Ranking All 50 WWE World Heavyweight Champions - From Worst To Best

49. Rey Mysterio

WWE Champions
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A casualty of war during the pitiful follow-through to CM Punk's iconic Money In The Bank 2011 WWE Title victory, Rey Mysterio's victory in the hurriedly-assembled Championship tournament only led him into defeat against John Cena that very same night.

Bizarrely, the response to Rey winning was such that the company possibly could have kept the 'Voice Of The Voiceless' away a bit longer to sell a match between them, instead of returning to the status quo by the end of the evening.

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