10 Best WWE Champions in History

#7 Triple H

Triple H: 9-time WWE Champion

Triple is the "King of Kings" and looking at his WWE Championship record, it is impossible to suggest he doesn't deserve that moniker.

Triple H has won 14 world titles in total, 9 of which were WWE Championship reigns. Long pegged as a career mid-carder, Triple H excelled in the rebellious faction, D-Generation X and successfully ascended the card to become WWE Champion for the first time in August 1999.

That win was not without controversy. The original plan called for Stone Cold to put over "The Game" at Summerslam 1999; however Stone Cold didn't think Triple H was an aggressive enough performer to be champion and refused point blank to lose to him.

WWE were forced to bring back an injured Mick Foley to add to the title match so Stone Cold could drop the belt to him instead (Stone Cold had no issue losing to Foley). The next night on Raw, Triple H beat Mick Foley to end a ridiculous merry go round to get the title on him.

It wasn't until Triple H's third reign, that he truly established himself as a main eventer in a terrifically violent and entertaining Street Fight with Foley at Royal Rumble 2000. Triple H followed that performance with another blinder inside Hell in a Cell, once again versus Foley at No Way Out 2000 a month later.

Triple H's fourth and fifth reigns as champion only lasted a month apiece. His sixth didn't even last a day.

It wasn't until his seventh reign that Triple H had any great success with the belt. He held the title for seven months which included memorable bouts with Randy Orton, John Cena, Edge and Great Khali. Triple H dropped the belt at Survivor Series 2008 when Vickie Guerrero abruptly added her husband, Edge to the match to steal the win and the title.

Triple H had a brief eighth reign in 2009 before stunningly winning the belt in the 2016 Royal Rumble Match at the age of 46. Triple H's Championship history ended at Wrestlemania that year when he lost to Roman Reigns in the main event.

With nine title reigns and literally dozens upon dozens of classic bouts, Triple H deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest WWE Champions of all time.