History YMMV / DGenerationX

** Both Triple H and Shawn Michaels currently hold executive-level positions at the [=WWE=]. Yes, D-Generation X has finally taken over the [=WWE=].

* CriticProof: Shawn and HHH on their own aren't, especially with their well known backstage antics and politicking being the most highly criticized points of their careers. Same with Road Dogg[[note]]Especially nowadays as a member of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown Live!]]''[='=]s creative team[[/note]], Billy Gunn[[note]]For his single push and growing opinion of him being overrated[[/note]] X-Pac[[note]][[XPacHeat For obvious reasons]][[/note]] and Wrestling/{{Chyna}}[[note]]With her own antics and bridge burnings[[/note]]. Only Rick Rude seem to be immune to the critics. All of them as DX on the other hand, especially the "full-band" reunions? '''They aren't.''' DX is so iconic and so adored that a) X-Pac only needs to appear with them in order to get cheered, b) HBK can go to [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob Canada, and especially Montreal]] and '''be cheered''' when with them, and c) face HHH is (most of the time) associated with DX (especially these days with [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} its other association]]).

* HarsherInHindsight: DX began its Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame induction with Wrestling/TripleH telling the others that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon should never be mentioned in a HOF speech, with the obvious reaction being that every other member of DX started calling his name and even got the crowd to do the same. However, behind the scenes, a writer (Robert Evans) did get fired on the spot that same day by VKM himself for writing a speech which mentioned him, meaning that Trips, while good natured and joking, ''was'' indeed telling the truth.

** During the group's reunion for [=RAW 1000=], Triple H segued a joke in his CatchPhrase about him being the only guy among them with a full head of hair. Fast forward to his involvement in Wrestling/TheAuthority storyline, where he has basically had a sleek buzz-cut in line with his role in the stable, and with his RealLife obligations outside the ring.
** Remember that hilarious State of the Union promo? Fast forward nearly two decades, and [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter's]] mother-in-law went into politics for real, and was eventually nominated to be Head of the Small Business Administration by President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.

** The "I just kicked Stan" segment is even funnier 10 years later, because after several trips through developmental, Stan became well known as Tye Dillinger.

** The D-X Tank[[note]]When WCW was trying to kill Raw's audience in the south by constantly scheduling Nitro in arenas in the same city for lower ticket prices, relying on Vince running out of money before Turner did, DX pulled a stunt where they drove a jeep up to the Norfolk Scope arena to stage an "invasion". In recent years it's become a meme due to how often WWE brings it up (and in particular WWE's claim that it was a tank when actually it was a jeep), and fans exaggerate it to the point where the D-X "Tank"/Jeep single-handedly won the Monday Night Wars.[[/note]]

* OneSceneWonder: Jason Sensation's Owen Hart parody left fans wondering why noone else in wrestling ever brought him in for anything. Although he did eventually kill his popularity with wrestling fans by tweeting a fake suicide threat in 2019.

* ValuesDissonance: Their parody of Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination. Given that the Nation at the time had a TokenWhite guy in Wrestling/OwenHart, this means three out of five members of DX were in ''blackface.'' It's especially bad with X-Pac as "[[Wrestling/MarkHenry Mizark]]", given he gives him a SimpletonVoice parodying [[Creator/BillCosby Fat Albert]]. The only one even slightly acceptable is Triple H's "The Crock" since his "costume" looks more like a bad surfer tan than a man in blackface. The crowd then ate it up, nowadays most DX Fans want to pretend it never happened.

* HarsherInHindsight: DX began its Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame induction with Wrestling/TripleH telling the others that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon should never be mentioned in a HOF speech, with the obvious reaction being that every other member of DX started calling his name and even got the crowd to do the same. However, behind the scenes, a writer ([[Wrestling/ArchibaldPeck Robert Evans]]) did get fired on the spot that same day by VKM himself for writing a speech which mentioned him, meaning that Trips, while good natured and joking, ''was'' indeed telling the truth.

* ValuesDissonance: Their parody of Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: DX began its Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame induction with Wrestling/TripleH telling the others that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon should never be mentioned in a HOF speech, with the obvious reaction being that every other member of DX started calling his name and even got the crowd to do the same. However, behind the scenes, a writer ([[Wrestling/ArchibaldPeck Robert Evans]]) did get fired on the spot that same day by VKM himself for writing a speech which mentioned him, meaning that Trips, while good natured and joking, ''was'' indeed telling the truth.

* {{Designated Hero}}es: A group of obnoxious {{Jerkass}}es who specialized in VulgarHumor and low-rent behavior, and who got pushed due to politics despite the fact that nothing they did could be considered admirable, they were probably the first LowestCommonDenominator gimmick to actually be successful in wrestling.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: As [[WebVideo/WrestlingWithWregret Brian Zane]] pointed out in his video on the 2006 reunion, DX may have been rebels in the Attitude Era, in 2006 Triple H and Shawn Michaels were both husbands, fathers, multiple time world champions, company veterans with considerable backstage power and, in Shawn’s case, a born-again Christian. In other words, they ''were'' the establishment they claimed to rail against.

