At WrestleMania 32, Triple H entered the ring with 14 people dressed in black behind him. They were sporting WWE Heavyweight Championship replica belts and skull masks to match the theme of Triple H. Some pretty cool facts about his entrance, the 14 people represented the 14 World Titles that Triple H has won in his WWE career. Which was also cool was that all 14 of the masked people were NXT stars and referees. Pretty cool to see Triple H include some of these guys and give them the experience of performing in a WrestleMania environment.
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, here is the names of the stars involved in Triple H’s entrance:
- The highest profile name was NXT Champion Finn Balor!
- Newly crowned NXT Tag Champion Chad Gable.
- Former NXT Tag Champions the Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson).
- Injured NXT star Hideo Itami.
- Newly promoted main roster star Enzo Amore.
- Simon Gotch of the Vaudevillians.
- The Drifter: Elias Samson.
- Former NXT Take Champions: Blake and Murphy.
- Chris Girard.
- 3 NXT Referees: Drake Wuertz, Shawn Bennett and Danilo Anfibio
Guessing that they were required to be a certain height so we didn’t see someone like Colin Cassady (7 feet tall) stick out like a sore thumb. Pretty cool thing for Triple H to include some of these guys though! Give them a little taste of what an event like WrestleMania feels like and it will make them work twice as hard to get to that stage. I also like that the 14 guys represented Triple H’s number of title reigns. If I remember correctly, Enzo Amore and a couple other guys that I am forgetting the names of played a small role in Triple H’s entrance last year at WrestleMania 31. If anyone remembers who else was in it, leave me a comment!
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Bet any money it was Chad Gable on the far left who moved and screwed the whole entrance up!
Reminded me of Mil Muertes and the Disciples of Death.