10 of the best wrestlers who never won a World Championship

#9 The Honky Tonk Man

Honky Tonk Man, an Evil Elvis impersonator.

Wayne Ferris, better known to the wrestling world as the Honky Tonk Man, actually studied to be a school teacher. After gaining his BS in Education, he would teach gym and coach football at a local high school for two years.

Ferris's cousin is the legendary Jerry "The King" Lawler, and familial ties led him to a pro wrestling career. Under his real name, he formed the Blonde Bombers with Larry Latham. While wrestling for his cousin's promotion, Ferris worked one of the earliest 'three-way dance' matches, where he fought Lawler and Bill Dundee in a 'concession stand brawl.'

Eventually, Ferris would make his way to the WWE, where Vince McMahon noticed his resemblance to the 'old' Elvis Presley. Ferris was repackaged into the Honky Tonk Man, who insisted that the fans cheered for him even as they booed uproariously. After every victory, he would tell the fans "Thank you! You're a beautiful audience!"

Ferris had one of the longest IC title reigns in WWE history, holding the prestigious belt for over a year only to lose it in humiliating fashion to the Ultimate Warrior...

While Honky Tonk Man is one of the most iconic wrestlers of the 1980s, and it's hard to imagine the classic WWF era without him, he never held one of the industry's big belts. This doesn't change the fact that Ferris was one of the greatest performers of any era.