text: [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackandwhitehunterpromo_8542.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:It's all about the Game and how you play it!]]->''"You guys talk about being 'students of the game'? I '''am''' the Game, J.R.! There is '''nobody''' who eats, sleeps, and breathes this business more than me!"''-->--'''Triple H''', during a 1999 interview with Wrestling/JimRoss'''Triple H''', or Hunter Hearst Helmsley if you prefer (''[[TropeNamers not]]'' [[DoNotCallMePaul Paul Levesque]]), is one of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s longest tenured performers. He is a nine-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]], and has been part of some of the biggest angles and matches in the company's history. Currently, he is the [[{{Kayfabe}} on-screen]] Chief Operating Officer. In real life, he works in the backstage area of the business, as Executive Vice President of Talent Development and Relations, as well as a "Senior Advisor" to Vince [=McMahon=], and his position as Development EVP means that the developmental show Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} is a major focus of his.Married (yes, for real - {{Kayfabe}} made things kinda weird here, we know) to Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, the daughter of WWE chairman/CEO Wrestling/VinceMcMahon.As usual, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_H That Other Wiki]] has a nice, long article on his career.-----!!! '''"Time to read the tropes... TIME TO READ THE TROOOPES!"''':* TheAce: Is this in-character and out of it. Was nicknamed "The Ace of Spades" on one occasion by [[TheNicknamer Matt Striker]].* ActionDad: Triple H has three daughters.* AffablyEvil: In-character. He's charming and funny (especially during his days with D-Generation X), and when he dedicates himself to a cause, he really gives it his all. It's just that if that cause is himself (and it frequently is), he genuinely does not care how much damage he causes to others. * AlliterativeName: When he was '''H'''unter '''H'''earst '''H'''elmsley and the basis for his most known ring name of Triple H.* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:** Wrestling/{{Batista}}. Discounting TV matches, Hunter was never able to best Batista with the World Title on the line during their rivalry in 2005. It took Batista beating him at three straight PPV matches (''[=WrestleMania=] 21'', ''Backlash'' and a Hell in the Cell match at ''Vengeance'') for Triple H to come to terms with the fact that Batista was not only the better man, but that he had truly evolved into the "Animal" and the champion that Hunter had hoped he would someday become.** "Shawn Michaels is better" something of a meme among the WWE Universe. Fans even chanted it at DX when they inducted Mike Tyson into the Hall of Fame.** Creator/MaxLandis presents the (rather credible) theory that "Always Someone Better" are the best three words to sum up Triple H's entire career in his AffectionateParody video ''Wrestling Isn't Wrestling''.* AppropriatedAppellation: He also got his most well-known nickname from the page quote, which wasn't just a work to create the moniker.* ArchEnemy:** Wrestling/CMPunk. If you believe Punk's explanation of why he left WWE (see [[http://youtu.be/WP5aG1w8k4c episode 226 of Colt Cabana's podcast]]), WWE expected him to shut up, act stupid, get paid, and be happy. There were plenty of workers lined up behind him who are good company men. But Punk is highly opinionated, dangerously smart, knows how to save his bucks so he's not interested in money (insofar as receiving ''equal'' pay goes), and could give a rat's ass about authority. When he singled out HHH for mismanaging his career, he [[ItsPersonal made it personal]] and Stephanie and Hunter were '''livid''' over being crapped on in full view of the IWC. Keep in mind that Vince has been around the block a few times (he suffered through The Ultimate Warrior; Punk is nothing), and has been willing to overlook past grudges in the name of entertainment. Hunter is not as accustomed to it -- not by a long shot.** Wresting/RandyOrton. With him, it became so personal that Orton had the audacity to attack Hunter's extended family -- the [=McMahons=], including his wife Wrestling/{{Stephanie|McMahon}}. Orton even hit Stephanie with a DDT and then kissed her as she laid on the mat, unconscious, while Triple H (handcuffed to the turnbuckle) was forced to watch. Hunter himself retaliated by attacking Randy in his own home, including beating the crap out of him on his own front lawn. He then vowed to (and legitimately attempted to, in {{kayfabe}}) break Randy Orton's neck at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XXV''.** Wrestling/RomanReigns. While Wrestling/{{Evolution}} and Wrestling/TheShield hate each other well enough, the one Reigns eventually came to hate the most was Hunter, even if his initial issues were with Wrestling/RandyOrton. As of this writing, Hunter has manipulated Reigns' surrogate little brother Wrestling/SethRollins into betraying both him and his other surrogate brother Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, helped Rollins win the Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank briefcase that would screw him out of his ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' moment, and helped Rollins put [[BigBrotherInstinct Ambrose through physical and emotional hell]]. Then he endorsed Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and the League of Nations and pulling the same crap with ''him''. Reigns eventually snapped and beat Triple H so bad that he had to be hospitalized. Hunter retaliated by eliminating him and Ambrose from the Royal Rumble to win his fourteenth world title.** Wrestling/BretHart. Bret might actually hate Hunter more than he did Shawn, who he has long since buried the hatchet with. It's a mutual feeling, if a little less obvious on Hunter's end. With Bret, you can't trust him to give an unbiased view about something if it involves Hunter in any capacity.** Arguably lesser examples include Wrestling/ShawnMichaels (between DX runs), Wrestling/VinceMcMahon (between [=McMahon=]-Helmsley regime runs), Wrestling/MickFoley, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (though Triple H and Austin still reached the point that they've each ''tried to kill each other'' at consecutive Survivor Series events). Of course, a few of those people are RealLife friends of Triple H, and Vince [=McMahon=] is his RealLife father-in-law. However, if rumors of his backstage politics are to be believed, Triple H probably has just as many enemies in RealLife, [[UpToEleven possibly even more]].* TheArtifact: The name "Triple H" comes from his original gimmick in the WWE where he was a snooty blueblood known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. The name of his finishing move, the Pedigree, is likewise an artifact of his original gimmick. He's also still billed as from Greenwich, Connecticut (though he now actually lives there). Presumably, "Hunter Hearst Helmsley" is [[CanonName still his kayfabe "real name"]], since other wrestlers who are friendly with him in a given storyline will sometimes call him "Hunter", and he is even sometimes called this backstage.* ArtisticLicenseLaw: A marriage where the groom: kidnapped the bride (who was engaged to somebody else), drugged her to the point that she couldn't even remember the incident and was completely unconscious and unable to give consent, gave consent for her in a high-pitched voice and created videographic evidence that he did so, which he then showed on live national television. Yeah, [[SarcasmMode that's completely legally binding]]. Of course, it turned out that the bride [[EvilAllAlong wasn't actually drugged at all and was in on it from the beginning]], but this still applies since nobody raised the issue or, you know, called the cops about it. Especially since he "joked" that he '''raped''' her while she was knocked out.* AscendedExtra: He was a pretty minor character in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as Jean-Paul Levesque. In WWE, he was the Kliq's DesignatedDriver and "the guy who carried Shawn Michaels' bags." * AscendedMeme: The March 14, 2013 episode of ''[[WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'' left no more pretenses.-->'''Triple H:''' I will put an end to your dreams and I will '''BURY''' [[Wrestling/DanielBryan DANIEL BRYAN]]!!* AuthorAppeal:** Triple H loves to make penis gags. Specifically, he loves to imply he has a giant one. Also, according to Wrestling/MickFoley's ''The Hardcore Diairies'', he was the one to note [[Music/{{ACDC}} AC/DC's]] Brian Johnson's significant pants bulge to the other wrestlers during their time on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.** His use of Motörhead for his entrance theme counts, though it was incidental. WWE's music director asked if he'd ever heard of Motörhead when it came time to do a new theme; it turns out Trips has been a huge fan of the band since his youth. Hunter is such a big fan that the band itself (or simply their frontman Lemmy) has appeared at WWE events, including playing Trips out to the ring live at two separate [=WrestleMania=]s.** He also loves old school southern style wrestling with more of an emphasis on the wrestlers than other people, and has been trying to talk Vince into resurrecting the War Games match for years.** Since becoming head of Talent Development, he's signed Wrestling/SinCara as well as [[{{Fandom}} IWC]] favorite [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]], and has focused on the old-school style of using promos to introduce new wrestlers before calling them up. To the IWC's great delight, also, he has also reportedly made some tweaks in developmental, expressing (among other things) a desire to have the talents there learn to cut promos from bullet points rather than the writers writing the promos word-for-word.** By all accounts, ''WWENXT'' is a running case of Author Appeal. According to sources, ''NXT'' is sufficiently under Vince [=McMahon=]'s radar, and is Triple H's "baby," and he's pretty much running it himself. * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Seems to work for him in varying degrees since becoming the onscreen Chief Operations Officer. He's managed to put down guys like Wrestling/BrockLesnar and Wrestling/{{Sting}} at [=WrestleMania=] but also couldn't beat [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] or Wrestling/TheUndertaker. Then again he won not only the Royal Rumble in 2016 but the world championship in the same fell swoop.