Who wasn't a WWF/WWE Champion, but deserved to be?

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Rude wasn’t the real champ. That was the “wcw international” belt.

Still a world title

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Still a world title

I guess

 

[Megahab]

Still a world title

As much as the big gold title was a world title I'm WWE from 2011-2013 when really it was a secondary title. I don't think it main evented even one PPV during that time.

 

[Megahab]

Lol no he wouldn’t.

First, there was nothing that was toppling Hogan. Second, he was a crack head by the time he went north. Third, his program with the free birds was white hot. His “overness “ had more to do with the Freebirds being hated then him actually being over.

Most of these guys didn’t need a title run. They were over without one. Rude has WCW champ and that didn’t put asses in seats.

Title runs shouldn't be to get a guy over. It should go to a top guy. That's how it was back then.

 

[JackSlater]

Yeah but…

Henning did nothing for the AWA as champ.

Nobody was going over Hogan. Henning was IC champ in a time when the best workers were usually given that belt. ( Honky sold tickets). That’s a lot more then most can say.

I like Hennig's AWA work as the top face. Not his fault that the ship was essentially sunk. Regardless, I said that he deserved it based on talent. He was never the top draw in the company. Definitely should have received a bigger push in 1990 to set him up for the post-Hogan era.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

As much as the big gold title was a world title I'm WWE from 2011-2013 when really it was a secondary title. I don't think it main evented even one PPV during that time.

Wrong time frame when Rude had the belt

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Title runs shouldn't be to get a guy over. It should go to a top guy. That's how it was back then.

Bob Backlund enters the chat….

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

I like Hennig's AWA work as the top face. Not his fault that the ship was essentially sunk. Regardless, I said that he deserved it based on talent. He was never the top draw in the company. Definitely should have received a bigger push in 1990 to set him up for the post-Hogan era.

He kind of had a huge push with the vignettes. Henning really didn’t need a belt in the E. He was over with his gimmick

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Lots of good names mentioned here, Wade Barrett is another one if only because it would have meant a ton for him to hold it at the time. A lot of guys would have been great champions, but also didn't necessarily need the rub as much as others.

 

[Megahab]

Wrong time frame when Rude had the belt

What do you mean? When Rude had the WCW international belt? I wasn't following WCW at the time but was it treated like the top title? I always thought not.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Still a world title

clearly not the point of the thread though. the thread is obviously looking for guys who never held the WWF/E Championship or the World Heavyweight Title

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

What do you mean? When Rude had the WCW international belt? I wasn't following WCW at the time but was it treated like the top title? I always thought not.

It was not. It was a secondary title.

 

[JackSlater]

He kind of had a huge push with the vignettes. Henning really didn’t need a belt in the E. He was over with his gimmick

I love the vignettes. Ultimately his health was his undoing but it is a shame that he never had a real main event level run in WWF. We never really got to see healthy, storyline-backed Perfect vs. Savage, Flair, or Michaels. In an ideal situation, a healthy Perfect is there to spare us from a one year long Yokozuna world title run in 1993.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Iron Mike Sharpe
Frankie Williams

 

[mrmovies779]

Jake Roberts is another guy

 

[alko]

Bob Backlund enters the chat….

Uf, i rememeber a Backlund vs Bret Hart fight. Oh god, was that boooring.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Uf, i rememeber a Backlund vs Bret Hart fight. Oh god, was that boooring.

Are you kidding? Mr Backlund was hilarious.

Im talking his title run. SSBG was the “top guy” but they still put the belt on Backlund. You can make a case for Bruno and yes I know he didn’t want the belt.

 

[alko]

Are you kidding? Mr Backlund was hilarious.

Maybe he was, but what i remembered was a disaster.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

clearly not the point of the thread though. the thread is obviously looking for guys who never held the WWF/E Championship or the World Heavyweight Title

Well, WCW was purchased by Vince. That means it’s WWE and the “world heavyweight title” is nothing more then the big gold belt.

And lol @ the WCW international world title not being a world title. Look who carried it and see if they didn’t think it was considered a legit belt.

 

[GKJ]

The WCW international title seemed to be a replacement for the NWA withdrawing from WCW, but it was represented by the Big Gold Belt in both names, even though WCW had its own championship belt which the Big Gold Belt then replaced. It’s probably more lost to history but it does seem to have been intended to be ‘a’ top title, just not ‘the’ top title since they had more than one and itself short-lived.

 

[JackSlater]

The WCW International title was presented as though it was a world championship level belt but a world title from a basically non-existent entity couldn't have that much value. It wasn't the equivalent of WCW's heavyweight title at the time.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Don Muraco

 

[OKR]

Davey Boy Smith,Cesaro,Hall,RVD and Owen

Rvd did win the WWE title

 

[mrmovies779]

Rvd did win the WWE title

I meant a legit run..not that funky win over Cena in the ECW arena

 

[OKR]

I meant a legit run..not that funky win over Cena in the ECW arena

It was a legit run, but RVD got arrested for pot alongside Sabu so WWE was pretty much forced to make him drop the title so soon after winning it.