oh no! I'm so glad you showed this clip! 53 00:02:20,369 --> 00:02:25,186 WrestleMania 15 in Philadelphia was the very first wrestling event 54 00:02:25,186 --> 00:02:28,100 that I ever watched. That event was the reason 55 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:31,079 that I became a pro wrestling fan in the first place. 56 00:02:31,079 --> 00:02:33,435 - (Michael) He's turned his back on X-Pac! 57 00:02:33,435 --> 00:02:35,356 - Shame, shame, shame. 58 00:02:35,356 --> 00:02:37,136 - (Michael) Right over Shane! - (Jerry) What? 59 00:02:37,136 --> 00:02:39,453 - This, he wasn't scared to be a bad guy. 60 00:02:39,453 --> 00:02:40,420 The ultimate bad guy. 61 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:44,283 - Triple H is such a good bad guy, like you wanna hate him at all times. 62 00:02:44,283 --> 00:02:46,319 - I think I was 10 years old at that time. 63 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:47,896 I was very angry at you, Triple H. 64 00:02:47,896 --> 00:02:50,968 - I think that's really when Triple H hit that next level. 65 00:02:50,968 --> 00:02:55,152 He went from being the leader of DX to just a whole different animal. 66 00:02:55,152 --> 00:03:00,869 - He had the passion and the desire and the drive to feel 67 00:03:00,869 --> 00:03:04,318 like he was good enough and he deserved his opportunity, 68 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:09,240 and that clip you just showed was sort of in that era for him. 69 00:03:11,389 --> 00:03:12,524 (crowd cheers) 70 00:03:12,524 --> 00:03:15,456 - Oh, this is when DX, DX gets back together. 71 00:03:15,456 --> 00:03:17,268 - (Jim) And Michaels, bad knee and all! 72 00:03:17,268 --> 00:03:19,123 - Coming in for the save! 73 00:03:19,123 --> 00:03:22,157 - Oh, I love the Spirit Squad! 74 00:03:22,157 --> 00:03:25,007 - (Jim) It appears that we have just seen... 75 00:03:25,007 --> 00:03:25,671 - Yes! 76 00:03:25,671 --> 00:03:29,124 - (Jim) The reuniting of DX! (crowd cheers) 77 00:03:29,124 --> 00:03:32,304 - I know in the eyes of a lot of WWE fans like 78 00:03:32,304 --> 00:03:35,436 ugh, they've done 10,000 of those, but that was actually, you know, 79 00:03:35,436 --> 00:03:38,602 the real reunion, sort of, of D-Generation X 80 00:03:38,602 --> 00:03:44,490 from it sort of going dormant, certainly between he and I, 81 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:48,024 from 1997 into the 2000s. 82 00:03:48,024 --> 00:03:50,184 - You wanna do this? Do you wanna do this? 83 00:03:50,184 --> 00:03:52,215 - Let's go! - Yeah, let's go! 84 00:03:52,215 --> 00:03:55,217 - Suck it! 85 00:03:56,386 --> 00:03:58,916 - Me and Dawks have like that same mentality. 86 00:03:58,916 --> 00:04:01,500 I know exactly what they was possibly feeling like. 87 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:03,451 I remember the first time me and Dawks reunited 88 00:04:03,451 --> 00:04:06,635 for like WrestleMania, so we know, we know! 89 00:04:06,635 --> 00:04:09,878 - For me personally, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, 90 00:04:09,878 --> 00:04:12,384 but hey, when I was a kid, 91 00:04:12,384 --> 00:04:14,083 I know how many detentions I got 92 00:04:14,083 --> 00:04:15,818 for you know, telling people to suck it! 93 00:04:15,818 --> 00:04:18,517 - I'm in a group, the Undisputed Era, and a lot of people 94 00:04:18,517 --> 00:04:22,951 see a lot of similarities between the Undisputed Era and D-Generation X, 95 00:04:22,951 --> 00:04:24,182 and that's on purpose. 