Every 1-Time WWE Champion Ranked From Worst To Best

23. Rey Mysterio

Poor Rey Mysterio.

Despite being one of the greatest high-flyers and most iconic wrestlers ever to live, Mysterio's three world title reigns in the WWE have all been less than stellar. The worst of the worst has to be his one and only run with the WWE title which began and ended on the same episode of Raw in 2011.

That episode began with the culmination of a tournament to crown a new WWE Champion after CM Punk had walked away with the old belt. Mysterio defeated The Miz to finally capture the big one, only to be immediately interrupted by John Cena. Rey was challenged for the gold later that night, which resulted in Cena pinning Mysterio to end his reign at just a couple of hours long.

The fact that Mysterio's dream was crushed by a fellow babyface was bad enough, but to waste such a historic moment on a ploy to get the title back onto Cena just eight days after he lost it was even worse. The fact that Rey never got another run with the belt (and likely never will) is just plain unforgivable.