5. Shelton Benjamin Is A Bigger Star
Shelton Benjamin was one of Brock Lesnar's good friends in WWE. Their camaraderie actually goes all the way back to their days together at the University Of Minnesota, where they regularly trained together and developed interest in professional wrestling. Lesnar actually requested that WWE sign Benjamin, that's how much he thought of his friend. If he'd have stayed around WWE past 2004, chances are he'd have also had his friend's back in other instances. Brock would have been a top guy and would have had significant stroke with Vince. It's a safe bet that he'd have protected his buddy and lobbied for him to have a better spot. In a WWE universe where Lesnar stayed, Benjamin may well have ended up a solid upper mid-card guy.