96 00:04:24,182 --> 00:04:29,400 When I think of like my Mount Rushmore or my top influential wrestlers, 97 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,367 Shawn Michaels and Triple H are always at the top of that list. 98 00:04:33,367 --> 00:04:35,831 - When we got together as D-Generation X, 99 00:04:35,831 --> 00:04:39,882 it was something that was just an absolute blast to be a part of, 100 00:04:39,882 --> 00:04:43,250 because you knew you were doing something very different, 101 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:47,401 and very outside of the norm within the wrestling business, 102 00:04:47,401 --> 00:04:51,302 and it, people either really loved it, 103 00:04:51,302 --> 00:04:53,913 but a lot of the traditionalists really hated it. 104 00:04:53,913 --> 00:04:59,050 And that, believe it or not, was an extremely exciting place to be. 105 00:04:59,050 --> 00:05:01,745 - (Jim) Zumhoff showing his competitive spirit here! 106 00:05:01,745 --> 00:05:04,501 - Oh! - Hunter Hearst Helmsley. 107 00:05:04,501 --> 00:05:05,735 - Helmsley, oh! 108 00:05:05,735 --> 00:05:08,417 - (Jim) Hip lock attempt and oh my! 109 00:05:08,417 --> 00:05:12,130 - Ooh, nice, a little RKO action from Triple H, there we go. 110 00:05:12,130 --> 00:05:14,622 - (Howard) Hunter Hearst Helmsley! - (Announter) He is, yeah, 111 00:05:14,622 --> 00:05:16,210 nobody likes him he's so smug and arrogant. 112 00:05:16,210 --> 00:05:18,767 - (laughs) I mean, half our roster don't even know 113 00:05:18,767 --> 00:05:21,051 Triple H is for Hunter Hearst Helmsley. 114 00:05:21,051 --> 00:05:23,434 - That's the most amazing thing to me, 'cause they've heard the name 115 00:05:23,434 --> 00:05:25,767 Triple H so long, they don't even know what Hunter Hearst Helmsley means. 116 00:05:25,767 --> 00:05:28,319 - That's crazy, look how young he looks. 117 00:05:28,319 --> 00:05:32,029 - Oh my goodness! With no facial hair. 118 00:05:32,029 --> 00:05:35,806 - Yeah, the bow, the bow, oh my goodness, 119 00:05:35,806 --> 00:05:39,146 everything about that reeks mid-90s WWE, 120 00:05:39,146 --> 00:05:40,113 that's so great. 121 00:05:40,113 --> 00:05:42,245 - Love the smugness, it's so good. 122 00:05:42,245 --> 00:05:43,462 Like, you can't teach that. 123 00:05:43,462 --> 00:05:47,495 - That is so fascinating to me, to see him as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. 124 00:05:47,495 --> 00:05:51,592 Such an evolution of the character from where he started in WWE 125 00:05:51,592 --> 00:05:52,910 to where he ended up. 126 00:05:52,910 --> 00:05:55,452 - (Hunter) We stand now at your door! 127 00:05:55,452 --> 00:06:00,180 - Oh, this is priceless. - (Hunter) Knocking on that door! 128 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:01,335 - I knew, I knew! 129 00:06:01,335 --> 00:06:03,994 It's the whole deal, it's all of 'em, there you go! 130 00:06:03,994 --> 00:06:06,221 - (Hunter) And fight the war! 131 00:06:06,221 --> 00:06:09,220 - It's like the bullies on the playground 132 00:06:09,220 --> 00:06:11,432 that you love to hate. 133 00:06:12,113 --> 00:06:13,933 - This was amazing! 134 00:06:13,933 --> 00:06:17,601 For DX to show up at WCW's door, 135 00:06:17,601 --> 00:06:19,475 I was like what is happening? 136 00:06:19,475 --> 00:06:25,085 - If it hadn't have been for characters or groups like DX, 137 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:28,394 when there was so much competition in the business, 138 00:06:28,394 --> 00:06:31,718 maybe the Monday Night Wars, they might have not won, 139 00:06:31,718 --> 00:06:36,585 and with guys that really clicked, (laughs) 140 00:06:36,585 --> 00:06:39,068 and they just ran with it. 141 00:06:39,068 --> 00:06:42,484 - It was another side of the aggressive attitude, 142 00:06:42,484 --> 00:06:44,746 between the brands and in this rating war 143 00:06:44,746 --> 00:06:50,897 that really catapulted wrestling to another atmosphere, 144 00:06:50,897 --> 00:06:52,129 another solar sphere. 