9. CM Punk
Some would say that CM Punk should be higher on this list due to how WWE treated him during his run for so many years. However, it was not as if Punk was some really small guy that could not be believable as a champion.
The problem with Punk was his look. WWE never had a person like him. Once CM Punk left Ring of Honor, several people told him he would never succeed in WWE and many fans thought he wouldn’t do well, either. Contrary to that belief, he was quite the overachiever in WWE.
He won the WWE Intercontinental title once, and the Tag Team title once. On top of this, he was an ECW Champion. In addition to that, he won the World Heavyweight title twice and the WWE Championship three times. This makes him one of the few who won WWE’s triple crown.
His look was different and he did not quite get along with people in the back. He was seemingly always kept back until a promo named “The Pipebomb” went down in Las Vegas at WWE RAW in 2011. From then on, WWE took notice and so did the rest of the world.
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