Top 10 WWE Superstars Who Were Treated Poorly as World Champion

The Top Ten
1 Daniel Bryan Bryan Lloyd Danielson is an American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Daniel Bryan. He is a five time WWE world champion.

Wait...He RETIRED? I did not know that!

2 Rey Mysterio Óscar Gutiérrez, better known by the ring name Rey Mysterio, is a Mexican-American professional wrestler who currently works for WWE on the Smackdown brand.

The only reason WWE made Mysterio champ was because Eddie Guerrero died, after winng the title he lost almost every other match before losing the title to Booker T, then in 2011 Mysterio won the WWE Champion after Punk left with the title only to lose it Cena the same night.

3 CM Punk Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks, also known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American comic book writer, actor, upcoming mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler who is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is best known for his career In World Wrestling Entertainment. He had multiple title reigns over multiple titles. While he was in the WWE, he was the leader of the New Nexus. His finishing maneuvers were the Go To Sleep (GTS) and the Anaconda Vise, many of his other moves were bulldogs, shining wizards, etc.

In his first run as World Champion was treated less like a champion and more like a place holder, was forced to lose the title without bieng in a match.

4 The Miz Michael Gregory "Mike" Mizanin is an American professional wrestler, reality television star, and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown Live brand under the ring name The Miz.
5 Christian
6 Dolph Ziggler Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth, best known by the ring name Dolph Ziggler, is an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian, and actor.
7 Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine, better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, media personality, actor, author, and businessman, currently signed to AEW.

Despite becoming the first ever Undisputed championship he was treated poorly as champion even bieng used as tool between Triple H and Stephanie McMahon for WrestleMania X8.

8 Sheamus Stephen Farrelly is an Irish professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, where he performs under the ring name Sheamus.
9 Bret Hart Bret Sergeant Hart, better known by his ring name Bret "The Hitman" Hart, is a Canadian-American writer, actor and retired professional and amateur wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler.

First run as champion lost the title to Yokozuna at WrestleMania XI only for Hogan to win the title minutes later.

10 Dean Ambrose Jonathan "Jon" Good is an American professional wrestler and actor, signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Jon Moxley. He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he won the IWGP United States Championship. He previously worked for WWE under the ring name Dean Ambrose, ...read more.
The Contenders
11 Jack Swagger Donald Jacob "Jake" Hager Jr. is an American professional wrestler, and former amateur wrestler, signed to WWE where he performs under the ring name Jack Swagger.
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