5 WWE superstars who keep getting undeserved title shots

In WWE, it's not easy to get title opportunities, unless you're favoured. After all, it is a scripted sport and anyone can get pushed at any given time. However, for every other superstar, title opportunities are generally hard to come by, and it takes years to prove worthiness.

To have an "it" factor isn't common, but for the average superstar, they really have to scratch and claw their way to the top, or even the midcard for a title opportunity. Thankfully, there are many championships now, but the fact of the matter is that not everyone deserves to get a shot. After all, the fact that they are top titles mean that they should be reserved and competed for only by the very best.

However, the sad reality is that there are actually a crop of superstars who keep getting opportunity after opportunity despite failing or proving that they shouldn't be in the title picture. Here are some superstars who constantly get undeserved title shots.

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#5. John Cena

This may sound a bit crazy, especially given how the leader of the Cenation has been over the last few years. Since he transitioned into a part-timer, John Cena has done nothing but a good job in terms of putting people over.

However, at one point in this run, he started going to SmackDown Live and getting title opportunities simply because he's John Cena. We get it, he's the gold standard of WWE and has been the franchise player for over a decade.

But even his last WWE Championship win saw him get an opportunity against AJ Styles at the Royal Rumble simply because he's John Cena, and it was suddenly mandated that he would enter the title picture.

You won't find very many people objecting to Cena getting a title shot, but even so, it felt uncalled for at times.

#4. Brock Lesnar

This may sound crazy, especially given that Brock Lesnar has been Universal Champion for all of the last two years minus a couple of months in between late August and early November 2019.

In fact, we're going to go on a limb and say that this even extends to UFC, because Brock Lesnar is expected to get the next UFC Heavyweight Championship opportunity against Daniel Cormier.

Now, we understand that Cormier wants one last major payday, but the fact of the matter is that Lesnar doesn't deserve the title shot. Even in WWE, Brock Lesnar should not have gotten the title shot at Crown Jewel. Naturally, the circumstances saw Reigns removed from the match, but it's a real shame that Brock Lesnar won the title again, because he's essentially held the championship hostage since then.

Hopefully, WrestleMania 35 will see the end of Brock Lesnar's dominant reign and the dawning of a new era.

#3. Roman Reigns

Time to get a little controversial. We believe that The Big Dog was the right man at the right time carrying the Universal Championship before it was vacated, but there's little to no doubt that over the past few years, Roman Reigns has got a countless number of undeserved championship opportunities.

One example is after WrestleMania 34, where he lost clean to Brock Lesnar in the main event for the Universal Championship. However, just after that, it was announced that he got another opportunity against Lesnar at The Greatest Royal Rumble, once again failing.

Even after his Wellness Policy suspension a few years ago, he was randomly inserted into the United States title picture, with his "punishment" being a 100+ day reign with the title after beating Rusev.

We admit that Roman Reigns is the guy and the top full-time star of the company, but there's no doubt that he's gotten his fair share of undeserved chances, even when the authority was against him.

#2. Kevin Owens

Kevin Owens' babyface turn and return has been quite a weird one. He came back and was randomly a babyface, despite replacing Kofi Kingston, who was clearly a deserving contender for the WWE Championship.

While it obviously turned out to be a better call on the long run, Owens getting the title shot for being a bigger "box office attraction" certainly put him in the category of undeserved title shots. There's no doubt that Kevin Owens has worked very hard throughout his career, and was a deserving Universal Champion.

However, even Kevin Owens has been no stranger to receiving undeserved championship opportunities, with his Fastlane match being the most recent example of it. With that being said, he's far from the top on this list.

You might have anticipated who the top pick of the list is, and it's one that most of you will certainly agree with.

#1. Charlotte Flair

In modern WWE, there's no doubt that Charlotte Flair gets the most number of undeserved title shots. For one, she was heavily pushed because of her last name. We don't want to be critics who slam Flair for her success solely because of her father's legacy.

She's worked hard to overcome the shadow of her father and has created a legacy of her own (and continues to do so). However, over the past few years, Charlotte has gotten multiple title opportunities that were completely uncalled for.

WrestleMania 35 season only features two examples of it, with Flair randomly being added to the main event of WrestleMania, and Charlotte also receiving a SmackDown Women's title opportunity against Asuka on March 26th, 2019. She would even go on to win the title in the latter instance, with fans absolutely outraged by the decision.

She was nowhere in contention for the title, and she got an undeserved random opportunity.