Gillberg (Dwayne Gill) - That guy knows the business inside and out. He is the nicest guy in the world, he really is. The idea that he’s marrying Stephanie, I don’t sense anywhere that he’s pulling power.
Sean Waltman: He's always had a quality about him - you could just tell he was special. He's just had the time to mature and to be seasoned. Hunter's kind of had to do it in a shorter period of time, but, hell, he took the challenge and he did it.
Bret Hart: I think Hunter Hearst Helmsley is going to be a stand-out wrestler in the near future. He's going to be very tough to beat. Like him or not, he has an excellent ring style, he's powerful and he's extremely well equipped mentally. (circa 1995)
Edge: Overcriticized, I think. And I'm sure the Internet guys will be on me about this, but he's one of the guys I want to gun straight for when I come back, because I think he and I could do some really cool stuff.
Booker T: ...my favourite of all those guys to work with, and the one I've had the best chemistry with, so far is Triple H. When we wrestle nothing is off limits – if he whacks me then it's all fair in love and war, but he knows he's going to get whacked back. HHH takes it just as good as he dishes it out, and that's the way I like it. We've had some gruelling matches, that were pretty hardcore, and I'm sure it's going to get a lot better.
Edge: (when asked who he'd like to face when he returns from neck surgery) Triple H - I can hear the Internet booing now. You know what I say? Screw that. I know Hunter and I could put on a hell of a match and program together, and we've never done it. He'd give me time to sell properly, and more than anyone else right now, I'd like to face him.
Kevin Nash: I don't understand what the criticism is. Is it that he works too hard? That he's the best we have? That he's a professional? When I watch the show, he shines week in and week out. I think the thing about this business is that once you get in it, and start to get popular, the internet fans get behind you and ask when are you going to get your chance. All of a sudden, you get a big push and become a megastar, and with that comes power. Anybody who can kind of call their own shots and have some power, the "smart" fans hate. Now you've become a Superstar and eclipsed what they thought you could be, and you become the Antichrist to them. How is that possible? All Triple H is, is the best guy we have. He can have a good match with anybody. I think another thing is that he is so good at his character that people think that that's really him. In reality, he is one of the nicest human beings that anyone will ever meet. But because some people get so involved in his character, they think that's how he really is, and they grow to dislike him based on that alone.
Bradshaw: One thing that impressed me was that Triple H spent about an hour in the ring during the main event. Those of you who have taken pot shots at Hunter: try getting your doughnut-eating asses off your couches, put up your video games, and try doing something like that, not to mention that he was hurt the whole time.
Disco Inferno: He is the only guy on the RAW roster who is over enough to be the champion, and hold the main-event position on television. He mentioned that there aren't many on the RAW side that if they were given the position, could do what it takes to secure the position. He offered such examples as main-eventers being expected to cut 10 minute promos, and next to no one aside from Triple H can do that on the RAW roster if pushed to the main-event level.
Shawn Michaels (on Excess): What I can tell you about Triple H; there are few people in this business that have a real, honest commitment inside to this business and the company. But I can assure you there is no one in this busines today that has the commitment to this business that Triple H has. And it's not because of belts or money; it's because inside, in his heart, he loves this business. It's; this business is what he lives and breathes about. That's what's driving him to come back.
Mike Sanders: Some of the top guys in the business right now are guys who are able to talk and entertain. I don't particularly think they're great wrestlers. The exception to that rule is Triple H. Hunter is really good; he's at the top of the game. He can wrestle, he can talk, he can go. He's just really good.
Chris Jericho: Over the years we have had a lot of history in the ring, and outside of the ring obviously, and there definitely has been a mutual respect developed on a professional level. Whether it is unjust or bad, the point is the guy is a very good performer in the ring. Of course he is going to have a lot of heat, because he is dating the boss' daughter. Whether he is using that to his advantage or not, I am not sure. On a professional level, there is definitely a respect that has grown over the last three or four years, because of all we have been through with each other. Both, at peace and at war. You know, he is going to continue to do what he does and he has a lot of people that probably disagree with his methods because of dating Stephanie. Whatever, you know? It's part of life. Sometimes people are attracted to each other and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Whether people respect that or don't respect it, it doesn't effect me.