* CriticProof: Shawn and HHH on their own aren't, especially with their well known backstage antics and politicking being the most highly criticized points of their careers. Same with Road Dogg[[note]]Especially nowadays as a member of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown Live!]]''[='=]s creative team[[/note]], X-Pac[[note]][[XPacHeat For obvious reasons]][[/note]] and Wrestling/{{Chyna}}[[note]]With her own antics and bridge burnings[[/note]]. Only Billy Gunn[[note]]Though not without his own detractors for almost all of his single runs[[/note]] and Rick Rude seem to be immune to the critics. All of them as DX on the other hand, especially the "full-band" reunions? '''They aren't.''' DX is so iconic and so adored that a) X-Pac only needs to appear with them in order to get cheered, b) HBK can go to [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob Canada, and especially Montreal]] and '''be cheered''' when with them, and c) face HHH is (most of the time) associated with DX (especially these days with [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} its other association]]).

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: As [[WebVideo/WrestlingWithWregret Brian Zane]] pointed out in his video on the 2006 reunion, DX may have been rebels in the Attitude Era, in 2006 Triple H and Shawn Michaels were both husbands, fathers, multiple time world champions and company veterans with considerable backstage power. In other words, they ''were'' the establishment they claimed to rail against.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: DX began its Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame induction with Wrestling/TripleH telling the others that Wrestling/VinceMcMahon should never be mentioned in a HOF speech, with the obvious reaction being that every other member of DX started calling his name and even got the crowd to do the same. However, behind the scenes, a writer (Robert Evans) did got fired on the spot that same day by VKM himself for writing a speech which mentioned him, meaning that Trips, while good natured and joking, ''was'' indeed telling the truth.

* ValuesDissonance: The Wrestling/NationOfDomination parody.

* CriticProof: Shawn and HHH on their own aren't, especially with their well known backstage antics and politicking being the most highly criticized points of their careers. Same with Road Dogg[[note]]Especially nowadays as a member of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown Live!]]''[='=]s creative team[[/note]], X-Pac[[note]][[XPacHeat For obvious reasons]][[/note]] and Wrestling/{{Chyna}}[[note]]With her own antics and bridge burnings[[/note]]. Only Billy Gunn and Rick Rude seem to be immune to the critics. All of them as DX on the other hand, especially the "full-band" reunions? '''They aren't.''' DX is so iconic and so adored that a) X-Pac only needs to appear with them in order to get cheered, b) HBK can go to [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob Canada, and especially Montreal]] and '''be cheered''' when with them, and c) face HHH is (most of the time) associated with DX (especially these days with [[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} its other association]]).

** The D-X Tank[[note]]When WCW was trying to kill Raw's audience in the south by constantly scheduling Nitro in arenas in the same city for lower ticket prices, relying on Vince running out of money before Turner did, DX pulled a stunt where they drove a jeep up to the Norfolk Scope arena to stage an "invasion". In recent years it's become a meme due to how often WWE brings it up, and fans exaggerate it to the point where the D-X Tank single handedly won the Monday Night Wars.[[/note]]

** Remember that hilarious State of the Union promo? Fast forward nearly two decades, and [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter's]] mother-in-law went into politics for real, and was eventually nominated to be head of the Small Business Administration by [[Creator/DonaldTrump President-Elect Donald Trump]].

** The D-X Tank[[note]]When WCW was trying to kill Raw's audience in the south by constantly scheduling Nitro in arenas in the same city for lower ticket prices, relying on Vince running out of money before Turner did, DX pulled a stunt where they drove a jeep up to the Norfolk Scope arena to stage an "invasion". In recent years it's become a meme due to how often WWE brings it up, and fans exaggerate it to the point where the D-X Tank single handedly won the Monday Night Wars.

** The New Age Outlaws were formed when Billy Gunn turned on Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan. Now, both DX and Honky Tonk Man are announced as the first two inductees of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

** The New Age Outlaws were formed when Billy Gun turned on Wrestling/HonkyTonkMan. Now, both DX and Honky Tonk Man are announced as the first two inductees of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2019.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: D-X had [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind's]] back during his famous championship match against [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] in 1999. When Mankind got "the pinfall heard around the world", they hoisted the new champion onto their shoulders and carried him around the ring.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Unforgiven 2006. Shawn and HHH against the [[Wrestling/TheBigShow Big Show-backed]] Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon. In one of the bloodiest post-Wrestling/AttitudeEra matches, and after being subjected to all kinds of pain, DX manages to overcome the three of them. [[Funny/DGenerationX The bothof them shaving Vince's head onto TBS's back door]] is just the icing on the cake.