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The King of the Ring tournament is one of WWE's most iconic and prestigious events. The winners of the tournament usually have further success in the company and become world champions, if they haven't done so already.
Some of the best wrestlers to ever set foot inside WWE won the tournament, like Edge, Kurt Angle, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Brock Lesnar.
Bret Hart is the only WWE Superstar to win two King of the Ring tournaments. He did so in back-to-back ones in 1991 and 1993.
However, some of the biggest names in WWE have never won the King of the Ring tournament. Here are five of them.
#5. The Rock
Before anyone says 'it doesn't matter what you think,' I just want to say that it's surprising that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has never won a King of the Ring tournament. It's one of the rare feathers the WWE Superstar doesn't have in his loaded hat..
He should have won it, though. In 1998 The Rock was a rising star and entered the King of the Ring. He made it all the way to the final only to lose against Ken Shamrock. But Shamrock went on to have a less than memorable reign as King of the Ring winner. Meanwhile, The Rock won the WWE Title at Survivor , cementing himself as a star.
He will go down in history as one of the biggest superstars to ever set foot in a WWE ring, but also one to never win the King of the Ring tournament.
#4. The Undertaker
Sure, the Undertaker has the longest WrestleMania unbeaten streak and will almost certainly never lose that record. But what's the point of having that record and being a seven-time World Champion if you've never won The King of the Ring?
Okay, so perhaps, like The Rock, The Undertaker didn't need to win that title to have a Hall of Fame worthy career, but it's slightly odd that a Superstar as dominant and iconic as The Deadman never had a reign as King of the Ring winner.
It's worse when you consider that 'Taker entered two King of the Ring tournaments and failed to make it to the finals in either. In 1991, The Undertaker and his opponent Sid Justice were jointly disqualified in the Quarter Finals. And in the second one in 1995, he was eliminated by the man who would go on to win it, Mabel.
Yet, whilst The Undertaker never became a King of the Ring, he has provided his fair share of memorable King of the Ring pay-per-view moments.
#3. John Cena
John Cena was the face of WWE for such a long time that it's easy to forget the things he has accomplished. He's a five-time United States Champion, a four-time World Tag-Team Champion, and he's tied with Ric Flair for most world title runs in the company at 16. He's also a two-time Royal Rumble and one-time Money in the Bank winner.
But you will also notice his name missing from the superstars who've won the King of the Ring tournament. Why has John Cena, one of the greatest wrestlers to ever do it, never won a King of the Ring tournament? Well, it's because he's never entered one. If he had I'm sure he would've won it.
Why didn't he enter one? It's because by the time Cena came around, WWE had stopped holding the King of the Ring event as a regular pay-per-view. And when they did bring it back, Cena was already the face of the company and didn't need to be involved in the tournament.
Still, it's weird to think of someone as massive and accomplished as Cena not having his name alongside other winners like Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart.
#2. CM Punk
CM Punk will always go down as one of the biggest Superstars in the modern era of WWE wrestling. He completely changed the industry with his 'Pipebomb' promo.
But whilst Punk won many titles in WWE to go alongside his aforementioned industry-changing, he couldn't leverage his wrestling ability to win WWE's purest wrestling contest, the King of the Ring tournament.
Punk did take part in the tournament in 2008 and made it all the way to the finals, only to be beaten by then RAW General Manager William Regal. I know, I know.
Following the tournament loss and subsequent feud with William Regal, Punk would eventually go on to form the Straight Edge Society before starting an excellent feud against John Cena. So maybe Punk not winning was not a bad thing.
#1. Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns has been The Big Dog, Head Of The Table, The Tribal Chief, but he's never been the King of the Ring winner, which is probably a good thing because otherwise we'd be inundated with 'King Reigns' puns from Paul Heyman.
Nevertheless, it's weird that Reigns has been one of the biggest stars in WWE over the last decade, headlining multiple WrestleManias, winning multiple world titles, only to never win the tournament.
It's not like he hasn't had the opportunity. He could've entered in 2019 or 2015 if he wanted to. Then again, there's the argument that, like Cena, Reigns had already been pushed into the main event and he didn't need the rub of a King of the Ring tournament win.
However, a small part of me thinks that Babyface Reigns or the heel Reigns we've got now would've gotten over much quicker had they put him in a King of the Ring tournament and let him win it. I guess we'll never know.
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