Triple H - The True Mr. WrestleMania? Part II: A Degenerate's Rise Triple H takes on Owen Hart and Kane and begins his rise to the top. Author: Part Two: A Degenerate’s Rise – 1998-99 Towards the middle of 1997, Triple H seemed to have thrown off the last vestiges of his preppy Connecticut Blue Blood persona and joined forces with Shawn Michaels, the talented, but very troubled, top guy in WWE and, along with Chyna, embarked on a campaign to cause as much havoc and break as many rules as they could, making a LOT of enemies along the way, in front of, and behind the camera.