20 Years Of DX: Where Are They Now?
2. Triple H
‘The Game’s remarkable ascent to his spot as heir to the family business began serendipitously through thrusting his crotch in his future father-in-law’s face.
A founder member of the group alongside Shawn Michaels, the pair were at their bilious worst in the summer of 1997 as a couple of rebellious malcontents bulldozing over segments with worked shoot comments at the expense of anybody they fancied pillorying. A babyface commentator on the cusp of screwing Bret Hart, McMahon was often a victim of their scathing diatribes as he was again in a gentler fashion when the two brought the D-Generation-X name back in 2006.
These days, as Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative, there’s hardly anybody else within the confines of WWE more powerful than Vince himself.
Working his way into booking meetings in 1999, Stephanie McMahon in 2000 and the corporate structure by 2010, Hunter has already been credited as the architect of an NXT system that has completely transformed talent development in the company, giving rise to cautious optimism that the former degenerate leader may indeed be the perfect candidate to steer the ship post-Vince.