WEBVTT 00:00:00.269 --> 00:00:02.722 - Oh, through the plate glass window! 00:00:02.722 --> 00:00:06.141 - Oh no! I'm so glad you showed this clip! 00:00:06.141 --> 00:00:07.700 - I still get goosebumps from this one. 00:00:07.700 --> 00:00:10.478 Yeah, that's my favorite Triple H moment of all time. 00:00:10.478 --> 00:00:12.683 - (Michael) Again! 00:00:12.683 --> 00:00:14.368 - Ooh, the Undertaker! 00:00:14.368 --> 00:00:16.206 - (Michael) Again! - Oh! 00:00:16.206 --> 00:00:19.028 - Oh yeah, here we go, Pedigree! Pedigree! 00:00:19.028 --> 00:00:20.985 - (Michael) Pedigree! (bell rings) 00:00:20.985 --> 00:00:24.779 - Hunter and I have always enjoyed being out there with one another. 00:00:24.779 --> 00:00:29.799 Like, it's a real life, bona fide friendship 00:00:29.799 --> 00:00:31.568 that has been there for 25 years. 00:00:31.568 --> 00:00:35.265 - (Michael) Sweet Chin Music! Into a Pedigree! 00:00:35.265 --> 00:00:36.226 - Oh! (bell rings) 00:00:36.226 --> 00:00:37.601 - (Renee) What a last match! 00:00:37.601 --> 00:00:41.158 - Triple H and Undertaker go back a long ways, 00:00:41.158 --> 00:00:43.944 in one way, that was just a huge end of an era 00:00:43.944 --> 00:00:46.466 to know that they would never face each other again one on one. 00:00:46.466 --> 00:00:48.918 - (Renee) Last time ever! - Oh man. 00:00:48.918 --> 00:00:50.329 - They're so legendary, 00:00:50.329 --> 00:00:52.227 they don't even need to come back to do these matches, 00:00:52.227 --> 00:00:54.996 but you know that when they do wanna come back, 00:00:54.996 --> 00:00:56.233 they wanna give it their all, 00:00:56.233 --> 00:00:58.979 and kinda show the younger people like we still got it. 00:00:58.979 --> 00:01:01.651 - Just thinking how much fun he must be having with Shawn. 00:01:01.651 --> 00:01:04.202 Obviously kicking the Undertaker's butt, 00:01:04.202 --> 00:01:08.140 but just being in there with your best friend, causing havoc. 00:01:10.742 --> 00:01:13.240 - Oh man! (laughs) 00:01:13.240 --> 00:01:16.479 - Oh! - (laughs) Yeah, remember that! 00:01:16.479 --> 00:01:17.753 - I remember this! - Ah! 00:01:19.471 --> 00:01:21.148 - This was crazy. 00:01:21.148 --> 00:01:24.480 - It's really a precursor to a lot of the cinematic matches 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:27.417 we've seen recently in WWE pay-per-view 00:01:27.417 --> 00:01:30.001 because of the pandemic and stuff like that. 00:01:30.001 --> 00:01:31.589 - Get him, baby! 00:01:32.283 --> 00:01:34.489 Oh, through the plate glass window! 00:01:37.424 --> 00:01:39.207 - It kinda brought it back to the Attitude Era, 00:01:39.207 --> 00:01:41.710 that type of vibe, so we hadn't really seen anything like that 00:01:41.710 --> 00:01:42.671 in a long time. 00:01:42.671 --> 00:01:47.490 - I think it was after Randy had given me his DDT, 00:01:47.490 --> 00:01:51.571 at, you know, off the second rope, and had kissed me 00:01:51.571 --> 00:01:54.310 in front of a handcuffed Triple H. 00:01:54.310 --> 00:01:57.810 So this was just a really fun story, you know, I guess, 00:01:57.810 --> 00:01:59.643 depending on whose perspective. 00:01:59.643 --> 00:02:03.872 And you know, really set up in Triple H versus Randy Orton. 00:02:03.872 --> 00:02:06.430 - Triple H shows up in my backyard, we're gonna have a problem, 00:02:06.430 --> 00:02:08.620 I'll tell ya that, he'll be the one going through my window. 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:11.353 I got a pregnant woman in here, dang it! 00:02:11.353 --> 00:02:12.567 No danger, alright? 