25 WWE Champions Who Never Got Their Rematch

7. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper

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Title Lost: Intercontinental Championship
Lost Title To: Bret Hart

The Rowdy One’s lone singles title in WWF/E was more of a victory lap in 1992 for the unretired superstar. (Who could have predicted a 2006 Tag Team Championship run for Piper and Ric Flair?) But for Piper, the Intercontinental Championship had to represent a huge ‘thank you’ from WWE for his contributions throughout the years.

When he lost the title to Bret Hart at WrestleMania VIII, Piper never challenged his real-life cousin to a rematch, quietly leaving WWE for nearly two years (with only a couple guest appearances). One can only wonder if he actually was trying to step away from wrestling and into retirement.

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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 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.