00:00It's now time for our number one moment.
00:03It is also time to play the game.
00:07The Hall of Fame career of Triple H is second to none.
00:10From the Greenwich snob.
00:12It's high time for all these superstars to learn a lesson in class.
00:17To the sophomoric degenerate.
00:18Let's get rid of this sucker!
00:21Triple H was always a master of his craft, but was missing that elusive prize.
00:25In 1999, Jim Ross sat down with a cerebral assassin in a moment that cemented Triple H as the future
00:32of WWE.
00:36What, you want me to shoot with this interview? I'm going to f***ing shoot with it.
00:39I'm going to tell you how I feel, whether you like it or not.
00:42There's moments in time where you can be real and not having to be projecting on a microphone to a
00:47large crowd.
00:48And I knew that was a pivotal moment for me.
00:50I don't need anybody else, JR. This is about me.
00:54I don't need to be in a clique anymore.
00:57I don't need to be in DX anymore.
00:59It's about me reaching my goals.
01:01I think he got a lot of things off his chest.
01:03And we had never heard him really that impassioned, that hell-bent on,
01:08My God, you're going to notice me.
01:09You guys talk about being students of the game.
01:13I am the f***ing game, JR.
01:15It just was something that I said.
01:18I was no longer Hunter Hearst-Helmsey.
01:20I was Triple H.
01:21I was the game.
01:22Like, it was a different conversation.
01:23I knew that we had heard something special.
01:27There is nobody that eats, sleeps, or breathes this business more than me.
01:32And now it's my time to prove that to the world.
01:36To hell with The Rock.
01:37To hell with Austin.
01:38To hell with The Undertaker.
01:40I own all their asses.
01:42This is someone to be reckoned with.
01:45This is a top guy.
01:46But when it's said and done, it's about me getting what I deserve in this business.
01:51And that is becoming the WWF champion.
01:57And with those famed words, a superstar was born.
02:00Triple H truly encapsulated becoming the game.
02:04Went on to have a Hall of Fame career.
02:06If you're looking for one of the most inspirational stories in WWE history, look no further than that of a
02:13heartbreak kid, Shawn Michaels.
02:15At WrestleMania 14, HBK was forced into retirement due to a severe back injury.
02:20Four years later, a vicious attack in the parking lot left HBK injured.
02:24It was you, Hunter.
02:27You're damn right it was me, Shawn.
02:31They say I'll be 100%.
02:34100% if I say, uh, SummerSlam.
02:44Shawn Michaels has not wrestled in over four years.
02:49I didn't know physically where I was at.
02:52We locked up and do like two or three things.
02:55And I remember going like, buddy, you are fine.
02:58Let's go.
02:59Michaels off the top rope.
03:01Oh, the game I got.
03:04Back down with that break.
03:06No, no.
03:07Michaels helped us hang it upside down.
03:10Triple H versus Shawn.
03:12How could you go wrong?
03:13I think these are two of the best wrestlers of their generation.
03:17Shawn Michaels putting his life on the line.
03:21God, the carnage.
03:23What a match.
03:24You would have never guessed Shawn Michaels had been off for four years.
03:27It was really incredible.
03:29Shawn Michaels.
03:30Oh.
03:31Oh, another star on the elbow.
03:33I remember thinking so many times during that match.
03:36This is unbelievable.
03:38Thinking like, has he been training the whole time?
03:40I don't understand how he can be this good.
03:42Bang.
03:43Go.
03:44It's blocked.
03:45I thought he had it.
03:46It was blocked.
03:47Oh, no.
03:48That's a great.
03:48My God.
03:49Two.
03:58It was mind-moggling.
04:00Still to this day, I look back on that.
04:02It's one of the greatest performances I've ever seen.
04:04In 25 years, I've never seen as much courage!
04:08I'm going to do it!
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