10 Best Active Wrestlers Who Will Never Be World Champion

10. Ricochet

Ricochet is young, athletic, and capable of having unbelievable matches (see his time in NXT for reference). Unfortunately, WWE doesn’t seem to care.

During his time on SmackDown, he has had periods of sporadic appearances, been jobbed frequently, and has been unable to gain any real momentum. Most disappointingly Ricochet was told, “Not to fly,” when he first debuted on the main roster. All of this has put one King Ricochet in quite the hole to dig out of.

Ricochet saw a brief run as United States Champion when first called up to the main roster, but this run was so forgettable that most people reading this just now found out about it. On top of this, Ricochet earned a WWE Championship match at Super Showdown where he was squashed by Brock Lesnar in under two minutes. Ricochet’s most recent success saw him win the Intercontinental Championship from Sami Zayn on SmackDown, as well he has reportedly been labelled as the number two babyface on Fridays by Vince McMahon.

Despite this, it is hard to stay optimistic about Ricochet’s run on the main roster. His pushes have been so stop-start that it’s hard to trust that this recent push will really last. Ricochet certainly has time left to change his world title status, but if we’re trusting one Vincent Kennedy McMahon to give approval on pushing Ricochet to the World Title (which we are), then it’s a safe bet that this is just one dream that isn’t meant to be.