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2. The "Reign of Terror"
“The Reign of Terror” is Triple H’s career from 2002 until 2005. This period is largely criticized because he allegedly buried a lot of talent to maintain his spot.
While he may have hindered certain superstars’ momentum, The Game solidified himself as one of the greatest heels in all of professional wrestling history in this era.
He was awarded the World Heavyweight Championship on September 2, 2002, as WWE had just begun to make its rosters exclusive to each brand. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar was on SmackDown and so RAW did not have a world champion.
The Game was the number one contender for the WWE Championship before being drafted to RAW and so he was given the title as a result. He held the title for 76 days before losing it to Shawn Michaels in the first-ever Elimination Chamber match at Survivor Series 2002.
While The Reign of Terror did include questionable moments like the Katie Vick story and Hunter’s feud with Booker T, it also gave fans Evolution, The Elimination Chamber match, and classics like the WrestleMania 20 triple-threat.
As a heel, Triple H was willing to do anything to become champion, even turning on Evolution stablemates Randy Orton and Batista. This brought a lot of prestige to the World Heavyweight Championship and made it worthy of its name.