00:02:12.567 --> 00:02:15.013 - (Michael) Wait a minute, wait a minute, no! 00:02:15.013 --> 00:02:16.918 - (Jerry) What? - (Michael) No! 00:02:16.918 --> 00:02:20.369 - Oh no! I'm so glad you showed this clip! 00:02:20.369 --> 00:02:25.186 WrestleMania 15 in Philadelphia was the very first wrestling event 00:02:25.186 --> 00:02:28.100 that I ever watched. That event was the reason 00:02:28.100 --> 00:02:31.079 that I became a pro wrestling fan in the first place. 00:02:31.079 --> 00:02:33.435 - (Michael) He's turned his back on X-Pac! 00:02:33.435 --> 00:02:35.356 - Shame, shame, shame. 00:02:35.356 --> 00:02:37.136 - (Michael) Right over Shane! - (Jerry) What? 00:02:37.136 --> 00:02:39.453 - This, he wasn't scared to be a bad guy. 00:02:39.453 --> 00:02:40.420 The ultimate bad guy. 00:02:40.420 --> 00:02:44.283 - Triple H is such a good bad guy, like you wanna hate him at all times. 00:02:44.283 --> 00:02:46.319 - I think I was 10 years old at that time. 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:47.896 I was very angry at you, Triple H. 00:02:47.896 --> 00:02:50.968 - I think that's really when Triple H hit that next level. 00:02:50.968 --> 00:02:55.152 He went from being the leader of DX to just a whole different animal. 00:02:55.152 --> 00:03:00.869 - He had the passion and the desire and the drive to feel 00:03:00.869 --> 00:03:04.318 like he was good enough and he deserved his opportunity, 00:03:04.318 --> 00:03:09.240 and that clip you just showed was sort of in that era for him. 00:03:11.389 --> 00:03:12.524 (crowd cheers) 00:03:12.524 --> 00:03:15.456 - Oh, this is when DX, DX gets back together. 00:03:15.456 --> 00:03:17.268 - (Jim) And Michaels, bad knee and all! 00:03:17.268 --> 00:03:19.123 - Coming in for the save! 00:03:19.123 --> 00:03:22.157 - Oh, I love the Spirit Squad! 00:03:22.157 --> 00:03:25.007 - (Jim) It appears that we have just seen... 00:03:25.007 --> 00:03:25.671 - Yes! 00:03:25.671 --> 00:03:29.124 - (Jim) The reuniting of DX! (crowd cheers) 00:03:29.124 --> 00:03:32.304 - I know in the eyes of a lot of WWE fans like 00:03:32.304 --> 00:03:35.436 ugh, they've done 10,000 of those, but that was actually, you know, 00:03:35.436 --> 00:03:38.602 the real reunion, sort of, of D-Generation X 00:03:38.602 --> 00:03:44.490 from it sort of going dormant, certainly between he and I, 00:03:44.490 --> 00:03:48.024 from 1997 into the 2000s. 00:03:48.024 --> 00:03:50.184 - You wanna do this? Do you wanna do this? 00:03:50.184 --> 00:03:52.215 - Let's go! - Yeah, let's go! 00:03:52.215 --> 00:03:55.217 - Suck it! 00:03:56.386 --> 00:03:58.916 - Me and Dawks have like that same mentality. 00:03:58.916 --> 00:04:01.500 I know exactly what they was possibly feeling like. 00:04:01.500 --> 00:04:03.451 I remember the first time me and Dawks reunited 00:04:03.451 --> 00:04:06.635 for like WrestleMania, so we know, we know! 00:04:06.635 --> 00:04:09.878 - For me personally, I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, 00:04:09.878 --> 00:04:12.384 but hey, when I was a kid, 00:04:12.384 --> 00:04:14.083 I know how many detentions I got 00:04:14.083 --> 00:04:15.818 for you know, telling people to suck it! 00:04:15.818 --> 00:04:18.517 - I'm in a group, the Undisputed Era, and a lot of people 00:04:18.517 --> 00:04:22.951 see a lot of similarities between the Undisputed Era and D-Generation X, 00:04:22.951 --> 00:04:24.182 and that's on purpose. 