page_title: Triple H
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Triple H / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: WWE Champion Triple H at No Mercy 2007. Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL, October 7, 2007. 13 times champion Taken by me, cropped, rotated.
context_page_description: Paul Michael Levesque, better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, professional wrestler, and actor. He is currently the Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development for WWE, as well as being the founder and Executive producer of NXT, and an occasional in-ring performer.
  Levesque was born and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire, and began his professional wrestling career in 1992 with the International Wrestling Federation under the ring name Terra Ryzing. In 1994, he joined World Championship Wrestling, where he was soon repackaged as a French-Canadian aristocrat named Jean-Paul Lévesque, and was later repackaged in 1995 when he signed with the World Wrestling Federation, where he became Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and later, Triple H.
  In WWF, Triple H gained industry fame after co-founding the influential D-Generation X stable, which became a major element of the "Attitude Era" in the 1990s. After winning his first WWF Championship in 1999, he became a fixture of the company's main event scene, and was widely regarded as the best wrestler in North America by the turn of the millennium.
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  Worst Angle of the Year (2018) with Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker and Kane
  International Wrestling Federation
  IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  IWF Tag Team Champions (1 time) – with Perry Saturn
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Feud of the Year (2000) vs. Kurt Angle
  Feud of the Year (2004) vs. Chris Benoit
  Feud of the Year (2009) vs. Randy Orton
  Feud of the Year (2013) vs. Daniel Bryan – as a member of The Authority
  Match of the Year (2004) vs. Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XX
  Match of the Year (2012) vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania XXVIII
  Most Hated Wrestler of the Decade (2000–2009)
  Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2003–2005)
  Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2013) – as a member of The Authority
  Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2014) – with Stephanie McMahon
  Wrestler of the Decade (2000–2009)
  Wrestler of the Year (2008)
  Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000 and 2009
  Ranked No. 139 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
  World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE
  Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shawn Michaels
  World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
  WWF/WWE Championship (9 times)
  WWF/WWE Intercontinental Championship (5 times)
  WWF European Championship (2 times)
  WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Stone Cold Steve Austin (1) and Shawn Michaels (1)
  King of the Ring (1997)
  Royal Rumble (2002, 2016)
  Seventh Triple Crown Champion
  Second Grand Slam Champion
  Slammy Award (3 times)
  Best Hair (1997)
  OMG Moment of the Year (2011) – The Undertaker kicks out of a Tombstone Piledriver against Triple H at WrestleMania XXVII
  Match of the Year (2012) – vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania XXVIII
  WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) – as a member of D-Generation X
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  Best Booker (2015) with Ryan Ward
  Feud of the Year (2000) vs. Mick Foley
  Feud of the Year (2004) vs. Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels
  Feud of the Year (2005) vs. Batista
  Wrestler of the Year (2000)
  Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (2002) Accusing Kane of murder and necrophilia (Katie Vick)
  Most Overrated (2002–2004, 2009)
  Readers' Least Favorite Wrestler (2002, 2003)
  Worst Feud of the Year (2002) vs. Kane
  Worst Feud of the Year (2006) with Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon
  Worst Feud of the Year (2011) vs. Kevin Nash
  Worst Worked Match of the Year (2003) vs. Scott Steiner at Royal Rumble
  Worst Worked Match of the Year (2008) vs. Edge and Vladimir Kozlov at Survivor Series
  Worst Match of the Year (2018) with Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker and Kane at Crown Jewel
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)
caption: Triple H making his entrance with the WWE Championship, which he has won nine times
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