With 14 world championships and a WWE Corridor of Fame induction to his title, Paul “Triple H” Levesque is broadly considered one of many best in-ring performers ever. As fellow WWE Corridor of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield factors out, although, there may be nonetheless one side of Levesque’s profession that has left a lot to be desired. On the similar time, JBL additionally acknowledges that it in the end served a grander function.
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“Triple H, you speak about placing guys over, his WrestleMania file is horrible,” JBL recalled on “Big Pop Radio.” “And folks do not realize that as a result of he places so many guys over. He was so good. He put guys over and other people do not even keep in mind as a result of he was so good.”
In complete, “The Recreation” has wrestled at 23 completely different WWE WrestleMania occasions, with a file of 10 wins and 13 losses. Levesque’s WrestleMania journey started with a loss to the Final Warrior at WrestleMania 12, although he bounced again with a pair of wins over Goldust and Owen Hart at WrestleMania 13 and 14, respectively. Most not too long ago, Levesque defeated “The Animal” Batista in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 35. This served as Batista’s last skilled wrestling match, as he then returned to his full-time work within the appearing world.
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Whereas JBL and Levesque by no means crossed paths at “The Present of Exhibits,” they did work collectively on a variety of events between their preliminary in-ring assembly in 1996 and 2008. “[Levesque] is a very sharp man,” JBL mentioned. “He is a pointy man within the ring. There are a number of guys that you just simply felt this calm presence about. Scott Corridor was like that. Scott Corridor was a fantastic employee. Jake Roberts was a fantastic employee.”
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