15 Most-Decorated WWE Wrestlers To Never Win A World Title
2. Matt Hardy
Titles Held: 1 ECW Championship, 1 U.S. Championship, 1 European Championship, 1 Cruiserweight Championship, 6 World Tag Team Championships, 1 WWE Tag Team Championships, 1 WCW Tag Team Championship Total Title Days: 679 Although hes sometimes known as the less-successful Hardy brother, Matt Hardy has won his share of titles in WWE. In fact, he has held a greater variety of titles than most other performers. Hardy is primarily known as a tag-team wrestler, but he also achieved a fair amount of success as a solo act. Matt Hardy teamed with brother Jeff for several years, captivating fans during the Dudleys-Hardys-E&C days and pushing the limits of what wrestlers could do in TLC matches. Hardy would see some singles action while they teamed, but he eventually would branch out on his own during the Brand Extension, dubbing himself Matt Hardy: Version 1 (or V1) and capturing the Cruiserweight Championship. He also would topple Mark Henry for the ECW Championship in a championship scramble match where he pinned the Miz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0ZnS-XI8k Hardy would reunite and feud with his brother periodically through the years, but it was his art-imitates-life feud with Edge that would prove to be the most memorable. Matt was released after longtime girlfriend Lita cheated on him with best friend Edge. This led to real-life animosity that WWE played up in bringing Hardy back to the company in a red-hot angle. (Seriously, search for videos from that period in 2005 and listen to the crowd reaction to Hardy.) Unfortunately for Matt, Edge would win a loser leaves Raw match and Hardys reactions would cool off considerably. Today, Hardy seemingly has gotten things together and is performing for TNA and on the independent scene. At 40, Matt is reaching an age where a return to WWE is becoming less likely, but if the New Age Outlaws can come back in their mid-40s to win the tag titles, never say never to Team Extreme in WWE again. Speaking of the Outlaws
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
