5 World Champions who Vince McMahon never believed in

#2. Bray Wyatt

Bray Wyatt's WWE title win felt long overdue

When Bray Wyatt became WWE Champion, all felt right with the world. His line "Now I have the whole damn world in my hands" was an epic one, and it cemented the fact that everybody wanted to see Wyatt win.

The run that Wyatt had on SmackDown between 2016 to early 2017 was easily the best stretch of his career, because he was protected and only lost once in singles competition between July 2016 and March 2017.

Many fans believed that his match against Randy Orton was one to cement him as a future star, so it made sense for him to retain the title, right? Wrong.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter stated that the main reason Wyatt won the title was because McMahon promised it to him. He was clearly never behind him and Wyatt lost the title in a lacklustre contest.

After that, he did next to nothing for two years, minus a brief tag team title reign on RAW.