Shawn Michaels: It's expected. I didn't think anything else would happen other than what has happened to his career. I knew he was gonna be successful. He was good then, and I knew he was only gonna get better. None of it's surprising to me.
Undertaker: If I was gonna start my own federation, after I inked the Undertaker's name down, Triple H would be next. - Triple H has definitely earned my respect. In my opinion, he is The Game. He's everything that he says he is, and uh, you know, I don't throw praise lightly.
Steve Austin: He doesn't try to be somebody else. He's Triple H, and all he's doing is being himself. And he turns the volume all the way up to 5 or 10 depending on where he's at. All he's doing is being himself and that's what's made him seccessful. It's Triple H.
Mick Foley: Triple H honestly goes out there on every big show, uh, tries to steal the show; and he'll do whatever it takes so that when that night is over, the lasting impression is of Triple H and his opponent that night.
Kurt Angle: He is The Game. He's proven that to me; he's proven that to everybody.
Pat Patterson: Total proffessional. That's why he's successful. If you're a promoter and you've got a guy like him, and you're gonna try to push him off to the side; absolutely not.
Ric Flair: He's a classy guy. He's a leader. He's always willing ot help, and that's unusual when you're on top of this business. He's a ring general, so he's able to change the tide in the ring in the middle of a match. He just knows what he's doing.
Brooklyn Brawler Steve Lombardi: He's more or less the total package right now in the World Wrestling Federation.
Edge: You can watch his matches and he can take a broom and make it look good.
Jim Ross: Knowing Triple H's journey from injury to rehab to return as closely as I did, it uh, brought tears to my eyes as well as many of the fans.
Earl Hebner: He can be a bad guy; he can be a good guy. They still love him because of his work. It's not being a bad guy or a good guy. He knows how to wrestle, he knows how to entertain, he knows how to perform. And that's what they love.
Big Show: Triple H is one of the hardest working guys in our industry, ever. He's got a tremendous physique.
Shawn Michaels: I think he is somebody who has earned the right to be where he's at, and I think the last guy that did that was me. Um, Steve Austin, the Rock, all those guys...those guys were promotional machines. Those guys have been promoted by the World Wrestling Federation to be on top...they haven't earned it. They were getting put there to have that huge promotional machine behind them, to push them the rest of the way. But Triple H has stood here, withstood the test of time, went through the punishment, went through the slaps on the wrist from when Vince McMahon and the rest of the WWF suits, um, slapped him on the wrist when he did stuff bad, when we were the Clique, when we weren't supposed to be doing things. He knew enough to stick by his friends through the hard times. He could have easily bolted, and turned his back on me and the rest of us, and he never did that. He stuck by us, he stuck by his guns and he improved his game...and right now he's the best worker, the best pure wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation. He's better than Steve Austin and he's better than the Rock. Those guys aren't even in his league.
Hollywood Hulk Hogan: Now I know why the people call him "The Game," because he's the best I've ever been in the ring with. Like I said, I was hanging on for dear life. He out-wrestled me, he out-powered me, he outclassed me - I just basically was listening to those people, trying to hang on, just thinking that this was my only shot.
Scott Hall: He was great then. He was great when he got here. Some guys are just naturals. He was a great performer then -- nowhere near the magnitude he is now, but it was easy to tell then that he was going to be something special. I'm happy for him.
Kevin Nash: He did what was almost impossible – he stayed heel for four years. I still think he’s the best storyteller in the business right now, as in he goes out, he does his matches, he tells stories. He doesn’t work that “highspot” style of match. He works a match that has psychology, that tells a story. He still has great athleticism. I’m his buddy, but I’m also a huge fan of his work. And I look forward to getting to hook up with him somewhere down the line.
