HHH acknowledges marriage to Stephanie McMahon

On this past week's broadcast of Friday Night Smackdown, HHH (real name: Paul Levesque) actually acknowledged his marriage to the daughter of WWE owner Vince McMahon. Even though HHH has been married to Stephanie McMahon for quite a while now, this marks the first acknowledgment of their real-life marriage on WWE television.

While there has never been an outright, storyline-related, on-air acknowledgment, their marriage has been alluded to many times over the years. Most recently, HHH's on-screen friend, Shawn Michaels, would make fun of HHH, saying that he married and knocked up "what's her name." These instances were treated as inside jokes for fans who have knowledge of the personal lives of WWE wrestlers.

The storyline reason for the revealing of HHH and Stephanie McMahon's marriage was that Randy Orton, following several brutal attacks on the male members of the McMahon family, attacked Stephanie, and now HHH wants payback for the attack on his wife.