Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best
48. Alberto Del Rio
The wrong guy at the wrong time, Alberto Del Rio benefited for years from working for people who seemingly thought the total opposite. Name a white hot Alberto Del Rio WWE singles match right now. You can’t because one never happened, and though not every wrestler can have those contests, but ones so constantly in the championship conversation and/or contention should be held to a higher standard.
The hottest it ever got for Del Rio and the WWE Championship was during his perplexing inclusion into the 2011 Summer Of Punk, and even then he was just one of many to claim a victory over the ‘Voice Of The Voiceless' that felt unearned and unwanted.
A talent ostensibly worth experimenting with in the spot, Del Rio was in and out of top spots for years in the aftermath, but those were for World Championship runs that felt decidedly lower on the pecking order than when he was basking in the glow of Royal Rumble/Money In The Bank victories. Those were golden tickets, but Del Rio at best was never more than silver medal main eventer.