5 WWE wrestlers who have never won a world championship (because they didn't need it)

Roddy Piper

1. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

Regardless of whether crowds were booing him or cheering him, Rowdy Roddy Piper was the personification of a guy who didn’t need a title belt for people to know he was the main event.

Though certainly entertaining inside the ropes, it was usually Piper’s gift of gab that brought people into the arenas to either see him triumph over hated fiends or fall at the hands of their heroes.

In the mid-eighties, Piper’s feud with then-WWF Champion Hulk Hogan was the catalyst that helped create the “Rock and Wrestling Connection” that ultimately led to the creation and business-altering success of the first WrestleMania. Piper even remarked astutely in a promo during his time in WCW:

"Do you think they would've loved you so much if they hadn't hated me so much?"

Not only was his reputation as a great promo outside the ring legendary, Piper also protected his in-ring reputation just as well. During the heyday of his WWF run, he notoriously never allowed his shoulders to be pinned to the mat, for risk of diminishing his allure to live crowds and his worth to promoters as a main event talent.

It wasn’t until WrestleMania 8 in 1992 that Piper took his first televised pinfall loss in a WWF ring when he dropped the Intercontinental Championship - his first and only singles title in his entire WWF career - to Bret Hart. Piper impressively maintained his position as a top guy throughout one of the biggest boom periods in wrestling with his charisma and unmatched ability to get crowds to either love him or hate him.

Would Piper have been worthy of the WWF Championship? Absolutely! Did he need it? Absolutely not!

What other legendary WWE stars didn't need to snag the top title to be a legend? Share your thoughts in the comments section!