Zardnaar
Legend
Then your pro-wrestlers bump you off. It's not humanly possible to rule single handed. It's too big a job. Which means you need to delegate. Whether that's a nobility, or a bureaucracy, nor dragons, or a bunch of pro-wrestlers, they will look for a way to dispose of a autocrat who makes decisions they don't like. Which means constant vigilance to avoid the assassin's poker.
This absolute autocratic mostly a modern invention.