Favourite wrestlers who never got the big one

[Guest Ciaran The King]

MVP, loved his series with Matt Hardy and Chris Benoit. He matured into a decent enough worker and he could talk, had all the visible skills but WWE just obviously never say it in him

[Guest Jayfunk]

Rude was WCW International World Champion, so I don't know if that should count.Steamboat is a former NWA World Champion.

 

I'd say Mr. Perfect is the main one who could have got it, but I'd say that British Bulldog also deserved a run.

 

Wasn't Hennig the AWA World Champion?

[Guest The Beltster]

Yep, as was Rick Martel.

[Guest Captin]

I'd have loved to seen Ken Shamrock get a run with the title. Was a big fan back in the day. Loved his fued with The Rock and The Nation. Same with Owen Hart, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper. I Could go on and on. Every few years there's lord knows how many guys who could have had a good run with the title.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Shamrock was competent in the ring but the guy had zero personanlity

[Shaun2J 127]

I dislike Ken Shamrock and his outbursts back then. Also his outbursts right now, still thinking he can get it on in the WWE Ring and win the World Title.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Shamrock was good for what he did, he was never above the midcard

[DC 536]

On a lesser level, I was always disappointed that Stevie Richards never won the ECW Championship, especially during his serious run in 1997.

[Maxximus 353]

That's a pretty good shout out honestly.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Didn't he take part in a historical triple threat match in 1997?

[DC 536]

Yeah, but he didn't win.

[dsrchris 190]

Didn't he take part in a historical triple threat match in 1997?

 

And another one at WrestleMania XX.

 

*ahem*

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Yeah, but he didn't win.

 

Am I right in saying it was a No1 contenders match?

[ViciousPrism 177]

I think Stevie was in a Number One contenders match at Barely Legal, but also had a proper shot within a triple threat match.

 

EDIT: Also, Siri lists Stevie as dead. I shit you not.

 

 

RIP :(

[Guest Gomi]

This one is going to divide you guys (and I'm going to receive the wrath of Beltster)

 

I think Mark Henry was good for the WWE world title run anyway from the Hall of Pain period up until the Pink Tux vs. Cena. Now he is back to smiley Henry who gets destroyed after Lesnar made him look like a jobber.

 

Now if were talking about guys I LIKE, but don't have world champ aura and marketability, but who I would have liked to see as Champ. Fit Finlay, loved his run as the tough fighting Irish until he was paired with Hornswoggle. Would have liked to see him challenge for the lesser world title when there was the brans split.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Mark Henry should never be challenging for a world title let alone winning one. Henry was a perfect example of a guy not earning it, he was given it out loyalty and pity. No one wanted it and no liked it

[Shaun2J 127]

Mark Henry should never be challenging for a world title let alone winning one. Henry was a perfect example of a guy not earning it, he was given it out loyalty and pity. No one wanted it and no liked it

 

That's not entirely true. Everyone loves some beast mode.

[Omega 354]

Mark Henry should never be challenging for a world title let alone winning one. Henry was a perfect example of a guy not earning it, he was given it out loyalty and pity. No one wanted it and no liked it

 

Nice to speak for the entire world there Ciaran.

 

I think a lot of people would have been happy to see him have a title run after his "retirement" angle.

[Guest The B-Man]

Nice to speak for the entire world there Ciaran.

 

I think a lot of people would have been happy to see him have a title run after his "retirement" angle.

 

Genious move that was. Not to mention his run was pretty decent before getting injured again.

 

He was a fav but the only person I think should have held the title that didn't was The Million Dollar man. The guy had it all!

[dsrchris 190]

Technically he did, for about 5 seconds. Then they stripped him for buying it from Andre and we got the WrestleMania IV championship tournament.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

I like giving an overall opinion :)

 

Okay so the general consensus is that the Mark Henry retirement angle was well played, however could we have all sat back and enjoyed the matches if he had become champion??

[Guest pheadley]

his retirement speech for me the highlight of his career, but it was the only time in his career that i had any interest in him and it quickly faded

[Omega 354]

I like giving an overall opinion :)

 

Okay so the general consensus is that the Mark Henry retirement angle was well played, however could we have all sat back and enjoyed the matches if he had become champion??

 

Yes, I don't get why you always think your opinion is so obviously the one everyone is going to agree with, especially given how often it isn't! Not every guy needs to be champ for a year, I'd have been happy to have Henry put fools in the hall of pain for a couple of months to give Cena a rest and then have someone take the belt off him.

[dsrchris 190]

I loved the hell out of Henry's Hall of Pain run. Especially him decimating Randy Orton in the match where he won the WHC. It was just so unexpected that when Henry won clean it made it ten times cooler than it had any right to be.

 

And we all know that heel smack-talking Mark Henry is great. All of us. Even Ciaran.

 

"If I charge for air, you better keep your rent PAID!"

[Guest The Beltster]

DiBiase did actually defend the belt on a few house shows after the Main Event episode where Andre sold it to him.