Chris Masters has revealed why he never won a title in WWE.
The former WWE star recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview. He talked about things such as being signed by the company at the age of 21, the Master Lock challenge, his Mt. Rushmore of best body guys in wrestling, and more.
During the talk, the 43-year-old also opened up about never winning any championships in WWE despite having multiple runs with the company. He revealed that he was actually supposed to win the Intercontinental Championship in a fatal four-way match when he was chasing the title back in 2006. Plans changed after WWE learned about his painkiller addiction and sent him to rehab:
Then the Intercontinental title—I was actually supposed to win that, but it was at the same point where they had given me an intervention for my prescription painkiller abuse at the time.
They even told me—I remember having the meeting with Johnny [Ace]—and because there was a four-way match that night, it was in Vegas for the Intercontinental title that I was slated to win. But then they caught wind that I had the issues I had, and I had an intervention, and basically told me, ‘You’re going to rehab.’ I screwed that.
Chris Masters later revealed that he came close to winning the Tag Team Championship with Carlito when they faced Big Show and Kane at WrestleMania 22, but plans were changed the day before the show. According to the former WWE star, the officials wanted Carlito to turn face and wanted to give The Spirit Squad some momentum.
As a result, the tag team broke up after the loss, with Carlito turning face despite having betrayed Masters multiple times over the previous few months. Big Show and Kane then dropped the tag titles to Kenny & Mikey on the Raw after WrestleMania.