145 00:06:52,129 --> 00:06:54,771 ♪ (tense music) ♪ 146 00:06:54,771 --> 00:06:56,623 - Ooh! 147 00:06:56,623 --> 00:06:59,280 - One of his best entrances. 148 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:02,109 - Every entrance matters because he's gotta get 149 00:07:02,109 --> 00:07:07,696 everybody who's tuning in and take them on a journey. 150 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:11,459 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I see some familiar faces there. 151 00:07:11,459 --> 00:07:15,179 - That's Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks, 152 00:07:15,179 --> 00:07:16,180 all right there. 153 00:07:16,180 --> 00:07:18,929 - I was shaking doing this, dude. 154 00:07:18,929 --> 00:07:21,930 I thought I was gonna fall off, I was like do not fall off. 155 00:07:21,930 --> 00:07:23,013 Do not puke. 156 00:07:23,013 --> 00:07:23,889 He legit told all of us 157 00:07:23,889 --> 00:07:26,427 that we were going to have this moment of our own one day, 158 00:07:26,427 --> 00:07:29,275 and just what, a year and a half later two years later, 159 00:07:29,275 --> 00:07:32,174 we're all debuting on Raw, we're all like champions. 160 00:07:32,174 --> 00:07:33,921 - It was so cool when he told us in the gear, 161 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,455 and being a part of it. 162 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:38,106 We were like this is our biggest WrestleMania moment ever! 163 00:07:38,106 --> 00:07:41,848 The fact that now I've had my four or five WrestleManias, 164 00:07:41,848 --> 00:07:44,672 just at that moment, like, I didn't have to do anything. 165 00:07:44,672 --> 00:07:46,433 How does he do this? 166 00:07:48,947 --> 00:07:50,180 - Isn't he so handsome? 167 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:51,134 - He is the King of Kings, 168 00:07:51,134 --> 00:07:52,782 but he's also the undisputed king of entrances. 169 00:07:52,782 --> 00:07:55,695 - I just remember like, just seeing that entrance 170 00:07:55,695 --> 00:07:59,449 and going like yo, this what Daniel Bryan going against? 171 00:07:59,449 --> 00:08:03,162 After all this time, he's still at this high caliber 172 00:08:03,162 --> 00:08:07,981 and still playing like, performing at the best level! 173 00:08:07,981 --> 00:08:10,711 - (Jerry) Oh, J.R.! 174 00:08:10,711 --> 00:08:13,384 - That was the return, yep! - (Jerry) This is it! 175 00:08:13,384 --> 00:08:15,282 - The loudest reaction I've ever heard. 176 00:08:15,282 --> 00:08:17,497 - This is my personal favorite Triple H moment. 177 00:08:18,863 --> 00:08:21,064 - Still get goosebumps from this one. 178 00:08:21,064 --> 00:08:23,881 - You know you get some goosebumps when you return, dad. 179 00:08:23,881 --> 00:08:27,460 - I can't imagine what that sounded like there, 180 00:08:27,460 --> 00:08:29,845 to be backstage or to be him. 181 00:08:29,845 --> 00:08:31,634 And that's gotta feel good as a performer. 182 00:08:31,634 --> 00:08:35,314 - People are next level excited about you, 183 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:39,132 if when your music plays, and everyone screams really loud. 184 00:08:39,132 --> 00:08:41,595 But then you actually walk out the curtain, 185 00:08:41,595 --> 00:08:43,332 and they scream louder. 