16 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Triple H

16. His Disappearing DX Skits

More on how the Nation Of Domination parody in particular hasn't aged well elsewhere in this article, but there's yet more of those wacky DX hijinks that will struggle to see the light of day in years to come, and not just because they'd make born again Shawn Michaels blush. 

Their cult classic state of the union address skit from early-1998 is wrestling attempting satire, but still can't make it through without the use of slurs. Their risible 2006 skits feature latent and blatant homophobia. The 1999 reunion featured a teased sexual assault of a panicked woman in a locker room, and even the moment that changed his life and career was drenched in the same inference. Stephanie McMahon and Triple H's drive-through wedding was presented - at least until the pair revealed the fix - as if 'The Game' assaulted the drugged 'Billion Dollar Princess' as she slept following their gimmicked nuptials. Even after the McMahon-Helmsley plot unfolded, it was left ambiguous if Stephanie was in on it from the beginning or simply came around to the idea the longer she was thrust closer to her new beau.

It wasn't the end of this sort of thing for the revived heel stable that month. In stereo with all of Triple H's misdeeds, X-Pac "won" possession of Tori from Kane for a weekend away that heavily implied existed for him to do as he pleased with her. This too ended in the female in the story favouring her abuser over the babyface. Different time, etc etc etc, but it's no surprise that the "tank" gets more play in the highlight reels.