World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), today is considered to be professional wrestling's greatest promotion. It is the biggest pro wrestling promotion and to fans around the world, the term "pro wrestling" is synonymous with WWE. There is no doubt that WWE has created so many stars in the past and we have seen some of the greatest pro wrestlers grace the squared circle with their presence. WWE has produced the biggest pro wrestling stars with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Triple H, Batista, John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and AJ Styles among others, all of whom have been former WWE Champions.
However, there are some also some of the great wrestlers who deserved to be WWE Champions or World Heavyweight Champions or deserved to have a world title run one way or the other during their WWE tenure but never achieved that feat such as Roddy Piper, Mr. Perfect, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mr. Kennedy, Ken Shamrock, Carlito, John Morrison and Shelton Benjamin, who largely held mid-card titles and there are some who were world-title material or at least mid-card material, but surprisingly never won any championship during their career.
"The Narcissist"/"The All-American" Lex Luger:
The first and foremost example of a wrestler who surprisingly never won any title in WWE is of Lex Luger. Luger is a well-known name in the pro wrestling scene. In 1992, he left WCW due to a contract dispute after losing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Sting at SuperBrawl II. He then suffered a motorbike accident and after a stint in the ill-fated World Bodybuilding Federation, Luger made his way into WWF in 1993. With the resume of a world champion beside him, the former WCW Champion made his WWF debut as "The Narcissist" Lex Luger under the tutelage of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. After racking up wins over several wrestlers establishing himself in the mid-card during the first half of 1993 including a win over Mr. Perfect in his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania IX, Luger was suddenly thrust into the main event scene after Yokozuna won the WWF Championship from Hulk Hogan at King of the Ring.
Luger who had the potential to be a world champion and be the leader of the company with an impressive physique and great in-ring talent, was chosen by Vince McMahon to be Hogan's successor as the company's face but WWF creative team made a big mistake by building him up as the "All-American", which was just the 1990s version of Hogan's "Real American". Fans had been seeing the "Real American" for the past decade and were sick of it. It is rumored that Luger was expected to win the WWF Championship from Yokozuna but things went wrong and he failed to get the job done. After being pushed as the company's top babyface and the number one contender for WWF's most prestigious title throughout late 1993 and early 1994, his main event run ended soon in the company after being screwed out of the title by Mr. Perfect at WrestleMania X.
Luger deserved to be the WWF Champion as he had all the looks and charisma to be the world champion but things did not go down in Luger's favor. Maybe there were backstage politics or other factors that caused things to go wrong. Luger's career fell down after WrestleMania X and he became a mid-carder and did not even get a run with the Intercontinental Championship and the Tag Team Championship. A failed run with British Bulldog as Allied Powers in 1995 led to Luger's departure and surprisingly he did not win any title throughout his WWF run.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts:
Jake Roberts is often credited for having invented the famous DDT move in professional wrestling. He is also known for his intense knowledge of in-ring psychology. Roberts created one of the most epic characters in the WWF history and while he may never have enjoyed main event success like his contemporaries Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, his "Snake" character has his own significance. He never won any championship in the WWF but was inducted into the Hall of Fame due to his historic rivalries and matches. It is a huge surprise that Roberts never won any title in the WWF despite being one of the company's most popular stars in fact he never won any title in any major promotion including WCW and ECW, where he wrestled. He is perhaps the greatest pro wrestler who never won any title in any major promotion.
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff:
Paul Orndorff is one of the biggest heels of the WWF's Golden Age Hulkamania era. One of the major villains during Hulk Hogan's initial days as WWF Champion, Orndorff headlined the first-ever WrestleMania in 1985 by teaming with Roddy Piper against Hogan and Mr. T. Despite being one of the top heels of the company at the time and having an impressive physique, Orndorff never won any championship in the WWF. He rather found success in WCW, where he was a World Television Champion and one half of the World Tag Team Championship winning tag team Pretty Wonderful.
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes:
Dusty Rhodes was one of the biggest successes in Jim Crockett Promotions and National Wrestling Alliance during the 1980s. He also had a brief reign as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and remained in the NWA Championship picture during the mid-1980s, putting up many classic matches with Ric Flair over the title and enjoyed success winning numerous titles in the JCP. However, his WWF career was a complete failure. He jumped ship to WWF, where the creative team failed to capitalize on his prior name recognition and instead put him in a ridiculous gimmick of "The American Dream" where he wore black shirts with yellow polka dots. He would get involved in ridiculous feuds with Randy Savage and Ted DiBiase but failed to gain any championship success in WWF and left the company for good in 1990.