186 00:08:43,332 --> 00:08:45,715 - To me, that's my favorite Triple H moment of all time. 187 00:08:45,715 --> 00:08:47,799 - What an incredible moment to be a part of. 188 00:08:47,799 --> 00:08:50,825 It was just a really powerful night, 189 00:08:50,825 --> 00:08:55,779 and such a well deserved, mutual respect between 190 00:08:55,779 --> 00:08:58,464 a performer and their fans. 191 00:08:58,464 --> 00:09:01,313 - (Jerry) Kurt, turn around, you didn't win yet! 192 00:09:01,313 --> 00:09:02,664 Turn around Kurt, you didn't win! 193 00:09:02,664 --> 00:09:05,827 - I love Kurt Angle, God. 194 00:09:05,827 --> 00:09:07,449 - Yes! 195 00:09:07,449 --> 00:09:11,159 - (Howard) The winner of the Royal Rumble Match. 196 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:13,382 - Hell yeah. - (Howard) Triple H! 197 00:09:13,382 --> 00:09:15,199 - I wanna win a Royal Rumble, ugh! 198 00:09:15,199 --> 00:09:18,432 - Winning the Royal Rumble, in our company, 199 00:09:18,432 --> 00:09:20,865 is just such a big deal as a whole, 200 00:09:20,865 --> 00:09:22,866 like just being one of, in history, 201 00:09:22,866 --> 00:09:25,919 one of the Royal Rumble winners, you can never take that away. 202 00:09:25,919 --> 00:09:28,193 - He had literally just returned. 203 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,148 Paul was the first professional athlete 204 00:09:30,148 --> 00:09:31,611 to ever come back from quad tear. 205 00:09:31,611 --> 00:09:35,065 To have that drive where you say 206 00:09:35,065 --> 00:09:37,444 no one's ever done it before, I'm gonna be the first, 207 00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:40,131 and when he won the Royal Rumble just a couple weeks later 208 00:09:40,131 --> 00:09:44,513 from that return, after being gone for a year, 209 00:09:44,513 --> 00:09:49,055 it was a moment that I think everyone will remember. 210 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:51,712 - (Announcer) And Sable's, ah! 211 00:09:51,712 --> 00:09:52,594 - Marc Mero! 212 00:09:52,594 --> 00:09:53,795 - Oh, Marc Mero. 213 00:09:53,795 --> 00:09:57,079 - (Vince) You might call it a perfect hoax, I can't believe! 214 00:09:57,079 --> 00:09:58,828 - He looks like a baby. 215 00:09:58,828 --> 00:10:02,092 - I love hearing my dad, "it's a perfect hoax!" 216 00:10:02,092 --> 00:10:05,979 Playing off of Mr. Perfect, of course, 217 00:10:05,979 --> 00:10:08,012 one of my husband's all-time favorites. 218 00:10:08,012 --> 00:10:09,362 - Was that his first title win? 219 00:10:09,362 --> 00:10:13,585 I know the feeling of winning your first ever championship, 220 00:10:13,585 --> 00:10:16,708 and it's like the greatest feeling in the whole wide world. 221 00:10:16,708 --> 00:10:18,730 - I'm curious to know if not only he, 222 00:10:18,730 --> 00:10:21,897 but if other people thought he would go on to be 223 00:10:21,897 --> 00:10:26,074 literally one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time. 224 00:10:26,074 --> 00:10:27,710 - (Jim) For God sakes. 225 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:30,658 - Oh yes, the turn. 226 00:10:30,658 --> 00:10:34,395 - Stephanie! - (Jim) What? 227 00:10:34,395 --> 00:10:36,257 By God! 228 00:10:36,257 --> 00:10:39,427 - This is so juicy. 229 00:10:39,427 --> 00:10:40,338 - (Jim) What is this? 230 00:10:40,338 --> 00:10:42,493 - Young and babyfaced Stephanie. 231 00:10:42,493 --> 00:10:45,055 It's so cute now, but at the time, it was very devious. 232 00:10:45,055 --> 00:10:46,958 - That's what WWE's been great, always been great doing 233 00:10:46,958 --> 00:10:49,528 is creating all these twists, this unpredictability, 234 00:10:49,528 --> 00:10:51,494 when no one knows what's going on, 235 00:10:51,494 --> 00:10:54,540 and Hunter's been involved in a lot of great storylines. 236 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:57,027 - That is when I turned on my father 237 00:10:57,027 --> 00:11:00,559 and joined forces with the evil Triple H. 238 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,077 And that was the moment that started it all, right? 