10 Wrestlers Who Could Have Been Franchise Players For WWE
2. Owen Hart
His brother Bret might be one of the most successful professional wrestlers of all-time, but Owen Hart was quietly regarded as the better performer by some fans. Honed in the legendary Hart Family Dungeon, Owen was a master technician who supplemented his rock solid ground game with impressive high-flying skills, but his abilities stretched beyond that.
Owen wasn’t the most refined microphone worker, but he was far from uncharismatic, and delivered his promos with great energy. Though a former Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion, Owen was never given an extended run in WWE’s main event scene, and the company did little to present him as anything other than “Bret’s little brother.”
Owen’s death remains one of the most tragic incidents in wrestling history, and his career was deeply entrenched in midcard mediocrity by that point. Sadly, the company always saw him as a versatile wrestler whose skillset could be utilised in any way other than the main event push he deserved: a tragedy in itself.
Bret Hart was a five-time WWE Champion, a two-time King of the Ring, and one of the ‘90s most iconic wrestlers. Owen was at least his equal in almost every aspect of his performance, and had his brother not been around to steal the spotlight, there’s every chance Owen would have shone brightly as WWE’s pre-Attitude Era franchise player.