10 WWE superstars who benefitted from controversy

#8 Triple H

Triple H's main event run has been riddled with controversy

Triple H has been a magnet for controversy for many years. From his association with D-Generation X to his involvement in the Montreal Screwjob to marrying Stephanie McMahon to his ‘reign of terror’ between 2002 and 2005, to his constant appearances with the Authority, controversy has surrounded Triple H for almost the entire length of his 20-year-plus-long career.

However, Triple H has managed to either ignore that controversy for a long time or has embraced it. When playing up the evil authority figure for many years, Triple H channelled the real anger some fans have towards him and turned it into a stronger reaction to anything he did on-screen.

While at the top of RAW during the early-2000s, HHH likely knew that people thought he was at the top due to his relationship with Stephanie, yet instead of trying to claim that he wasn’t, he ignored it and allowed those allegations of him ‘burying people’ to fester into further heat towards him, which made him into one of the biggest and most controversial top heels in recent memory.