History Wrestling / DGenerationX

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Shawn and Hunter, post-2000. They teased a DX reunion during Shawn's original 2002 comeback, but that led to a heel turn for Hunter and a three-year rivalry. They finally pulled the trigger in mid-2006, and ran with it until Shawn's retirement in 2010.

** The same configuration would appear again in 2018 for the 25th anniversary of ''Raw'', with [[Wrestling/TheKliq Kliq]] member Wrestling/ScottHall as a special guest.

** The time they hijacked a ''tank'' and invaded a WCW live show.

D-Generation X is a ProfessionalWrestling PowerStable that began in the Wrestling/AttitudeEra of the Wrestling/MondayNightWars (roughly late 1997) and ended in March of 2010, after ''many'' incarnations. It also has close ties to Wrestling/TheKliq (due to RealLifeWritesThePlot) and the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder (in the sense that both stables were very similar in their RefugeInAudacity tendencies).

* ArchEnemy: The Hart Foundation, Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination, and Wrestling/TheCorporation were all enemies of DX in succession.
** In the later runs with only Hunter and Shawn, it would be the [=McMahon=] family (more specifically Vince and {{Wrestling/Shane|McMahon}}), [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} Rated-R]][[Wrestling/RandyOrton KO]], [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes The]] [[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Legacy]] and [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Jeri]]-[[Wrestling/TheBigShow Show]] and Brothers of Destruction.

* AmbiguouslyGay: The entire damn stable. From where [[{{Seme}} Triple H]] stands in relation to [[{{Uke}} Shawn Michaels]] when they hit the ring, to the [[BlackComedyRape setup]] to Road Dogg's Pumphandle Powerslam, to the random lips painted all over Billy Gunn's trunks along with his moniker of "Mr. Ass", all the way to X-Pac's Bronco Buster. DX reeks of this trope.
--> "You know and I know, that Shawn Michaels and his boy-toy Hunter Helmsley are the one responsible for all the problems right now."
** When your catchphrase is "Let's get ready to suck it!", this trope is pretty much inevitable.

* TheArtifact: HHH's "ARE YOU READY"/"Let's get ready to SUCK ITTTT!" intro started as a mockery of Michael Buffer's melodramatic intros for ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' main events. He brought it back as part of the DX reunion in 2006, even though WCW had been dead since 2001.

* CatchPhrase: Obviously, "Suck it!" - often preceded by "(If you're not down with that,) We got two words for ya..."

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The Kliq and its various offshoots have a long history of this.

** HHH turned on X-Pac during his match with [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-eu-h.html WWE European Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon at ''[[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania XV]]'', costing X-Pac the match and joining the [=Corporation=].
*** Which occurred moments after Chyna turned on Kane during his match against HHH and rejoined DX.

'''D-Generation X''' is a ProfessionalWrestling PowerStable that began in the Wrestling/AttitudeEra of the Wrestling/MondayNightWars (roughly late 1997) and ended in March of 2010, after ''many'' incarnations. It also has close ties to Wrestling/TheKliq (due to RealLifeWritesThePlot) and the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder (in the sense that both stables were very similar in their RefugeInAudacity tendencies).

Now, that's the boring answer. So, [[CatchPhrase are you ready?]], No Wiki/TVTropes, [[MemeticMutation I said ARE YOU READY?]] Break it down!. Ahem, D-Generation X exemplified the VulgarHumor craziness of the late 1990s [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]]. Founded by [[Wrestling/TheKliq Kliq]] members Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TripleH, the faction grew in various incarnations to include Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]], Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/RoadDogg, Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/RickRude, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Tori]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle As you can see]], not every member of DX was successful, but its legacy and the lengthy [[TrueCompanions bond]] between all (well, most) of them changed the careers of everyone involved and in many ways wrestling forever.

!!L........ '''LETS-GET-READY-TO-TRRRRRROPE-IIIT!!!:

-> '''Shawn''': Now, before we get started, ''(to Hunter)'' you gotta tell me. Do I really look ''that'' much of an idiot when we come out together?\\

In February 2019, it was announced that D-Generation X would be inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, with members Triple H, Gunn, Dogg, X-Pac and Chyna receiving their first inductions into the Hall of Fame, and giving Michaels his second induction in the process. Rick Rude and Tori [[{{Unperson}} were not named in the induction]], although Rude was already inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017 as an individual.

* BreakupBreakout: Triple H, who went from a smart-assed comic-relief type to [[TheChessmaster a guy called "the Cerebral Assassin"]] and a ''fourteen-time'' world champion. Not to mention the son-in-law of the boss. Shawn doesn't count because he was well established before forming DX, and the TropeMaker as well.

* BreakupBreakout: Triple H, who went from a smart-assed comic-relief type to [[TheChessmaster a guy called "the Cerebral Assassin"]] and a ''fourteen-time'' world champion. Not to mention the son-in-law of the boss. Shawn doesn't count because he was well established before forming DX.

