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PlayTheGame

02-23-2009, 06:23 PM

This includes anyone who's ever won the WWE Championship or the WWE's version of the WHW Championship since its 2002 inception.

So, who, in your opinion, was the WWE's most undeserving champion(s)? You can define "undeserving" in wrestling/superstar ability, what they did while champion, the purpose of their reign, etc etc.

IMO, the most undeserving WWE Champions were Stan Stasiak, the first-ever "transitional" champion who only held the belt for a few days and had little no impact on the WWE overall, and JBL, especially considering what he's become today AND how long he held the title (around a year; can you imagine him holding the WWE Championship for another year today?!?). I would almost give honorable mention (or would it be dishonorable mention) to Mick Foley. Yes, Foley loved the business, and had some memorable feuds... but winning the belt 3 times? I know it was during the Attitude Era during a hot feud with the Rock, but still, it was a little much.

IMO, the most undeserving World Heavyweight Champion was definitely The Great Khali. Do I really need to explain why?

Who are your pick(s)?

klunderbunker

02-23-2009, 06:26 PM

Vince McMahon.

People forget his I believe 4 days as champion. What is the reasoning behind putting the title on him, other than to say the boss is champion? I believe he surrendered the title after beating HHH for it on Smackdown. This was a waste of a title change and was simply done to save a big match for HHH and a big face. Vince was the WWE Champion. That has to be it.

Hulkster4Life

02-23-2009, 06:35 PM

I'd have to say Eddie Guerrero or Rey Mysterio, r u kidding me, these 2 were in WCW and were cruiserweights and never would of had a chance against the big boys, they bring them to WWE and all the sudden there heavyweights and can compete wit the best? There great wrestlers and all but come on, they didn't diserve to win the World Title!!! Especially at the biggest stage of all, WRESTLEMANIA!!! Compare Hogan vs Warrior to Mysterio and Guererro.. R u kidding me lol

butsecks

02-23-2009, 06:41 PM

rowdy ruben

02-23-2009, 06:43 PM

4 guys come to mind. eddie and jbl. that was an awful feud. what happen to feuds like triple h and the rock, hogan and savage, michaels and bret. in the summer of 2004 we got jbl and eddie come on.

next booker t and rey. this was another feud that should have never happen. if it was for the u.s. tittle then mayb but for the worl tittle those 2 did not deserve it and were not big stars to main event a ppv

Michael Miracle

02-23-2009, 06:50 PM

While I quite agree Khali was the worst (I would have much rather had Vince than Khali as champion, at least Andre the Giant could put on a show.), I disagree that JBL was an undeserving champion. Looking back, the decision to keep the title belt oon him as long as they did may have not been the smartest one, but, with JBL holding the title, they did a few things...

1. New opprotunities for the faces on Smackdown- Eddie Guerrero, Undertaker, John Cena, Booker T, Kurt Angle, The Big Show, and others had the opprotunity to face somebody new, create fresh storylines.

2. JBL does one thing well every time he comes down to the ring. He gains tons of heat from the crowd, and basicly anybody who squares off against him is given a pop. Using JBL and his gimmick can really work well for some of the other wrestlers on the roster (Hiring big men to defeat Rey multiple times back in 06 when Rey was World Champ, the recent angle with HBK, etc...)

3. Honestly, without JBL, I don't know if Cena would have grown to the level he was as fast as he did. Because if JBL wouldn't have been champ around WrestleMania back in 07, it would have been somebody like Kurt Angle or The Undertaker would have been champ, and I can't say Cena would have walked out champion...

klunderbunker

02-23-2009, 07:00 PM

Booker T and Rey weren't big stars? What are you talking about?

They may not be A+ main eventers but it's not like you're seeing Santino against Funaki for the belt. They both had relatively short reigns. Booker was one of the bigger names in the company. That win made him a 6 time champion. Sure the 5 before were in WCW but they were legit wins. Giving him the belt made sense. He had been around in WWE for 5 years at that point and was at worst in the upper mid card. Why not give him the belt?

Putting he and Rey together didn't fail because they weren't big enough stars. It failed because they had zero chemistry together. Rey was a big enough name and by far a big enough star. He had already won the world title at Mania so what more does he need to cement his main event status? Both were more than worthy champions.

As for most unworthy WHC, I'll say Goldberg. His WWE run was terrible to say the least and his title reign was worse. Does anyone remember him being WHC? I barely do. Why should I care? He was an attempt to make what worked in WCW work in WWE and it was a miserable failure.