239 00:11:03,077 --> 00:11:06,594 Here we are married with three kids, 240 00:11:06,594 --> 00:11:10,977 and if that moment never happened, who knows where we would be today? 241 00:11:10,977 --> 00:11:13,259 - (Michael) Mankind in the ring, Pedigree time! 242 00:11:13,259 --> 00:11:15,561 - Ooh, this is a big one! - (Michael) Triple H! 243 00:11:15,561 --> 00:11:18,645 - Nothing like winning your first WWE Championship. 244 00:11:18,645 --> 00:11:20,845 - Say no more, fam. - Say no more! 245 00:11:20,845 --> 00:11:22,394 - Triple H got you! 246 00:11:22,394 --> 00:11:24,479 - (Jerry) Triple H has realized his dream! 247 00:11:24,479 --> 00:11:26,039 It's all about Triple H! - Awesome. 248 00:11:26,039 --> 00:11:27,238 - That's the first one, right? 249 00:11:27,238 --> 00:11:30,595 As a performer, that's what everybody gets in this stuff for, 250 00:11:30,595 --> 00:11:34,388 is to be able to have that moment, and you never forget your first one. 251 00:11:34,388 --> 00:11:35,927 - That was the beginning of everything. 252 00:11:35,927 --> 00:11:40,658 The run that he went on, with being at the top of WWE 253 00:11:40,658 --> 00:11:44,023 for as long as he did was unprecidented. 254 00:11:44,023 --> 00:11:46,395 - It was a slog, you know? It was a journey. 255 00:11:46,395 --> 00:11:48,977 It didn't happen overnight, it wasn't a success. 256 00:11:48,977 --> 00:11:51,111 It was one thing, one story, good story, 257 00:11:51,111 --> 00:11:52,895 one victory after another, after another feud, 258 00:11:52,895 --> 00:11:57,129 after another feud, it's definitely been a cool, 259 00:11:57,129 --> 00:11:59,811 unbelievable road and journey for Triple H, 260 00:11:59,811 --> 00:12:03,360 and now being the head of NXT, a lot of great memories there. 261 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:04,496 - All these clips just go to show you 262 00:12:04,496 --> 00:12:06,226 that starting out as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, 263 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:07,608 and seeing where he is now. 264 00:12:07,608 --> 00:12:09,308 You never know, you gotta keep grinding, 265 00:12:09,308 --> 00:12:11,661 you gotta keep hustling, you gotta keep working hard. 266 00:12:11,661 --> 00:12:15,161 - So this year marks the 25th anniversary 267 00:12:15,161 --> 00:12:17,477 of Triple H in the WWE. 268 00:12:17,477 --> 00:12:18,776 Can you talk a little bit about 269 00:12:18,776 --> 00:12:21,510 what Triple H has meant for you personally? 270 00:12:21,510 --> 00:12:23,912 - Oh, personally for me, Triple H is, you know, 271 00:12:23,912 --> 00:12:25,071 he's been there through it all. 272 00:12:25,071 --> 00:12:26,828 If it weren't for Triple H, 273 00:12:26,828 --> 00:12:29,474 there would be no Seth Rollins as you know him today. 274 00:12:29,474 --> 00:12:31,957 - I kinda owe my whole career to him, 275 00:12:31,957 --> 00:12:35,220 because I wouldn't have the opportunity if he didn't care. 276 00:12:35,220 --> 00:12:37,703 - Paul, I mean, there, and, Hunter, 277 00:12:37,703 --> 00:12:38,783 I never know what to call him 278 00:12:38,783 --> 00:12:41,603 when I'm talking about him as a performer, 279 00:12:41,603 --> 00:12:42,772 you know, it's so funny in our business, 280 00:12:42,772 --> 00:12:45,209 everybody has so many different names, except me. 281 00:12:45,209 --> 00:12:47,744 He has such a big heart, he's so smart. 282 00:12:47,744 --> 00:12:51,789 He's really, really smart, he's funny. 283 00:12:51,789 --> 00:12:58,643 He's handsome, he's the most incredible father, he's a leader. 