* AwesomeButImpractical: The Pedigree, while very painful-looking and cool, takes a while to set up in comparison to other finishing moves and leaves him to be easily countered in a myriad of ways (usually either a back body drop or hooking the legs for a slingshot), making it very hard to pull off next to a move like the [[Wrestling/RandyOrton RKO]] or [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels Sweet Chin Music]]. This is more obvious when someone other than him tries using it, and ''even more obvious'' when Wrestling/SethRollins decided to adopt it as his FinishingMove in 2015 (especially on the "takes a while to set up" part).* BadassBeard* BadassMoustache: When he doesn't have a beard.* BadBoss: Particularly after ''[=SummerSlam=] 2013''* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Apparently, according to his ''Thy Kingdom Come'' documentary, his "Terra Ryzing" ring name came about when his first promoter attempted to bill him as "the Terrorizer" and he disagreed, saying he wanted a first and last name. Said promoter separated some syllables, changed some letters around, and the rest is unfortunate history.* BenevolentBoss: Unlike with his BadBoss character in Wrestling/TheAuthority, his RealLife management of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} has been praised by countless wrestlers and fans alike, to the point where the vast majority of them wish he would finally replace VinceMcMahon and end his seeming ControlFreak reign once and for all.* BerserkButton:** You do '''''NOT''''' want to speak ill of Triple H's children. Wrestling/PaulHeyman found this out the hard way when Triple H and Stephanie [=McMahon=] both went full PapaWolf / MamaBear on him.** Harming or even threatening to harm his wife Stephanie is another sure-fire way to get a beat down from The Game.** Triple H's ego has also been used as an [[InvokedTrope intentional]] Berserk Button for the benefit of others. Perhaps the most well-known incident of this manner occurred during the buildup for Triple H's [=WrestleMania=] 28 match against The Undertaker. After an in-ring monologue from The Undertaker, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EodcpPediPM#t=503s the rest of the segment]] used an obscene number of tropes in a number of different ways as Triple H and 'Taker had a verbal battle for the ages. \\\\Triple H initially refuses The Undertaker's challenge, on the grounds that it would be "bad for business."--->'''Undertaker:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Hey, businessman]]... is it bad for business if I'm gone... [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech or is it bad for business that you'll be gone? You can put whatever spin that you want on this, but at the end of the day, when you look in a mirror, all you're gonna see is a coward.]] \\\\'''Triple H:''' [[VillainousBreakdown I am SICK TO DEATH of this "coward" thing!]] YOU WANT COWARD?! ''[hesitates as he regains his composure]'' [[GenreSavvy I see what you're trying to do]]... [[SubvertedTrope it's not gonna work.]] I'm sorry, but the answer's no. ''[leaves the ring and starts to walk to the back]'' \\\\'''Undertaker:''' You know, Hunter... I think I just figured it out. [[ItsPersonal You know that you can't do what your buddy Shawn Michaels couldn't do.]] Because you know Shawn was always ''better than you.'' \\\\'''Triple H:''' ''[[RageBreakingPoint [stops at the top of the stage, removes suit jacket and tie, storms to the ring]]]'' You think that suit and tie cover up layers of who I am?! Well, the layers are gone... I'm standing before you, and I'm looking you in the eye, and I am more certain than I have ever been before. [[ThisMeansWar You want this?! You want [=WrestleMania=]?! You want it all to come to a head?! YOU WANT AN END?!]] [[DoubleSubversion You've got it!]]** On March 10, 2014, Triple H maintained his composure during Daniel Bryan's entire Occupy Raw movement, but when Daniel Bryan demanded to be inserted into the Championship Match at [=WrestleMania=] should he defeat Triple H, Hunter completely lost it, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard had to be held back by the security that he ordered to apprehend Daniel Bryan]], just to keep him from storming a ring of hundreds of Daniel Bryan fans and the American Dragon himself.* BigBad: As heel, except for when he's TheDragon to WWE's [[BigBad Biggest Bad]] VinceMcMahon, the owner of WWE and HHH's father-in-law. In fact his two major main event heel runs (his Attitude era run in 1999-2001 and his Evolution/King of Kings run in 2002-2006) ultimately had him become Vince's [[TheDragon Dragon]] in the end, though the latter only happened at the very end. Even his most recent run has him being Vince's [[TheDragon Dragon]], though he's more of a DragonInChief so far as Vince only made one appearance since HHH's heel turn, making Vince more of a BiggerBad. * BigBadDuumvirate:** Several times over the years with [[StephanieMcmahon his wife.]]** As mentioned above, they wound up being Vince's CoDragons (along with ShaneMcMahon) in their initial run following Vince's FaceHeelTurn, and are currently playing the role to Vince sans Shane. Though Vince is more of a BiggerBad who's only made one appearance since their {{Face Heel Turn}}s, at least for now.* TheBigGuy* BlackComedyRape:** When he kidnapped, drugged and married Stephanie in Vegas. She also ended ''falling in love with him'' after that. Of course, it's entirely possible he was lying to mess with Vince's head.--> '''Triple H:''' The question, Vince, isn't ''if'', but ''how many times'' we "consummated the marriage!" ''(thrusting his hips)''** Attempted and failed with the infamous Katie Vick angle.* BlatantLies: His "Best for Business" thing he got going. * BloodBrothers: Wrestling/TheKliq, but especially Shawn Michaels. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Heaven help you]] if you mess with Shawn Michaels and Triple H is around to witness it.* [[InvincibleVillain Boring Invincible Villain]]: Grew into this. He was boring early on, but the invincibility came later.* TheCaligula: Along with Stephanie [=McMahon=] during the [[HostileShowTakeover [=McMahon=]-Helmsley Era]]* CallBack:** The walkout isn't the first time that the WWE locker room threatened to boycott him.** Also, the 2012 confrontation between the [[HesBack returning]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Undertaker]] and Triple H was a direct call-back to their 2011 confrontation with the roles reversed. The first time, everybody knew through the vignettes that the Undertaker was coming to RAW on 2 21 11, and before he could say much of anything ([[TheQuietOne not that he's much of a talker, anyways...]]) Triple H's music hit. In 2012, Trips - who had already been announced for RAW - was poised to fire John Laurinaitis and then Undertaker's music hit in exactly the same fashion. Also, both times, the two offered challenges by using their trademark gestures.** After turning heel in 2013 after Wrestling/SummerSlam, he told us that Randy Orton, the new champion, was the diamond that had squeezed out of coal, something he referenced in his promo when he debuted Wrestling/{{Evolution}}, in which Batista and Orton was the future and the coal that would be transformed in to a diamond.* CanonName: Hunter Hearst Helmsley, which is still maintained as the Triple H character's "real name" in part because of the man's refusal to accept being called Paul outside of corporate settings... although once or twice [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Stephanie]] has slipped up and called him "Paul" in backstage segments... and then there was that one time with Wrestling/CMPunk:-->'''Punk:''' I'm gonna tell you a little secret, why it's gonna be so satisfying for me to kick your ass. And right now, this isn't CM Punk talking to Triple H. This is Phil Brooks talking to Paul Levesque. The reason why it's gonna be so satisfying to me-- ''[microphone stops working, Triple H and CM Punk argue without being heard]''\\'''Triple H:''' ''[annoyed, tests his own mic]'' This one's working, use this. ''[hands Punk his mic]''\\'''Punk:''' Good, ''Paul'', because the reason I'm gonna be so satisfied after I kick your-- ''[microphone stops working again, throws mic down in frustration]''* CannotSpitItOut: This happened to him on the 1/30/12 RAW with his attempt to fire John Laurinaitis. Instead of going with his father-in-law's classic [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "YOU'RE! FIIIIRRRRREEDDD!"]] yell, he tried to [[BorrowedCatchphrase borrow Laurinaitis' "I wish you well in all your future endeav-"]] and was interrupted by [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker Undertaker's]] '''[[ForDoomTheBellTolls gong.]]'''* TheChessmaster: One of his defining characteristics. A noteworthy example occurred during a feud with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Vince [=McMahon=] forced Austin and Triple H to sign a "No-contact" clause, which legally bound them to not have any physical altercations until their pay-per-view match. After both men signed the document, Triple H beat the piss out of Austin, and Vince was quick to inform him that he had just gotten himself suspended (per the terms of the contract). Triple H then revealed that he never actually signed the contract, while Austin had-- he then signed the contract for real, which meant that Austin could not legally retaliate. See also XanatosSpeedChess below.* CoolOldGuy: He's in his forties now, which is on the older side for an active wrestler. * CorruptCorporateExecutive:** His heel character typically comes off as this. As a heel HHH cuts his hair to a shorter length (though it's still quite long) and keeps it pulled back in a ponytail, shaves, wears suits and frequently manipulates the system through politics, dirty tricks and outright bribery. Contrast this to his face persona who wears leather jackets, t-shirts and jeans, lets his hair grow wild and sports a beard.** Many fans accuse him of being this in RealLife ever since he married the boss' daughter.** Inverted in his on-screen role as Chief Operating Officer. Wears suits, is a good guy. Until...** Took to this trope fully during the Summer 2013 storyline against Daniel Bryan, openly screwing him over for the sake of "business." He's gone on to use Wrestling/TheShield as enforcers who attack anybody speaks out against him and threatened to even fire anybody who disagrees with his increasingly corrupt actions. Went so far as to firing Wrestling/CodyRhodes after he lost to Randy Orton on the September 2nd, 2013 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0y98WJLqw episode of RAW.]]