Harley Race:
Harley Race had a great resume heading into the WWF as he was a multiple-time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion but he was badly booked in WWF. He won the 1986 King of the Ring tournament but surprisingly never had a championship run in the WWF. If the WWF creative team had wisely booked him, he could have easily become the number one contender to Hulk Hogan's WWF Championship at time and could have made a good heel champion or at least a good heel contender but he unfortunately never even won the Intercontinental Championship and remained a mid-card competitor throughout his WWF tenure, leaving the company for good in 1989 and retiring in 1990.
"The Beast From The East" Bam Bam Bigelow:
It is a surprise that Bam Bam Bigelow never won any championship in the WWF and never rose to prominence during his run with the company as he was expected to be. He found success in IWGP, WCW and ECW, winning titles everywhere and was even a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion but his WWF run was a total failure. He did put up some great matches and feuds in the mid-card and was the runner-up of the 1993 King of the Ring tournament and headlined WrestleMania IX against Lawrence Taylor, but that match was used to publicize Taylor and did no good for Bigelow's career. His WWF career ended after he lost to the newcomer Goldust at the 1995 Survivor Series without enjoying any championship success.
"The Masterpiece" Chris Masters:
The Masterpiece was just a version of Lex Luger's The Narcissist gimmick. Chris Masters had similar impressive physique, looked himself in a mirror and was impressive just like Luger. He had champion written all over him. He received several title shots for the WWE Championship in his rookie year and nobody was able to break his patented Masterlock for two years. He may be a main event material or maybe not. He had the potential to be a world champion or at least deserved a run with the Intercontinental Championship, but for some reason, Masters was never pushed as a champion and both of his runs with the WWE were utter failures.
"The Native American" Tatanka:
Tatanka arrived in the WWF as the undefeated Native American warrior, who was a fan favorite and very beloved in the Native Americans. Blessed by the fellow Native American Hall of Fame wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, Tatanka seemed to be destined for greatness in at least mid-card upon his debut as he was given a lengthy undefeated streak (even longer than Bill Goldberg) which lasted one and a half year. While the undefeated streak meant for him to become a WWF Championship contender, he was not even given a run with the Intercontinental Championship despite getting a chance against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania IX. Michaels took the dirty loss that night by getting counted out but maybe if WWF had pulled the trigger on Tatanka to be the champion, he could have made up an amazing champion in the mid-card.
His comeback to WWE was also fruitless as he once again failed to get any championship success during the mid-2000s and embarked on a losing streak. He managed to end the losing streak but never won any championship.
Super Crazy:
One of the very successful mid-carders in the original ECW, the high-flying luchador Super Crazy was an exciting addition to WWE in the cruiserweight division on the SmackDown! brand. Making his WWE debut alongside fellow luchadors Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis as the trio Mexicools, the group were an instant success in the cruiserweight division but unfortunately only Guerrera had a run with the Cruiserweight Championship. Crazy even came close to winning the Cruiserweight Championship once from Gregory Helms at Judgment Day in 2006 but then his career went nowhere after Mexicools broke up. He would constantly switch brands and contended for the Intercontinental Championship on Raw's mid-card but never became successful. He could have made a good Cruiserweight Champion and Intercontinental Champion had he been given a chance. He was the longest tenured member of the Mexicools stable in WWE but only Guerrera was the one who had a championship run in the WWE.
Sabu:
The hardcore legend of ECW, Sabu is very well known for his death-defying high risk stunts which made him famous in the original ECW. Once WWE reinstated the ECW brand, they brought in Sabu to compete for it and even put him in high-profile matches with WWE's main eventers of that time, Rey Mysterio and John Cena at pay-per-view events but nothing came into fruition. Sabu would also become a contender for the ECW Championship against Big Show, where many hardcore fans of ECW believed Sabu deserved to win at SummerSlam. Once Sabu lost and he was buried in ECW's mid-card as he continued to lose to rising heel wrestlers on the roster. WWE even took him out of the Extreme Elimination Chamber at December to Dismember and replaced with Hardcore Holly but Vince McMahon never saw anything special in him but there was a reason that he was the main eventer and one of the top guys in the original ECW and maybe WWE could have made him an ECW Champion for the benefits of their emerging ECW brand.
