10 WWE Stars That Should Have Won The World Title Sooner

10. Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose’s road to the WWE Championship wasn’t necessarily a sluggish one, and the win itself was an awesome moment, with Ambrose cashing-in his Money in the Bank briefcase just an hour or so after winning it.

As great as all of that was, however, I can’t help but feel that the optimum moment to crown Ambrose champion had arrived some 12 months earlier.

In the summer of 2015, Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins was once again proving to be one of the highlights of WWE programming. This particular chapter in their rivalry saw the two meet at the 2015 Elimination Chamber event for Rollins’ WWE title, where Ambrose would seemingly score the win after pinning the champ clean in the middle.

However, in a perfectly-executed Dusty finish, the decision was retroactively reversed in order to disqualify Rollins - and I say perfectly-executed because I was sold hook, line and sinker. Rollins remained the champion, and while Ambrose got a rematch at the following pay-per-view, he once again lost by the narrowest of margins.

For me, that was the ideal time to have pulled the trigger on the overwhelming popular Ambrose. Instead, though, he was consigned to the mid-card wilderness for pretty much the rest of the year.