5 Current WWE stars who became Champions without wrestling a match

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Let’s take a look at five stars who won a championship without wrestling a single match:

#5. Roxanne Perez

Roxanne Perez made her main roster debut in early 2025. Initially, she was working as a singles star on Monday Night Raw. But in June, The Prodigy started getting involved with The Judgment Day. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez were Women’s Tag Team Champions at that time. But in the same month, Morgan injured her shoulder, and she was sidelined from television immediately.

Then, Rodriguez officially recruited Perez to The Judgment Day and gave her one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions, which belonged to Liv Morgan. The two stars then had a decent 33-day title reign before losing their championships to Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam 2025. Nonetheless, that championship heavily elevated The Prodigy on the main roster.

#4. Piper Niven

Piper Niven became WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion with Chelsea Green without wrestling a single match for the title in 2023. What happened was that The Hot Mess won the championships with Sonya Deville on an episode of Monday Night Raw in July. But in August, Deville suffered a torn ACL, which sent her on a hiatus to heal from her injury.

Niven then made her return on the August 14 episode of Monday Night Raw to declare herself as the replacement for Sonya Deville. She claimed the other half of the Women’s Tag Team Championship alongside Chelsea Green. Niven and Green then had a 126-day title reign before losing their titles to Kayden Carter and Katana Chance in December 2023.

#3. Bron Breakker

Bron Breakker was declared one-half of the World Tag Team Champion on Monday Night Raw alongside Austin Theory this week on RAW, following Logan Paul’s injury. The Maverick suffered a tricep issue during his match at Saturday Night’s Main Event in May this past weekend. It forced Paul to be out of action for the foreseeable future and left Theory all alone with the World Tag Team Championship.

However, as per the Freebird Rule, WWE recognized Bron Breakker as the World Tag Team Champion because he is a part of The Vision. With that, Breakker has the right to carry the World Tag Team Title and will be eligible to defend the championship in place of the original champion, Logan Paul. The 28-year-old was therefore handed the title without him actually winning it.

#2. Naomi

Naomi is one of the most decorated female talents in WWE history. But in 2024, she became the Women’s Tag Team Champion without any effort at all. Jade Cargill was mysteriously attacked in November that year. Then, on the December 20 episode of SmackDown, Naomi replaced Cargill to become the new Women’s Tag Team Champion alongside Bianca Belair.

Then Naomi and Belair went on to have a decent reign with the championship for a couple of weeks. In February 2025, they lost their Women’s Tag Team Championships to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. That no-effort title reign of Naomi marked a critical point in her career, which eventually led to her incredible heel turn on Belair and Cargill in the later months.

#1. Randy Orton won the WWE Championship

Randy Orton is a multi-time world champion in WWE. But in 2007, The Viper won the WWE Championship without wrestling a match. The Apex Predator became the number one contender for the WWE Title in September 2007. He was booked to face the then WWE Champion John Cena at the No Mercy event in October. But a few days before the match, Cena suffered an injury.

The Cenation Leader then had to vacate the title before his match against The Legend Killer. However, at the No Mercy event, Vince McMahon simply awarded Randy Orton the WWE Championship. It was one of the most controversial title changes in WWE history at that time. Later on the show, Orton successfully defended his title against Triple H in a Last Man Standing match.

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