5 WWE Superstars who got to face their idols and 5 who did not

#8 Roman Reigns did not face Bret Hart in WWE

Roman Reigns revealed in a 2015 interview with Yahoo! Sports that Bret Hart was one of his biggest idols as a young WWE fan.

“Every time he’d come out with that leather jacket and give his sunglasses away to a kid in the crowd, I used to dream about being that kid. That hair, all that gear. To this day I still think he has kicka** gear. He seemed like a stand-up guy. A really nice dude. He is a very cool dude.”

Reigns and Hart are obviously from two very different WWE eras, but there was a brief time at the start of the 2010s when they could potentially have crossed paths.

Hart competed in five televised WWE matches in 2010-11, while he also took part in several WWE live events in November 2010.

This was the same period of time that Reigns performed in the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) developmental territory before his November 2012 call-up to WWE's main roster, which meant he only just missed out on working on the same shows as his hero.

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#7 Jinder Mahal faced Triple H in WWE

In December 2017, Triple H told Jinder Mahal after defeating him at a WWE live event in India that “The Modern Day Maharajah” had earned his respect during the match.

Speaking to The Times of India, Mahal said he idolized Triple H before joining WWE and he enjoyed hearing what the 14-time WWE World Champion had to say about his work ethic.

“I heard what he said and saw the video clip as well and it is amazing. I grew up idolizing Triple H and to earn his respect is great; but what he said is true, nobody sees my twenty-four hours.”

Mahal and Triple H are yet to face each other in a televised WWE match.