20 WWE Champions Who Never Got Their Rematch

9. Bret Hart

Title Lost: WWF Championship Lost Title To: Bob Backlund The Bret Hart Conspiracy Theory really starts picking up steam here. The Hitman lost multiple titles to what could be termed €˜inferior€™ opponents, and never got a chance to face them in a title rematch because both men went on to lose their newly won gold in less than four days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AFvk3StVWQ Hart lost a long, hard-fought €œI Quit€ match to Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship, only to watch Backlund drop the strap three days later to Diesel in eight seconds. Hitman would get his revenge on Backlund at WrestleMania XI and would be the one to end Diesel€™s year-long run on top in late 1995. Unfortunately, this wouldn€™t be the last time Hart lost a title and never got to challenge again for it€
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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.