19 WWE Extras Who Became World Champion

As that man Bobby Roode put it a few years ago on Twitter/X, "sometimes the road is long .... But at the end it can be Glorious."

And while it may have taken him a whopping 18 years to finally sign his first WWE contract, Roode's spell under the black and gold banner in particular could certainly be described as that. 

Sometimes the road is long .... But at the end it can be #Glorious pic.twitter.com/QEBc2QF26F

— Robert Roode (@RealRobertRoode) August 21, 2016

In the time long before becoming Triple H's NXT Champion or even TNA's World Heavyweight Champion, though, Roode did actually show up on WWE programming in a promo exchange/angle boasting his eventual boss.

Going down all the way back in 2001, Roode took on the familiar part of police officer, beside none other than fellow eventual TNA Heavyweight Champion Mr. Kennedy/Anderson, in a segment on March 29's SmackDown involving The Undertaker and Triple H. 

And the two future world champs inevitably found themselves getting caught in the middle of yet another heavyweight brawl in the end. Doesn't anyone respect the damn badge anymore?!