* TheCorrupter[=/=]ManipulativeBastard: Played this role towards Stephanie [=McMahon=] and Seth Rollins, in entirely different contexts.* CreateYourOwnVillain: While he himself was a heel at the time, it's universally agreed upon that Wrestling/{{Evolution}} (more specifically, Hunter) was responsible for Wrestling/RandyOrton's StartOfDarkness. Randy ''never'' got over their betrayal, and it became ''the'' defining moment of his career. It would come to haunt his mentor for years to come, especially during 2009.* DarkIsNotEvil:** As a face he wears dark trunks with CreepyCoolCrosses and DemBones on them, wields a hammer, and does the right thing... eventually.** He was also LightIsNotGood during most of his 2002-2006 heel run (going clean-shaven and famously wearing lily-white trunks and boots at ''[=WrestleMania=] XX'', while playing a dastardly heel).* DemotedToExtra: For the most part Triple H is semi-retired, mainly due to his backstage duties piling up in preparation for when he finally does take over the company.** This occurred to him in 1996. He was a part of the infamous kayfabe-breaking Madison Square Garden "curtain call" (where Wrestling/KevinNash, Wrestling/ScottHall, Trips, and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels hugged each other in the middle of the ring following a match); since Hall and Nash were heading off to Wrestling/{{WCW}}, and Michaels was the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWF World Heavyweight Champion]] at the time, Trips [[TheScapegoat had to take the fall]]. His main event push was delayed for quite a while as punishment. Interestingly, Triple H was originally supposed to win the 1996 Wrestling/KingOfTheRing tournament. After the "curtain call", Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin was booked to win the tournament as part of Triple H's punishment, and it's that victory over [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] that gave us the [[CatchPhrase Austin]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 3:16]] phenomenon.** Back when Wrestling/MichaelCole was first conducting his weekly sit-down interviews, Triple H was usually his guest but in the past year or so has been phased out in favor of other WWE wrestlers.* DepravedBisexual[=/=]AnythingThatMoves: In the original DX, this was a pretty important part of his character. He also kissed ShawnMichaels a bunch of times and gave this immortal response when asked if he spoke Spanish like Wrestling/{{Chyna}}-->Wrestling/JimRoss: didn't know you were bilingual.-->HHH: I'm bi a lot of things, but lingual isn't one of them. [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud Wait, did I mean to say that?]]--> Jim Ross: Probably not, but we're live.* {{Determinator}}:** In 2001, running forward to hit Wrestling/ChrisJericho with a forearm to the back of the head, Triple H ''ripped the quadricep muscle right off his kneecap'' in one of the most cringe-inducing sports injuries ever caught on film. You can actually see the muscle come loose under the skin of his thigh and he immediately falls out of the ring in agony. Somehow he managed to get back up and finish his role in the match.** Jericho, who had real life issues with HHH at the time, admitted in his book that he developed a huge amount of respect for HHH that night because he insisted on taking Jericho's finisher, which applied an insane amount of pressure on his already damaged quads. ** And did it ''again'' in 2007 in a tag-team match with Shawn Michaels against Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Randy Orton. Tore his other quad and managed to finish the match, even Pedigreeing Edge through the announcer's table.* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Gave Wrestling/TheUndertaker a [[Wrestling/DGenerationX crotch chop]].* DisappearedDad: A fate he desperately wanted to avert in his kids' lives, so he bought stock in a private plane company and flies back to his house after every show to see them.** Doubles as a Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming with [[http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/WWE-s-Triple-H-rallies-fathers-mentors-in-1083418.php things like this]]. It's clear he's crazy about his girls; just listen to any of his interviews about them.* DiscontinuityNod: He and Shawn Michaels took shots at the infamous Katie Vick angle in a 2007 DGenerationX promo.* DoNotCallMePaul:** {{Trope Namer|s}}. Triple H asks people to call him by his ring name, not his given name (Paul Levesque).** Bizarrely inverted with WWE Studios, with Triple H being the first (and only to date) wrestler to be billed under his real name as opposed to his in-ring pseudonym.** This was particularly highlighted in an in-ring segment during which Wrestling/CMPunk, another wrestler who prefers not to be addressed by his given name, said, as a means of emphasizing how serious he was, that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zglAkGTqBog "This isn't CM Punk talking to Triple H. This is Phil Brooks talking to Paul Levesque."]]** As of 2013, it should be noted that this applies to his on-screen character only. As a corporate executive, you ''do'' call him Paul.* TheDragon:** To Vince [=McMahon=] after Vince's FaceHeelTurn at Wrestlemania 16. Was also CoDragons with Stone Cold Steve Austin to Vince in 2001, until Triple H got injured. He seems to be becoming this in RealLife as well, as Vince recently made him his Senior Advisor.** Triple H was also TheDragon to Shawn Michaels in the early days of [=DeGeneration=] X, until HBK got injured and HHH [[DragonAscendant became the new leader]].** NumberTwo: He's currently kayfabe COO, making him this to Vince(who of course is the owner, chairman, and CEO of WWE in RealLife and kayfabe), as well as the future heir to Vince's throne. They've only had a couple of interactions though.** He's TheDragon to Vince once more, though he's so far been a DragonInChief with Vince being more of a BiggerBad who hasn't appeared much, and they haven't interacted much since HHH's heel turn oddly enough.** Even going back to Wrestling/{{The Corporat|ion}}e Wrestling/{{Ministry|OfDarkness}}, he was this to Vince for at least part of 1999. At first it first appeared he'd become this to Wrestling/{{Shane|McMahon}} and Wrestling/TheUndertaker's BigBadDuumvirate or the third man in their [[UpToEleven Big Bad Triumvirate]]. Then Vince revealed himself as [[TheManBehindTheMan the Higher Power]] later on, making the three of them CoDragons.*** DragonWithAnAgenda[=/=]EvilerThanThou: From getting Vince to give him WWF title shots instead of Undertaker, to reforming [[Wrestling/DGenerationX the DX Army]] as {{Jerkass}} {{heel}}s, all the way up to the infamous [[UnwantedSpouse early days]] [[TheCorrupter of his]] [[UnholyMatrimony marriage to]] Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, his [[TakeOverTheWorld takeover of the WWF]] saw him become such a great example of this he turned ''his own [[HollywoodSatanism Satanic bosses]]'' into THE GOOD GUYS and their once-innocent daughter/sister into a hypocritical shrew by his actions alone.* DropTheHammer: His WeaponOfChoice / CompanionCube is a sledgehammer. Though he wields it in a highly unusual manner [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality because hitting somebody with a sledgehammer for real would cause severe legitimate injuries]]. Any time he swings the sledgehammer in the usual way he'll miss.* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Anyone who hasn't followed him from the beginning may be confused that, in the beginning of his WWE career, his gimmick was being a high-class snooty aristocrat, with mannerisms pulled right from the Victorian era. His gimmick and mannerisms have changed quite a lot since. (The only [[TheArtifact artifact]] left over from his early days is the name of his finishing move: "Pedigree".)* EdgyBackwardsChairSitting:** Invoked by Triple H (who's almost always been a rebellious character) during [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDg9CIrqOqg an attack on The Undertaker in 2001.]] Triple H first got the jump on Taker as he was sitting on his motorcycle, which resulted in the bike itself pinning Undertaker to the ground. Triple H then set up a chair, backwards, ''on top of Undertaker's neck''. Then, to top it all off, he leaned over the backrest of the chair and talked tons of shit to the Deadman.--->'''Triple H:''' How ya doing, [[RedBaron American Badass]]? You're the guy that makes people famous, ain't ya? You know what? [[BadassBoast I'm already famous. I'm famous for crippling people. I'm famous for putting people out!]] Let me tell you something... you keep screwing with me... I will cripple you.* EpicFail: His insistence that his WWE Undisputed Championship match against Wrestling/ChrisJericho going after the far more anticipated Wrestling/HulkHogan vs The Rock match at Wrestlemania X8. Interest was so low that people, absolutely drained by the preceding "dream match", actually started leaving during the match. After winning the Championship, he lost it immediately to the now revitalized Hogan at the next Pay Per View. It took years for him to admit he was in the wrong.* EvilGenius: Triple H is a succesful businessman, a brilliant wrestler and a master manipulator who has fought and schemed his way to the top of the company and then on to effectively running it (more than once). There is a reason they call him "The Cerebral Assassin" for a reason. * EvilMentor: In Evolution, he was one to Randy Orton (echoing their RealLife relationship) and {{Batista}}. On the flipside, he had his own in Ric Flair.* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While he may be no-nonsense authority figure, Triple H cares about his family to the point anyone thinking about harming or even smack talking about them will result in a beat-down.** Lampshaded during the Slammy Awards 2013 episode of ''Raw'', when Randy Orton received a Pedigree for inadvertently bumping into Stephanie while in the middle of an in-ring brawl during the Title Ascension Ceremony.** Randy himself counts; Hunter was clearly distressed when he was forced to oust him from the Authority, and couldn't even watch while Rollins and Kane finished the job.* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even The Game Has Standards]]: Even as a heel, Triple H won�t cross some lines.