6. Transforming His Royal Rumble Legacy
The political Triple H is chiefly concerned with how people are viewing him, and when it came to his Royal Rumble legacy, he wasn't really in the upper echelon of Rumble winners. Plenty of people have won the match once, even Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio can claim that. But few wrestlers can claim to be multi-winners. The iconic names who can make the claim are - Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, Shawn Michaels, and (albeit not quite as legendary) Batista. Triple H with his 2016 Royal Rumble victory has now put himself into that bracket. He's now a legend of the event. And it was a far more memorable win than his average 2002 victory. This time it is a Rumble win he can reflect proudly upon, with the added prestige of the WWE Title.