NEWS - WWE's Triple H Retires

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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WWE's Triple H has retired from in-ring wrestling due to health concerns surrounding his cardiac event.

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0:00.0	Hi guys, I'm Adam Wilborn from WhatCulture.
0:11.1	He's Phil Chambers from WhatCulture and we are here with some late breaking news here
0:16.2	on Friday afternoon with Triple H announcing his retirement from wrestling.
0:22.5	He appeared on Stephen A. Smith's first take on ESPN to make this announcement and, well,
0:29.6	the announcement is only really scratching the surface of what a journey he has been through
0:34.2	recently.
0:35.2	Obviously, he reported his, I think, it was Cardiac Event, was the correct terminology
0:38.4	to use many, many moons ago, and there's been sort of speculation around it.
0:43.0	I think all of us here at WhatCulture always said, I don't think they're going to put him
0:46.8	on Mania, for example, it seems a lot more serious than people seem to think, despite
0:52.5	how, you know, in shape he appeared to be.
0:55.8	And yeah, well, this incredible story about what happened to him has just come to light
1:00.8	through this interview with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's first take.
1:05.4	Some of the notes that you may have seen doing the rounds already on social media, just
1:08.6	truly jaw-dropping stuff.
1:10.0	Triple H had viral pneumonia, he had inflamed lungs that got worse day by day whilst he was
1:15.3	at home.
1:16.3	He started coughing up blood, he got checked by doctors, and he had fluid in his lungs
1:20.2	and around his heart.
1:21.6	He got chest tested with the EKG and an electrocardiogram, and his ejection fraction, which is
1:29.2	the measurement of the percentage of blood leaving your heart each time it contracts,
1:32.6	which is supposed to be around 55% to 60%.
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