There are few, if any, honors in the wrestling business more prestigious than holding the WWE Championship. Its lineage dates all the way back to 1963 and the original Nature Boy Buddy Rogers, who was crowned the inaugural champion. Since then, a who’s who list of the most famous personalities in the history of the sport have won the belt at some point or another. From pop culture icons like Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Ric Flair, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Macho Man Randy Savage to wrestlers turned movie stars like Dwayne Johnson, Dave Bautista and John Cena to in-ring legends like Bret Hart, Roman Reigns, Kurt Angle and The Undertaker, there is not loftier company you could find yourself in.
Unfortunately, not every performer talented enough or deserving enough won the big belt at some point in their careers. In fact, there are a great number who never got the chance, either because of bad booking decisions, overlapping with several historically great performers and not being in WWE at the right point in their career. So, let’s talk about them.
