20 Incredible Images Of Wrestling "Champions" Who Never Were

8. Booker T - WWE Championship

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'The Five Time WCW Champion' managed to claim WWE's World Championship when he hilariously became a King in 2006, but the relative stringency of the Brand Extension rules at the time resulted in him barely getting shots at the WWE Championship when he stood a realistic chance of winning it.

This shot of him holding a replica (or, somebody else's belt) is a nice vision of what could have been - and he suits this more than he would have done John Cena's divisive spinner variant.

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