10 Wrestlers Who Gained Nothing By Being WWE World Champion
Bray Why-att.
Being World Champion should be the pinnacle of any pro wrestler's career. We've all heard the stories of guys like Mick Foley, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels retiring to their hotel rooms after major wins and collapsing with joy over what they'd just achieved. Yes, winning that WWF/WWE, World Heavyweight or Universal belt should be the best.
Except when it isn't.
Some wrestlers have worked tirelessly to get an opportunity only to be handed one and have it all taken away pronto. Some guys here, spanning from a time before WWE got the 'F' out to just a few short years ago, all got to experience what it was like to be a fleeting champion without unlocking doors to the main event club permanently. Others, well others were stricken by injury, got in trouble with the law or simply flopped as champ.
All of them have one thing in common: they all gained next-to-nothing by holding one of the top prizes WWE can offer. There's a mix of WWF/WWE, World Heavyweight and Universal title reigns here, and each is miserable for its own reason...