Wrestlers that should have won the World title but never did
 

Name some wrestlers that should have won the World Title but never did and also state when they should have won. For example, there were plenty of talented guys in the 80s like Hennig, Rude, etc., that were probably championship material but Hogan was drawing so much that there was no room for them to be champs.

I think Bam Bam Bigelow should have got the World Title in 1993 at some point instead of Yokozuna having such a long run.

Owen Hart in late 1994 instead of Backlund or Nash.

Vader (won in WCW, but not WWF) should have been the one to end Michaels' reign in 1996.

Bam Bam, Rude, Henning, Hall, Roberts, Piper, Honky Tonk.....

Davey Boy Smith

piper 1985 after wrestlemania 1 to make the rock and wrestling war look better, he should have taking the belt from hogan.

Of the still active guys:
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Although, I have a feeling that could change later this year.

As for guys no longer in the WWE:
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Why are people so in love with Hassan

christian won the ecw title, Mr Perfect of course

Because he was so relevant to world events when he debuted, and only the outrage of the Arab community in America forced him out of WWE. I honestly have no doubts that had his character not been so controversial with them, he'd have at least held the IC or US title a time or two.

...which is not recognized as a world title by the WWE. And I hate to say it, but I'm not counting his TNA run (runs?) with their 'World Championship' either.

I dont know that people count that title for a number of reasons

...I find it CRAZY that Scott Hall never was WWF Champion or WCW Champion...

...I mean, at least as Razor Ramon he should've won it...he was HOT back in the day.

This plus Owen Hart

I find it more crazy he never won the title in WCW. In the mid-90s WWF, the IC Title meant way more than it does today.

Yeah, I mean, the Intercontinental title was the belt that made you basically a future contender for the World Title...at one point, I guess WWF officials gave the IC Title to somebody they saw promise in, and I guess they would see how he did as IC Champion and then make him WWF Champion.

Before Bret Hart, Diesel, HBK, The Rock, Stone Cold, Triple H (and I maybe forget a few) became WWF Champions, they were IC Champions.

...but Scott never made it somehow.

I don't know about that. I mean I agree with you and believe he should have a title run or at least a shot, but with the way he's being played up then all of a sudden dumbed back down makes me doubt it will be this year that we see a Christian title win or title shot.

Does McMahon still have it out for him or is that all in the past?

Does anyone know why Vince doesn't like Christian? I mean I haven't seen or heard a valid reason not to like them. I mean, I shit my pants when he challenged Edge on Raw 2 weeks ago. Those two need a good three month storyline. It's just a matter of time.

also he had tnas top belt so he was world champ just not wwes world champ

Christian is a skinny Canadian.

I've never understood how Edge made it and Christian, no matter what he did in TNA, hasn't made it.

Politics. Edge played the game in the back and Christian didn't.

hall was a drunk even back then, an i think that is the main reason hall piper and jake the snake never got the belt.

I bet he did...:naughty::shifty:

It's funny because back then I could never tell. As a kid I loved Jake, but after watching Beyond The Mat was a little dissapointed.

And I think Hall got away with being drunk all that time because his character was just that way so he could make it pass while being drunk.

Roberts, Rude, Christian (I don't count ECW either, and I'm "Meh" on the TNA ones...), & Def Owen...

British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith

Steroids.

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... and that is all.

Regal, Earthquake, Rick Martel, Bruiser Brody, Hennig, The British Bulldog, Dibiase

Actually, Mr. Perfect did win a World title, the AWA World title, as did Rick Martel.

The Million Dollar Belt wasn't a world title?

I feel like we've been over this subject before...

I don't think there's much we haven't been over before, possibly barring whether John Cena would be sexy as a post-op tranny.

Besides, go with the tongue "and" cheek.

I say kane. Yea, he won the WWE championship once, but that was for ONE day!

Scope out videos of Hassan. His promos are GOLD! He was too ahead of his time for his own good, and his gimmick was the double edged sword that cut him in the end. However listen to the reactions he got. As a heel he was the best we've seen in a while. He didn't even have to cut a promo on a wrestler. He can rip into a reporter who has NOTHING to do with wrestling and the fans still (love to) hate it!

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What should have been a face promo labeled him as a heel. Much like Sean O'Haire he wasn't telling you anything you didn't already know. He was a humble man who was turned on before he had the chance to prove what a nice guy he way.

I have to agree with Kane as one of the biggest ones, because he was used to just push austin even harder and i think we can all agree that it wasnt needed. Kane was forced to bury himself year in and year out. Kane could have been a respected champion and maybe it would allow him to have beaten his "big brother".

