Triple H Names 3-Time WWE Champion The Greatest In-Ring Performer In History

Triple H was asked who the best in-ring performer was in WWE history, and his response is likely not a surprise.

As the WWE Chief Content Officer and a former 14-time WWE Champion who had a 20+ year career as a pro wrestler, Paul “Triple H” Levesque has seen them all and wrestled many of them as well.

In his current role as the guy running the creative team in WWE, Triple H also oversees the roster, and he knows what it takes to get to the top.

On the subject of best in-ring performer ever, Triple H told NFL legends Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson on the Nightcap podcast that his best friend, two-time WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, is the greatest of them all when it comes to performing in the ring.

“Shawn (Michaels) is one of the most incredible athletes I’ve ever seen…and can do stuff. You know, one of my favorite opponents, I’ve said it all the time…I think he’s the greatest in-ring performer of all time. His athletic ability, second to none. I didn’t have that. I had to learn the other aspect.”

It’s an opinion that many people who have watched pro wrestling share with Michaels being praised often as somebody who could do it all in the ring, and will always be remembered as an all-time great.

X-Pac Knew Triple H Would Be Where He Is In Pro Wrestling

Sean “X-Pac” Waltman is another of Triple H’s best friends, and earlier this year, he spoke about how far Triple H has come in his career, and how Hunter is somebody who was destined to be in the spot he is in, running WWE.

“Paul is a guy that, not many people are better at playing the long game than Paul is. He has a destination point and a goal and he sees where it’s at. Getting through the sh*t that he had to go through was the past to get there. It’s just like all the crazy stuff with Vince coming back and Paul being gone. He just stayed the course and now, he’s the f*cking man.”

“I totally envisioned it. Absolutely. Without a doubt. More so after DX. Not in the early car rides. Not before we all left and went (to WCW). It was obvious to me when I came back where he was going eventually, at some point. When we were doing DX, he was already really involved then in creative and had Vince’s [Vince McMahon] ear and Vince’s confidence.”

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