WWE: Top 10 Superstars To Never Be World Champion
By Tim Sherry
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2. Razor Ramon
Scott Hall, AKA Razor Ramon, was a late bloomer to the pro wrestling business. He started his training at 26 years old and spent eight years working the industry before being snatched up by the the WWE in 1992 after a failed run as The Diamond Studd in WCW. Then at 34 years-old, Hall didn’t have too much time to waste in making a run to the top of the WWE heap and was an almost immediate success in the company as in just over a year had captured his first Intercontinental title. Over the next three years, Razor would go on to capture three more IC titles, a record at that time, while also producing two of the most influential matches with Shawn Michaels as the duo did battle in the first two ever ladder matches. To say Razor was off to a good start would’ve been an understatement.
And honestly, what wasn’t to like about the guy? Billed at 6’9′, 280 pounds, Hall had every tool to be a world champion. We all know Vince loves those big guys, but Hall was that and so much more. He was a pure athlete with fluid in-ring ability that not too many guys his size could even dream of having. And he played his Cuban-American bully character with such ease and grace you’d think that’s who he actually was. And wow, what a talker. Hall cut some of the best promos of the mid-90’s that were better than anything any of the top stars could produce. For some reason though, Hall never got the chance everyone thought he would. While guys like Bob Backlund and Sycho Sid won the belt, Hall only got once chance, a title shot at Bret Hart at the 1993 Royal Rumble. Hall put in a terrific effort, but came up short.
There can be an argument made that had Hall stuck with the WWE as opposed to jumping ship to the WCW that he may have found world title success, but the way things were trending, that was probably not the case. After dropping his last IC Title to Goldust in January of 1996, he was essentially written off TV until May when he lost a pay per view match to Vader. His jump to the WCW didn’t turn out much better. After some initial success, his personal demons got the best of him and he was the never the same guy. Since then, Hall had his ups and downs, well mostly downs. But in 2013, with the help of Diamond Dallas Page Yoga, Hall got his life together and was inducted into 2014 Hall of Fame. To see Hall turn his life around and be a healthy and happy hall of famer, makes the idea of world title-less career not seem so important.