10 Current WWE Stars Who Are Triple H Guys

10. Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura was drafted into the fold by Triple H with a sort of dual objective: to stem the rising tide of New Japan Pro Wrestling, and to act as top draw and figurehead for the next generation of NXT as it cemented its big arena TakeOver aura. With a difference-maker of Nakamura's standing - arguably, he was the coolest and best talent worldwide in early 2016 - at the helm, Full Sail soon became the sole preserve of the brand's weekly TV show.

Nakamura lived up to the incredible hype, initially; his debut match with Sami Zayn at TakeOver: Dallas resonated as nothing less than a new chapter of WWE's in-ring narrative. The gruesomely stiff manner with which he disposed of Zayn - he even delivered a leaping knee to the back of his bloody head - was inconceivable just a year prior.

It was a victory for the man and his mentality alike.

Nakamura appears somewhat enervated on the main roster while, in parallel, he has become stigmatised as perennial main event loser. But Triple H saw substance as well as Style; Nakamura's heel character work is an all-too-rare and pure joy on SmackDown, a weekly highlight, and he may yet fully recover his mischievous badass stigma.