The Sandman:
The beer-drinking cane hitting The Sandman was one of original ECW legends who was recruited by Vince McMahon for the new ECW brand in WWE. While he was a five-time ECW Champion in the original ECW among other accomplishments, his run in WWE was a total failure. He was badly booked in matches and never even came close to an ECW Championship opportunity. After concluding a rivalry between ECW Originals and New Breed in 2007, Sandman was traded to the Raw brand, but instead of being treated as a former ECW legend, he jobbed out to Carlito in a Singapore Cane on a Pole match at The Great American Bash. That was it for Sandman and he ended up quitting WWE in 2007.
Savio Vega:
The Puerto Rican sensation Savio Vega first made his mark in WWF as the masked Asian named Kwang under the tutelage of Harvey Wippleman. After the failure of Kwang character, Vega removed the mask and showed up on his own as Razor Ramon's friend. Vega received a quick push and became the runner-up of the 1995 King of the Ring and it seemed that Vega would soon be on the verge to become an Intercontinental Champion but never attained such heights. WWF even teased him to become the Intercontinental Champion in 1996 during a title shot against Goldust when the title was held up and they had a rematch but Goldust came out victorious. That was it for Vega. He would later be a member of the Nation of Domination and the leader of Los Boricuas but nothing worked out for him. The most promising rookie of 1995 failed to win any championship in WWF.
Elijah Burke:
Elijah Burke emerged as one of the most emerging rising stars in WWE during the mid-2000s. He debuted in WWE as the mouthpiece of the powerhouse Sylvester Terkay before establishing himself as the leader of The New Breed, a group of young wrestlers who wanted to rise in ECW and opposed the ECW Originals. Burke seemed to make full on promise by having an ECW Championship reign but the group was completely buried after Burke failed in a rivalry against CM Punk and the group dissolved. Burke was an afterthought afterwards. He would then become the sidekick of the rechristened "Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin before quitting WWE in 2008. He was a promising championship contender and could have been an amazing champion if given a championship run.
'The Alpha Male" Marcus Cor Von:
Monty Brown who was a contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on numerous occasions in TNA, finally made his way to WWE as a member of The New Breed in 2007. A promising powerhouse who was very intimidating to his opponents in the ring and had the charisma to be a world champion in WWE was never properly booked and once the group lost in feuds against ECW Originals and CM Punk, Cor Von's career went nowhere. He was a promising ECW Champion but WWE never decided to pull the trigger on him and he left WWE and quietly retired from wrestling for good.
Gangrel:
Gangrel made his WWF debut as Edge's rival and quickly abducted Edge into his gothic stable The Brood, along with Edge's on-screen brother Christian. The trio were a quick success in the mid-card and were involved in important storylines with the Ministry of Darkness in 1999. Brood split up in mid-1999 when Gangrel turned on Edge and Christian and appointed The Hardy Boyz as The New Brood. Once the rivalry between the two teams was settled, all four of them turned on Gangrel and went on to become successful tag teams and eventually all four men went on to become world champions in WWF. However, Gangrel was the unfortunate superstar, who fell in the ranks from being the leader of Brood to being a low mid-carder, who never had a championship run, not even with the Hardcore Championship but he could have been an amazing contender for the WWF Championship had he been given a chance.
Jimmy "The Superfly" Snuka:
The legendary Jimmy Snuka had a great share of historic moments during his WWF career, including performing a Superfly Splash from the top of a steel cage onto Don Muraco. He was the first to perform such an amazing feat in the WWF, which Jeff Hardy does commonly today but was not very common during the 1980s. One of the most prolific superstars of his generation, Snuka enjoyed success in JCP where he was a former United States Heavyweight Champion among other accolades and became the first-ever ECW World Heavyweight Champion as well as the ECW World Television Champion but his WWF career went nowhere and he failed to make a mark. He is also notable for an infamous Piper's Pit edition where Roddy Piper smashed his coconut on Snuka. Snuka is also renowned for being the first victim of Undertaker's famous undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan:
Jim Duggan is the winner of the first-ever televised Royal Rumble match in the WWF but unfortunately that was the only accomplishment that Duggan ever achieved in his WWF career. The rest of his career was forgettable. He never rose above the mid-card ranks and never achieved any championship success even though he deserved to be. He was always kept as a hilarious character often carrying his 2x4 beside him and playing the American patriot but never even enjoyed a run with the Intercontinental Championship.
