10 WWE Stars I Would Have Made World Champion

By Vince Russo /

7. €œThe Magnificent€ Muraco (1981­-1988)

WWE.comA two­-time World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion, and the winner of the inaugural King of the Ring, Muraco was not only one of the greatest wrestlers of all­-time, but perhaps also one of the most entertaining. Managed by The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Captain Lou Albano, and the great Mr. Fuji, Muraco no doubt learned how to be a great performer from those three minds, as he later starred in some of the most memorable vignettes in the history of the Federation: Fuji Vice, Fuji Bandito and Fuji General, were some of the greatest comedic skits in the history of television. Maybe that€™s why the €œMagnificent One€ made my list . . .or . . . maybe not. During his prime, Muraco had some epic matches with some of the all­-time greats of his generation. As a matter of fact, Mick Foley himself has publically stated that it was Muraco€™s steel cage match against "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka in 1983 at Madison Square Garden­­­that made him want to be a professional wrestler. Here€™s a little tidbit very few know: for months I had the gimmick €œThe Rock€ in my head before actually presenting it to the great Dwayne Johnson. Why did I wait so long? Because I didn€™t want to show any disrespect to the original €œRock€ Don Muraco, who had called himself that a decade prior.