7 best careers of wrestlers after winning King of the Ring

#2 Triple H - 1997

Never Game Over

Hunter Hearst Helmsley was actually scheduled to win the 1996 King of The Ring. However, the infamous 'Curtain Call Incident' put those plans on ice.

After climbing his way back to the top of the midcard over the course of a year, the future Triple H would defeat Mankind to win the finals of the King of The Ring in 1997. What a career Triple H has had ever since. But of course we won't lie, he did take on many of his accomplishments by his own backstage influence means. Yet that happening or not, he still almost tops this list for having one of the best post-KOTR careers.

Triple H would go onto form WWE's most popular ever faction D-Generation X, and would become the WWE European and Intercontinental Champion during this time. He finally broke out on his own in August 1999 when he defeated Mankind the win his first WWE Championship. From here on, The Game became a nine-time WWE Champion, a five-time World Heavyweight Champion and two-time Royal Rumble winner, and headlined seven WrestleManias. He also had some of the best ever matches and feuds with Steve Austin, The Rock, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, John Cena, Randy Orton, Kurt Angle, Mick Foley, Brock Lesnar and countless others.

Triple H now oversees everything in WWE NXT and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class on 2019 with D-Generation X.

The Game can be celebrated as one of the greatest superstars of all time and began his fabled ascend to the top with a King of the Ring win.