00:04:24.182 --> 00:04:29.400 When I think of like my Mount Rushmore or my top influential wrestlers, 00:04:29.400 --> 00:04:33.367 Shawn Michaels and Triple H are always at the top of that list. 00:04:33.367 --> 00:04:35.831 - When we got together as D-Generation X, 00:04:35.831 --> 00:04:39.882 it was something that was just an absolute blast to be a part of, 00:04:39.882 --> 00:04:43.250 because you knew you were doing something very different, 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:47.401 and very outside of the norm within the wrestling business, 00:04:47.401 --> 00:04:51.302 and it, people either really loved it, 00:04:51.302 --> 00:04:53.913 but a lot of the traditionalists really hated it. 00:04:53.913 --> 00:04:59.050 And that, believe it or not, was an extremely exciting place to be. 00:04:59.050 --> 00:05:01.745 - (Jim) Zumhoff showing his competitive spirit here! 00:05:01.745 --> 00:05:04.501 - Oh! - Hunter Hearst Helmsley. 00:05:04.501 --> 00:05:05.735 - Helmsley, oh! 00:05:05.735 --> 00:05:08.417 - (Jim) Hip lock attempt and oh my! 00:05:08.417 --> 00:05:12.130 - Ooh, nice, a little RKO action from Triple H, there we go. 00:05:12.130 --> 00:05:14.622 - (Howard) Hunter Hearst Helmsley! - (Announter) He is, yeah, 00:05:14.622 --> 00:05:16.210 nobody likes him he's so smug and arrogant. 00:05:16.210 --> 00:05:18.767 - (laughs) I mean, half our roster don't even know 00:05:18.767 --> 00:05:21.051 Triple H is for Hunter Hearst Helmsley. 00:05:21.051 --> 00:05:23.434 - That's the most amazing thing to me, 'cause they've heard the name 00:05:23.434 --> 00:05:25.767 Triple H so long, they don't even know what Hunter Hearst Helmsley means. 00:05:25.767 --> 00:05:28.319 - That's crazy, look how young he looks. 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:32.029 - Oh my goodness! With no facial hair. 00:05:32.029 --> 00:05:35.806 - Yeah, the bow, the bow, oh my goodness, 00:05:35.806 --> 00:05:39.146 everything about that reeks mid-90s WWE, 00:05:39.146 --> 00:05:40.113 that's so great. 00:05:40.113 --> 00:05:42.245 - Love the smugness, it's so good. 00:05:42.245 --> 00:05:43.462 Like, you can't teach that. 00:05:43.462 --> 00:05:47.495 - That is so fascinating to me, to see him as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. 00:05:47.495 --> 00:05:51.592 Such an evolution of the character from where he started in WWE 00:05:51.592 --> 00:05:52.910 to where he ended up. 00:05:52.910 --> 00:05:55.452 - (Hunter) We stand now at your door! 00:05:55.452 --> 00:06:00.180 - Oh, this is priceless. - (Hunter) Knocking on that door! 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:01.335 - I knew, I knew! 00:06:01.335 --> 00:06:03.994 It's the whole deal, it's all of 'em, there you go! 00:06:03.994 --> 00:06:06.221 - (Hunter) And fight the war! 00:06:06.221 --> 00:06:09.220 - It's like the bullies on the playground 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:11.432 that you love to hate. 00:06:12.113 --> 00:06:13.933 - This was amazing! 00:06:13.933 --> 00:06:17.601 For DX to show up at WCW's door, 00:06:17.601 --> 00:06:19.475 I was like what is happening? 00:06:19.475 --> 00:06:25.085 - If it hadn't have been for characters or groups like DX, 00:06:25.085 --> 00:06:28.394 when there was so much competition in the business, 00:06:28.394 --> 00:06:31.718 maybe the Monday Night Wars, they might have not won, 00:06:31.718 --> 00:06:36.585 and with guys that really clicked, (laughs) 00:06:36.585 --> 00:06:39.068 and they just ran with it. 00:06:39.068 --> 00:06:42.484 - It was another side of the aggressive attitude, 00:06:42.484 --> 00:06:44.746 between the brands and in this rating war 00:06:44.746 --> 00:06:50.897 that really catapulted wrestling to another atmosphere, 00:06:50.897 --> 00:06:52.129 another solar sphere. 