10 Wrestlers Who Crowned Themselves King

By Ross Tweddell / March 23, 2016

Being a King is a bloody wonderful existence. You get to do what you want when you want to, and run other people's lives the way you see fit. Just look at the way I run my WhatCulture Kingdom, for example. I allow Pacitti Club and BX to battle it out purely for my entertainment. When I get sick of their childish squabbles I'll make sure they leave for pastures new. There's certainly no other way I'd want to live my life. Being a king is so appealing that many wrestling Superstars have tried to pass it off as a gimmick of their own. Whether it be via a monumental King of the Ring win that they decide to make a full time part of their makeup, or something about their character that makes them the king of a specialist subject area, being the king is important in the world of wrestling. Of course, being a king automatically means you're better than your run of the mill Superstar - unless you're King Barrett of course but that's another story. Here are 10 wrestling superstars who crowned themselves king. I'd just like to clarify that I'm better than each of the following men, as the fans of WhatCulture crowned me as their king, rather than my ego forcing a homemade crown upon my head.

Honourable Mentions - King Of The Ring Winners

Here we have those modern day King of the Ring winners who decided to keep the royal schtick as part of their gimmick. The likes of William Regal, Sheamus and latterly King Barrett have all won the prestigious tournament and carried on calling themselves king for weeks and months after. Of course, judging by Barrett's current plight which will see him leave WWE in the summer, and by how you probably didn't remember Regal and Sheamus classed themselves as royalty for a period of time, they were all really bad kings. Then of course we have King Mabel, who won the 1995 tournament before carrying the gimmick forward with his manager, Sir Mo. Mabel even had a one-off King of the Ring belt designed for him which was never seen on television. King Mabel was arguably the most successful King ever to come out of KOTR, going onto main event with the likes of Diesel before losing his place in WWE for being just too damn dangerous in the ring. Finally, we have King BookAHH, who was SmackDown's World Heavyweight Champion as well as being King of the Ring in 2006. The moral of this story is to never win King of the Ring in the modern day - only bad things come of it.