Villains that could have been great

Hello there readers! I've been looking at the the list of WWE's top 50 villains and it had me thinking..... What other superstars would have made the list instead if they were given more time to develop? I'll give you my top 3 picks in this nonsense, but first here is the top 50 villains list:

(1) Roddy Piper

(2) Ric Flair & Four Horsemen

(3) Mr. McMahon

(4) "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

(5) "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan

(6) Triple H

(7) "Superstar" Billy Graham

(8) Bobby Heenan

(9) Gorgeous George

(10) Jake "the Snake" Roberts

(11) Rick Rude

(12) JBL

(13) Fabulous Freebirds

(14) Original Sheik

(15) Chris Jericho

(16) Sherri Martel

(17) Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

(18) Killer Kowalski

(19) Jim Cornette

(20) Edge

(21) Freddie Blassie

(22) The Undertaker

(23) Sgt. Slaughter

(24) Harley Race

(25) Vader

(26) Nick Bockwinkel

(27) Paul Orndorff

(28) Fabulous Moolah

(29) Raven

(30) Jerry Lawler

(31) Kevin Sullivan

(32) Randy Orton

(33) Terry Funk

(34) Abdullah the Butcher

(35) Paul Heyman

(36) Ivan Koloff

(37) Ernie Ladd

(38) C.M. Punk

(39) Dudley Boyz

(40) Don Muraco

(41) Kane

(42) Brock Lesner
(43) Eddie Guerrero
(44) Eric Bischoff
(45) Andre the Gian
(46) The Iron Shiek
(47) Mark Henry
(48) Vickie Guerrero
(49) Randy Savage
(50) Batista

Not a bad looking list but, here now are the 3 superstars who could have been on this list!

3. Elijah Burke

Elijah Burke, for those of you who don't know this man he was apart of the WWE version of ECW. Burke was a man who was a great talker and also and the moveset to back it up. Burke really catapulted to the national audience when Vince McMahon picked him as the new face of ECW in spite of the ECW originals. Elijah became the leader of a group called the "New Breed" which sole purpose was to take out the originals. Ultimately, the New Breed lost at Wrestlemania 23, to the originals, but that did not derail Burke who went on to have a great program with CM Punk that really cemented that Punk was going to be a shining good guy in the business and it looked like Burke should have been there with him as the villain. For some reason though, Burke just kind of fluttered on ECW after his feud with Punk. Burke became the mouthpiece for Shelton Benjamin and soon after he was done with that, he was gone from the WWE. In the present WWE he would be a great addition to the roster, yes he is the cocky bad guy that everybody else seems to be. With Burke though, there is something different about his character that made people want to boo and not the least bit cheer something that is very hard to accomplish in todays' pro wrestling world. It would be great to see him in a feud with Punk again or Cena that would be fresh and new. There is still hope for Burke to come back to the WWE but only time will tell.   

2. Muhammad Hassan 

Muhammad Hassan was a middle eastern-american who took the WWE by storm right away by interrupting Mick Foley on RAW and telling all Americans to not blame arab-americans for what happened on September 11th. He spoke in Arabic and praised Allah before and after every match. The WWE Universe hated him for the very beginning and got in the ring with main-eventer's such as Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan. At his one Royal Rumble appearance in 2005 he was eliminated by everyone in the ring bad guys and good guys alike. His heat continued when he was drafted to Smackdown! and went into a feud with The Undertaker. The two were scheduled to face each other at the Great American Bash PPV in July. On the July 4th taping of Smackdown! there was a controversial angle where Hassans' manager Davari was booked in a match with The Undertaker. As the match went on Hassan came out to the ramp and started praying, then five masked men in black came out with clubs and piano wire and started to beat down and also choke out Taker. The masked men then carried Davari to the back.The London bombings happened a day after it was taped and there wasn't enough time to edit out the segment. UPN, the network that broadcasted the show, did not like the storyline and did not want Hassan on their network. After Muhammad had his match with Undertaker he was released from the WWE. Muhammad Hassan would fit into the present WWE far better than what seems to be his replacement in Jinder Mahal. He was far better on the microphone and could face off against anyone. Ryback vs. Hassan sounds a lot more tolerable than Ryback vs Mahal. Perhaps one day Hassan will make a comeback to the WWE it definitely would be welcomed.

1. Carlito

Oh Carlito, the man with so much potential that threw it away. His career started off so promising by winning the U.S. title his first night in the WWE against the man who would become the face of the business, John Cena. The man who came in as Carlito, Caribbean Cool spitting apples in people who weren't "cool." Carlito would hold onto the title for 42 days until Cena regained it back from him when Carlito suffered a legitimate injury. After he came back he went in and out of feuds but always stayed relevant on Smackdown! His last feud on that run on Smackdown! was with Big Show in which he gave Show a poisoned apple and went on to defeat him at Judgement Day. He was then drafted to RAW where he won the Intercontinental Title on his first night there taking it away from Shelton Benjamin. He then went on to compete in the Elimination Chamber for the WWE championship in which he lost. He then went into a three way feud with Benjamin and Johnny Nitro that developed some great matches. All in a while with great matches he also produced great heat with the crowd. Carlito though, was starting to get disgruntled with the creative team that his character was becoming stale. He wanted to quit but Vince McMahon told him to reconsider which he did. Carlito then teamed up with his brother Primo and won the Tag Team Championship. He still was not happy where his career was going, Carlito complained and this time he was granted his release from the company. Carlito would be a great mouthpiece for Primo and his cousin Epico. The team are great in the ring but cannot generate heat like Carlito could. He would also be great in elevating up and coming superstars. Who knows if he would have lived up to his potential he could have been the WWE champion. We never will really know what could have happened in his career. In my opinion he has burned his bridges with the company.

Thanks for reading!

Till next time,
Jacob Reyes