How many Divas have been stunned by Stone Cold?
 

I've been running around youtube, and I've seen Lita, Chyna, Molly, Stacy, Linda, and Stephanie (several times) get stunned by Austin. Anybody else?

Hennig (1989), DiBiase (1988-89), Owen (1994), Piper (1984-85), Rude (1990), Hall (1994-95), Vader (1996), Bulldog (1995-96), Christian (2005)

those sound about right

Linda's opponent should use that photo as taking down the established RIGHT!

Y'know this is what always pissed me off about booking or JR's annoucing whatever...

If any wrestler attacks a female it's like 'oh what a disgusting act! what a sorry excuse for a man!' etc, but then Austin would randomly stunner divas and one time Mae Young etc and it's like 'Bag gawd! Stunner on Mae Young! Stunner!'.

:nono:

When Austin stunned Lita and beat her with a chair, JR was not praising him. He kept saying how low class and he did say what a sorry excuse for a man. It was the RAW two weeks before Backlash 2001. Austin stunning Chyna was because she used to interject herself into matches and JR would say she wants to be treated like a man treat her like a man. Stunning Stephanie is a low act, but it was done to fuel his feud with HHH before No Way Out at least in the instance that I can recall. What about what Orton did to Stephanie that was lower than what Austin did in my opinion, yeah it's scripted but come on what he did is far worse. The Stacy one was uncalled for as it was because she refused to drink beer with him but I liked Austin during his Co-GM run. That was a low act, but the crowd loved it, Orton can be included in this category too when he RKOd Stephanie, it was low but helped to fuel his feud with the Undertaker before WM.

I agree with you two of my least favorites of all time are Hassan and Daivairi. As far as Hassan goes, his wrestling skills of lack thereof were apparent everytime he was in the ring, his best match was against Batista on an episode of RAW where he was completely annihilated. His mic skills were not good either because he would pause after every two words it was annoying. The only thing I liked about him was his music and the random bicycle in his titantron.

Yeah but I'm counting the fact that Christian never held the TNA title and is a two time NWA champion so I count those. Christian deserves the World Title more than anyone on Smackdown, even though I am a big fan of the current champ if they feuded over the World Title we'd see another great series of matches.

Solid Intercontinental Title reigns thart you listed are definitely what helped propel these guys to connect with audiences and hold the big strap. Some others I would include are The Ultimate Warriror (albeit he didn't hold the title as long as his predecessors but it helped him to be the second most popular man in the company), Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit (I know he isn't to be mentioned but it helped him and he was built up very well for his entire run in the company even his last few weeks in ECW), Kurt Angle (though I'd say KOTR 2000 was more his defining moment where he could hold the Title), Randy Orton (easily one of the best IC champs of all time), Edge, Jeff Hardy and I am sure there are more.

Billy Kidman

That was because Austin was a heel at the time.

Yeah that was Two Man Power Trip era bro.

Kennedy may very well be TNA champion by the end of the year though.

Yeah I know, that was just an instance of JR breaking his defending Austin on commentary period.

I find JR's "I know it's legal, but By Gawd it ain't right" to be completely sexist.

Austin stunned Mae Young at a PPV during 2003, when he was supposed to be the face Co-GM, and JR was ejaculating all over what happened. A face attacking an 80 year old woman? That's class.

Coincidently if I recall at the same PPV, Test had his thing going on when he was abusing Stacey Kiebler, and JR was all over how much of a douche he is.

Yeah, that makes sense doesn't it?

Ratings slipped so badly for the WWF during that 8-month reign of Shawn Michaels' in 1996. It wasn't all because of the nWo. Male viewers turned to WCW during HBK's reign because his flamboyant male stripper-like gimmick.

And comparing HBK and Bret's last WrestleMania match is stupid. Hart had a stroke and concussions. Who knows what he could have done if it had not been for that.

I think I've seen this topic here myself in my short time at these forums, but those past threads have just listed guys that should have won the World Title. In this thread I started, I wanted people to state not only who should have won the World Title but when they should have won it. But it has just turned into those past threads with people just listing the top guys to never win the title. Not everybody can get a run with a World Title. For example, Davey Boy Smith was one of the top guys to never win the title, but I don't see at what point he could have won. There was no opening for him.

Am I about to stun my first transvestite? :rofl:

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And Cena actually draws money, unlike HBK in 1996.

