WWE Hall of Famer Accuses Triple H of Having ‘Unfair Advantage’ as a Wrestler in Locker Room

Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s journey in WWE has been different from that of other wrestlers in the locker room. It’s a bitter truth that cannot be denied. Triple H made his WWE debut in 1995, as an ordinary wrestler. However, his wrestling talent propelled him to the top of the company, and soon, he became the son-in-law of WWE boss Vince McMahon.

Hunter married Vince’s daughter Stephanie McMahon in 2003, and it was a turning point for him. After that, he was no longer just an ordinary talent in the locker room, but an individual who had control of the company’s creative process.

According to WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam, this gave Triple H an unfair advantage in the locker room. Van Dam revealed that Triple H wasn’t adored in the locker room, as a talent, like he is now, because of his superiority as a talent and as a leader.

What did Rob Van Dam say about Triple H?

During his appearance on “1 of Kind,” the WWE legend criticized Triple H for preventing certain wrestlers in the locker room from being pushed or elevated to the next level. “Hunter was in a position where he was both a functionary and a talent. So it’s a tough position to be in as far as how other people perceive you, like you have an unfair advantage in pushing yourself over them to advance,” he said.

Van Dam said that many wrestlers who weren’t pushed could have said they were denied the opportunity because either Triple H was jealous of them or he had the power to influence decisions in the locker room, having been with the boss’s daughter.

It’s also well known that Van Dam didn’t have a great relationship with Triple H back in 2002, when he debuted. The wrestling legend has spoken at length about his strained relationship with Triple H back then, and how the two have made peace with each other today.

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Rob Van Dam Opens Up About His Strained Relationship With Triple H

Van Dam has been around Triple H since the beginning of his WWE career in 2002. Hunter was said to think RVD wasn’t a good investment for WWE professionally. Speaking about this on the podcast, Van Dam claimed that was the case at the time.

“I felt some resentment because I was told he was against RVD in business meetings with agents and everything. So I took that personally. I felt like he would treat me in a way that was ironically disrespectful and felt like it was beyond my skill set, but that wasn’t the case,” he said.

To some extent, Van Dam also felt that his WWE career couldn’t go very far because of Triple H’s personal vendetta against him.

However, he stated that things worked out between him and Triple H in 2013 when he returned to WWE. He mentioned that Triple H was “mostly” respectful towards him at the time, but that there were also nuances in his comments. He left WWE in 2014 and only returned for a sporadic appearance in 2019 on a reunion episode of RAW. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.

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