2. 'Killing' Careers
Admittedly this one is a little abstract, but would a list of times Triple H attempted murder be complete without a look at the careers he's killed and buried? In the early part of the 2000s, Triple H - whose backstage power rose rapidly as he courted and then married Stephanie McMahon - seemed to get paranoid and insecure, doing his best to dispose of any perceived threats to his domination of the company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpXDQA5nYA Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Kane, and Jeff Hardy all felt the wrath of HHH in the early days of the brand split, and even superstars that he allegedly put over (like Goldberg and Chris Benoit) found themselves playing second fiddle to The Game in the long run. Triple H would turn face in 2006, but that didn't stop his reign of terror, as The Legacy and CM Punk can attest.
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