10 Times Wrestlers Took Their Careers Into Their Own Hands

10. Triple H

Triple H often appears insecure about his placement in the Greatest Of All Time echelon, and perhaps with good reason. Jim Cornette wasn't that far off the mark when he infamously wrote him off as "the guy who worked with the guy who drew the money". His box office credentials are firmly in the supporting actor category, and his big match record is littered with dull, "methodical" rubbish.

This insecurity has often manifested onscreen - though his latter-day NXT hand-shaking ego trip is far more palatable than his verbal castrations of Chris Masters et al.

He needn't be insecure; Trips is wrestling's undisputed, best ever politician - something he knows, but cannot exactly publicise. That may explain things. He steered Vince McMahon in the direction of the Montreal Eureka Moment; he petitioned for more adult-oriented programming in 1997; he married the boss man's f*cking daughter; he waited, and waited, for John Laurinaitis to utterly annihilate developmental before assuming the reigns...

In summation, the man has balls the size of grapefruits - so it's perhaps little wonder that he is set to inherit the earth from Vince McMahon.