00:06:52.129 --> 00:06:54.771 ♪ (tense music) ♪ 00:06:54.771 --> 00:06:56.623 - Ooh! 00:06:56.623 --> 00:06:59.280 - One of his best entrances. 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:02.109 - Every entrance matters because he's gotta get 00:07:02.109 --> 00:07:07.696 everybody who's tuning in and take them on a journey. 00:07:08.930 --> 00:07:11.459 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I see some familiar faces there. 00:07:11.459 --> 00:07:15.179 - That's Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks, 00:07:15.179 --> 00:07:16.180 all right there. 00:07:16.180 --> 00:07:18.929 - I was shaking doing this, dude. 00:07:18.929 --> 00:07:21.930 I thought I was gonna fall off, I was like do not fall off. 00:07:21.930 --> 00:07:23.013 Do not puke. 00:07:23.013 --> 00:07:23.889 He legit told all of us 00:07:23.889 --> 00:07:26.427 that we were going to have this moment of our own one day, 00:07:26.427 --> 00:07:29.275 and just what, a year and a half later two years later, 00:07:29.275 --> 00:07:32.174 we're all debuting on Raw, we're all like champions. 00:07:32.174 --> 00:07:33.921 - It was so cool when he told us in the gear, 00:07:33.921 --> 00:07:35.455 and being a part of it. 00:07:35.455 --> 00:07:38.106 We were like this is our biggest WrestleMania moment ever! 00:07:38.106 --> 00:07:41.848 The fact that now I've had my four or five WrestleManias, 00:07:41.848 --> 00:07:44.672 just at that moment, like, I didn't have to do anything. 00:07:44.672 --> 00:07:46.433 How does he do this? 00:07:48.947 --> 00:07:50.180 - Isn't he so handsome? 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:51.134 - He is the King of Kings, 00:07:51.134 --> 00:07:52.782 but he's also the undisputed king of entrances. 00:07:52.782 --> 00:07:55.695 - I just remember like, just seeing that entrance 00:07:55.695 --> 00:07:59.449 and going like yo, this what Daniel Bryan going against? 00:07:59.449 --> 00:08:03.162 After all this time, he's still at this high caliber 00:08:03.162 --> 00:08:07.981 and still playing like, performing at the best level! 00:08:07.981 --> 00:08:10.711 - (Jerry) Oh, J.R.! 00:08:10.711 --> 00:08:13.384 - That was the return, yep! - (Jerry) This is it! 00:08:13.384 --> 00:08:15.282 - The loudest reaction I've ever heard. 00:08:15.282 --> 00:08:17.497 - This is my personal favorite Triple H moment. 00:08:18.863 --> 00:08:21.064 - Still get goosebumps from this one. 00:08:21.064 --> 00:08:23.881 - You know you get some goosebumps when you return, dad. 00:08:23.881 --> 00:08:27.460 - I can't imagine what that sounded like there, 00:08:27.460 --> 00:08:29.845 to be backstage or to be him. 00:08:29.845 --> 00:08:31.634 And that's gotta feel good as a performer. 00:08:31.634 --> 00:08:35.314 - People are next level excited about you, 00:08:35.314 --> 00:08:39.132 if when your music plays, and everyone screams really loud. 00:08:39.132 --> 00:08:41.595 But then you actually walk out the curtain, 00:08:41.595 --> 00:08:43.332 and they scream louder. 00:08:43.332 --> 00:08:45.715 - To me, that's my favorite Triple H moment of all time. 00:08:45.715 --> 00:08:47.799 - What an incredible moment to be a part of. 