Paul Michael Levesque

Paul Michael Levesque born July 27, 1969 is an American professional wrestler, actor and WWE executive, better known by his ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He is the Senior Advisor to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon and Executive Vice President of Talent.

In his role as EVP, Talent, he oversees the talent relations and talent development departments, training of WWE Superstars and Divas, and management of worldwide recruitment. In addition to his talent duties (he is the onscreen WWE COO and wrestles on the Raw brand), Levesque has continually had an integral role behind the scenes as a director and producer and works to shape the creative direction and storylines of WWE’s programming.

In May 2012, Levesque began overseeing the Live Events department and his title was changed to EVP, Talent & Live Events.

Levesque was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. In his youth, he was a fan of professional wrestling and his favorite wrestler was Ric Flair. Levesque started bodybuilding at the age of fourteen and after graduating from high school in 1987, entered several bodybuilding competitions. He was crowned Teenage Mr. New Hampshire at the age of nineteen. During this time, he met Ted Arcidi who pointed him in the direction of Killer Kowalski's wrestling school. Levesque enrolled in Kowalski's wrestling school in 1992. He made his in-ring debut on November 1st of the same year wrestling against Flying Tony Roy. Levesque joined the Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF), which used trainees from Kowalski's school in their promotion. There he became the IWF Heavyweight Champion and started using the name Terra Ryzing.

Before joining WWE, Levesque began his professional wrestling career with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, wrestling under the ring name Terra Ryzing and later as Jean-Paul Lévesque. Levesque joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1995 with the on-screen persona of wealthy sophisticate Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He later abbreviated his name to Triple H and adopted an alternative image in the stable D-Generation X (DX). After the dissolution of DX, Triple H was pushed as a main event wrestler, winning several singles championships. As part of a storyline, Triple H married Stephanie McMahon, who later became his real-life spouse. In 2003, Triple H formed another stable known as Evolution, and in 2006 and 2009, reformed DX with Shawn Michaels.

Levesque is one of the most prolific performers in WWE history. He is the national spokesperson for Muscular Dystrophy’s “Make a Muscle, Make a Difference” campaign. On WWE programming, he has captured every major championship, headlined thousands of WWE events, and entertained millions around the world. Outside of WWE, Levesque’s charisma, professionalism and unparalleled commitment to excellence have propelled him into starring roles in commercials, television programs, the talk show circuit, feature-length films and as author of Make the Game: Triple H’s Approach to a Better Body.

He has a sister named Lynn and is uncle to her two children, Peter and Neysa. He has three nephews by marriage, which are Shane and Marissa McMahon's children. His parents are Paul and Patricia Levesque who still live in Nashua.

Paul married Stephanie McMahon on October 25, 2003. Together they have three daughters - Aurora, Murphy & Vaughn.

partial source: wikipedia and corporate.wwe.com