World champions will always have the biggest roles for their wrestling promotions based on the responsibility attached to the position. Any wrestling company wants to have the best possible performers representing them with strong fan interest, drawing power, impressive matches, and the ability to stand out. Not every wrestler can handle such a role at every point in their careers.

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Quite a few talents did better in the role with one company than in another. WWE, TNA, WCW, ECW, AEW, NJPW, and ROH are the most noteworthy promotions to have champions receive top pushes across multiple companies. Sometimes wrestlers failed in one promotion as world champion but also thrived in another.

10 Mick Foley

Mick Foley

The WWE run of Mick Foley made him one of the biggest stars in wrestling history. Foley had a few WWE Championship reigns that were all short, but he thankfully was able to thrive in each run as fans loved him.

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The TNA chapter of Foley’s career shows just how dangerous it can be for a wrestler to have one more run in a new promotion. Foley struggled in his TNA matches at an older age and it felt like a disappointment to have him beat Sting for the TNA World Championship. The move was done for buzz, but it just made TNA look desperate.

9 Kevin Nash

Kevin Nash

WWE and WCW each pushed Kevin Nash to the top of their respective promotions in the ‘90s. Nash played the Diesel character in WWE and received the huge push defeating Bob Backlund to win the WWE Championship.

The results were negative when Diesel failed to present the same star power of Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, or The Undertaker. Nash found more success winning the WCW Championship on a few occasions as a much bigger star thanks to the New World Order elevating him.

8 Rhyno

Rhyno

The career of Rhyno led to him moving from company to company with relative success everywhere. ECW was the place to introduce Rhyno in his biggest role. Paul Heyman booked Rhyno as the most dominant new star and the last-ever ECW Champion.

The title reign was short, but Rhyno established himself with successful results. TNA signed Rhyno a few years later after his WWE falling out. Rhyno won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship but had a lackluster reign as a transitional champion, dropping it back to Jeff Jarrett after a few weeks.

7 Randy Savage

Randy Savage

The legendary accomplishments of Randy Savage made it hard to criticize him, but some title reigns stood out more than others. Savage thrived as the WWE Champion with his two reigns establishing him as a true top star.

WCW tried to find the same success with Savage, but the title reigns never worked out. Savage won the WCW Championship on four occasions with just 53 total days holding the belt. None of the reigns connected and Savage didn’t come off with the same appeal he possessed in WWE.

6 Goldberg

Goldberg

The WCW undefeated streak of Goldberg made him the hottest star in the company. Goldberg had a great WCW Championship reign with some of the best matches of his career against Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, and The Giant.

WWE pushed Goldberg with three world title reigns at different stages. Goldberg’s World Championship reign in 2003 came in a horrible feud against Triple H. The two Universal Championship reigns in his older years buried opposing champs without having any successful defenses.

5 Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman

Brock Lesnar wrestling outside of WWE seems impossible to believe, but it did happen during the 2000s. New Japan brought Lesnar in following his WWE departure and NFL failure. The IWGP Heavyweight Championship win for Brock was huge, but he refused to defend it in the promotion again.

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Lesnar was viewed as a huge failure for NJPW based on the damage he did to the company, causing confusion by taking the belt to another Japanese promotion. WWE has booked Brock to have quite a few impressive reigns nearly two decades apart in the world title scene.

4 Samoa Joe

Samoa Joe

Samoa Joe had a storied career long before joining WWE in his veteran stage. Ring of Honor was the place where Joe first broke out with the longest ROH World Championship reign in company history.

An argument can be made that ROH was on pace to going out of business until Joe’s incredible title run turned business around. TNA never booked Joe with the same confidence despite him also becoming a top star there. The sole TNA World Championship reign of Joe went poorly with weak programs against Booker T and Sting.

3 Jon Moxley

Jon Moxley

The success of Jon Moxley in AEW has rejuvenated his career after an ugly ending in WWE. Moxley did have some great moments as Dean Ambrose and even had momentum at the start of his WWE Championship run.

The overall title reign disappointed compared to what he expected since he fell into the mid-card right after and never moved back to the main event picture. Moxley’s incredible AEW World Championship reign proved he could be a top star in a major promotion.

2 Sting

Sting

WCW found great success with Sting as the top star having relevance for over a decade. Sting was the heart and soul of WCW since he never left once for WWE. Fans supported the six WCW Championship reigns of Sting as arguably the best champ in company history.

However, the TNA run of Sting had more ups and downs in his later years. Sting still had strong star power, but the company badly needed new stars. The TNA World Championship reigns of Sting played a negative role in TNA’s growth and exposed his weaknesses at that stage of his career.

1 Bret Hart

Bret Hart

Bret Hart is the first wrestler most fans think of when it comes to the winged eagle WWE Championship. The New Generation Era was ushered in by Hart having strong title reigns and representing WWE as the honorable champion on five occasions.

Bret hoped to find the same success when moving to WCW after the controversial Montreal Screwjob. WCW used Hart poorly in his first year and didn’t elevate him into a world title spot until late 1999. Vince Russo’s era of WCW ended up booking Bret for the two worst title reigns of his career.

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