10 Wrestlers Who Gained Nothing By Being WWE World Champion

2. Jack Swagger

Which Belt: World Heavyweight Title.

Why They Gained Nothing: Speaking of title reigns without any game plan or objective, here's one Jack Swagger.

The element of surprise was all WWE banked on when Swagger left Chris Jericho's mouth agape and cashed in MITB days after WrestleMania XXVI. Jericho, who had himself became a surprise champ at Elimination Chamber, wrote in one of his books that even he was skeptical of creative's decision to put the strap on Jack.

Jericho, apparently, could see the trouble ahead; without any real meaningful feud for Swagger, he'd be found wanting in the role. It wasn't like he was especially known for cutting blistering promos either, so their logic was skewed. 80 days or so later, Jack lost the belt to Rey Mysterio in a throwaway Fatal-4-Way.

Immediately, he received the then-contractual rematch before enlisting the 'Swagger Soaring Eagle' mascot and once more becoming a mid-card act. He, like Jinder Mahal and Rob Van Dam elsewhere on this list, didn't get another crack at glory.