{"id":136061,"date":"2022-03-25T12:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=136061"},"modified":"2022-03-25T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:21:19","slug":"triple-h-announces-retirement-from-in-ring-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/25\/triple-h-announces-retirement-from-in-ring-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple H announces retirement from in-ring competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-964826588\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Triple H announced on Friday morning during an interview with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN that he has retired from in-ring competition. WWE confirmed the news with a social media post on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TripleH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TripleH<\/a> announced his retirement from in-ring competition on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@espn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@firsttake<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stephenasmith<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qnyw9NVtv4\">pic.twitter.com\/qnyw9NVtv4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1507386044660035585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Triple H revealed the nature of his health issues that led to heart surgery in September of last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had viral pneumonia,&#8221; Triple H said to Smith. &#8220;My lungs were inflamed, and as the next couple of days went on and I got home, it got increasingly worse. My wife saw some blood and stuff that I was coughing up, and I went and got checked, and it was coming from the viral pneumonia, but I had fluid in my lungs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had some fluid around my heart so they followed up on it and did an EKG and Echo and everything. Basically, the way your heart pumps out 55-60 percent of your ejection fraction is a good number. I was at 30 percent. I got a quick text message saying don&#8217;t take time, pack a bag real quick and head to the emergency room and I&#8217;ll fill you in on the way. So, by the time I got to the emergency room, my ejection fraction had gone down to 22 percent, which, ya know, I was in heart failure.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10030843-triple-h-says-hes-done-wrestling-in-wwe-after-suffering-from-heart-failure\">Credit Bleacher Report for transcription.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Triple H last wrestled for WWE in an unannounced match against Randy Orton on Monday Night Raw in January of 2021. 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