Best Wrestler To Never Win A World Title

[PMBR]

There has been a lot of debate between my friends and myself as to who the best wrestler to never win a World Title is. God knows that there are enough of the "add a point/subtract a point" games, so I will do this tournament style. 8 superstars, 3 rounds. This is done by voting and remember that you are voting based on criteria:

In ring ability
Promo ability
Drawing power
How deserving of a world title
How much contributed to the business

Here are the brackets for the first round:

Ted DiBiase
Scott Hall

British Bulldog
Rob Van Dam

Roddy Piper
Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart
Greg Valentine

Jimmy Snuka unfortunately held a world title in ECW. Tito Santana and Ricky Steamboat held NWA Heavyweight Championships. I don't agree with Greg Valentine being in this tournament, but honestly, I couldn't find 8 guys who beyond dispute deserve a world title and never got one.

[Fanny Batter]

Interestingly enough, (at least) 3 of those 8 guys won the belt and had a Dusty Finish take it away from them.

[FaSho34]

Ted DiBiase

Rob Van Dam

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

[rWa]

Teddy Diabase
British Bulldog
Roddy Piper
Owen Hart

[Slim Shady]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

[Sancty]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Owen Hart

[Brian M.]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

[Bad Collin]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

[CWM]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

[Sinner]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Roddy Piper

Owen Hart

[darkhorse]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Roddy Piper

Owen Hart

[Midgar]

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

[Tha Kyd]

Ted DiBiase
Rob Van Dam
Piper
Owen Hart

[Brian M.]

How is RVD better than Davey Boy fucking Smith? Honestly, that one is just as lopsided as Owen VS Greg Valentine.

[Deka]

You just had to put Scott Hall up against Ted DiBiase, didn't you? I want to be unbiased here and then you have to go an make it extra hard.:squint:

Damn you, Paint! Damn you!

Scott Hall Ted DiBiase is my real choice

British Bulldog

Roddy Piper

Owen Hart

[PMBR]

Special Tiebreaker - Sudden Death

Only 9 Votes Will Be Counted

First to 5 votes moves to the next round

Mr. Perfect
Rowdy Roddy Piper

[Sancty]

Rowdy Roddy Piper

[Delta]

Mr. Perfect

[Defrost]

Perfect was AWA world champion.

[bionic_redneck]

Rowdy Roddy Piper

[Brian M.]

Mr. Perfect

[CWM]

Mr. Perfect

[Deka]

Rowdy Roddy Piper

[PMBR]

eh... oversight.

[PMBR]

SECOND ROUND

The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase
vs
The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith

Rowdy Roddy Piper
vs
The Black Hart Owen Hart

[Tempest]

DiBiase

Piper

[bionic_redneck]

Ted DiBiase

Roddy Piper

[PMBR]

Ted DiBiase

Roddy Piper

[JP]

Smith

Hart




*where in fuckery was Jake Roberts in the initial line-up? :mad:*

[Chris Scott]

This would of been picks for the first round for me and I would of picked Mr Perfect over Piper.

Ted DiBiase

British Bulldog

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

Anyway next round picks

The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith

The Black Hart Owen Hart

[Tempest]

Honestly, i'm unsure how anyone could choose Smith and Hart over DiBiase and Piper...

[greebull]

Bulldog

Owen

400TH POST!!!!

[Defrost]

DiBiase and Piper

[FaSho34]

Hart and Bulldog

[PMBR]

It is a tie on both of the pairings so I am going to mix the two matchups.

Ted Dibiase
vs
Owen Hart

Rowdy Roddy Piper
vs
The British Bulldog

[bionic_redneck]

DiBiase

Piper

[PMBR]

DiBiase

Piper

[Cameron]

Ted Dibiase
The British Bulldog

[Chris Scott]

Honestly, i'm unsure how anyone could choose Smith and Hart over DiBiase and Piper...


They were around alot when I became a huge wrestling fan, nothing aginst the other two though but it was a close call for me.

[Deka]

Ted Dibiase

Rowdy Roddy Piper

[FaSho34]

Hart
Bulldog

[Myron Hardy]

Dibiase

Piper

[Sancty]

Dibiase

Piper

[Brian M.]

DiBiase

Piper

[CWM]

DiBiase

Piper

[PMBR]

The Best Wrestler To Never Win A World Title
FINALS

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/paintedredpromotions/DiBiasevsPiper.jpg

[Tempest]

I'll go with Piper - Given how massive he was and what he did for pro wrestling, it's a crime that he never held the strap

[PMBR]

My vote goes to Ted DiBiase.

Huge success as a singles star and in tag teams. One of the greatest managers of all time. Biggest heel in WWF on several occasions. Unlike Piper, he knew when his wrestling prime was over and he pulled himself out of the spotlight at the right time.

[Defrost]

They were both great, but Piper was as big as Hogan back in the day. I go Piper.

[Chris Scott]

My vote goes to Ted DiBiase.

Huge success as a singles star and in tag teams. One of the greatest managers of all time. Biggest heel in WWF on several occasions. Unlike Piper, he knew when his wrestling prime was over and he pulled himself out of the spotlight at the right time.

I second that, I go with Ted DiBiase but again it's a close one.

[PMBR]

Come on guys. This is the finals. We can get at least 5 more votes in on this.

[bionic_redneck]

Piper.

I love Dibiase, but Piper should have gotten at least one decent run. He's had great matches with Flair and Hogan yet he rarely got any credit.

[Cameron]

DiBiase.

[Deka]

This is extremely tough.

I think both of these guys were awesome, both played their parts well and deserved to be champion. Why neither of them ever got their opportunity I'll never understand. But, if I have to choose I'm going to have to go with Rowdy Roddy Piper.

While Dibiase was great, one of the best heels ever to do it, Piper played the heel or face roles to perfection. It never felt forced. Everytime he spoke, it never felt like he was "playing a character", you just knew he was just being the crazy S.O.B. that Piper really was (is...). Like others have said, Piper was extremely over back in the day. There were times when you just knew he should have held that title, but he would never get the chance. He had some great feuds with alot of the top dogs, and former champions in the business.

Yeah, I'm going with Piper on this one. Love Dibiase, he's one of my favorites. But, to deny Piper this one...I just can't do it.

[The Wilf]

Piper

[greebull]

Rowdy Roddy Piper is a legend. Dibiase is not.

Piper

[PMBR]

Whoa there chief! Slow down. Did you just say that Ted DiBiase is not a legend?

[greebull]

Whoa there chief! Slow down. Did you just say that Ted DiBiase is not a legend?

I do not consider him to be in Piper's league on the mic.

[Brian M.]

That doesn't mean he's not a legend. Not many people are in Piper's league on the mic.

[hithit]

Wow, this is a tough one to call.
Piper was argueably the greatest heel of all time, but Ted was about in that class as well.
Both of them were great in ring performers and both of them were great on the mic.
Since I have to vote i'm gonna go Piper.

[FaSho34]

Piper... how did he beat Perfect?