7 best careers of wrestlers after winning King of the Ring

#5 Randy Savage - 1987

The Macho King!

The late, great 'Macho Man' Randy Savage is arguably the greatest performer of all-time. While not as heavily hyped as the tournament was in later years, Savage was still the third ever King of The Ring winner.

Winning the crown in 1987, Savage was a heel at the time but had been noticeably becoming more popular. Following a beat-down save from Hulk Hogan, the two would form The Mega Powers. Come WrestleMania IV in 1988, Savage would win a one-night tournament to become WWE Champion. Savage would hold the Championship for 371 days before losing it to Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania V.

Savage would later adopt 'The Macho King' moniker, which was actually unrelated to his own tournament win. After big feuds over the next few years with Dusty Rhodes, The Ultimate Warrior and Jake Roberts, Savage would defeat Ric Flair at WrestleMania VIII in 1992 for his second WWE Championship, which he would hold for five months before dropping it back to Flair.

Savage would leave WWE in 1994 and join WCW, where he had a successful run. Savage feuded with, then eventually joined the nWo, went to battle with Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Roddy Piper and Diamond Dallas Page and became a four time WCW World Champion.

Sadly, Randy Savage died after suffering a heart attack during car accident in 2011. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.