Bret Hart was WWE's biggest draw from about 1993-1997, especially internationally, so please don't say nobody cares about him.

HBK wasn't racy in 1996, he was just girly. I still remember after a PPV main event match, he showed a new tattoo of a heart or something on his hip. So gay. I hated mid 90s HBK. In the ring, he was awesome, I won't deny that.

girly?

Seriously?

It's 2010.

He was metro.. Open with the way his character should be.. Not a redneck who doesn't wear certain colors because they are too gay or w/e.

He's a realist.

I was talking about 1996 not 2010.

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Anyone said Regal yet?

If not- Regal.

And if so- Yeah, Regal!

christian and matt hardy does the ecw title count?!?!

Impact Plants
 

– TNA’s iMPACT! television tapings last week featured planted fans as attractive young women were purposely placed in the front row. - Ryan Clark


Yeah, on March 8th, I was in the front row. I was in the corner. I originally had a PINK Polo on, until the producer got ahold of me and gave me a t-shirt.

We had a bunch of big black guys with TNA shirts on that got moved to the front row because they were "regulars". I really dont care.. They can be mother teresa's brother in law, it doesn't mean they should take the spots that other fans had been waiting for, for 7 hours. There's special seating for a reason, go sit next to Dixie Carter.

Speaking of seating at Impact, I really feel that Dixie needs to move to the back, maybe an executive lounge where whoever has power these days - Dixie, Bischoff, Hogan, Jarrett - can go back there and chillout while watching impact on an Monitor.

I say this because I think kayfabe and the interference in shoots and storylines often happens or makes them unbelievable in the presence of the owner of the company.

In WWE, you often hear wrestlers say, Well Vince isn't here, or I'm in charge , or Vince is injured, or I'm champ so I call the shots, etc.. When Dixie is ringside, any fan can just look at her, and be like, um really?

Universal Studios is a small set without many opportunities too.

Thread worthy.

Sir Naitch
 

Thanks.

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I dunno... There are some valid points here... You know damn well if ANYONE here paid for seats and "Regulars" got preferential treatment, you would be pissed... That' s actually grounds for a small claims lawsuit... That means "Sue TNA" for some of you...

I bet some trolls on here are looking on Youtube for clips of me in the March 8th impact. LOL Look for the Hogan vs Flair beatdown, I got blood all over me when Hogan threw Flair into the barrier.

I couldn't care any less about you.

would you say that they were Implants?

Thats good
 

Must be from the emotional pain your parents put you through.

Or the fact that you're a used up dollar store douche.:shifty:

Sure

I can usually tell who the plants are. They're the 6 or 7 guys who are pretending they'd not rather be at Raw.

The plants are the hot chicks the no one had ever seen there before.

THIS THREAD HAS BEEN SAVED:

It's Steve Blackman!! "Baw Gawd what an appearance by the Lethal Weapon!"

i can see where you are coming from here I don't believe the executive of the company should be with the audience unless they have a role to play in the show or are involved in some kind of angle

I agree with blak23 but not with TheAdamEvansFan even though they said the same thing.

Triple A disabled it

the fans that get prefered seating are the ones who basically come to every taping . no one pays to get into the tapings themselfs . If you buy a ticket to universal studios then you can get in . its not extra . I was thier the week they did tapings when wrestlemainia was thier . all you have to do is stand in line and present your universal ticket

450 FTW

Debra

Austin should just randomly stun women and the elderly any time he makes an appearance. :shifty:

Apparently that was done a few times in private if she's to be believed. :-\

Stone Cold tried to keep his wife in line with the stunner. Didn't work out so well... :shifty:

No.

!?!?!

As far as I know the ECW title doesn't count as a world title.

Oh shit, son, you just committed an IWC faux pas.

Post 1980s, I think only the WWE and WCW titles should count. I mean, Justin Credible was ECW Champion.

giggity

Cheap heat from racist Americans is not the foundation of a great heel.

Pretending I don't know my shit so I don't sound cocky? Here's my take on it to clear it up:

Paul Heyman's ECW Title: Eh, it's debatable, but I'll say yeah it's a world title.

Vince's ECW Title: Not a fucking chance. Just because it was the only title on Tuesday's "We haven't thought up NXT yet" show doesn't make it legit. It was garbage, and got less respect from the IWC than the IC title. Hell WWE doesn't even consider it to be a legit world title.

If there's one thing the US will never run out of it's cheap racist heat.

implying the ECW title might not be a World title.

Stop arguing with KK...he's a bitch :roll: