5 WWE Superstars who challenged for both the WWE and Universal Championships but won neither

#2 Shinsuke Nakamura

Just like Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn, the Japanese Superstar, Shinsuke Nakamura enjoyed a successful run in the developmental territory, NXT and the fans had high expectations from him when he arrived on the main roster.

However, he has not held any major titles during his stay in the main roster.

In his first ever WWE Championship match at SummerSlam 2017, Nakamura lost to Jinder Mahal as WWE pushed the Modern Day Maharaja as the next big thing. He even emerged victorious at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view which sent Nakamura out of the title picture.

However, The Artist won the Royal Rumble match to progress to the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 34. He had a long feud with AJ Styles spanning over four months but, all Nakamura got was a host of losses.

He has been out of the main event scene on WWE TV ever since. However, he recently had a Universal Championship match with Seth Rollins when WWE toured Japan for a live event. The match was well received by fans and critics but The Artist emerged on the losing end in this match as well.

The @WWEUniverse is buzzing about @ShinsukeN vs @WWERollins at #WWETokyo! pic.twitter.com/DAP5haeiLX

— WWE (@WWE) June 29, 2019