However, there are some also some of the great wrestlers who deserved to be WWE Champions or World Heavyweight Champions or deserved to have a world title run one way or the other during their WWE tenure but never achieved that feat such as Roddy Piper, Mr. Perfect, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mr. Kennedy, Ken Shamrock, Carlito, John Morrison and Shelton Benjamin, who largely held mid-card titles and there are some who were world-title material or at least mid-card material, but surprisingly never won any championship during their career.
"The Narcissist"/"The All-American" Lex Luger:
The first and foremost example of a wrestler who surprisingly never won any title in WWE is of Lex Luger. Luger is a well-known name in the pro wrestling scene. In 1992, he left WCW due to a contract dispute after losing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Sting at SuperBrawl II. He then suffered a motorbike accident and after a stint in the ill-fated World Bodybuilding Federation, Luger made his way into WWF in 1993. With the resume of a world champion beside him, the former WCW Champion made his WWF debut as "The Narcissist" Lex Luger under the tutelage of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. After racking up wins over several wrestlers establishing himself in the mid-card during the first half of 1993 including a win over Mr. Perfect in his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania IX, Luger was suddenly thrust into the main event scene after Yokozuna won the WWF Championship from Hulk Hogan at King of the Ring.
Luger who had the potential to be a world champion and be the leader of the company with an impressive physique and great in-ring talent, was chosen by Vince McMahon to be Hogan's successor as the company's face but WWF creative team made a big mistake by building him up as the "All-American", which was just the 1990s version of Hogan's "Real American". Fans had been seeing the "Real American" for the past decade and were sick of it. It is rumored that Luger was expected to win the WWF Championship from Yokozuna but things went wrong and he failed to get the job done. After being pushed as the company's top babyface and the number one contender for WWF's most prestigious title throughout late 1993 and early 1994, his main event run ended soon in the company after being screwed out of the title by Mr. Perfect at WrestleMania X.
Luger deserved to be the WWF Champion as he had all the looks and charisma to be the world champion but things did not go down in Luger's favor. Maybe there were backstage politics or other factors that caused things to go wrong. Luger's career fell down after WrestleMania X and he became a mid-carder and did not even get a run with the Intercontinental Championship and the Tag Team Championship. A failed run with British Bulldog as Allied Powers in 1995 led to Luger's departure and surprisingly he did not win any title throughout his WWF run.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts:
Jake Roberts is often credited for having invented the famous DDT move in professional wrestling. He is also known for his intense knowledge of in-ring psychology. Roberts created one of the most epic characters in the WWF history and while he may never have enjoyed main event success like his contemporaries Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, his "Snake" character has his own significance. He never won any championship in the WWF but was inducted into the Hall of Fame due to his historic rivalries and matches. It is a huge surprise that Roberts never won any title in the WWF despite being one of the company's most popular stars in fact he never won any title in any major promotion including WCW and ECW, where he wrestled. He is perhaps the greatest pro wrestler who never won any title in any major promotion.
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff:
Paul Orndorff is one of the biggest heels of the WWF's Golden Age Hulkamania era. One of the major villains during Hulk Hogan's initial days as WWF Champion, Orndorff headlined the first-ever WrestleMania in 1985 by teaming with Roddy Piper against Hogan and Mr. T. Despite being one of the top heels of the company at the time and having an impressive physique, Orndorff never won any championship in the WWF. He rather found success in WCW, where he was a World Television Champion and one half of the World Tag Team Championship winning tag team Pretty Wonderful.
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes:
Dusty Rhodes was one of the biggest successes in Jim Crockett Promotions and National Wrestling Alliance during the 1980s. He also had a brief reign as the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and remained in the NWA Championship picture during the mid-1980s, putting up many classic matches with Ric Flair over the title and enjoyed success winning numerous titles in the JCP. However, his WWF career was a complete failure. He jumped ship to WWF, where the creative team failed to capitalize on his prior name recognition and instead put him in a ridiculous gimmick of "The American Dream" where he wore black shirts with yellow polka dots. He would get involved in ridiculous feuds with Randy Savage and Ted DiBiase but failed to gain any championship success in WWF and left the company for good in 1990.
