8 WWE Stars That Triple H Stabbed In The Back
7. Steve Austin
To say Triple H and Steve Austin haven’t always gotten along would be a gross understatement. While Hunter’s rivalry with Stone Cold wasn’t as pronounced as his epic feud with The Rock, the two fought on a number of occasions, most notably for the WWE Championship at No Mercy ‘99.
Austin was struck down by an unknown driver at Survivor Series 1999. The storyline was designed to allow Austin to take a nine-month break from competition to recover from neck surgery, and “who ran over Stone Cold?” was one of 2000’s biggest talking points. Rikishi was eventually unveiled as the culprit, and while this reveal was met with wide scale disappointment and derision, it was far from over.
Triple H was in the midst of a brief babyface run, and had just defeated Chris Benoit at No Mercy ‘00 when Austin made his return the company. Shortly after the Rikishi reveal, it emerged that Triple H had paid-off the former Intercontinental Champion in the first place, proving that Triple H won’t just turn on those close to him, but anyone he sees as a threat.
This, of course, saw The Game revert to his old heel persona, and the two wrestled at that year’s Survivor Series. Hunter tried to goad Austin into entering the parking lot to get run over again, but Austin countered by lifting Triple H’s car with a forklift and flipping it onto its roof. The feud continued with a Three Stages of Hell match in 2001 (whichTriple H won), before the duo forgot all about their differences to form The Two Man Power Trip later that year.