5 members of the WWE roster who won world titles outside the company

#2. Former WWE Champion Bobby Lashley (Impact World Heavyweight Championship)

Bobby Lashley's first WWE run didn't see him reach his full potential, despite him winning the ECW World Championship. He reinvented himself in MMA and the indies, winning the top championship of TNA/Impact Wrestling four times.

Since his return to the Vince McMahon-led promotion, Lashley has been booked as a dominant star and has won the WWE Championship recently. His achievements include being the second wrestler -- the other being Rob Van Dam -- to win the WWE, ECW and TNA/Impact World Championships.

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#1. Current WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)

Shinsuke Nakamura is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion but he no longer is the "King of Strong Style". Nakamura has adapted to the WWE style of wrestling and rarely provides to the audience the awe-inspiring matches seen from his days in NJPW.

Nakamura may never win a world championship in WWE, but he will always have older glories he can look back on when he finally hangs up his boots.

Nakamura, one of NJPW's new Three Musketeers, is a three-time former IWGP Heavyweight Champion. He also won the IGF version of the championship and famously raised the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to main event status.