10 Best Wrestlers Who Were Never WWE Champion
3. Neville
What could have been.
Really. What could have been?
Is it wishful thinking to assume that Neville may have made it all the way to the top of the WWE tree had he ever managed to just escape the Cruiserweight Division instead of parting ways with the entire company in 2017? Understandably exasperated, Neville's work on 205 Live in 2017 was almost beyond regular praise.
He took a show, a title and a raft of talents that meant less than nothing and repeatedly made them all matter. He was jobbed out to Enzo Amore. He got the belt itself onto WrestleMania and stole the first half of the show with Austin Aries. Or he didn't, if you watch the US edition of the DVD because the match was cut. Despite his incredible offence, he became a bonafide heel in an era virtually immune to universal disdain. His last act was to be cast as the saviour of his league.
These are no longer the days where men Neville's height don't get a grasp at the WWE brass ring, but the company somehow conspired to chase one of their finest all-rounders thousands of miles in the opposite direction.
What could have been.