10 Most Boring WCW Wrestlers To Ever Win A Championship

When it comes to pro wrestling championships, holding a title isn’t always an indication of being “the best” — either in kayfabe or reality. There are many reasons a wrestler is booked to win a championship, like politics, to build up a babyface or heel, or to serve as a transitional champion between two major reigns. In the long-defunct World Championship Wrestling, a number of wrestlers have captured titles but weren’t maybe the most exciting choices.

In fact, let’s go a step further and focus on the champions many fans have deemed “boring” for one reason or another. Not all of the wrestlers below are necessarily “bad,” but many of them weren’t quite able to excite fans the way they should have.

10 Prince Iaukea

Wrestling for WCW from 1996 to 2000, Prince Iaukea was a decent wrestler but could never get above the midcard. As a vanilla babyface, Iaukea was able to capture the World Television Championship, which he held for 49 days. In late 1999, Iaukea was repackaged as a Prince parody with the ring name The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea, and held the Cruiserweight Championship twice for a total of 50 days — reportedly simply because he vaguely looked like The Rock.

9 Hugh Morrus

After retiring from the ring, Bill DeMott's went on to be an abusive coach for WWE developmental. As a wrestler, however, his only major claim to fame was having two horrifically punny ring names in Hugh Morrus in the regrettable Dungeon of Doom faction and General Hugh E. Rection in the even-more-regrettable Misfits In Action stable. Despite never setting the world on fire even remotely, DeMott managed two United States Heavyweight Championship reigns during his time in WCW — both as General Rection.

8 The Z-Man

Otherwise known as Tom Zenk, The Z-Man (as he was known in WCW) was always considered a solid wrestler, but was often knocked by fans for being uncharismatic. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t capture any belts, having arrived in WCW in 1989 after abruptly quitting WWE a couple of years earlier..

In WCW, The Z-Man was even more decorated, holding the TV Championship twice and the United States Tag Team Championship with Brian Pillman. His final title in WCW was the World Six-Man Tag Team Championship with partners Dustin Rhodes and Big Josh (a.k.a. the original Doink).

7 Mike Rotunda

Mike Rotunda with the NWA World Television Championship in WCW

Old school WWE fans remember Mike Rotunda for his run as the villainous taxman Irwin R. Shyster, but even in WWE his value was always being a midcard tag team specialist in support of more exciting guys. In WCW, he was part of The Varsity Club with Rick Steiner and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, and held the NWA World Tag Team Championship. But Rotunda also held singles gold in WCW, capturing the NWA Television Championship three times throughout the 1980s.

6 Jim Duggan

“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan was already an established star thanks to runs in Mid-South and WWE, but his six-year run in WCW amounted to a bunch of unspectacular feuds and forgettable brawls. Fans of course enjoyed the catchphrases and his signature two-by-four, and Duggan managed to hold some belts during his time in the company, starting with a 100-day reign with the US Heavyweight Title in 1994. Then there’s his TV Title run, which happened in early 2000 when he found it discarded in the trash.

5 Evan Karagias

WCW boasted so many high-flyers in its cruiserweight division that it’s easy to forget about many of them, including Evan Karagias. A decent flyer in a company full of spectacular flyers, Karagias’ major moments include a forgotten romance angle with Madusa and being the least successful member of 3 Count. He did, of course, hold the Cruiserweight Championship in 1999, albeit for only about a month. The following year, he and his 3 Count bandmates also held the Hardcore Title together.

4 Paul Roma

Paul Roma would likely be a forgotten WCW wrestler had he not become part of the unfortunate three-man configuration of the Four Horsemen. Which isn’t to say that his time in the group is cherished or anything — in fact, he was deemed a poor fit, although one who held the World Tag Team Title with stablemate Arn Anderson.

Following the abortive Horsemen run, however, Roma found greater success teaming with Paul Orndorff as the tag team Pretty Wonderful. Together, the duo captured the Tag Team Title twice in 1994, including for a 70-day reign.

3 The Harris Twins

From 1987 to 2005, real-life twins Ron and Don Harris managed to wrestle in pretty much every major North American wrestling promotion, but never managed to make an impression outside of being generic goons and accusations of being Nazi sympathizers. Vince Russo loved these guys for some reason, and decided to put the Tag Team belts on them three times. This being the Russo era of WCW, however, their three reigns were incredibly short, amounting to 49 days total.

2 Scotty Riggs

Not to make Buff Bagwell seem important, but when it comes to the American Males, Scotty Riggs was obviously the Jannetty of the duo. It was during that run that Riggs scored the apex of his career, title-wise, when he and Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat to capture the World Tag Team Championship, which they held for a whopping nine days. The only thing fans might remember about him post-American Males was his time in Raven’s Flock because he wrestled with an eye patch, which is admittedly cool.

1 Jeff Jarrett

It’s a controversial choice, but Jeff Jarrett is a controversial figure in wrestling. While he spent much of the 1990s as a decent midcarder, in Vince Russo era WCW he became one of the top guys of the company whether fans liked it or not, a trend that continued when Jarred founded his own company, Impact Wrestling. As a result, fans have deemed him boring relative to his place on the card. Jarrett was highly decorated in WCW, holding the US belt three times as well as enjoying four reigns with the World Title.