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.825 It was just a really powerful night, 00:08:50.825 --> 00:08:55.779 and such a well deserved, mutual respect between 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:58.464 a performer and their fans. 00:08:58.464 --> 00:09:01.313 - (Jerry) Kurt, turn around, you didn't win yet! 00:09:01.313 --> 00:09:02.664 Turn around Kurt, you didn't win! 00:09:02.664 --> 00:09:05.827 - I love Kurt Angle, God. 00:09:05.827 --> 00:09:07.449 - Yes! 00:09:07.449 --> 00:09:11.159 - (Howard) The winner of the Royal Rumble Match. 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.382 - Hell yeah. - (Howard) Triple H! 00:09:13.382 --> 00:09:15.199 - I wanna win a Royal Rumble, ugh! 00:09:15.199 --> 00:09:18.432 - Winning the Royal Rumble, in our company, 00:09:18.432 --> 00:09:20.865 is just such a big deal as a whole, 00:09:20.865 --> 00:09:22.866 like just being one of, in history, 00:09:22.866 --> 00:09:25.919 one of the Royal Rumble winners, you can never take that away. 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:28.193 - He had literally just returned. 00:09:28.193 --> 00:09:30.148 Paul was the first professional athlete 00:09:30.148 --> 00:09:31.611 to ever come back from quad tear. 00:09:31.611 --> 00:09:35.065 To have that drive where you say 00:09:35.065 --> 00:09:37.444 no one's ever done it before, I'm gonna be the first, 00:09:37.444 --> 00:09:40.131 and when he won the Royal Rumble just a couple weeks later 00:09:40.131 --> 00:09:44.513 from that return, after being gone for a year, 00:09:44.513 --> 00:09:49.055 it was a moment that I think everyone will remember. 00:09:49.055 --> 00:09:51.712 - (Announcer) And Sable's, ah! 00:09:51.712 --> 00:09:52.594 - Marc Mero! 00:09:52.594 --> 00:09:53.795 - Oh, Marc Mero. 00:09:53.795 --> 00:09:57.079 - (Vince) You might call it a perfect hoax, I can't believe! 00:09:57.079 --> 00:09:58.828 - He looks like a baby. 00:09:58.828 --> 00:10:02.092 - I love hearing my dad, "it's a perfect hoax!" 00:10:02.092 --> 00:10:05.979 Playing off of Mr. Perfect, of course, 00:10:05.979 --> 00:10:08.012 one of my husband's all-time favorites. 00:10:08.012 --> 00:10:09.362 - Was that his first title win? 00:10:09.362 --> 00:10:13.585 I know the feeling of winning your first ever championship, 00:10:13.585 --> 00:10:16.708 and it's like the greatest feeling in the whole wide world. 00:10:16.708 --> 00:10:18.730 - I'm curious to know if not only he, 00:10:18.730 --> 00:10:21.897 but if other people thought he would go on to be 00:10:21.897 --> 00:10:26.074 literally one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time. 00:10:26.074 --> 00:10:27.710 - (Jim) For God sakes. 00:10:27.710 --> 00:10:30.658 - Oh yes, the turn. 00:10:30.658 --> 00:10:34.395 - Stephanie! - (Jim) What? 00:10:34.395 --> 00:10:36.257 By God! 00:10:36.257 --> 00:10:39.427 - This is so juicy. 00:10:39.427 --> 00:10:40.338 - (Jim) What is this? 00:10:40.338 --> 00:10:42.493 - Young and babyfaced Stephanie. 00:10:42.493 --> 00:10:45.055 It's so cute now, but at the time, it was very devious. 00:10:45.055 --> 00:10:46.958 - That's what WWE's been great, always been great doing 00:10:46.958 --> 00:10:49.528 is creating all these twists, this unpredictability, 00:10:49.528 --> 00:10:51.494 when no one knows what's going on, 00:10:51.494 --> 00:10:54.540 and Hunter's been involved in a lot of great storylines. 00:10:54.540 --> 00:10:57.027 - That is when I turned on my father 00:10:57.027 --> 00:11:00.559 and joined forces with the evil Triple H. 