-->-- '''Opening lines from the D-Generation X's intro theme'''

Now, that's the boring answer. So, [[CatchPhrase are you ready?]], No Wiki/TVTropes, [[MemeticMutation I said ARE YOU READY?]] Break it down!. Ahem, D-Generation X exemplified the VulgarHumor craziness of the late 1990s [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]]. It consisted of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]], Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/RoadDogg, Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/RickRude, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Tori]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle As you can see]], not every member of DX was successful, but its legacy and the lengthy [[TrueCompanions bond]] between all (well, most) of them changed the careers of everyone involved and in many ways wrestling forever.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Initially, Michaels and Hunter were reluctant tag partners. Michaels just started his heel turn and Helmsley was just starting to evolve his pompous blueblood gimmick but still frowned upon teaming with Michaels. It wasn't till a few weeks later that their real life HeterosexualLifePartners relationship was shown on camera. Even then it took a while for them to adopt things most fans are familiar with; after their real-life friendship was acknowledged, they initially refered to themselves as "Wrestling/TheKliq" before Michaels coined the term "D-Generation X" (from Wrestling/BretHart calling them "degenerates" and Michaels making an off-the-cuff remark about "Generation X getting a bad rep"), and their iconic theme song didn't debut until the ''Raw'' after the [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob infamous]] ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries '97''.

In February 2019, it was announced that D-Generation X would be inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, with members Triple H, Gunn, Dogg, X-Pac and Chyna receiving their first inductions into the Hall of Fame and giving Michaels his second induction into the Hall of Fame. Rick Rude and Tori [[{{Unperson}} were not named in the induction]], although Rick Rude was already inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017 as an individual.

* {{Unperson}}: Chyna, with her absence in the ''Raw 1000'' reunion episode solidifying this. {{Subverted}} during the induction of the faction as a whole in the 2019 Hall of Fame, about nearly a year after her passing.

* {{Unperson}}: Chyna. Her absence in the ''Raw 1000'' reunion episode solidifies this.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Played with during Shawn Michaels and Triple H's run from 2006-2010.

Now, that's the boring answer. So, [[CatchPhrase are you ready?]], No Wiki/TVTropes, [[MemeticMutation I said ARE YOU READY?]] [[EarWorm Break it down!]]. Ahem, D-Generation X exemplified the VulgarHumor craziness of the late 1990s [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]]. It consisted of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]], Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/RoadDogg, Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/RickRude, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Tori]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle As you can see]], not every member of DX was successful, but its legacy and the lengthy [[TrueCompanions bond]] between all (well, most) of them changed the careers of everyone involved and in many ways wrestling forever.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Shawn and Hunter, post-2000. They teased a DX reunion during Shawn's original 2002 comeback, but that led to a [[HolyShitQuotient heel turn]] for Hunter and a three-year rivalry. They finally pulled the trigger in mid-2006, and ran with it until Shawn's retirement in 2010.

-->-- '''Wrestling/ShawnMichaels''', [[Wrestling/WWERaw WWF Raw Is War]], October 13, 1997

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Initially, Michaels and Hunter were reluctant tag partners. Michaels just started his heel turn and Helmsley was just starting to evolve his pompous blueblood gimmick but still frowned upon teaming with Michaels. It wasn't till a few weeks later that their real life HeterosexualLifePartners relationship was shown on camera.

!!!L........ '''LETS-GET-READY-TO-TRRRRRROPE-IIIT!!!''':

-->-- '''Wrestling/ShawnMichaels''', [[Wrestling/WWERaw WWF Raw Is War #229]]

--> '''Opening Lines from the D-Generation X Intro Theme'''

Now, that's the boring answer. So, [[CatchPhrase are you ready?]], No Wiki/TVTropes, [[MemeticMutation I said ARE YOU READY?]] [[EarWorm Break it down!]]. Ahem, D-Generation X exemplified the VulgarHumor craziness of the late 1990s [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]]. It consisted of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]], Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Wrestling/RoadDogg, Wrestling/BillyGunn, Wrestling/RickRude, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Tori]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle As you can see]], not every member of D-X was successful, but its legacy and the lengthy [[TrueCompanions bond]] between all (well, most) of them changed the careers of everyone involved and in many ways wrestling forever.

In February 2019, it was announced that D-Generation X would be inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, with members Triple H, Gunn, Dogg, X-Pac and Chyna receiving their first inductions into the Hall of Fame and giving Michaels his second induction into the Hall of Fame. Rick Rude and Tori [[{{Unperson}} were not named in the induction]], although Tori herself was inducted separately as an individual in the same Hall of Fame class.

* AmbiguouslyGay: The entire damn stable. From where [[{{Seme}} Triple H]] stands in relation to [[{{Uke}} Shawn Michaels]] when they hit the ring, to the [[BlackComedyRape setup]] to Road Dogg's Pumphandle Powerslam, to the random lips painted all over Billy Gunn's trunks along with his moniker of "Mr. Ass", all the way to X-Pac's Bronco Buster. D-X reeks of this trope.

* TooDumbToLive: During their late 1999 heel run, the group had the opportunity to bring [=Kane=] into the fold who was tagging with X-Pac at the time. For whatever reason, D-X decided it'd be great if instead they'd turn on the hulking yet loyal monster and make an enemy out of him.

In February 2019, it was announced that D-Generation X would be inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, with members Triple H, Gunn, Dogg, X-Pac and Chyna receiving their first inductions into the Hall of Fame and giving Michaels his second induction into the hall of fame. Rick Rude and Tori [[{{Unperson}} were not named in the induction]].

* FiveBadBand
** BigBad: Shawn.
** TheDragon: Trips.
** TheBrute:/DarkChick: Chyna.
** EvilGenius: Wrestling/RickRude.

** In the later runs with only Hunter and Shawn, it would be the [=McMahon=] family (more specifically Vince and {{Wrestling/Shane|McMahon}}), [[Wrestling/{{Edge}} Rated-R]][[Wrestling/RandyOrton KO]], [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes The]] [[Wrestling/TedDiBiaseJr Legacy]] and [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Jeri]]-[[Wrestling/TheBigShow Show]].