5 most unlikely WWE champions in history

The WWF World Championship
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#3 Jack Swagger

The unlikely champion of Jack Swagger
The unlikely champion of Jack Swagger

Now competing in Bellator as a mixed martial artist and as Jake Hager on the independent circuit, Jack Swagger was a big, young, athletic upstart in the revamped ECW and then RAW when he rose to become the ECW and WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Having only been on the main roster for 18 months and feuding with the likes of Matt Hardy and Christian, Swagger won the 2010 Money in the Bank briefcase and cashed it in successfully against Chris Jericho after he was speared by Edge.

Swagger held onto the title for two months before losing the title to number 5 on this list, Rey Mysterio. The WWE Universe were never really behind the former college amateur wrestler and he soon became a solid mid-card act, winning the United States Championship in 2012 before ultimately leaving WWE in 2017.

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