Justin Credible: The one thing that stands out about Hunter is his ability not only to make himself look good; but to bring out the best in whoever he is in the ring with. His matches are entertaining no matter who there against- a headliner, mid-carder, whoever. He leads by great example. He's got his head on straight, and is the first one at the building and last one to leave. He puts his heart and soul into everything he does for the WWF. Even with his schedule, he manages to get to the gym, eat right, stay in shape, and do everything he needs to do. It's something that not everyone is willing to do; it takes a tremendous amount of dedication. It's something he's willing to do- living this business 24/7. He's a real student of the game; no pun intended.
Chris Jericho: One thing that comes to mind with Triple H - He's our generations version of Ric Flair, a guy who can lead in the ring and have tremendous performances with everyone, from the biggest of the big, to the smallest of the small, and everyone in between. He always gives his 100%. In our Last Man Standing match he could barley walk before it- and he couldn't walk real well after it, either - but he never thought twice about going out there and giving a great match. You have to respect a guy like that.
Trish Stratus: He shows tremendous leadership qualities. He's the kind of guy that you can ask, "What do you think of this?" and he'll give you an honest opinion and show you how to do it the right way. He's helped me with a lot of my in-ring stuff. just little things like, "Hey, did you think about doing it this way?" Then, I'll try it and it works. That's the main thing with him -- tremendous leadership.
Matt Hardy: Right now, he's the best. He's a great all-around locker-room leader. He'll help anybody, from the top to the bottom. He's just a consummate professional. You look back on the year of 2000 when he really stepped it up. Steve Austin and the Undertaker were out, and he and the Rock really ran the company. I think Hunter really came into his own. He went in there night in and night out and had great matches on every show. It's amazing when you look back at the DX days, how Hunter was in the shadow of Shawn Michaels. Now he's broken out of that - he's bigger than Shawn ever was - and he's done so much more in the business. I would have never of expected that. Although I always thought Hunter would be great, he's really carved his own niche as one of the greats of the WWF.
Raven: No one else can touch him. His work is volumes better and if you watch a lot of that stuff back then, they weren't nearly as good as you remember, they were great for their day but it doesn't hold up anywhere near the level that Hunter's does." "Bret Hart always talks about 'the best there is, the best there was and best there will be,' and nothing against Bret because he was a hell of a talent, but he'll never be the 'best there ever will be' because Hunter is way better than him, as good as Bret was, Hunter is that much better, absolutely. The more you learn about wrestling, the more you realize that some of the stuff Hunter does, it's just so brilliant."
Undertaker: Triple H is the best overall wrestler out there right now and he loves to work with him. He has the whole package.
Terry Taylor: Triple H was my number one student. He was like a son to me. He ate at our house. For a year, he was the closest thing I ever had to a best friend in my whole life. I was never social as a child. I just kept to myself. I taught him everything I knew and we spent a lot of time together and he taught me how to be somebody's friend. I saw him twice when he was down in Birmingham. He and I look at the business the exact same way. He'll start a sentence and I can finish it about the business. I just have to kind of smile because here's a guy who in WCW was told he'd never make it. When he went to the WWF, I was the one who said, "Put the title on him." When Austin got hurt, they said, "Oh, my God, what are we going to do?" I used the Dory Funk analogy, "He'll grow into it. He'll rise to the occasion." "Oh, he's plodding. He's slow. His interviews are weak." I said, "Please give him a chance." and they did. It's not that I did anything. All I did was say, "If you give him a chance, we can see what happens." Triple H did it from there. I'm not taking any credit for it because he did it. But I'm very proud and grateful that I got to spend a year and a half with him. He's a great guy. He's smart and he pisses a lot of people off too because he doesn't play the game. I told him, "Your nickname's the game and you don't play it." We laughed.
Vince McMahon: Vince says that he's not someone who can just sit back and say and do nothing, because he's not in the ring. Triple H has been an influence and continues to be about what goes on around the ring. He's still an influence. Right now, he hasn't been as of an influence as he was before. His job right now is to go through rehab.