5 WWE Superstars from the 2010s who should have been World Champion

#4. R-Truth

R-Truth

There is no doubt that R-Truth is a loyal company man. He is one of the longest-tenured Superstars on the WWE roster today along with The Miz and Kofi Kingston. Truth has been a comedic wrestler for the most part of his WWE career but there was once a time that Truth should have won a world title.

When R-Truth Should Have Won: 2011

After WrestleMania 27, R-Truth became the number contender for the The Miz’s WWE title along with John Cena. He lost that opportunity to John Morrison but Truth had one of the best runs of his career. He turned heel and introduced his “Little Jimmy” gimmick, attacking stars like Morrison and Rey Mysterio.

Truth then set his sights on then-WWE champion John Cena and he earned a title shot at Capitol Punishment. It would have been the perfect time to give Truth the WWE championship but the company had their sights set on a John Cena-CM Punk feud. Despite failing to capture the WWE title, Truth was still on a tear until Survivor Series of that year.

If Truth had become WWE champion, he’ll likely have been a transitional champion to bridge Cena and Punk. WWE initially botched that rivalry when Triple H, Kevin Nash and Kevin Nash’s quads intervened. Luckily for Punk and the WWE Universe, they got it right as the Era of Punk began. Unluckily for Truth, his momentum, along with The Miz, was used to put over Cena and The Rock. Afterwards, Truth was suspended for violating the Wellness Policy and that was it for his main event career.