Triple H announces retirement due to heart issues. Here’s what fans are saying

Paul Michael Levesque, also known as legendary wrestler Triple H, officially announced his retirement from professional wrestling last week due to heart complications. 

Speaking on Stephen A’s World, the WWE Hall of Famer said he’s done with the sport. 

"As far as in-ring, I'm done. I will never wrestle again," said Triple H. "First of all, I have a defibrillator in my chest, and it's probably not wise for me to get zapped on live TV." 

The 52-year-old described the heart incident, which happened in September 2021. 

"I had viral pneumonia. My lungs were inflamed, and as the next couple of days went on and I got home, it got increasingly worse. My wife [WWE executive Stephanie McMahon] 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. 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't take time, pack a bag real quick and head to the emergency room and I'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." 

In April 2021, just months before the incident, Triple H proudly tweeted that he was vaccinated with the COVID-19 shot, and included a clip of the vaccination. 

Now, fans are making a connection to the vaccine, given that heart complications are a hallmark of the COVID-19 vaccine. 

“I wonder how many times Triple H was vaccinated before his completely genetic heart attack?” wrote one. 

“JUST IN - Double vaccinated, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque's wrestling career has officially come to an end due to his heart issues. On Friday, the 52-year-old WWE star said he's ‘done’ with the sport after having cardiac surgery in September,” tweeted The Sly Show. 

“Professional wrestler Triple H says he'll ‘never wrestle again’ after life-threatening heart issue. I wonder how that happened? #TripleH #Vaccinated,” wrote another. 

“All because he got vaccinated. He was perfectly fine before then,” said another user. 

“Got vaccinated in April and had heart failure in September,” tweeted another netizen. “If you don’t believe one had something to do with the other, get your head examined.” 

According to sportskeeda, Levesque had planned to announce his retirement after completing a final worldwide tour.