Harley Race:
Harley Race had a great resume heading into the WWF as he was a multiple-time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion but he was badly booked in WWF. He won the 1986 King of the Ring tournament but surprisingly never had a championship run in the WWF. If the WWF creative team had wisely booked him, he could have easily become the number one contender to Hulk Hogan's WWF Championship at time and could have made a good heel champion or at least a good heel contender but he unfortunately never even won the Intercontinental Championship and remained a mid-card competitor throughout his WWF tenure, leaving the company for good in 1989 and retiring in 1990.
"The Beast From The East" Bam Bam Bigelow:
It is a surprise that Bam Bam Bigelow never won any championship in the WWF and never rose to prominence during his run with the company as he was expected to be. He found success in IWGP, WCW and ECW, winning titles everywhere and was even a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion but his WWF run was a total failure. He did put up some great matches and feuds in the mid-card and was the runner-up of the 1993 King of the Ring tournament and headlined WrestleMania IX against Lawrence Taylor, but that match was used to publicize Taylor and did no good for Bigelow's career. His WWF career ended after he lost to the newcomer Goldust at the 1995 Survivor Series without enjoying any championship success.
"The Masterpiece" Chris Masters:
The Masterpiece was just a version of Lex Luger's The Narcissist gimmick. Chris Masters had similar impressive physique, looked himself in a mirror and was impressive just like Luger. He had champion written all over him. He received several title shots for the WWE Championship in his rookie year and nobody was able to break his patented Masterlock for two years. He may be a main event material or maybe not. He had the potential to be a world champion or at least deserved a run with the Intercontinental Championship, but for some reason, Masters was never pushed as a champion and both of his runs with the WWE were utter failures.
"The Native American" Tatanka:
Tatanka arrived in the WWF as the undefeated Native American warrior, who was a fan favorite and very beloved in the Native Americans. Blessed by the fellow Native American Hall of Fame wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, Tatanka seemed to be destined for greatness in at least mid-card upon his debut as he was given a lengthy undefeated streak (even longer than Bill Goldberg) which lasted one and a half year. While the undefeated streak meant for him to become a WWF Championship contender, he was not even given a run with the Intercontinental Championship despite getting a chance against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania IX. Michaels took the dirty loss that night by getting counted out but maybe if WWF had pulled the trigger on Tatanka to be the champion, he could have made up an amazing champion in the mid-card.
His comeback to WWE was also fruitless as he once again failed to get any championship success during the mid-2000s and embarked on a losing streak. He managed to end the losing streak but never won any championship.
Super Crazy:
One of the very successful mid-carders in the original ECW, the high-flying luchador Super Crazy was an exciting addition to WWE in the cruiserweight division on the SmackDown! brand. Making his WWE debut alongside fellow luchadors Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis as the trio Mexicools, the group were an instant success in the cruiserweight division but unfortunately only Guerrera had a run with the Cruiserweight Championship. Crazy even came close to winning the Cruiserweight Championship once from Gregory Helms at Judgment Day in 2006 but then his career went nowhere after Mexicools broke up. He would constantly switch brands and contended for the Intercontinental Championship on Raw's mid-card but never became successful. He could have made a good Cruiserweight Champion and Intercontinental Champion had he been given a chance. He was the longest tenured member of the Mexicools stable in WWE but only Guerrera was the one who had a championship run in the WWE.
Sabu:
The hardcore legend of ECW, Sabu is very well known for his death-defying high risk stunts which made him famous in the original ECW. Once WWE reinstated the ECW brand, they brought in Sabu to compete for it and even put him in high-profile matches with WWE's main eventers of that time, Rey Mysterio and John Cena at pay-per-view events but nothing came into fruition. Sabu would also become a contender for the ECW Championship against Big Show, where many hardcore fans of ECW believed Sabu deserved to win at SummerSlam. Once Sabu lost and he was buried in ECW's mid-card as he continued to lose to rising heel wrestlers on the roster. WWE even took him out of the Extreme Elimination Chamber at December to Dismember and replaced with Hardcore Holly but Vince McMahon never saw anything special in him but there was a reason that he was the main eventer and one of the top guys in the original ECW and maybe WWE could have made him an ECW Champion for the benefits of their emerging ECW brand.
