The 10 Most Heelish Acts Triple H Committed As A Face
Triple H is one of the most successful wrestlers in WWE history with twenty-five years of great moments. Most longtime fans would claim that Triple H was significantly better as a heel, but he did spend many years working as a face. One of the reasons for Triple H not connecting as strongly as a face was that he still did heel actions.
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The overall character of Triple H has some heel tendencies to him, even when trying to play a good guy. Triple H needs to tap into that edge to get the best out of his character like most others in a top spot. Find out just how far he went with the dastardliest heel actions by Triple H when playing a face.
10 Standing against CM Punk
Triple H was still a face character when gaining power as the COO on the WWE television shows. The timing came when Vince McMahon’s reaction to the summer of CM Punk put WWE in a bad spot in the storyline.
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However, Punk was met with hostility from Triple H when replacing Vince as the figurehead. The fans made Punk the hottest name in the company, but Triple H’s character admitted he didn’t want Punk at the top due to his attitude.
9 Shooting Kane with a fireball
The Attitude Era saw wrestlers crossing the line with many actions towards each other that the average person wouldn’t even think about. Triple H was a face during the build to WrestleMania 15 when feuding with Kane.
One moment on Raw saw Triple H impersonating Goldust for a match against Kane he shot a fireball in the face of his enemy. The reveal saw Triple H taking off the robe and attacking Kane in brutal fashion to send a match ahead of their match.
8 DX pranks on broadcasters
D-Generation X often played pranks on the broadcasters of WWE even when Triple H was a face character. The late ‘90s saw interviewers like Kevin Kelly and Michael Cole trolled by the members and their jokes.
Things grew worse during DX’s 2006 reunion for Jonathan Coachman. DX delivered cruel pranks to Coach quite consistently when the McMahon family was absent. The most memorable prank featured Triple H and Shawn Michaels spray-painting the letters DX on Coach’s butt.
7 Pulling out Batista's nose ring
WrestleMania 35 featured one of Triple H’s better performances in recent appearances in Batista’s retirement match. The storyline saw Triple H playing a face trying to avenge Ric Flair after Batista made things personal.
Triple H got a bit ruthless during this match with a moment that went viral during the show. The use of pliers saw Triple H ripping Batista’s nose ring off his nose. Every fan watching cringed in pain imagining what Batista felt when it happened.
6 Attacking Paul Heyman
The return of Paul Heyman to WWE came during Brock Lesnar’s feud with Triple H. WWE found disappointment with the build for their dream match, but the addition of Heyman added to positive changes.
However, the character of Triple H looked a bit childish when physically attacking Heyman for representing Brock turning down a match against each other. Heyman not being a wrestler made Triple H seem like a jerk since Heyman didn’t pose a threat.
5 Calling AEW a "pissant company" during HOF speech
The Hall of Fame induction of D-Generation in 2019 provided some awkwardness since Billy Gunn had signed a deal to work for AEW. Triple H made a few comments throwing shade at AEW and The Elite during the speech.
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The most noteworthy comment saw Triple H referring to Billy’s “pissant” company in the speech. Live crowd reaction was missed and it seemed like a cheap shot that wasn’t necessary, especially since most diehard fans there for WrestleMania weekend likely had positive feelings about the new promotion.
4 Leading NXT invasion of Raw and Smackdown
Triple H’s role as COO should make him loyal to every WWE star on the roster, but that isn’t always the case in storylines. NXT is the vision of Triple H playing out in the grand scheme of things and it showed in late 2019.
Survivor Series featured NXT feuding with Raw and Smackdown led by Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Road Dogg. The storyline implied that Triple H was the one to get them in the venue to attack the talents of Raw and Smackdown.
3 Pie-facing Stephanie before divorce
WWE fans treated Triple H like a hero during his early 2002 return. The visual of Triple H finishing a match in immense pain after tearing his quad just made the audience badly wanting to cheer him during his return.
One major step needed for Triple H’s face character was ending his relationship with top heel Stephanie McMahon. Triple H was informed of Stephanie lying about being pregnant before a vow renewal segment. The line may have been crossed when Triple H delivered a pie face sending Stephanie down before demanding a divorce.
2 Invading Randy Orton's home
The WrestleMania 25 main event of Triple H vs Randy Orton disappointed, but the build featured a few memorable segments. Orton made things extra personal by handcuffing Triple H to the ring ropes while attacking and kissing Stephanie McMahon.
The reaction of Triple H saw him breaking into Orton’s home to brutally attack him in front of Orton’s wife. Many felt Triple H’s actions were justified, but it’s hard to accept someone breaking into another person’s home to attack them is not a heel act.
1 Pedigreeing Paul London and Brian Kendrick after they saved him
Triple H’s reputation for burying talent he disliked reached a boiling point during a strange Raw segment. Face tag team Paul London and Brian Kendrick saved Triple H from an attack via Carlito, Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.
The obvious six-man tag match was set up, but Triple H instead hit a Pedigree on both London and Kendrick to make them look like jokes. Fans never took the duo seriously again and it ruined a great team’s credibility.