284 00:12:58,643 --> 00:13:02,438 He is, he's the total package, he is my dream come true. 285 00:13:02,438 --> 00:13:07,054 - I've been able to make an awful, you know, wonderful living, 286 00:13:07,054 --> 00:13:09,440 one, doing what I love to do, 287 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:14,177 and then getting to do it side by side with your best friend. 288 00:13:14,177 --> 00:13:18,993 That is absolutely an unbelievable thing. 289 00:13:18,993 --> 00:13:21,360 - So Triple H has been an instrumental part 290 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,638 in mentoring many superstars since he started, 291 00:13:23,638 --> 00:13:27,441 and heavily involved in what the NXT brand is today. 292 00:13:27,441 --> 00:13:30,627 So can you talk a bit about his impact on NXT? 293 00:13:30,627 --> 00:13:33,360 - NXT is definitely his vision. - Yes! 294 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,242 - He's the reason NXT is successful as it is today. 295 00:13:37,242 --> 00:13:39,239 - He loves this business, there's no doubt about it. 296 00:13:39,239 --> 00:13:41,527 He's very passionate about this business, 297 00:13:41,527 --> 00:13:42,974 and if he sees something in anybody, 298 00:13:42,974 --> 00:13:45,089 even the ones who don't have the most natural talent, 299 00:13:45,089 --> 00:13:47,374 but have a lot of hunger, he'll do everything he can 300 00:13:47,374 --> 00:13:49,044 to help them succeed. 301 00:13:49,044 --> 00:13:51,477 - He didn't look at a guy like me and say you're too small. 302 00:13:51,477 --> 00:13:52,894 He said you're talented, 303 00:13:52,894 --> 00:13:54,844 and I'm gonna let talented people be talented 304 00:13:54,844 --> 00:13:57,840 and I'm gonna give you a stage, and he gave us a stage, 305 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,043 and for that, I mean, I owe him a lot. 306 00:14:01,043 --> 00:14:04,227 - One of the stories that doesn't get told enough 307 00:14:04,227 --> 00:14:07,211 about Triple H is how he has always been 308 00:14:07,211 --> 00:14:10,894 a proponent for the women in our business. 309 00:14:10,894 --> 00:14:14,140 He would fight, you know, for Chyna 310 00:14:14,140 --> 00:14:17,960 to have a lot of the opportunities that she deserved, quite frankly. 311 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,493 He started training the women same as the men, 312 00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:24,295 and that's what led to the Give Divas A Chance hashtag 313 00:14:24,295 --> 00:14:28,460 that ultimately changed the entire landscape in WWE 314 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:30,077 for our female performers. 315 00:14:30,077 --> 00:14:31,344 - If you'd have told either one of us 316 00:14:31,344 --> 00:14:34,077 that 25 years later we would be getting to, 317 00:14:34,077 --> 00:14:40,162 getting the opportunity to work with each other again side by side, 318 00:14:40,162 --> 00:14:44,338 doing something like NXT, I mean, we'd have been tickled pink. 319 00:14:44,338 --> 00:14:45,804 I feel blessed we're getting to do it. 320 00:14:45,804 --> 00:14:48,304 He stuck by me every step of the way, 321 00:14:48,304 --> 00:14:50,104 and that's why, again, you know, 322 00:14:50,104 --> 00:14:53,035 it's why I stick by him every step of the way. 323 00:14:53,035 --> 00:14:56,598 - So finally, if Triple H were watching this right now, 324 00:14:56,598 --> 00:14:57,734 what would you want to say to him? 325 00:14:57,734 --> 00:14:58,737 - Tell him not to get a big head, 326 00:14:58,737 --> 00:15:00,671 I'll still knock the [censored] out of him. 327 00:15:00,671 --> 00:15:03,972 That WrestleMania victory was a fluke, you can tell him that. 328 00:15:03,972 --> 00:15:05,000 It's a fluke! 