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.077 And that was the moment that started it all, right? 00:11:03.077 --> 00:11:06.594 Here we are married with three kids, 00:11:06.594 --> 00:11:10.977 and if that moment never happened, who knows where we would be today? 00:11:10.977 --> 00:11:13.259 - (Michael) Mankind in the ring, Pedigree time! 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:15.561 - Ooh, this is a big one! - (Michael) Triple H! 00:11:15.561 --> 00:11:18.645 - Nothing like winning your first WWE Championship. 00:11:18.645 --> 00:11:20.845 - Say no more, fam. - Say no more! 00:11:20.845 --> 00:11:22.394 - Triple H got you! 00:11:22.394 --> 00:11:24.479 - (Jerry) Triple H has realized his dream! 00:11:24.479 --> 00:11:26.039 It's all about Triple H! - Awesome. 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:27.238 - That's the first one, right? 00:11:27.238 --> 00:11:30.595 As a performer, that's what everybody gets in this stuff for, 00:11:30.595 --> 00:11:34.388 is to be able to have that moment, and you never forget your first one. 00:11:34.388 --> 00:11:35.927 - That was the beginning of everything. 00:11:35.927 --> 00:11:40.658 The run that he went on, with being at the top of WWE 00:11:40.658 --> 00:11:44.023 for as long as he did was unprecidented. 00:11:44.023 --> 00:11:46.395 - It was a slog, you know? It was a journey. 00:11:46.395 --> 00:11:48.977 It didn't happen overnight, it wasn't a success. 00:11:48.977 --> 00:11:51.111 It was one thing, one story, good story, 00:11:51.111 --> 00:11:52.895 one victory after another, after another feud, 00:11:52.895 --> 00:11:57.129 after another feud, it's definitely been a cool, 00:11:57.129 --> 00:11:59.811 unbelievable road and journey for Triple H, 00:11:59.811 --> 00:12:03.360 and now being the head of NXT, a lot of great memories there. 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:04.496 - All these clips just go to show you 00:12:04.496 --> 00:12:06.226 that starting out as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, 00:12:06.226 --> 00:12:07.608 and seeing where he is now. 00:12:07.608 --> 00:12:09.308 You never know, you gotta keep grinding, 00:12:09.308 --> 00:12:11.661 you gotta keep hustling, you gotta keep working hard. 00:12:11.661 --> 00:12:15.161 - So this year marks the 25th anniversary 00:12:15.161 --> 00:12:17.477 of Triple H in the WWE. 00:12:17.477 --> 00:12:18.776 Can you talk a little bit about 00:12:18.776 --> 00:12:21.510 what Triple H has meant for you personally? 00:12:21.510 --> 00:12:23.912 - Oh, personally for me, Triple H is, you know, 00:12:23.912 --> 00:12:25.071 he's been there through it all. 00:12:25.071 --> 00:12:26.828 If it weren't for Triple H, 00:12:26.828 --> 00:12:29.474 there would be no Seth Rollins as you know him today. 00:12:29.474 --> 00:12:31.957 - I kinda owe my whole career to him, 00:12:31.957 --> 00:12:35.220 because I wouldn't have the opportunity if he didn't care. 00:12:35.220 --> 00:12:37.703 - Paul, I mean, there, and, Hunter, 00:12:37.703 --> 00:12:38.783 I never know what to call him 00:12:38.783 --> 00:12:41.603 when I'm talking about him as a performer, 00:12:41.603 --> 00:12:42.772 you know, it's so funny in our business, 00:12:42.772 --> 00:12:45.209 everybody has so many different names, except me. 00:12:45.209 --> 00:12:47.744 He has such a big heart, he's so smart. 00:12:47.744 --> 00:12:51.789 He's really, really smart, he's funny. 