10 Best Ways Wrestlers Recovered From WWE WrestleMania Defeats

5. Triple H

Defeat: Although it did come with the disqualification caveat, it's nonetheless true that Triple H ended up on the losing end at 'Mania XV. Kane was the winner, and it looked like Trips' prospects had stagnated. He, some guessed, might never be ready to ascend to the tippy-top level of WWF cards.

Recovery: Approx four months later, D-Generation X/Corporation man Triple H had become 'The Game', and he was WWF Champion. Four months after that, as calendars turned to the new millennium, he established himself as something of a super-worker who could be relied upon to convincingly headline against anybody.

Do not let revisionist history fool you - Triple H was an incredible worker in 2000.

12 months after that loss to Kane, he became the first heel ever to retain the World Title in the main event of WrestleMania. How's that for a recovery mission? 'The Game' changed his game and transformed his future in the process.