10 Wrestlers Who Gained Nothing By Being WWE World Champion

Bray Why-att.

by Jamie Kennedy
WWE Championship

Being World Champion should be the pinnacle of any pro wrestler's career. We've all heard the stories of guys like Mick Foley, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels retiring to their hotel rooms after major wins and collapsing with joy over what they'd just achieved. Yes, winning that WWF/WWE, World Heavyweight or Universal belt should be the best.

Except when it isn't.

Some wrestlers have worked tirelessly to get an opportunity only to be handed one and have it all taken away pronto. Some guys here, spanning from a time before WWE got the 'F' out to just a few short years ago, all got to experience what it was like to be a fleeting champion without unlocking doors to the main event club permanently. Others, well others were stricken by injury, got in trouble with the law or simply flopped as champ.

All of them have one thing in common: they all gained next-to-nothing by holding one of the top prizes WWE can offer. There's a mix of WWF/WWE, World Heavyweight and Universal title reigns here, and each is miserable for its own reason...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.