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#15 You look out for one of your own!
At the 1996 Royal Rumble, Triple H would make his inauspicious Rumble debut under the moniker of Hunter Hearst Helmsley. By then Helmsley had already gained favour among the notorious Kliq of superstars, that ruled backstage.
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As such despite his low position on the card and poor feud against Duke Droese (whom he would lose to for the Number 30 spot, early in the night), Hunter was on the upswing. The first signs of which was his rivetting showing at the Royal Rumble.
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He managed a strong 48 minutes in the match, the longest of the night while eliminating Takao Omari (even I don't know who that is) before being sent packing by Diesel. Note that it was Diesel, a bonafide superstar, and Kliq friend of Hunter who eliminated him, no one else.
The Kliq looked after their own, as such it was obvious they weren't going to let the future WWE CEO to just end up with a useless Rumble loss to a nobody. The future would be bright for young Hunter, though a subsequent squash against Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania and the infamous Curtain Call incident derailed thing for a while, Hunter went on to win two Royal Rumble matches.
Eliminated by Diesel
