10 Best Modern Day Superstars To Never Be WWE Champion

#3 Matt Hardy

Will still not die!

The Hardy Boyz are one the greatest tag teams in history of professional wrestling. Both Jeff and Matt Hardy have also proven that they should also be considered among the greatest solo performers in history too.

When it comes to Matt and Jeff, the focus for being the breakout star has always been on Jeff Hardy. The Charismatic Enigma was always given more opportunities to shine, while Matt was left to wallow on the likes of Sunday Night Heat.

There have been many times over his career where Matt should have been given that main event level push, but it just never came.

While he did manage to shake off performing on WWE's B shows, he never seemed to have proven himself to be a WWE Championship material star in Vince McMahon's eyes, even though he had many fans.

If Matt was to ever have received that big WWE Championship contender push, the best time would have been in 2005 after he returned to WWE following his unjust firing. Matt was red hot. He was incredibly popular and often took in the biggest reaction of the night, even over John Cena on some nights on RAW that year.

After a tremendous feud with Edge, Matt was sent packing to SmackDown. The blue show was light on players at the time, so Matt coming over should have been a real shot in the arm for everyone concerned, but it wasn't to be.

He spent the majority of 2006 putting over other talent, and was often used for comical purposes in 2007, after his reunion with brother Jeff. He would manage to become WWE ECW Champion in 2009, but the belt was long devalued by then.

Thankfully, Matt Hardy would reach the elite of TNA Impact Wrestling by becoming a 2 time TNA World Champion during his time with the company, and being able to develop his incredibly over 'Broken' character. Still though, it is a major shame he never reached the top in WWE, when he had the talent to do so.