Triple H
publication date: Sunday, August 6, 2023 (part of August 2023)
category: Sports
clue: For a wrestler whose name explains how to spell his name, he has avoided the obvious career path, instead converting his kayfabe marriage and job into real ones.
explanation: Paul Levesque, who wrestled as Hunter Hearst Helmsley until it was shortened to Triple H, turned a storyline relationship with Stephanie McMahon into a real-life marriage and a storyline corporate job with the WWE into a real senior-level position. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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