** He didn�t like the racism towards Latinos that [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] was known for.*** Inverted with the racism toward African Americans that he himself was known for during his title program with Booker T. ** [[WouldntHurtAChild He won't put up with attacks on children]], [[PapaWolf especially his own children]].* EvilOverlord:** As a heel and as a [[DarkIsNotEvil face]] he sometimes resembles a dark king out of a fantasy novel. The [[GrimUpNorth epic Viking mustache]] he has sported since 2005 certainly helps.** His Conan the Barbarian, "[[RedBaron King of Kings]]" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-kmws3Gx4entrance at Wrestlemania 22]] is made of this trope.** His [=WrestleMania=] 27 and 28 entrances feature this trope in full force, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jr2RnavrbE the 27 one]] in particular. Being accompanied by a [[FacelessGoons masked army]], striding out of a DarkFantasy village left [[RapePillageAndBurn in ruins]], wearing a BlackCloak and [[CoolCrown skull-faced crown]], all while Music/{{Metallica}} is [[ThemeMusicPowerUp blaring in the background]]? This may take home the award for most metal entrance ever.-->'''Wrestling/JohnCena''': Well, it looks like He-Man (Triple H) and Skeletor (Edge) have some unfinished business...** His [=WrestleMania=] XXX entrance looked like he was channeling [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shao Kahn]]** His occasional use of "Bow Down To The King" as entrance music, which has since become the entrance theme for The Authority.* {{Expy}}: His earliest WWF appearances had him acting almost exactly like [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Steven Regal]] (fitting since he was supposed to tag with Regal in WCW). The main difference was in WCW his character was a ForeignWrestlingHeel from France whereas in WWF he was a TakeThat against old money families in Connecticut.* FanDisservice: In 2011, ''The Boston Phoenix'' ranked him #20 on their [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120911143504/http://100unsexiest.com/unsexy/2011/person/?id=4556 "100 Unsexiest Men of 2011" List]]. Interestingly, he wasn't included in that list because of his physical attractiveness, but because of his role in the infamous derailment of the "Summer of Punk" angle:-->"The night before his WWE contract expired, CM Punk snatched the WWE championship from the loathed John Cena, and wrestling was edgy and cool again ... for about a week. Then Triple H � Vince [=McMahon's=] son-in-law and inexplicable "star" from 2003 � hogged the Monday Night Raw cameras for the entire summer. The fuck?"* FatalFlaw: For all his success and years of devotion to the business, the one thing Hunter has never been able to overcome is his ego, something that he himself has admitted on numerous occasions. It was how the Undertaker was able to goad him into the "End of an Era" Hell in a Cell match at WM 28, and it was what would ultimately destroy Evolution, something that would come to bite him in the ass down the line, in the form of former protege Randy Orton, who gradually went insane due to the betrayal and held Hunter accountable for what happened for several years.* AFatherToHisMen: Triple H has become this to everyone in the {{WWENXT}} roster.* FingerPokeOfDoom: Maybe Pro Wrestling's ''first'' finger poke of doom and almost certainly the first to ever be aired on television when Shawn Michaels basically gave up the European championship to him. It was no where near as wasteful or damaging as WCW's, but still.* FinishingMove: The Pedigree - also an [[TheArtifact artifact]] from the Hunter Hearst Helmsley gimmick.* FleetingDemographicRule: What his WrestleMania 27 feud with Wrestling/TheUndertaker was. They last fought each other at [=WrestleMania=] 17.* FourthWallObserver* ForYourOwnGood: Triple H's ego is so massive that he cited this trope as the reason he wouldn't face Daniel Bryan and also why he wouldn't face ''[[PhysicalGod The Undertaker]].'' [[FatalFlaw His ego was eventually used against him]] to goad him into a match against both aforementioned men, [[EpicFail and he would end up losing in each respective bout]].* FrenchJerk: His real last name is ''Levesque''... this actually resulted in one of his first gimmicks being that of a haughty Frenchman named Jean-Paul Levesque.* FromNobodyToNightmare: From the low man on [[Wrestling/TheKliq the Clique]] totem pole and the guy who carried Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' bags to the guy who stands to potentially inherit the company in barely four years.* GagNose:** One of the first things people use in a Triple H parody is a gigantic fake nose, hell, a FanNickname[[invoked]] of his is "The Nose of Noses".** He lampshaded it in his Hall of Fame induction for Wrestling/ShawnMichaels:--->''"The comedy stuff with us was just based on our giving personalities. I gave Shawn the comedy gift of my nose ..."''* GameBreakingInjury: [[{{Pun}} Jokes aside,]] The Game tearing his quad left him out of action for eight months in 2001. Would he be considered lucky that he missed the Invasion angle?* GeniusBruiser:** In character he's a powerful and devious competitor, out of character he's a body builder and by all accounts a very smart man. One of his official nicknames is "The Cerebral Assassin."** His real life role as VP of Talent and Live Events has been oft-lauded by industry insiders as having a progressive and vested point of view when it comes to younger talent.* GenreSavvy:** All the time. Especially the time he gave [[LampshadeHanging an entire lesson]] to Shelton Benjamin on how to properly cut a promo (even referring to it ''as'' a "promo," a rarity in WWE) and how the heel has to wait until the face has their back to the ramp before they jump him.** Shows subtle genre savvy during his entrance. When he climbs onto the apron to shoot water into the crowd, he looks over his shoulder at his opponent(s) before doing so. As of late 2015, after over 15 years of doing the same entrance week after week, only CM Punk (at Night Of Champions 2011) has blindsided him despite Triple H being in perfect position to be jumped from behind.* GlassCannon: He managed to blew out ''both'' of his quadriceps.* GoThroughMe: He did this with Daniel Bryan before [=WrestleMania=] XXX. If Bryan won, he was in the main event. If Triple H won, he was in the main event.* GreenEyedMonster: Has been accused of this as a performer, with claims that he uses his power to "bury" wrestlers who he wouldn't otherwise go over, and definitely plays this trope straight as a heel (sometimes doing exactly what he's accused of in real life, Daniel Bryan perhaps being the best example).* [[GirlPosse Guy Posse]]:** From 2003 to 2005 he was accompanied most of the time by Evolution, a clique of three snobbish Superstars (Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/{{Batista}}, and Wrestling/RandyOrton, to be precise) who interfered in Hunter's matches, bullied face Superstars, and were known as much for their custom-made suits, Rolex watches, private jets, and sexual escapades as for their wrestling skills.\\\\The idea for Evolution came from Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen, a similarly-themed clique led by Flair in Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA and then WCW in the 1980s and '90s.* HappilyMarried: To Stephanie [=McMahon=]. Averted this trope in {{kayfabe}} at the start of their storyline marriage, but has played it straight since the mid-2000s.* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor* HesBack: He came back after about eight months on the shelf on 2/21/11, the same night Wrestling/TheUndertaker made his return.* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Shawn Michaels are among the most famous heterosexual life partners in wrestling history. According to [[Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon Hunter's actual wife]], Shawn is Hunter's "road wife."* HijackedByGanon:** Triple H was revealed as the mastermind behind Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's attack in 1999.** He also hijacked Wrestling/{{Test}}'s (kayfabe) wedding to Stephanie [=McMahon=] (and subsequent push).* HoistByHisOwnPetard:** Set up the vehicular attack on Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1999'' to take him out of the triple-threat match for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Championship Title]] also involving the Rock. '''Wrestling/TheBigShow''' got plugged into the match instead, and pinned HHH for the title.** Has been on the wrong end of a few beatdowns by his enemies with his own [[WeaponOfChoice sledgehammer.]]** During Daniel Bryan's "Occupy Raw" movement, Triple H ordered security to handle the situation. Since WWE apparently hires mall cops and not actual security guards, they had no means of riot control (tear gas, rubber bullets, etc.), and the fact that they could do nothing about the situation only frustrated Triple H further. Eventually, Daniel Bryan's request to be given a chance to compete for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at [=WrestleMania=] pushed The Game over the edge. In his attempt to storm the ring in rage, he had to be held back by the same security guards that he called to escort Bryan and his 100-some-odd supporters out of the building.* HypocriticalHumor: Taking part in a parody segment that included jokes about the size of Owen Hart's nose.* {{Hypocrite}}:** Buried Wrestling/BookerT to his face for a being a five-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], bringing up Wrestling/VinceRusso and David Arquette, while standing next to Wrestling/RicFlair, who held that title 8 TIMES, and while ''holding the actual belt'' that had been used for the Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Heavyweight Title and had been dug out ''just for HHH'' as the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]]. Even if the point he was making was that Booker's title reigns all came during the lowest point of the WCW World Title's existence, this was still hypocritical, as around the same time frame, Trips himself was amassing a number of WWF Championship runs while Wrestling/VinceMcMahon would hold the same title, not to mention [[Wrestling/DGenerationX his crew back then]] pretty much gift-wrapped the Women's Championship to the [[SarcasmMode acclaimed ring general]] known as Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon.