When it comes to legends in WWE, two names that come to mind are Triple H & The Rock. Both men had their rises around the same time in the 90’s, and they clashed numerous times. With Triple H now officially retired following his heart issues in 2021, there is no chance of them ever getting their singles match at WrestleMania – and Triple H feels it was a missed chance in WWE.
Triple H Speaks On The Rise Of The Rock
While speaking on on LADbible TV’s SPORTbible Stories, Triple H would have the following to speak about their rises. He’d be quoted saying the following.
“The Rock and I is an interesting thing because I come in a little bit before he does as a talent, and I’m Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He comes in as Rocky Maivia. We wrestle over the Intercontinental Title. He becomes The Rock, goes with the Nation of Domination. I transform to Triple H, like we’re coming out of these characters, transform to Triple H, DX is formed. We have rivalries over that, so over the Intercontinental Title, then we get into these groups and it’s sort of DX versus The Nation. He and I are battling over the Intercontinental Championship again, and he full-blown becomes The Rock, leaves The Nation. I become Triple H, leave DX. We battle over the WWE Championship. Our careers sort of in a way marry each other and are intertwined with each other along the way.”
Never Having Their WrestleMania Moment
In terms of them never meeting in singles action at WrestleMania, Triple H had the following to say.
“We never sort of had that defining WrestleMania moment. A few years ago, we teased he and I wrestling one more time, and it was on that, he came to me and was like, ‘Hey dude, I got one more in me. I wanna do it with you. I want you and I to have that WrestleMania sort of moment, and let’s do it at WrestleMania. It turned out that it was for the following year, so we had done this video for it, and we’re ready to go with it, and somewhere along the time of that year, his movie career sort of changed and he was like, ‘Ah man, I’m not gonna be able to do this. The timing just doesn’t work out right, and I can’t pass up this other opportunity. No problem. But that’s really where we were headed.”
Notably, there were plans to have them meet in an Ironman match at WrestleMania 2000. Would you have wanted to see The Rock vs. Triple H in a singles match at WrestleMania? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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