WWE stalwart Triple H is recovering from surgery following a 'cardiac event,' the company revealed on Wednesday, September 8th.

“Paul Levesque, a.k.a. Triple H, underwent a successful procedure last week at Yale New Haven Hospital following a cardiac event,” WWE said in a statement. “The episode was caused by a genetic heart issue and Paul is expected to make a full recovery.”

Triple H is the founder and executive producer of NXT, which began life as WWE's development system but soon evolved into a third brand. He has served WWE in an executive capacity for over a decade and is currently the company's COO as well as its Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy Development.

The 52-year-old is a fourteen-time world champion with WWE, but he has only worked 8 matches since the start of 2018. His last match was in June of 2019 -- over two years ago. In that match, he teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura to take on Bobby Roode and Samoa Joe in a winning effort at a WWE live event in Japan.

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Recent reports suggest that Triple H's real-life father-in-law Vince McMahon and Vince's right-hand man Bruce Prichard will soon be taking over production duties on NXT. As we previously reported, WWE's president Nick Khan recently confirmed that revamp of WWE's developmental system was imminent. "We're doing a complete revamp on NXT, led by Triple H," Khan said at the time.

There's been no word on Triple H's expected recovery time, but it's highly unlikely that he will be well enough to oversee the upcoming NXT relaunch, which is set to take place next Wednesday on USA Network.

The new logo and theme song for the revamped version of the third brand were recently revealed by rapper Wale on social media.