10 World Champions WWE Never Believed In
Roman Reigns might not be facing this problem currently, but many others have in the past.
In the span of a few months, Roman Reigns has already become a two-time WWE World Heavyweight champion, and likely by WrestleMania 32, he will have won the prestigious prize a total of three times. But just about anyone can see that WWE is high on Reigns and his potential be to be a franchise player for the organization for years to come. The fact of the matter is, he has been heavily protected since his arrival on the scene in late 2012 and will continued to be groomed to be "the next guy" for as long as Vince McMahon is behind him, despite what fans might think of him. Unfortunately, not every Superstar has that kind of luxury, and if they do, officials aren't high on them for very long. It has long been a fact of WWE that it is a land of the giants, dating back to the days of Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant in the 1980s. Granted, it isn't so much like that these days with athletes of all shapes and sizes succeeding, but even the most talented of wrestlers have to fight harder for their spot atop the card than those larger than them. Sometimes that isn't the case. Sometimes, as you will soon see with a handful of names on this list, the powers that be have full faith in an individual, but because they failed to live up to the hype or aren't paying dividends, they lose hope in their ability to flourish as world champion. They were lucky to capture the world title, but not lucky enough to hold on to it for very long.