** He left WCW in early 1995 because he didn't want to team with Regal in an elitist, blueblood snob gimmick. He debuted in WWE as "Hunter Hearst Helmsley"- an elitist, blueblood snob gimmick.** His vendetta against Daniel Bryan is because Bryan insulted his wife and family, feeling it's a personal attack on them. Which would be all fine and good... if his family didn't start the entire thing by repeatedly insulting him and treating it as if it's NothingPersonal.** Claiming that every action he takes in The Authority is "what's best for business"...how good would it have been for business if he had fired ''every Superstar and Diva'' for getting involved in Bryan getting beat down by The Shield?** Getting pissed over having the Escalade he gave Wrestling/RandyOrton "tagged" by Bryan, when he did just that and more to Vince [=McMahon=]'s jet and limousine as part of DX?* IAmTheNoun: The page quote.* ImportantHaircut[=/=]BaldOfEvil:** Triple H cut his hair once his responsibilities backstage increased.** Because his on-screen debut with short hair fell was during the 2012 Slammy Awards, he noted that at the 1997 Slammys he had won Best Hair.* InformedAttribute: Was explicitly called a great technical wrestler ad nauseum in the '90s and '00s, despite being a brawler first and foremost, and uses far more strikes than he's ever used submissions/throws. His one attempt at a real submission hold was a disastrous experiment with the ancient "Inverted Indian Deathlock". It was generally an attempt to push him as a "smart wrestler" (as smart guys are usually technical masterminds as well), which he really did better by cheating and manipulating others anyways.** He uses tonnes of submission holds from time to time, including the figure four leg lock, sharpshooter, crossface, armbar, abdominal stretch, sleeper hold and so on. His technical prowess is well displayed in his matches against Bryan, Benoit, Angle or Ambrose. He said in an interview that although he can chain wrestle, he doesn't do it very often and insists on doing them at the right time and place. In fact, his recent match against Roman Reigns was criticized for being overly methodical,slow and technical since it didn't fit with their brutal feud.* InsaneTrollLogic: Claims responsibility for breaking [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker "The Streak."]] Not because he actually ''beat'' the Undertaker, but because he was able to walk out of the arena on his own power and 'Taker wasn't. After his Hell In A Cell rematch the following year, however, he was so badly beaten both 'Taker and Shawn Michaels had to carry him out of the arena together.* IntergenerationalFriendship: With his idol, Wrestling/RicFlair.* ItsAllAboutMe:** He has a reputation for using bigger draws to make himself look better or taking credit for their popularity. [=DeGeneration X=]'s bigger draws were Shawn Michaels and Chyna while the New Age Outlaws were getting over without the rest, the Two Man Power Trip gave him more focus even though he was with Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, the Corporate Ministry was Undertaker and Chyna again, and WWE's Summer of Punk remake became the Autumn of Triple H. It was even used for a story line when his Evolution partners got sick of everything being about Triple H, even though he really wasn't doing anything to prove his particular importance.* ItsPersonal: Usually a hallmark of a really, really good Triple H feud. Notable examples are his 2002-2004 feud with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, his 2007 feud with Wrestling/RandyOrton, and his 2011 feud with Wrestling/CMPunk.* {{Jerkass}}: When he's a heel. To demonstrate how much of a Jerkass he can be, in 1999 the man turned Vince [=McMahon=], the BigBad and the same man who was the mastermind behind a satanic cult whom he had kidnap his own daughter as part of a plan to get the WWE title off of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin earlier that same year, [[HeelFaceTurn into a FACE]], and it even resulted in an EnemyMine situation when Austin would help Vince, his hated ArchEnemy, win the WWE Championship from Triple H. And that's just one example.* JokerImmunity: Being Vince [=McMahon=]'s [[RealLifeRelative son-in-law]] gave him this. The only way this will be revoked is if he has a rather nasty divorce from Stephanie. He still has to wait for the ultimate immunity his father-in-law has though.* KarmaHoudini: Has a history behind the scenes of blaming other people when some bad angle involving him flops.* LackOfEmpathy: Demonstrates this from time to time as a {{heel}}, even towards his own ''wife'' (despite being [[HappilyMarried happily married]]). When Stephanie was arrested and taken to jail on the July 21, 2014 episode of Monday Night Raw (for striking Brie Bella, who was at the show in a fan capacity and not as a competitor), she was scared to death and begging Triple H to help her as she practically drowned in her own tears. Hunter told her he'd be at the police station to get her out in five minutes tops, and at this point, there was a little less than an hour left in the show. By the end of the show, Triple H hadn't even come close to leaving the building, instead deciding to stay to announce the number one contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Title. This is all despite saying that "Family comes first" when questioned about it initially.* LargeHam: Hilarious. Give the man a live microphone and 20 minutes of free airtime, and you're guaranteed to be entertained, especially if he's embroiled in a [[ItsPersonal personal]] feud.* LaserGuidedKarma: After all the crap that Hunter's pulled over the course of Wrestling/TheAuthority angle, when Wrestling/RomanReigns snapped and gave him the beating of a ''lifetime'', to the point that Hunter had to be hospitalized, few were willing to deny that he's had it coming for a while.* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Boy, oh boy, does he love to do this. When he's not outright bulldozing the fourth wall with a complete disregard for maintaining {{kayfabe}}, he enjoys poking fun at smarks. At one point in 2013, after the internet was abuzz that he was going to bury [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] during their feud, he promised, in-character, to do exactly that (even using the word "bury").* LikeParentLikeSpouse: His heel persona in The Authority has him acting, [[VerbalTic quite frankly]] as Mr [=McMahon=] version 2.0.* LoveableRogue: As part of DX.* LoveTriangle:** Between his then-kayfabe wife Stephanie [=McMahon=] and Kurt Angle in 2000.** A RealLife one of sorts also occurred between him, Stephanie, and Wrestling/{{Chyna}} at one point.* ManOfWealthAndTaste[=/=]UpperClassTwit: Connecticut Blueblood and Evolution Variants.* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Despite being one of the most controversial figures in professional wrestling, both on camera and behind the scenes, Triple H is actually friendly with the fans and is a noted [[TheMentor mentor]] to many wrestlers, including Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Randy Orton.* TheMentor: To Wrestling/{{Batista}} and Wrestling/RandyOrton, both in Wrestling/{{Evolution}} and in RealLife.* MetaGuy: He is fond of LeaningOnTheFourthWall* {{Misblamed}}:** He was blamed for the infamous Katie Vick angle; that was created by Kevin Dunn, with approval by Vince [=McMahon=]. Years later, Hunter admitted that he had hated the angle straight from the beginning (it was the only time he had ever questioned Vince about a storyline), but being who he is and Kane being the ever loyal company man, they went through with it anyway.** Dennis Randazzo, author of ''Literature/RingOfHell'', accuses Triple H turning Austin into his lackey during the latter's 2001 FaceHeelTurn, despite that fact that Austin held the WWF Title and Triple H held the Intercontinental Title, and thus, Austin was positioned as the more important/credible member of the Two-Man Power Trip.** Triple H also gets this for the event just below, for bringing up [[Wrestling/{{Madusa}} Alundra Blayze]] throwing the WWF Women's title in the trash on Nitro. What involvement he had in arranging the screwjob himself varies from person to person, but it was Shawn who actually came up with the idea.* Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob:** On [[SmartMark the]] [[InternetBackdraft Internet]], he's actually hated/blamed by fans for the Screwjob more than either [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] or Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, due to his backstage influence with Vince and the fact that he's the one who suggested the possibility that [[Wrestling/BretHart Bret]] would pull an Alundra Blayze and trash the WWF belt upon going to WCW.[[note]]He would confirm that on Wrestling/ShawnMichaels' ''Heartbreak & Triumph'' DVD and book.[[/note]]* MusclesAreMeaningless: For a guy who built himself as much as he has, he's never done too many power moves. A logical explanation comes in the form of a rumor that surfaced from his relationship with Chyna in the 1990s. Anecdotal evidence implies that Triple H is so ripped because he couldn't deal with the fact that Chyna was stronger and more muscular than he was.* {{Nepotism}}: In RealLife, he's the "Senior Advisor" to [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] and the head of Talent Development.* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Yeah, firing Big Show was not such a good idea, since in his mind he has nothing left to lose, so now he was free to invade WWE programming as much has he felt the need.* NobleDemon: As much as he talks about what a dangerous guy he is, he's not that different from any other face.* NoFourthWall: All the damn time.-->'''Triple H:''' It's like, 11:08, guys. We're off the air!* NotWhatItLooksLike: In 2000, Triple H (married to Stephanie [=McMahon=] in kayfabe) was backstage with Wrestling/TrishStratus, as he taught her some basic wrestling maneuvers. Eventually, he teaches her how to reverse a [[http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/s1/1g/do-pro-wrestling-moves-800x800.jpg basic standing hammerlock]] by reaching down and sweeping the opponent's leg. Then, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLRhkkcZIY&feature=player_detailpage#t=69 as soon as Trish bends over,]] in walks Stephanie [=McMahon=], [[AccidentalPervert while Triple H is in a very... compromising position with Trish]] (and the look on Hunter's face is absolutely priceless). Despite Triple H's innocence and [[ICanExplain his attempts to explain the situation to Stephanie,]] she throws a tantrum and storms out of the room in tears.