5 times Vince McMahon was forced to make a superstar World Champion

#1. Rey Mysterio - WrestleMania 22

Rey Mysterio was not given due credit for his World title reign

With the tragic death of Eddie Guerrero in 2005, nobody on television honored him the way Rey Mysterio did. Wearing his "EG" armband throughout, fans increasingly desired to see Mysterio succeed and become World Heavyweight Champion.

Not only the fans, but everybody backstage, from the talent to the officials believed that the moment was right for Mysterio to win it. The only problem? Vince McMahon was the sole person who didn't want it to happen.

He was dead-set against Mysterio becoming World Champion but eventually gave into the pressure from everyone else. Court Bauer, one of the key creative figures at the time, said:

Everybody in the creative wanted Rey to be the champion except Vince [McMahon]. And Vince kind of gave in. And he was like, ‘Alright, I’m gonna make him champion but this is the date that we are going to take the belt off.’ So they were thinking to themselves, oh good. We’ll just make him as strong as we can up to that date. And Vince kept burying Rey, just to show them that they were wrong.”

It certainly felt and still feels like an injustice to Rey Mysterio and it was seen in his short title reign that allowed him to accomplish next to nothing. At least he still got his WrestleMania moment!