00:12:51.789 --> 00:12:58.643 He's handsome, he's the most incredible father, he's a leader. 00:12:58.643 --> 00:13:02.438 He is, he's the total package, he is my dream come true. 00:13:02.438 --> 00:13:07.054 - I've been able to make an awful, you know, wonderful living, 00:13:07.054 --> 00:13:09.440 one, doing what I love to do, 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:14.177 and then getting to do it side by side with your best friend. 00:13:14.177 --> 00:13:18.993 That is absolutely an unbelievable thing. 00:13:18.993 --> 00:13:21.360 - So Triple H has been an instrumental part 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:23.638 in mentoring many superstars since he started, 00:13:23.638 --> 00:13:27.441 and heavily involved in what the NXT brand is today. 00:13:27.441 --> 00:13:30.627 So can you talk a bit about his impact on NXT? 00:13:30.627 --> 00:13:33.360 - NXT is definitely his vision. - Yes! 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.242 - He's the reason NXT is successful as it is today. 00:13:37.242 --> 00:13:39.239 - He loves this business, there's no doubt about it. 00:13:39.239 --> 00:13:41.527 He's very passionate about this business, 00:13:41.527 --> 00:13:42.974 and if he sees something in anybody, 00:13:42.974 --> 00:13:45.089 even the ones who don't have the most natural talent, 00:13:45.089 --> 00:13:47.374 but have a lot of hunger, he'll do everything he can 00:13:47.374 --> 00:13:49.044 to help them succeed. 00:13:49.044 --> 00:13:51.477 - He didn't look at a guy like me and say you're too small. 00:13:51.477 --> 00:13:52.894 He said you're talented, 00:13:52.894 --> 00:13:54.844 and I'm gonna let talented people be talented 00:13:54.844 --> 00:13:57.840 and I'm gonna give you a stage, and he gave us a stage, 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:01.043 and for that, I mean, I owe him a lot. 00:14:01.043 --> 00:14:04.227 - One of the stories that doesn't get told enough 00:14:04.227 --> 00:14:07.211 about Triple H is how he has always been 00:14:07.211 --> 00:14:10.894 a proponent for the women in our business. 00:14:10.894 --> 00:14:14.140 He would fight, you know, for Chyna 00:14:14.140 --> 00:14:17.960 to have a lot of the opportunities that she deserved, quite frankly. 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.493 He started training the women same as the men, 00:14:20.493 --> 00:14:24.295 and that's what led to the Give Divas A Chance hashtag 00:14:24.295 --> 00:14:28.460 that ultimately changed the entire landscape in WWE 00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:30.077 for our female performers. 00:14:30.077 --> 00:14:31.344 - If you'd have told either one of us 00:14:31.344 --> 00:14:34.077 that 25 years later we would be getting to, 00:14:34.077 --> 00:14:40.162 getting the opportunity to work with each other again side by side, 00:14:40.162 --> 00:14:44.338 doing something like NXT, I mean, we'd have been tickled pink. 00:14:44.338 --> 00:14:45.804 I feel blessed we're getting to do it. 00:14:45.804 --> 00:14:48.304 He stuck by me every step of the way, 00:14:48.304 --> 00:14:50.104 and that's why, again, you know, 00:14:50.104 --> 00:14:53.035 it's why I stick by him every step of the way. 00:14:53.035 --> 00:14:56.598 - So finally, if Triple H were watching this right now, 00:14:56.598 --> 00:14:57.734 what would you want to say to him? 00:14:57.734 --> 00:14:58.737 - Tell him not to get a big head, 00:14:58.737 --> 00:15:00.671 I'll still knock the [censored] out of him. 00:15:00.671 --> 00:15:03.972 That WrestleMania victory was a fluke, you can tell him that. 00:15:03.972 --> 00:15:05.000 It's a fluke! 