10 Underwhelming Wrestlers Who Held Legendary Titles.

Tribute acts have been a part of professional wrestling as long as institutionalised racism and sexism.

Wrestling fans in the UK are particularly familiar with cover versions of classic performances as Brian Dixon ferried fakes from the Ultimate Warrior to X-Pac through town halls across the country for years.

If Stan Hansen had been a WWF wrestler in the 1990s, Dixon surely would have got on the blower to Joe Doering.

After failing to raise eyebrows jobbing for TNA in 2005 and 2006, the 6'5" Doering moved on to All Japan in 2007 as the company's token oversized American gaijin.

After being signed by WWE to a developmental contract in 2010 and released after only six months, Doering returned to the once eminent AJPW and became a main event attraction as a piss-poor tribute act to Stan Hansen.

With All Japan now the 4th or 5th largest promotion in Japan and a shell of its former self, Doering's win for the Triple Crown almost went unnoticed outside of Japan.

Perhaps the most legendary of all Japanese championships, if match quality and feuds were the mark of a championship, there are few more prestigious titles than the Triple Crown.

Doering however, is to Stan Hansen what the Ascension are to the Road Warriors