10 WWE Storylines That Saved Wrestling Careers
5. Becoming A Degenerate (Triple H)
Road Dogg and Billy Gunn weren't the only ones struggling before degenerate swagger saved them from the wilderness.
If you've ever wondered why WWE refrain from shining a spotlight on Triple H's career pre-DX, it's because there wasn't much going on. Still working the tired "Greenwich snob" character that had been sucking hard since 1995, Trips needed a fresh injection of charisma and a ticket out of mid card hell.
He got it when real-life friend Shawn Michaels, along with Chyna and (briefly) Rick Rude saved the day. D-Generation X was born, and it became one of the era's defining gimmicks. Plucked from a dead end run and placed into a group that mixed frat boy humour with HBK's fan credibility, Triple H finally had purpose.
Before that, he was working decent-to-good matches against Goldust and Mick Foley without really convincing anyone he was top line material. Not even a 1997 King Of The Ring win could help when the privileged blueblood guise was so one-note.
DX changed everything.