* OddFriendship: Wrestling/TheKliq. While Michaels, Hall, Nash, and Waltman were established wrestlers at a near-equal level, Triple H was a newbie who didn't party. Now, things have changed, and it's still hard to believe that the massively successful HHH and one of the best wrestlers ever in Wrestling/ShawnMichaels are friends with the troubled X-Pac and Wrestling/ScottHall, whose jump to Wrestling/{{WCW}} was a major turning point in their careers.* OhCrap: ** His reaction when he lost the WWE belt to Chris Jericho in 2000.** His epic reaction shot to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gwIbZ6jQ8&feature=related being informed]] he'd be facing not Mankind, but ''Cactus Jack'' in the 2000 Royal Rumble. CMOA for Wrestling/MickFoley, but Hunter's reaction just makes it. Specifically, Foley credits this as selling the angle; had Hunter laughed it off, it would have bombed, but because this was perhaps the most scared he looked in his career, it was one of the high points of the AttitudeEra.** How he reacted to Wrestling/TheUndertaker at both WrestleMania 27 and 28 in their matches when he sat up/kicked out after numerous chairshots, hammershots, and [[FinishingMove Pedigrees]].* OlderThanTheyLook: He's entering his late 40s but still in great shape.* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Triple H" is actually short for the name he used during his first major run in the WWF: Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He's still referred to as "Hunter" sometimes, though it's probably because Hunter is an [[RuleOfCool awesome]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name]], and [[DoNotCallMePaul he calls himself "Hunter" in real life]].* OnlySaneMan: Has this reputation in The Kliq, as well as in the [=McMahon=] family. Considering that he ''married'' into the [=McMahons=], this is very justifiable.* PapaWolf: Do not bring his children into a feud. Just don't. As Wrestling/PaulHeyman found out, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown it can only end badly]].* ParentalSubstitute:** He and Vince [=McMahon=] are quite close, and according to the nastier rumors floating out there, [[WhyAreYouNotMySon closer than Vince and Shane]].** All but confirmed by his {{kayfabe}}-tweaking [[TearJerker "I love you, Pops"]] to Vince upon "relieving [Vince] of his duties".* PermaStubble: The times he has neither his BadassBeard nor BadassMoustache.* ThePlan: Sometimes skirts into GambitRoulette territory.* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Told Wrestling/BookerT that people who look like him, have hair like him and dance like him don't belong in main events.* PowerStable: The Kliq (as the TagAlongKid), then Wrestling/DGenerationX (as its Leader and Co-Founder), which was then merged with Wrestling/TheCorporation (forming the [=McMahon-Helmsley Faction=], him as again the Leader), and later Wrestling/{{Evolution}}.* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ** While part of [[Wrestling/DGenerationX DX]]: "Are you ready? No; I said, '''ARE? YOU? REEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAADY?!'''** During his early days in the WWE: "... And I am That. Damn. Good!"* PunnyName: "Terra Ryzing"* RatedMForManly: His singles competitor persona from 2005 to 2011. Gone are the [[BadassInANiceSuit custom three-piece suits]] of Evolution and the [[DepravedBisexual sexual ambiguity]]/[[VulgarHumor juvenile humor]] of Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}}. Instead he's a hammer-wielding badass with a Music/{{Motorhead}} VillainSong and a bad attitude.* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]RomanceOnTheSet:** Triple H and Stephanie [=McMahon=] were {{kayfabe}} married in 1999 and (again, kayfabe) divorced in 2002, but they got married in RealLife in 2003. Their real-life marriage appears to have had none of the turmoil that they had in the early 2000s.** Was also a member of The Kliq but it effectively "disbanded" before he rose to any prominence, and as a result of the "Curtain Call" arguably did him more harm than good.** Also dated Chyna.* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:** Amazingly enough, most backstage accounts seems to imply Trips is this whenever he's not trying to put himself in the spotlight.** His current role as Chief Operating Officer seems to have him shaping up as one of these, giving certain heels their comeuppance, including letting Wrestling/ZackRyder squash Wrestling/MichaelCole on live television, bringing back Wrestling/JimRoss, and letting Wrestling/JohnMorrison get his hands on R-Truth.** Despite his heel turn at [=SummerSlam=] 2013, he still shows flashes of this trope. As is the norm for powerful heels, he does have a tendency to lie and make life a living hell for babyface wrestlers (often for no good reason), but he's also done the same to fellow heels, including Wrestling/TheShield, Vickie Guerrero, and Wrestling/RandyOrton. He's shown a bit of favor to faces like Wrestling/RobVanDam and Wrestling/JohnCena as well.* RedBaron: [[TheAce The Game]], [[MagnificentBastard The Cerebral Assassin]], [[TheEmperor The King of Kings]].* TheRival: The Rock, Mick Foley, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and Shawn Michaels during the late 90s/early 2000s. Since then, Batista, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, and Brock Lesnar have been added to the list.* RoguesGallery: [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/KurtAngle, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]], Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]] and Wrestling/{{Batista}}, Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. He tends not to make a lot of friends, whichever side he plays.* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Both in-character (as part of the [=McMahon=]-Helmsley Regime) and in RealLife (due to the Kliq and his marriage to Stephanie [=McMahon=]).* [[RetiredBadass Semi-Retired Badass]]: Triple H doesn't work nearly a full ring schedule since his 13th reign as WWE Champion in 2009 (as he is aging and growing used to his backstage role), but he can still throw a good beatdown or pound a guy to a pulp with a sledgehammer when the time calls for it.* SharpDressedMan: In Evolution and in RealLife during semi-retirement due to his corporate position.* ShootTheDog:** Done to finally end the Evolution stable when he attacked RicFlair with a sledgehammer after a victorious tag team effort against Carlito and Chris Masters. Evoked the trope the following week on Raw when he said Flair was too old and too mediocre and was damaging his own legacy so [[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness he "...took Ric out behind the barn and shot him]]."** The reason why he challenged The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 27 - he wanted to end The Streak as well as believing that Taker was way past his prime.** The following year, Taker's {{pride}} in refusing to accept a PyrrhicVictory would lead Taker to persistently demand he try this again - persistently, because a little more time in his new position caused Triple H to see business and nostalgia as more important than another fight.* ShoutOut: Real life WWE does not have a "chief operating officer". But Wrestling/RingOfHonor does!* SleevesAreForWimps: As a heel in the early-to-mid 2000s, he would always wear the typical striped referee shirt, with the sleeves cut off, when he was assigned to officiate a match.* SpotlightStealingSquad:** Especially during his 2003 and 2011 runs. Has progressively pulled this on the CM Punk story. Watch any promos promoting the upcoming match and how he's turned Punk from being an AntiHero rebel who spoke what everybody felt into a straw man complainer and turned the storyline into defending his wife's honor.** By necessity for the 2016 build up to ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'', which is why Hunter won his fourteenth world title despite having expressed no interest in winning another one ever since he became more of a backstage official and an office executive. With the exceptions of Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, every single full-time main event talent on the roster was injured or (in the case of Wrestling/DanielBryan) retired and would miss ''Mania''. There was literally no other major heel to hold the title for Reigns to challenge for it besides Wrestling/BrockLesnar, but Lesnar had transcended beyond the traditional dynamics of face and heel and had become a tweener in the eyes of the fans, one who would be cheered above Reigns no matter what he did. Then, after ''Fastlane'', Reigns had to be written out so he could get facial reconstruction surgery for a deviated septum -- he would still be able to do the match but still had to miss a significant portion of the build. Since Lesnar, [[spoiler:Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon]], and Wrestling/TheUndertaker were only booked for a couple of shows, that meant Ambrose and Hunter had to carry RAW by themselves and start a mini-feud for the upcoming ''WWE Roadblock'' Network Special, since their respective opponents (Lesnar and Reigns) were unavailable.* TheStrategist: He's called "The Cerebral Assassin" for a reason. As a character and in real life, Triple H has mastered the psychology of professional wrestling. In [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL's]] words (regarding potential ring rust on the part of Triple H), "This is a 13-time world champion. The brain doesn't rust!"* SuperDeformed:** Some DX merchandise has a chibi Shawn and Hunter on it.** Particularly hilarious are the t-shirts of chibi Shawn and Hunter ''mooning'' people.** Even funnier in that Triple H said in an interview that when shown the new shirts for approval, no one showed Shawn what was on the back (the chibi asses).* TagalongKid: On the November 10, 1997 ''Raw'', Jim Ross did a WordAssociationTest with Jeff Jarrett. When JR asked Jarrett about HHH, he said, "Tagalong."* TakeThat:** His original incarnation as a stuck-up blueblood was because Vince [=McMahon=] recently purchased a new home in posh Stamford, Connecticut, and his neighbors didn't take too kindly to the kind of "low-brow" entertainment the WWF put on.** Hunter has also said numerous times in interviews that Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} is a terrible wrestler.** Too many times to count in [=DeGeneration X=], though of particular note is the time he asked Chris Masters what he could write a book about - "how to lose 30 pounds in a week?".