Why WWE Needs To Hire The ENTIRE Kliq For NXT

Triple H took the first of several bold steps in his life when he gambled on himself to form a relationship with the company's most controversial crew, but his 1995 bond with the The Kliq was mutually beneficial. When the gang weren't discussiong the minutiae of a profession they fundamentally adored, they were more-often-than-not under the influence of something other than the industry. Like many wrestlers at the time, they reasoned that a hardened life required a hardened tolerance to illicit substances as part of an illicit lifestyle. Triple H's willingness not to partake (and to drive, and to organise, and to manage) facilitated the entire facade.

Billy Gunn and The Road Dogg had their own vices at the peak of the Attitude Era alongside their D-Generation-X leader, and they were welcomed back into the WWE family during 'The Game's mid-2010 personnel overhaul. Like Shawn Michaels, The Road Dogg bolstered his battle with old addictions by becoming a Born Again Christian and has only risen through the ranks since his gentle 2011 reintroduction into company canon.

Gunn's tenure ended in 2015 when he failed a drug test, which was a telling move from a company that's always shown nepotistic intent. The New Age Outlaws were clearly Triple H guys, perhaps at the time because his other guys either weren't interested or weren't healthy enough to take the spots themselves. In 2019 though, this simply isn't the case.

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