What Ray Lewis and Triple H Have In Common

In honor of the “biggest story in sports this week” – The Rock returning to the WWE – NFL.com’s Adam Rank listed the top six current NFL players to WWE superstar comparisons.

Coming in at No.5 was Lewis and Triple H.

Triple H has tried his hand at acting, he is a world champion and I must say both Ray and “The Game” know how to make an entrance. But Rank points to a different similarity.

“Triple H is known as ‘The Game.’ He is the king of kings, and he calls all of the shots,” wrote Rank. “And while Lewis might not be married to the boss’s daughter, he certainly carries that kind of respect with every NFL player.”

source: baltimoreravens.com

Triple H Comments on WWE Studios, Being a Role Model, More

Seven years after co-starring in the comic book threequel Blade: Trinity, Paul "Triple H" Levesque is back in movie theaters with WWE Studios' latest, The Chaperone, a very different film that what one might expect from wrestling's perennial tough guy. Directed by Stephen Herek of The Mighty Ducks, Mr. Holland's Opus and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, the film has Levesque playing an ex-convict who tries to reconnect with his young daughter, played by Ariel Winter of "Modern Family," after getting out of prison while avoiding the temptations of his previous life of crime. It's a movie that's partially a comedy but also a rather touching emotional journey that might actually be enjoyed as much by parents as kids who have absolutely no interest in wrestling whatsoever.

ComingSoon.net had an interesting sit-down with the wrestling superstar to talk about the movie, and we found him to be a thoughtful and intelligent interview subject who not only talked about making the movie but also his overall career and his thoughts on what it means to be a "role model."...More?

source: comingsoon.net

Miss USA To Be A Contestant On USA's Upcoming 'WWE Tough Enough'

Triple H Promo Video for "The Chaperone"

Triple H made a promotional video for his new movie, "The Chaperone". Click here.

credit: Laurel @ McMahon-Levesque Forum

This Day in Wrestling History

Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash & Scott Hall return to the WWF(E) & re-form the nWo at No Way Out.
February 17, 2002

WWE Begins Filming 'Tough Enough'

Steve Austin noted on Twitter last night that Tough Enough filming began yesterday in California. He wrote: "Headed home from the first day of filming Tough Enough. Helluva day. Very fun. Was good seeing the WWE family."

Content Listing for The True Story of WrestleMania DVD Set

Jeff Hardy's Sentencing Pushed Back Again

This Day in Wrestling History

Bret Hart defeats Undertaker, Steve Austin & Vader for the WWF(E) Title, starting his fourth reign as champion.
February 16, 1997

The final episode of WWE's version of ECW aired.
February 16, 2010

WWE NXT Results: Dominant Force

Week 11 results:

NXT Rookie Challenge: Brodus Clay won Smash and Grab (2 immunity points)
Brodus Clay def. R-Truth
NXT Rookie Challenge: Brodus Clay won Save Yourself Trivia (3 immunity points)
Daniel Bryan def. Derrick Bateman

NXT Rookie Records

Brodus Clay: Challenge points: 5, Win/loss record: 6-2
Derrick Bateman: Challenge points: 0, Win/loss record: 3-5
Johnny Curtis: Challenge points: 0, Win/loss record: 2-6

Good Review for 'The Chaperone'

In the bank robbery business, a "wheel man" is a skilled driver of getaway cars whose services are in great demand. An uneven but surprisingly pleasing and often entertaining low-budget indie-prod called The Chaperone is about an accidental wheel man named Ray Bradstone who lost his freedom, family and self-respect in a heist that landed him seven years in prison. Now he's out and determined to make amends, pay his debt to society and start fresh. Ray heads home to his well-kept brick house in the neatly manicured suburbs to catch up with his wife, who wants him to turn around and leave, and his embarrassed, ashamed and hostile daughter, who just wants him to drop dead. The movie is about the comical, cultural and criminal repercussions when Ray signs on as a chaperone on his daughter's junior-high classroom field trip to New Orleans. Here's the big surprise: Ray is played by 13-time world championship wrestling superstar Paul"Triple H" Levesque. And he ain't bad.

With his massive center-ring frame, Mr. Levesque takes up most of the screen's dimensions, but he has an appealing gentle-giant way with kids, and can say a dramatic line with unexpected tenderness.

Mr. Levesque has chosen a role with warmth, range and sensitivity, and even sings a few bars of the Fred Astaire classic "Pick Yourself Up." When the kids take over, the movie gets sloppy. But as long as the poker-faced "Triple H" is the centerpiece, The Chaperone is not without moments of genuine sweetness. Best of all, he is the most unpretentious and least flamboyant human juggernaut to ever hit the screen. Think Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop, but better...More?

source: observer.com

Triple H Dishes on WWE's 'The Chaperone'

“What we do is tell stories, and then we have this marketing machine behind it. But the heart of it is just storytelling, and that’s really what making movies comes down to,” said the wrestler, who’s also an executive advisor at the company and McMahon’s son-in-law.

Levesque attributes WWE Studios’ burgeoning popularity in part to its streamlined production process, taking such approaches as shooting all its movies in the New Orleans area to benefit from Louisiana’s optimal tax breaks and the utilization of the same production crew.

“We’re throwing the Hollywood template on its ear a little bit,” Levesque said. “Making these movies back to back, saving money on the cost of making them, shrinking the DVD window to allow us to only have to spend one sum on promotion and recoup faster — it’s a different way of doing things, but we think it will hopefully be a better way.”...More?

source: amny.com