10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Triple H
8. Body-shaming Chris Masters
The rigged game of WWE in action, an otherwise-innocuous piss poor DX comedy segment became something more infamous simply because Triple H can't help himself to the only bit of patter he's actually adept at - punching down.
In this case, it was during yet another putrid week of 2006 DX antics that found them yakking with Eric Bischoff and Chris Masters during the former's promotional push for his "Controversy Creates Cash" autobiography. As nothing more than an extra in the scene (until the script revealed exactly why he was chosen over countless others backstage), Masters explained that he too intended to write a book. "Quick" as a "flash", Hunter retorted, “What are you gonna call it? How to lose 50 pounds in four weeks?”. The crowd popped at this sick burn, naturally, but the rank hypocrisy and bullying stunk.
Masters was smaller than he'd been because he'd failed a wellness test, and was as big as he'd been because his 'Masterpiece' gimmick insisted upon it. Triple H knew all of this of course, but also knew that he was in a powerful enough position to draw attention to it and suffer no recriminations.
He was the babyface, remember. Though, in the ugly post-Attitude Era fog of 2006, was anybody?