The Sandman:
The beer-drinking cane hitting The Sandman was one of original ECW legends who was recruited by Vince McMahon for the new ECW brand in WWE. While he was a five-time ECW Champion in the original ECW among other accomplishments, his run in WWE was a total failure. He was badly booked in matches and never even came close to an ECW Championship opportunity. After concluding a rivalry between ECW Originals and New Breed in 2007, Sandman was traded to the Raw brand, but instead of being treated as a former ECW legend, he jobbed out to Carlito in a Singapore Cane on a Pole match at The Great American Bash. That was it for Sandman and he ended up quitting WWE in 2007.
Savio Vega:
The Puerto Rican sensation Savio Vega first made his mark in WWF as the masked Asian named Kwang under the tutelage of Harvey Wippleman. After the failure of Kwang character, Vega removed the mask and showed up on his own as Razor Ramon's friend. Vega received a quick push and became the runner-up of the 1995 King of the Ring and it seemed that Vega would soon be on the verge to become an Intercontinental Champion but never attained such heights. WWF even teased him to become the Intercontinental Champion in 1996 during a title shot against Goldust when the title was held up and they had a rematch but Goldust came out victorious. That was it for Vega. He would later be a member of the Nation of Domination and the leader of Los Boricuas but nothing worked out for him. The most promising rookie of 1995 failed to win any championship in WWF.
Elijah Burke:
Elijah Burke emerged as one of the most emerging rising stars in WWE during the mid-2000s. He debuted in WWE as the mouthpiece of the powerhouse Sylvester Terkay before establishing himself as the leader of The New Breed, a group of young wrestlers who wanted to rise in ECW and opposed the ECW Originals. Burke seemed to make full on promise by having an ECW Championship reign but the group was completely buried after Burke failed in a rivalry against CM Punk and the group dissolved. Burke was an afterthought afterwards. He would then become the sidekick of the rechristened "Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin before quitting WWE in 2008. He was a promising championship contender and could have been an amazing champion if given a championship run.
'The Alpha Male" Marcus Cor Von:
Monty Brown who was a contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on numerous occasions in TNA, finally made his way to WWE as a member of The New Breed in 2007. A promising powerhouse who was very intimidating to his opponents in the ring and had the charisma to be a world champion in WWE was never properly booked and once the group lost in feuds against ECW Originals and CM Punk, Cor Von's career went nowhere. He was a promising ECW Champion but WWE never decided to pull the trigger on him and he left WWE and quietly retired from wrestling for good.
Gangrel:
Gangrel made his WWF debut as Edge's rival and quickly abducted Edge into his gothic stable The Brood, along with Edge's on-screen brother Christian. The trio were a quick success in the mid-card and were involved in important storylines with the Ministry of Darkness in 1999. Brood split up in mid-1999 when Gangrel turned on Edge and Christian and appointed The Hardy Boyz as The New Brood. Once the rivalry between the two teams was settled, all four of them turned on Gangrel and went on to become successful tag teams and eventually all four men went on to become world champions in WWF. However, Gangrel was the unfortunate superstar, who fell in the ranks from being the leader of Brood to being a low mid-carder, who never had a championship run, not even with the Hardcore Championship but he could have been an amazing contender for the WWF Championship had he been given a chance.
Jimmy "The Superfly" Snuka:
The legendary Jimmy Snuka had a great share of historic moments during his WWF career, including performing a Superfly Splash from the top of a steel cage onto Don Muraco. He was the first to perform such an amazing feat in the WWF, which Jeff Hardy does commonly today but was not very common during the 1980s. One of the most prolific superstars of his generation, Snuka enjoyed success in JCP where he was a former United States Heavyweight Champion among other accolades and became the first-ever ECW World Heavyweight Champion as well as the ECW World Television Champion but his WWF career went nowhere and he failed to make a mark. He is also notable for an infamous Piper's Pit edition where Roddy Piper smashed his coconut on Snuka. Snuka is also renowned for being the first victim of Undertaker's famous undefeated streak at WrestleMania.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan:
Jim Duggan is the winner of the first-ever televised Royal Rumble match in the WWF but unfortunately that was the only accomplishment that Duggan ever achieved in his WWF career. The rest of his career was forgettable. He never rose above the mid-card ranks and never achieved any championship success even though he deserved to be. He was always kept as a hilarious character often carrying his 2x4 beside him and playing the American patriot but never even enjoyed a run with the Intercontinental Championship.
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