Top 5 Transitional World Champions in WWE 

#4 Triple H (2005):

Triple H's final World Heavyweight Title reign was a Transitional one.

Who can forget Triple H's reign of terror from 2002 to early 2005? During those three years, the Cerebral Assassin ran rampant through the roster and went over Superstars from WCW, ECW and even WWF's Attitude Era. He carried the World Heavyweight Championship for most of those years and defeated the likes of Goldberg, Booker T, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam and so on. He also won the feud against his former Evolution stablemate, Randy Orton.

Triple H won his final World Heavyweight Championship at New Year's Revolution 2005 in an Elimination Chamber match. However, that reign was a transitional one. His evolution teammate at that time, Batista was getting ready for his big push and the World Title needed to be put on someone in the meanwhile. Triple H was the right guy for this job. After Batista won 2005's Royal Rumble match, the Evolution disbanded and Triple H put over the Animal in the main event of Wrestlemania 21. This match officially marked the end of Triple H's reign of terror.