8 WWE Stars That Triple H Stabbed In The Back
5. X-Pac
Sean Waltman and Triple H have been allies for a long time, but their relationship hasn’t always been particularly solid.
Rising to prominence as The 1-2-3 Kid before a sojourn as WCW’s Syxx, Waltman returned to WWE the night after WrestleMania XIV. Shawn Michaels had retired after suffering a serious back injury, Triple H had inherited his role as DX’s leader, and his fellow Kliq member was the first man he brought-in to bolster DX’s ranks.
Waltman, who was now wrestling as X-Pac, entered a feud with Jeff Jarrett, whom he defeated in a hair vs. hair match before taking D’Lo Brown’s European Championship in September ‘98. He won and lost the belt a few more times in the lead up to WrestleMania XV, where he was set for a rematch with then-champion Shane McMahon.
The match ended in defeat for X-Pac, however. Triple H, his apparent friend, attacked him, hit him with the Pedigree, and allowed Shane to retain the belt. It marked Triple H’s first big heel turn, and saw him join the McMahon Family’s heinous Corporation stable, against whom D-Generation X had continually rebelled against.
Things took a significant downturn in X-Pac’s career from thereon out. Fans quickly grew sick of the sight of him, and the famous “X-Pac Heat” term was coined as he became a poisonous, tiresome presence on WWE’s card. The ill-fated X-Factor stable and nWo revival followed for X-Pac, who was released in 2002, but has made numerous one-off appearances for the company in recent years.