5 Top WWE Superstars who once had enormous backstage heat

#3 Triple H

🎥@TripleH APPRECIATION TWEET! #SmackDown 🎥 pic.twitter.com/Mz5GojW7iH

— WWE (@WWE) March 14, 2020

Triple H is one of the most accomplished WWE Superstars in history, having had 14 World Championships to his name, only behind John Cena and Ric Flair. Throughout the years, his position in the company has become more and more important with him being a top backstage official, serving as WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development.

But all was not well for Triple H after the infamous "Curtain Call" at Madison Square Garden in 1996. Kayfabe was a huge deal back then, but the Kliq (Scott Hall, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Kevin Nash) broke kayfabe and hugged each other after their match, even when they were on-screen rivals. The moment in many ways changed WWE and the entire industry.

Former head writer of WWE, Vince Russo revealed in an interview that Triple H had massive backstage heat after the incident, so much so that he was closed to being fired.

"Well, here’s what happened. Curtain Call happened at Madison Square Garden. Kevin Nash and Scott Hall went to WCW. Shawn Michaels was the champion, so they weren’t going to touch him. So, who was going to be the whipping boy? Triple H."

"They were gonna bury Triple H, and they were gonna torture Triple H. And they were gonna humiliate Triple H. And they were going to make his life miserable for doing that one thing."

"I mean, at the time, Bruce Prichard and Jim Cornette wanted Triple H fired. They wanted him fired. That’s how pissed off they were."

.@ShawnMichaels, #Diesel, @SCOTTHALLNWO and @TripleH change sports-entertainment forever with the infamous "Curtain Call." pic.twitter.com/VslZdd47QM

— WWE (@WWE) May 20, 2018

Triple H has been doing a great job with NXT in the last few years and has mostly stayed away from competing in the WWE ring. It is to be seen whether we'll see The Cerebral Assassin lace-up his wrestling boots again.