Triple H announces retirement from wrestling

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Smith on Wednesday, Triple H confirmed that he’s retiring from in-ring activity

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The heart attack resulted in Triple H being removed from a WWE Live Event in Pittsburgh,

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Triple H, who is the on-screen executive producer of Raw and the WWE’s World Heavyweight Champion

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On October 4, 2017, WWE announced that Triple H underwent a successful procedure at Yale New Haven Hospital

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On the June 29, 2019, episode of Raw, Triple H announced his retirement from in-ring competition

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Triple H said. “I’m a different man than I was.

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He made a tearful statement to the WWE Universe, and the following night

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Triple H's last televised match was on the June 7, 2019, episode of Raw, when he defeated Randy Orton in Saudi Arabia.

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