10 Greatest wrestlers who never became the World Champion

#1 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

What could have been

'Rowdy' Roddy Piper may not be as great as a wrestler as his cousin Owen Hart was, but it's not always an in-ring skill that makes for the biggest and best in WWE.

Roddy Piper had it all. He was skilled in the ring and could have a solid match with just about anyone, but no other wrestler in the world could touch him on the mic and in promos. This called for a major push and feud with none other than the WWE's biggest star, WWE Champion Hulk Hogan.

When the 'Rock N Wrestling Connection' exploded in the mid 80's, it was all thanks to the feud between Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan. Piper would challenge Hogan for the WWE Championship at 'The War To Settle The Score', but was unsuccessful, as well as on live events. Roddy wouldn't see the WWE Championship scene again and later held the WWE Intercontinental Championship, before becoming 'President of the WWE', being semi-retired and later joining WCW.

'Rowdy' Roddy Piper was such an amazing talent, so good at everything he did that it is truly mind-boggling how he never became WWE Champion. His feud with Hulk Hogan is one of the best in history, but the only thing that would have made it and the amazing career of Roddy Piper just that little bit better, would have been 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as WWE Champion.

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