10 Wrestlers Cursed By Their Undefeated Streaks

10. Ryback

An over performer and objective pay-per-view draw thanks to a quality unbeaten run, renamed Nexus survivor Ryback was really on to something ahead of being named CM Punk's babyface challenger at Hell In A Cell 2012.

And that was the big problem for 'The Big Guy'.

A stand-in for John Cena after 'The Champ' went down injured, WWE decided to pull the trigger with their Ryback main event run because he was getting reactions to sustain it. It's just a shame the gun was pointed at the character's head.

Ryback had gone several months unbeaten, with the usual pathway of scrubs-to-Superstars resulting in his "Feed Me More" schtick getting some of the biggest arena reactions of the night. The Punk match was a step up from all of it, but Ryback had dominated and destroyed others similar to the 'Straight Edge Superstar'. This match shouldn't have been much bother for him, and wasn't, until dodgy referee Brad Maddox fast-counted the end of his undefeated streak and his best ever chance at becoming WWE Champion.

Best because it was virtually his last from this original run - outside of a failed TLC effort against Punk a few months later, Ryback repeatedly lost matches in the aftermath until the company felt it necessary to turn him heel. As John Cena's post-WrestleMania opponent, he was a heel hurdle and not a lot else - feeding time was over and the fans were full.