10 shocking moments from WWF (WWE) 1999

#4 Triple H betrays DX

End of an era

After The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin had cemented their status as the big dogs of WWF at Wrestlemania XV, it was time for the company to issue in some new stars to shore up their long-term prospects. Other than the two aforementioned legends, 1999 was also very much the year of Triple H.

After taking the reigns of D-Generation X in 1998, Triple H was fast manoeuvring himself into one of the company's most invaluable assets. His feud with The Rock and the Nation of Domination throughout that year was the perfect accompaniment to the Austin-McMahon rivalry in the main event. The DX faction had grown so popular that it was difficult to remember a time in which Triple H was not the leader.

As the WWF moved to 1999, DX would again find itself at war with The Rock, who was now a part of the Corporation. At Wrestlemania 15, a series of matches were booked as a way to highlight some of the main talents from each group, with Triple H taking on Kane and Shane McMahon defending his European Championship against X-Pac.

After it appeared as though Chyna had rejoined DX, after her earlier betrayal of Triple H, the pair came to the ring seemingly to assist X-Pac, who had Test to contend with on the outside. Triple H dragged Test out of the ring and entered just as X-Pac had the victory in his grasp.

However, to the dismay of the audience, Chyna distracted the referee long enough for "The Game" to pedigree his DX brother and allow Shane to pick up the victory.

Despite fans not wanting to see DX fall apart after so many years of entertaining them, it was clearly time for Triple H to go it alone and try to challenge Rock and Austin at the top of the pecking order. 1999 certainly began well for the future COO, but things were only about to get more bizarre.