* TakeThatAudience: Has gotten to be very good at delivering these while in his Authority corporate role. During [[Wrestling/DanielBryan Daniel Bryan's]] ascent in early '14, he seems to love nothing more than to mock the crowd's propensity for cheering on so-called "internet favorites" and behaving like crybabies when they don't get what they want.* TenMinuteRetirement: After his 2012 feud with Wrestling/BrockLesnar. Wrestling/PaulHeyman had repeatedly warned him he was past his prime, though after losing to Lesnar he actually started to wonder if [[JerkassHasAPoint the little weasel actually had a point]] and stated he had a lot of thinking to do. Shortly after Lesnar returned to harass his father in law in 2013 however, HHH showed up to make the save.* TheatricsOfPain: While it's been overshadowed by his metaphorical shovel and burials of many potential stars, when Hunter wants to put a guy over, ''he will put that guy over''. Hunter is almost as good a seller as Wrestling/DolphZiggler is and his best friend Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was, flopping around a la Wrestling/RicFlair and stumbling about and acting like that chair shot Wrestling/RomanReigns just gave him dislocated his knees. Even his detractors will admit that there's some real talent there.* TrueCompanions: Wrestling/TheKliq, which also included [[RealLife real-life friends]] Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/KevinNash, Wrestling/ScottHall, and Wrestling/SeanWaltman ([[XPacHeat X-Pac]]).* UnderwearOfPower:** He started wearing this when he was pushed to main event status.** He had actually worn one in WCW, but switched to the long trunks in his "Blueblood" persona.* UnholyMatrimony: Kayfabe with Stephanie, forming the [=McMahon-Helmsley=] faction. Averted in RealLife* UnkemptBeauty:** His DX look, jeans and t-shirt with ruffled hair, earns him more fangirl love than his [=McMahon=]-Helmsley SharpDressedMan, though it could just be the Shawn Michaels-related HoYay, and not being a heel. Or ''both''.* TyrantTakesTheHelm: First in 2000 when he married Stephanie and controlled Raw, then again in 2013 when he screwed Daniel Bryan out of the WWE Championship title. He claims what he's doing is "Best for business"...* VerbalTic: His infamous ending of many sentences with "uh", especially when getting dramatic. "I am... the GAME-uh!" Has been mocked a couple times by [[Main/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] during their feuds.* VillainousBreakdown:** Had one on RAW March 10th when [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] organized a ''protest'' that occupied the ring and brought the show to a screeching halt. He managed to maintain some composure...until Bryan revealed he didn't ''just'' want him at [=WrestleMania=], but that if he won, he gets a title shot. Hunter ''lost it'' and had to be held back by security to keep him from trying to rip Bryan's head off in rage.** Happens at Survivor Series 2014 when Team Authority begins losing (which means the Authority would be stripped of their power). He drops any pretense of playing fair and throws every YankTheDogsChain and tactic he can think of, up to and including punching out multiple refs until he finally calls in a crooked one. When even ''this'' fails and Team Authority is defeated, all he can do is hold his head in shame.* VillainProtagonist: Oh yeah. He's a heel as of mid-2015 and he's been the center of attention for 14 years and counting.* VillainSong:** "King of Kings" - he's used it almost exclusively during his recent heel authority figure run.** "The Game", as well: sums up how much of a villanous badass he is in three minutes.* VillainTeamUp: In 2001, with Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (as the Two-Man Power Trip).* VitriolicBestBuds:** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. Anyone else mocks Shawn's receding hairline and new religion, they're headed for a beatdown.** A perfect example is his [[http://atlanta.sbnation.com/pro-wrestling/2011/4/2/2087732/wwe-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-2011-triple-h-shawn-michaels Hall of Fame induction speech]] for Shawn. Height, fashion sense, receding hairline, all are legit targets - and then you get down to the end, where he talks about how close he and Shawn are.--->'''Triple H:''' You know, the only reason Shawn asked me to do this tonight is to force me to say something nice about him.* VocalEvolution:** Either this or VocalDecay; when he first started, his voice was kind of high and nasal. As time as gone on, it's bottomed out and gotten more [[GutturalGrowler growly]].** As about fifteen years have passed, this could be purely coincidental (read: age), but it's likely that some of this has to do with his CharacterDevelopment from his snooty Connecticut blueblood gimmick to the RatedMForManly, [[DropTheHammer sledgehammer-wielding]] brawler that he's been for the majority of his career.* WarriorPrince: Plays this pretty straight in regards to the WWE itself.* WeaponOfChoice: The [[DropTheHammer sledgehammer]].* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Kevin Nash in kayfabe.* WhamLine:-->'''Triple H:''' Vince, you have been relieved of your duties.* WouldHitAGirl: He would habitually beat the crap out of his [=Kayfabe=]-at-the-time ex-wife. Justified in that her character was made out to be thoroughly deserving of every single beatdown-- i.e., she was a heel.* WorthyOpponent:** Shawn Michaels stands out more than anyone else. Even after reforming DX, the two would still come to blows but walk out as friends.** The Rock and Triple H were engaged in a long and acclaimed feud in the attitude era, with each guy coming on top for several times. This rivalry was verbally referred to at their confrontation in Wrestlemania XXXI. In Austin's absence, they managed to work so well together that 2000 was WWE's most profitable year financially.** The Undertaker as well. He actually stated that the reason he wanted to face TheUndertaker at Wrestlemania 27 is because they are the last two prominent wrestlers from the Pre-Attitude Era days and he felt the need to put on one more era-defining match before they both retire.** Chris Benoit. So much respect Hunter had for him, that he tapped out clean to the Crossface on three separate occasions within a year at a time when the IWC was vocal in thinking that Triple H was only looking out for himself.** Daniel Bryan is a subversion of sorts, as Triple H repeatedly stated that Daniel was a "B-Plus Player" on-screen, but in reality is very proud of all the hard work he has put in, and had no problem putting him over at Wrestlemania XXX.** Batista has the distinction of being the only man to defeat Triple H one-on-one in three straight PPV championship matches, is one of only two men (The Undertaker) to pin Triple H inside Hell in a Cell, and is undefeated against The Game. In kayfabe, [[{{Heel}} Triple H]] refused to admit that Batista was playing this trope straight.* WrestlingPsychology: Even his detractors will (usually) admit he's got quite the grip on this and can really use the crowd to build his matches.* XanatosSpeedChess: Executed brilliantly on the June 2nd, 2014 episode of Monday Night Raw. At the beginning of the show, Batista suddenly and unexpectedly declared his official departure from Evolution and, apparently, from WWE itself. With the group only having Triple H and Wrestling/RandyOrton remaining, it looked as if the two had finally lost the war to Wrestling/TheShield.\\\\By the end of the night, however, Triple H proclaimed, like the mastermind that he is, that there's ''always'' a "Plan B." That was Seth Rollins' cue to beat the living hell out of Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose with a steel chair.\\\\Evolution went from losing a member of its group to stealing a key member from its enemy, all in the span of less than three hours, without Triple H being able to pre-plan anything before that night. Evolution stayed alive by adapting, and The Shield perished, when it looked like the exact inverse was going to occur after Batista quit and The Shield thought they had won. Say what you want about Triple H's heel persona in {{kayfabe}}, but the man is the quintessential pro-wrestling [[TheChessmaster chessmaster.]]* YankTheDogsChain: The man has had to fight accusations of being a CreatorsPet and a SpotlightStealingSquad for years. When he began to work behind the scenes, smarks began to love him for defying WWE's apparent "Big Guys and Eye-Candy" policy by having his first major decisions be hiring lucha star Wrestling/SinCara (formerly Mistico) and BrawnHilda [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kharma (formerly Amazing/Awesome Kong)]]. Unfortunately, both of those acquisitions have kinda blown up in his face, as Sin Cara missed a lot of time between a Wellness Violation and injury, as well as being a patron saint of botching.[[note]]As of December 2, 2013, Luis Urive, the man behind the Sin Cara mask, has reportedly left the WWE. The Sin Cara character is being played by Wrestling/{{Hunico}} as of 2015.[[/note]] Kharma, in the meantime, was put out of action for nearly a year due to a surprise pregnancy; she would go on to lose her baby and was eventually released by the company.* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Infamous for doing this to kayfabe underlings and stablemates. Nearly equally infamous for having it come back to bite him in the ass at some point later.** Kicked Wrestling/RandyOrton out of (the original) Evolution, resulting in Orton's transformation into the Viper and his tormenting of the [=McMahon=] family for the better part of ''ten years.''** Conspired to do the same to Batista - instead earned the Animal as an enemy and lost his title.** Did so to ShawnMichaels. Several times.** Put a hit out on Wrestling/TheShield when they showed signs of rebellion against The Authority. He was found out, resulting in his former protectors going full rogue and costing him the WWE World Heavyweight Title after DanielBryan had been essentially offered to Trips on a silver platter.----


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Published: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
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Thirty of the decorated fiberglass bears featured along Main Street will go on the auction block Saturday in front of the Historic Courthouse. The Bearfootin' in Hendersonville Auction and Bear-B-Q begins at 10 a.m., when the bears go on display.
