When The Miz first debuted, he was told that he wouldn’t last a few months in the WWE
but 1 WWE Championship, 8 Intercontinental Championships, 2 United States Championships
The Miz won his first WWE world title back in 2010 when he cashed in his Money in the
Bank contract and defeated Randy Orton. However, his world title reign was never taken seriously
decade later, The Miz has yet to win a WWE world title again but to his defence, he has
been focusing his efforts on other commitments as well as making the Intercontinental title
the most prestigious title in the WWE.
From starting out as Kerwin White’s caddy driver and being part of a male cheerleading
group known as “The Spirit Squad”, Dolph Ziggler proved how damn good he is by winning
his first WWE world heavyweight championship without actually winning a match... OK, he
was handed it! Despite his first title reign only lasting a matter of minutes, Ziggler
continued to steal the show every night and that eventually translated into the pinnacle
moment of his career when he captured his second world heavyweight championship in 2013
after cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase. Ziggler hasn’t touched world championship
gold ever since or even reached the top of the WWE ladder again. Instead, he has now
turned himself into a living meme…
Jinder Mahal shocked the world when he captured his first-ever world title at Backlash 2017
becoming the first wrestler of Indian descent to win the WWE Championship, not to be confused
with the World Heavyweight Championship that was won by The Great Khali. This kickstarted
Mahal’s rise to main event prominence as “The Modern Day Maharaja”, where he terrorised
his opponents… some more than others… with the help of the Singh Brothers. Since
switching to the red brand, Mahal has fallen down the ranks as a legitimate heel and is
unfortunately back to his days of being a human punching bag for others. When Mahal
isn’t getting beat up, he is on a quest to find inner peace. Mahal has basically gone
from a world champion to this…
Finn Balor is unquestionably one of the most talented wrestlers to step foot in a WWE ring.
But, while he may be a gifted competitor, that pays little dividends to the fact that
“The Chairman” Vince McMahon sees nothing in him. In fact, McMahon believes that Balor
isn’t “over enough” with the fans. When Balor got drafted to the main roster, he had
all the momentum in the world, winning his first WWE world title in just under a month,
that being the Universal title, at SummerSlam 2016 with a dislocated shoulder, torn labrum,
torn bicep tendon and a torn pec tendon, mind you. The aforementioned injury caught up to
him in the end and thus Balor had to relinquish his newly won title the following day on RAW.
With Balor now back in NXT, it’s unlikely that he will compete for world championship
gold anytime soon.
At WrestleMania 35, Kofi Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan to win the WWE Championship,
becoming the first African-born man to do so. He sure came a long way from impersonating
could have prepared him for “The Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar. On the premiere episode of SmackDown
on FOX, Kofi’s 11-year journey was squashed in under 10 seconds at the hands of Brock
Lesnar. Following his loss to Lesnar, Kofi has since moved on… perhaps a bit too quickly…
and is back to throwing pancakes and dancing around as part of The New Day. It’s as if
nothing ever happened…