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.904 - Oh, just thanks. 00:15:05.904 --> 00:15:08.300 He's always been very real with me, and very honest with me, 00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:09.404 and I appreciate that. 00:15:09.404 --> 00:15:13.721 - I hope he realizes how influential he really has been, 00:15:13.721 --> 00:15:15.565 and how much he motivates people. 00:15:15.565 --> 00:15:18.738 He's an incredible example of guys who lead by example, 00:15:18.738 --> 00:15:21.838 and me and so many others are very thankful to work for him. 00:15:21.838 --> 00:15:24.199 - Hunter, maybe one day me and Candice 00:15:24.199 --> 00:15:27.438 will ride down on motorcycles, and it will be awesome, 00:15:27.438 --> 00:15:30.634 but in all seriousness, thank you for being you man. 00:15:30.634 --> 00:15:34.756 I owe my career to you, I do, me and Candice both. 00:15:34.756 --> 00:15:36.805 Like thank you so much for taking a chance on us. 00:15:36.805 --> 00:15:39.021 - I'm forever grateful 00:15:39.021 --> 00:15:41.755 for the confidence he instilled in my dad, 00:15:41.755 --> 00:15:43.389 and gave back to him, 00:15:43.389 --> 00:15:49.454 and just giving me the opportunity in NXT, which changed my life. 00:15:49.454 --> 00:15:52.304 - Because of him, I'm given the opportunity to do what I love 00:15:52.304 --> 00:15:53.622 every single week, 00:15:53.622 --> 00:15:56.789 it just feels so good to feel kinda equal in this business, 00:15:56.789 --> 00:15:59.001 and it's because of him for giving me the opportunity, 00:15:59.001 --> 00:16:01.821 and giving all of us the opportunity and that time. 00:16:01.821 --> 00:16:04.423 And he's incredible, and I'm so thankful. 00:16:04.423 --> 00:16:08.706 - This honestly doesn't happen without him having our back 00:16:08.706 --> 00:16:11.338 and beliving in us, and having the faith in us 00:16:11.338 --> 00:16:13.905 to do what we've been able to do. 00:16:13.905 --> 00:16:16.657 - Thank you very much for 00:16:17.906 --> 00:16:19.803 taking me through my entire childhood. 00:16:19.803 --> 00:16:21.588 The dedication to the craft, 00:16:21.588 --> 00:16:24.172 and always believing in myself and Dawks. 00:16:24.172 --> 00:16:28.755 - Triple OG, OG Triple H. Happy 25th, bro. 00:16:28.755 --> 00:16:30.703 - All I know is it's been a blast, 00:16:30.703 --> 00:16:36.273 and I look forward to, you know, both of us living another 25 years, 00:16:36.273 --> 00:16:41.370 and (laughs) continuing to hang out and have fun together in the future. 00:16:41.370 --> 00:16:44.852 - I couldn't be more proud of you, I love you so much. 00:16:44.852 --> 00:16:51.012 You deserve every celebration, 25 years of this iconic career, 00:16:51.012 --> 00:16:53.502 and I can't wait for the next 25! 00:16:53.502 --> 00:16:57.317 - Thanks for watching this episode of WWE Superstars React. 00:16:57.317 --> 00:17:00.105 - Thanks for watching like a legit boss. 00:17:00.105 --> 00:17:02.056 - Hey guys, it's Sierra, Producer here at FBE. 00:17:02.056 --> 00:17:04.488 Thank you so much to all the WWE Superstars 00:17:04.488 --> 00:17:05.988 who shot this episode with us. 00:17:05.988 --> 00:17:09.088 If you wanna see some of our other episodes with WWE Superstars, 00:17:09.088 --> 00:17:11.568 just hit up those links down below. 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