Seventy-five percent of every winning bid goes to a Henderson County charity designated by each winning bidder at the public auction of the bears at 2:30 p.m. Stan Shelley and Joette Humphries of Shelley's Jewelry and Auction House will officiate the auction.
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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing Lies and Deceit Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line) Line numbers correspond to the Riverside edition.
Quote #10
There's little of the melancholy element in
her, my lord. She is never sad but when she sleeps,
and not ever sad then, for I have heard my daughter
say she hath often dreamt of unhappiness and
waked herself with laughing. (2.1.335-339)
Here, Beatrice might be practicing self-deception. She knows there's a lot to be miserable about in the world, but it's easier to laugh than to cry at things you have no control over. This sleeping self-deception casts some light on Beatrice's ability to be happy in the waking world, even though she might reasonably be sad that she's so alone.
Quote #11
I will teach you how to humor your
cousin, that she shall fall in love with Benedick.—
and I, with your two helps, will so practice on
Benedick that, in despite of his quick wit and his
queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice.
If we can do this, Cupid is no longer an archer; his
glory shall be ours, for we are the only love gods. Go
in with me, and I will tell you my drift. (2.1.371-378)
Don Pedro and Claudio engage in some deception, but rather than tricking him into loving Beatrice, most likely they intend to manipulate Benedick into coming to a conclusion on his own. They can lie, but they can't assume their lies will persuade: only what's latent in Benedick can bring him to love Beatrice. Their deception is just helping that process along.
Quote #12
Our talk must only be of Benedick.
When I do name him, let it be thy part
To praise him more than ever man did merit.
My talk to thee must be how Benedick
Is sick in love with Beatrice. Of this matter
Is little Cupid's crafty arrow made,
That only wounds by hearsay. (3.1.18-24)
When Hero employs the same process as Don Pedro and Claudio, she frames what's really going on. They're definitely deceiving Beatrice about Benedick's supposed condition, but they're arguably only guilty of planting hearsay (rumor). They only mean to let suspicion and hearsay lead Beatrice to the conclusion that she probably would've come to anyway. Maybe.


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Registration has been posted. Please see Meet Results. Please note that there are qualifying times to enter the meet. Please check qualifying times here. Along with the pool events, there will also be a 3K open water swim. The time standard for the 3K is 90 minutes or 30 minutes per kilometer. While the event is listed as July 27- August 10, the pool events are being held between August 3 and 9, while the open water swim is the 10th. The registration deadline is June 1, 2014 so please check it out now.
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For anyone interested in coaching Master's Swimming, these classes are invaluable. The knowledge gathered from both the instructors and the other participants is worth years of trial and error. Not only are current theories of technique discussed, but so are business management, the uniqueness of the master's swimmer, and the legal/insurance specifics of USMS. Levels 1 and 2, can and should be taken together as a day long process. Level 3 cannot be taken until Level's 1 and 2 are passed and cannot be taken in the same weekend. There will be two opportunities to take the courses in the northeast. Boston, Levels 1 and 2 will be held on Saturday, May 17th and Boston, Level 3 will be held on Sunday, May 18th. New York, Levels 1 and 2 will be held on Saturday, September 27th and New York, Level 3 will be held on Sunday, September 28th. Please click the above links for more information. A complete list off classes can be found at Class Schedule.
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Online registration and paper entry forms are available both for New England Championships and Spring Nationals. The links can be found at Meet Results.
A Message from USMS regarding the One Hour Postal Championships
Due to the extreme weather conditions experience during the month of January throughout the country, and the ensuing pool closures, the USMS Long Distance Committee has extended the date by which all swims must be completed for the 2014 USMS One-Hour Postal National Championships. The extension will be from January 31 until February 10, 2014. Entries must still be received by February 10, so swimmers should use the on-line entry system for swims done during this extension to avoid missing the deadline. For swimmers who complete their One-Hour swim during the extension, their age will be determind as of their age on January 31, 2014. For everyone else, their age of record will still be that on the day they swam, and results will be compiled accordingly. This extension shall apply to all swimmers regardless of their LMSC. You can find event and entry details at: https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1308&smid=4912.
2014 Registration is around the corner.
And do you know the new rules? Clubs and Workout Groups can register starting now. Individual registration begins Nov 1, 2013.
Due to our participation as part of FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation, the international governing body for swimming including masters), USMS had to change some rules effective immediately. FINA is requiring all swimmers that complete on an international level to be part of a team. This is to cut down on cheating and team hopping in other countries. USMS has in the past used a system of banning swimmers to be "Unattached" as a way of discouraging team hopping. You might be thinking, but I don't complete on an international level- why does this effect me? But it does, because FINA considers anyone participating in a meet with a swimmer that may have an international time to be competing on an international level, and CONN Masters hosts a lot of meets that have International Records and Top Ten Times.
The new rule is that those that would have been previously unattached or UNAT, will now be part of "Team UNAT". Swimmers on "Team UNAT" will not be allowed to do relays, even with other swimmers of "Team UNAT" and will not benefit from any other club benefits. Swimmers who are in the process of switching clubs will need to become members of "Team UNAT" instead of becoming unattached. If you are not planning to switch clubs, please consider being part of a club other than "Team UNAT'.
Secondly, thanks to the hard working technology staff at USMS, registration for NEW and returning clubs is now available online. CONN Master's will also be encouraging groups that want to swim as part of Team CONN at large meets to sign up as work out groups. Work out groups have many of the same privileges as clubs, such as access to USMS's Coach and Club Services and USMS Supplies. Members of a workout group will still be able to swim on relays with their larger club at larger meets. Workout groups can also register online with the same link as clubs. Paper registrations are still available for both.
Leaf Peeper's Meet
UV Rays Master's are holding their 5th annual Leaf Peepers Masters Mini Meet. It will be held 10/26/13 in White River Junction, VT at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center. Click here for a copy of the registration form UVAC_2013_Leaf_Peeper_Info_Sheet.
Swimmers wanted as study participants
Nate Fritts is a Research Assistant at Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE). They are studying the long term effects of sports related concussions and other brain trauma, particularly chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE . Right about now you are probably wondering why they are looking for swimmers. Read on: since swimmer are not normally exposed to concussion they would like to do a comparison study. The experiment consists of a 10 minute eligibility screening (by phone) and if passed, a two day, all expenses paid assessment at Boston Medical Center. Please consider joining the study if you:
1) are a male ages 40-69
2) have at least 2 years of collegiate level or higher swimming experience
3) have no history of participation in contact sports such as football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.
4) have no history of brain injury
If you qualify, please contact Nate at via email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or by phone (617-414-8391).
USMS Convention is coming in September
The USAS (United States Aquatic Sports) Convention that includes USMS will be held this September 11-15, 2013 in Garden Grove, CA. While the convention does include some work, including attending committee, zone, and delegate meetings and voting for elections and new rules, there are plenty of opportunities for fun. Every night includes a social event culminating in a banquet to honor the top athletes, coaches and volunteers for each group within USAS. It is also a great opportunity to see how the rules get made, voice your opinions and learn new information on all aspects of USMS. It is an excellent opportunity to meet people from all over whether its an average swimmer from South Dakota, the newsletter writer from Adirondack, a master's coach from Texas, or even maybe a famous Olympian. (Yes, the delegates from Connecticut and New England drank beers and chatted with one last year.) If you are interested in being a delegate to represent CONN Masters, please email Michael Laux as soon as possible.
Coaches Educational Opportunities
Hello- There will be two coaching clinics available in Massachusettes. ASCA Level 1 and 2, Cambridge, MA on May 4, 2013 and ASCA Level 3, Cambridge, MA on May 5, 2013. Mel Goldstein and Bill Brenner will be the instructors. They will cover everything from proper stroke technique and working with adults to more behind the scenes coaching needs like how to get the most out of your budget, how to acquire pool time, and how to navigate the USMS insurance policy.
Reminder to sign up for USMS
If you haven't already, it's time to register for USMS. The benefits include getting: Swimmer Magazine, which is the best swimming magazine for adults, being allowed to participate in USMS sanctioned meets and other events, and being able to join USMS programs like Go The Distance. In order to join Go The Distance, go to USMS.org and click on My USMS in the top right corner. From there click on My Fitness Log (FLOG) under the Available USMS Member Online Services and follow the directions to enter the Go The Distance 2013. Also note that the USMS website has been completely updated but still offers swimming articles, nationwide meet information, and information on Swimming Saves Lives Foundation.


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I am using wordpress to publish my blogs. Its giving me an error when i try to up images.
Its under the folder httpdocs/trialhaiks/
Text only blogs get published. Those with images gives me back this error...
Unable to create directory C:\Inetpub\vhosts\iconsgroup.asia\httpdocs\trialhaiks/wp-content/uploads/2009/02. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
Is there some seetings i missed out?