- 02/18/2019 (2:31:22 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
ESPN covered DX’s WWE Hall of Fame Induction:
D-Generation X, one of the cornerstones of the WWE’s Attitude Era and the formative period that led into it, will be inducted April 6 into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2019.
Both key versions of DX will be recognized as a collective group of six, including Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and X-Pac.
“I think it’s the most meaningful for us all to go in together and to be recognized together,” Paul “Triple H” Levesque told ESPN. “Because I think both groups were [just] as impactful.”
D-Generation X — a group of wrestlers who collectively helped bring crotch chops and “suck it” into the pop culture mainstream during the peak of its powers — was initially formed in 1997 as a trio featuring Triple H, Michaels and Chyna. To Levesque’s recollection, it was an idea that had been swirling around for some time before a few key events and decisions allowed everything to slide into place.
“It’s a funny thing, because DX was something that, before Kevin [Nash] and Scott [Hall] left, at the time we all talked about using ‘The Kliq’ as it was — kind of morphing that into television, since it was so out there anyway,” Levesque said. “But things worked out the way they did — they left, and the timing was right.
“Shawn and I still wanted to do it. Vince saw the value in it, I guess, and finally let us go at it. By that point in time I was looking for a heater, and we had brought Chyna.”
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