WWE '12 Guide Essentials Superstars
Triple H
Stats
Height:
6’4”
Weight:
255 pounds
Weight Class
: Heavyweight
From:
Greenwich, CT
Career Highlights
: WWE Champion; World Heavyweight Champion; Intercontinental Champion; Unified WWE Tag Team Champion; World Tag Team Champion; European Champion; King of the Ring (1997); Royal Rumble winner (2002)
Attributes
Strike Power
: 85
Grapple Power
: 90
Submission:
85
Strike Defense:
85
Grapple Defense
: 90
Speed:
70
Agility
: 70
Adrenaline
: 75
Recovery
: 85
Durability
: 85
Charisma:
95
Tag Team
: 90
Overall:
93
Abilities
Move Thief
Hammer Throw
Resiliency
Comeback
Signature Moves
Spinebuster 4
Situation: Standing front or Irish Whip rebound
Spinebuster 8
Situation: Standing front or Irish Whip rebound
Finishers
Pedigree 2
Situation: Standing front
Pedigree 1
Situation: Standing front or Irish Whip rebound
Bio
For a moment, forget all the monikers and catchphrases. Overlook the seemingly countless championships and tournaments he has won. Ignore the fact that he has spearheaded two of the most important factions in WWE history and overcome what the pundits considered a career-ending injuries. You need only two words to properly sum up Triple H: The Game.
After enrolling in Walter “Killer” Kowalski’s Pro Wrestling School in Malden, MA, the future “Cerebral Assassin” trained four days a week under Kowalski’s “tough love” tutelage, then divided his weekends between wrestling in the independent circuit and managing a Gold’s Gym in Nashua.
Almost inconceivably, he would have to fly himself down to Atlanta in 1993, to convince then-new VP Eric Bischoff that he was “good enough” to join the World Championship Wrestling roster.
Fortunately, the unlimited potential he showed at World Championship Wrestling quickly got him noticed at World Wrestling Entertainment; by May 1995, “Hunter Hearst-Helmsley” (a name that soon became more identifiable as Triple H) would make his WWE debut. And the rest, as they say, is history.
More than 20 years after entering that small Nashua gym, Triple H maintains the strictest of training regimens, incorporating techniques from world-renowned fitness trainers like Charles Glass.
Such dedication has provided him with the fortitude to become a Grand Slam champion; the wisdom to shepherd the “Evolution” of then-newcomers Randy Orton and Batista to WWE Superstardom; the charisma to star in feature films, television shows, and commercials; the savvy to become WWE’s Chief Operating Officer; and the stamina to pull countless sophomoric pranks on Mr. McMahon as a founder of D-Generation X. And it’s precisely what makes him “that damn good.”
Breakdown
Triple H has a 95 Charisma and some of the quickest taunt animations in the game—three out of the four taunts take two seconds or less to complete (down, up, and right on the D-pad)—so abuse this often to rack up momentum.
His Spinebuster Signature moves are awesome directional throws to blast opponents into objects, but his Pedigree Finisher can take a long time to set up if there is a group of opponents around to break it up. Use big slams from his 90 Grapple Power to open up HP on your opponents.