10 Wrestlers Who Could Have Been Franchise Players For WWE
9. Christian
On paper, Christian had an excellent wrestling career. He’s a multi-time midcard champion, a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, and a nine-time tag team champion. Even when he left WWE, Christian was a highly-important figure in TNA’s development, and captured the promotion’s World Heavyweight Championship twice before departing in 2009. He retired quietly in 2015, but continues as a WWE Network personality.
The above doesn’t tell the whole story, though. Christian’s World Title reigns were no more than token gestures, and lasted a cumulative total of just 30 days. In the main event scene, Christian was a bit part player at best. Edge, his long-time tag team partner, came dangerously close to toppling John Cena’s “franchise player” status throughout his mid/late career, but Christian wasn’t even close.
He was the type of wrestler who could have a great match with anybody, and was always one of the company’s top mic workers. Christian’s Captain Charisma act was white hot in 2005, but WWE opted not to push him to the moon, and he was working for a completely different company by the year’s end. He achieved more in WWE than most could ever dream of, but Christian should’ve been so much more.