10 Most Disappointing WWE Champions

#2 Bray Wyatt

It's hard to believe how far Bray Wyatt has fallen over the past few years.

It's crazy to think that someone as intriguing and unique as Bray Wyatt had one of the worst WWE Title runs in history. The New Face of Fear won the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber 2016, eliminating top stars John Cena and AJ Styles on the same night. It was assumed that this would be the beginning of a long reign at the top for the leader of the Wyatt Family.

However, that wasn't in the cards. In fact, Bray Wyatt's reign was incredibly short, only lasting 49 days. The Eater of Worlds began his reign by defeating John Cena and AJ Styles in a triple threat match, further preparing the WWE Universe for a great reign for Wyatt.

Randy Orton, who was a member of the Wyatt Family at this point, stated that even though he won the Royal Rumble, he refused to challenge Wyatt for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 33. This was a ruse, however, as Orton burned down the Wyatt compound along with Sister Abigail's corpse before challenging Wyatt. Somehow this turned Randy Orton face.

Wyatt watched these events in the ring at Smackdown Live, breaking down in tears and anger. The WWE Championship match looked to be an incredibly emotional bout at WrestleMania. Instead...we got graphics of bugs appearing on the ring mat during their match before Randy Orton put him down with an RKO in a little over 10 minutes.

Wyatt never even got his rematch. While he did face Orton at the next PPV Payback in a "House of Horrors Match," it wasn't for the WWE Championship, as Wyatt had been moved to the Raw brand and couldn't challenge for the belt. Orton did lose this match, but the damage was already done, and Wyatt's credibility as a top heel was incredibly damaged.

It was incredibly disappointing to see Bray Wyatt's first singles title run handled this way. Hopefully, the New Face of Fear will rise back to the top of the card in the upcoming months since he and Matt Hardy aren't a team anymore.