Triple H retirement: WWE fans offer tributes as he announces his career is over

WWE COO Triple H, during a media appearance today, has announced his retirement from wrestling.

Many fans thought Triple H’s days as a wrestler were up after he suffered a cardiac event and had to undergo surgery last year.

And now, in a media appearance before WrestleMania, Triple H has confirmed that he has retired from wrestling.

You can read HHH’s comments in full here, where the multi-time WWE Champion spoke about nearly dying as a result of his health scare.

Following Triple H’s announcement, wrestling fans to social media to share their favourite matches/moments from the multi-time WWE Champion’s career.

As can be seen below, fans were quick to thank Triple H for his contributions to wrestling over the years after he announced that he’ll never wrestle again.

Thank you for everything. pic.twitter.com/4mmzj2KbEe

Thank you, to the dad of WWE and NXT pic.twitter.com/4eS8QY49YR

An all time great. I'll never forget this badass theme song pic.twitter.com/IHapVAQafV

Thank for you Triple H. It wasn’t meant to end like this. Please make an appearance at #WrestleMania and say goodbye to us properly before going in HOF as a solo wrestler. pic.twitter.com/HBuajXB87P

In case you missed HHH’s announcement, this is what he had to say when announcing that he’s never going to be wrestling again:

“As far as in-ring, I’m done. I would never wrestle again. I have a defibrillator in my chest so it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to get zapped on live TV.”

With the exception of more of a segment match in January 2021, Triple H’s last televised match came back in 2019 in Saudi Arabia.

At the Super ShowDown show, Triple H was defeated by former partner and long-time rival Randy Orton, a fitting end to his career.

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