WWE celebrates 25 years of Triple H Friday night on SmackDown, highlighting the career of one its most distinguished characters.
A fixture of WWE programming, Triple H is now synonymous with the product. He has headlined WrestleManias, become the on-screen face of The Authority, and had programs with practically every major wrestling star from the modern era.
Looking back two-and-a-half decades, it is inconceivable to think that his WWE debut, as Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a match against Buck Zumhofe on Wrestling Challenge in April 1995, would go on to have such historical significance.