Triple H has managed to achieve a great deal of success in the wrestling business, and he’s been a member of some memorable stables. DX rose to prominence during the Attitude Era, but Triple H found himself on bad terms with the New Age Outlaws after they parted ways with the company.
Road Dogg and Billy Gunn had issues with Triple H at the time, and when they did an autograph signing in the same town as a WWE house show there was apparently concern that they were going to invade the event.
Former WWE Tag Team Champion Trevor Murdoch recently spoke to Cultaholic about the ordeal, and he claimed that Triple H asked him and Lance Cade to watch his back.
“There was a time period when there was a lot of animosity between Hunter and Road Dogg and Billy Gunn,” said Trevor. “We were in a town wrestling, doing a house show, but it so happened to be the same town that Road Dogg and Billy were doing an autograph signing in, which seemed suspicious in of itself. Lance and I had a reputation in the locker room where, if you’ve seen one, the other one wasn’t that far behind. Cade and I were tight and there were a couple of times we got into a couple of fights, because one guy got into a fight and the other one had come in. So Hunter tracks me down and goes: ‘Where’s that partner of yours? I need to talk to you both’.”
“We’re expecting some kind of grand advice about our match but he goes: ‘Are you two watching my match tonight?’ he added. “We’re young guys so we’re telling him of course we’re watching his match, we watch him every night. And he goes: ‘Yeah quit with this’ and then explains to us the situation and what he’d heard, that Billy and Road Dogg were going to jump into the ring and beat him up. He goes: ‘I want you guys at the curtain and I want you watching my whole match. The minute you see those guys, you hit that f**king ring, and you proceed to start kicking their f**king a**.’ This was very serious. He was very adamant, and we know this is coming from the very top.”
Ultimately the New Age Outlaws did not crash the show, and even though they were at one point on bad terms with Triple H, eventually they went on to reconcile, and DX was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019.
