Triple H to appear at White House executive order signing

Before SummerSlam takes place this weekend, Paul “Triple H” Levesque will be in Washington, D.C. on Thursday for an event at the White House.

CNN reports that Levesque will be among the sports figures attending an executive order signing by President Donald Trump. The executive order exists to expand Trump’s council on sports, fitness, and nutrition, as well as reviving the Presidential Fitness Test.

Football legend Lawrence Taylor, NFL player Harrison Butker, and golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Annika Sorenstam are some of the other athletes who will be attending, with CNN noting that many of the athletes will become formal members of Trump’s sports, fitness, and nutrition council.

This news comes after Levesque and his wife Stephanie McMahon met with Robert Kennedy Jr. — the Secretary of Health and Human Services — about the council last month.

Existing from 1956-2012, the Presidential Fitness Test was a program that assessed the cardiovascular fitness, upper-body and core strength, endurance, flexibility, and agility of students. Highly ranked students received awards from the president, but the test was phased out in 2012 for a different program that focused more on overall health rather than athletic performance.

Levesque’s mother-in-law — Linda McMahon — is a member of Trump’s cabinet as the Secretary of Education.

Following today’s event, Levesque will be in New Jersey from Friday through Sunday for SmackDown and both nights of SummerSlam. Raw will then be held in Brooklyn, New York on Monday.