329 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:05,904 - Oh, just thanks. 330 00:15:05,904 --> 00:15:08,300 He's always been very real with me, and very honest with me, 331 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:09,404 and I appreciate that. 332 00:15:09,404 --> 00:15:13,721 - I hope he realizes how influential he really has been, 333 00:15:13,721 --> 00:15:15,565 and how much he motivates people. 334 00:15:15,565 --> 00:15:18,738 He's an incredible example of guys who lead by example, 335 00:15:18,738 --> 00:15:21,838 and me and so many others are very thankful to work for him. 336 00:15:21,838 --> 00:15:24,199 - Hunter, maybe one day me and Candice 337 00:15:24,199 --> 00:15:27,438 will ride down on motorcycles, and it will be awesome, 338 00:15:27,438 --> 00:15:30,634 but in all seriousness, thank you for being you man. 339 00:15:30,634 --> 00:15:34,756 I owe my career to you, I do, me and Candice both. 340 00:15:34,756 --> 00:15:36,805 Like thank you so much for taking a chance on us. 341 00:15:36,805 --> 00:15:39,021 - I'm forever grateful 342 00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,755 for the confidence he instilled in my dad, 343 00:15:41,755 --> 00:15:43,389 and gave back to him, 344 00:15:43,389 --> 00:15:49,454 and just giving me the opportunity in NXT, which changed my life. 345 00:15:49,454 --> 00:15:52,304 - Because of him, I'm given the opportunity to do what I love 346 00:15:52,304 --> 00:15:53,622 every single week, 347 00:15:53,622 --> 00:15:56,789 it just feels so good to feel kinda equal in this business, 348 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,001 and it's because of him for giving me the opportunity, 349 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:01,821 and giving all of us the opportunity and that time. 350 00:16:01,821 --> 00:16:04,423 And he's incredible, and I'm so thankful. 351 00:16:04,423 --> 00:16:08,706 - This honestly doesn't happen without him having our back 352 00:16:08,706 --> 00:16:11,338 and beliving in us, and having the faith in us 353 00:16:11,338 --> 00:16:13,905 to do what we've been able to do. 354 00:16:13,905 --> 00:16:16,657 - Thank you very much for 355 00:16:17,906 --> 00:16:19,803 taking me through my entire childhood. 356 00:16:19,803 --> 00:16:21,588 The dedication to the craft, 357 00:16:21,588 --> 00:16:24,172 and always believing in myself and Dawks. 358 00:16:24,172 --> 00:16:28,755 - Triple OG, OG Triple H. Happy 25th, bro. 359 00:16:28,755 --> 00:16:30,703 - All I know is it's been a blast, 360 00:16:30,703 --> 00:16:36,273 and I look forward to, you know, both of us living another 25 years, 361 00:16:36,273 --> 00:16:41,370 and (laughs) continuing to hang out and have fun together in the future. 362 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:44,852 - I couldn't be more proud of you, I love you so much. 363 00:16:44,852 --> 00:16:51,012 You deserve every celebration, 25 years of this iconic career, 364 00:16:51,012 --> 00:16:53,502 and I can't wait for the next 25! 365 00:16:53,502 --> 00:16:57,317 - Thanks for watching this episode of WWE Superstars React. 366 00:16:57,317 --> 00:17:00,105 - Thanks for watching like a legit boss. 367 00:17:00,105 --> 00:17:02,056 - Hey guys, it's Sierra, Producer here at FBE. 368 00:17:02,056 --> 00:17:04,488 Thank you so much to all the WWE Superstars 369 00:17:04,488 --> 00:17:05,988 who shot this episode with us. 370 00:17:05,988 --> 00:17:09,088 If you wanna see some of our other episodes with WWE Superstars, 371 00:17:09,088 --> 00:17:11,568 just hit up those links down below. 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