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He didn't have the look, size, mic skills or any "style" that WWE actively encourage, yet he rose to the point where he was a focus of television and then beat two of the biggest stars of the last 20 years in one night to be the champion of said company.
You can argue about the length of time he would have stayed there if he were fit and healthy, but you can't argue that he didn't reach the top of the tree on the back of the popularity the fans gave him.
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