02-23-2009, 07:06 PM

First off, Santino will be a great Champion one day;)

As for the matter at hand, The most underserving champion is probably Vince McMahon. But the most undeserving title reign I would say was Triple H's from the beginning of No Mercy, until the end of No Mercy.

So he would be the most undeserving champion at that moment. The only thing it really did was make Randy Orton look like a joke for the night, as well as giving Triple H another reign. Not the least deserving person ever, but the least deserving person at that moment.

gateway425

02-23-2009, 07:10 PM

haha. i have to agree on vince mcmahon aswell. he's no wrestler. hes the boss. that belt is for pro wrestlers only and it worsens the belt's ranking if someone like vince wins it. and WWE has the nerve to criticize WCW for throwing the belt to David Arquette.

David arquette winning the belt was a complete joke. At least vince had wrestled before and not just in a movie.

Khali- no explanation needed.

HHH- while he is a good wrestler I don't think he is deserving of all the reigns he has had. He's at 13 now and will catch flair by 2011 at this rate.

Bob Backlund- if I was bret hart I woulda left WWE after they made me lose to this guy. He wasn't over with the fans and was way past his prime

Hogan- yea he sparked the boom period in wrestling but after that he never should have won anything else. Him beating Yokozuna at wrestlemania made no sense at all. I guess WCW needed him to win it when he came there but it just wasn't great.

Cena- his win over jericho was complete bull shit. He was gone for 3 months, has a few promos about his return and then wins a belt. He didn't even have a qualifying match which really killed it for me.

I went a different route here but I think I have a valid point with all my pics

crapamaniac

02-23-2009, 07:13 PM

gateway425

02-23-2009, 07:39 PM

Batista's last reign when he beat jericho and held it for like a week. Actually any Batista title reign. I think he is just so zero dimensional and just doesn't have a good character at all. He can't work the mic and his ring skills are below average. I was so happy when it came out he was getting surgery because he did not deserve a title match at wrestlemania.

Tastycles

02-23-2009, 07:43 PM

what everybodys posts to the original question highlight is just how many poor champions there have been recently but one that always sticks in my mind is sgt slaughter i know it was ages ago but it still gets to me now

Why? Slaughter was hugely over as a heel Iraqi sympathiser and his reign made Hogan getting the title back a massive American pride triumph. The beginning of his reign also set up Savage's retirement match against Warrior. So as well as being an over heel champion, Slaughter's reign set up the biggest matches at Wrestlemania VII, both directly and indirectly.

As for most undeserving, I think everyone is too quick to tar Vince. Sure, he wasn't a wrestler, but he was certainly the most over heel in 1999. His title reign was ultimately pointless, but having been the catalyst for the success of the WWF in 1999 (and I obviously mean on screen with Austin, and not his actual ownership of the country), and if a wrestler had done what he did, and been as hated as he was, you'd wonder why he wasn't champion. Plenty of God-awful workers have held the belt.

As for most undeserving, I'm probably going to go with Punk. I like Punk, but look at it this way. Within kayfabe he had lost the majority of his matches going into MITB, and then again going into his reign. Outside of kayfabe he had done iterally nothing to suggest that the crowd were behind him enough to put him in the driving seat.

HHHDiedForOurSins

02-23-2009, 07:48 PM

It's between JBL & Khali, but at least Khali didn't hold it long and only won it because of an injury to Edge, so I'll go with JBL, his reign was awful.

Normally I watch wrestling to see a good match, I don't really care who wins and loses, but when JBL was champ I prayed for him to lose the title in every one of his defences, and not because he was a great heel and I wanted to see him get his comeuppance, but because he was so damn boring. He is a great heel and is good on the mic but when it comes time for the payoff, the match in the ring, it's a letdown, because he's a poor wrestler.

Look at all his big matches when he was champion:

Great American Bash v Eddie - Boring match, the crowd was pissed when he won the title, and I honestly believe it wasn't heel heat, I think they really didn't want him to be champion because he sucked. Also WWE had so little faith in him that his title win wasn't important enough to main event the show, they had Undertaker v the Dudleys main event show, which was basically a mid card match.

Summerslam v Undertaker - Match was so bad the crowd turned on both men and couldn't care less.

No Mercy v Taker - Really bad match, not worthy of main eventing Smackdown, let alone a PPV.

Survivor Series v Booker T - Another boring match where the crowd was dead, he sucks the life out of the crowd so much with his performances in the ring that they don't even get behind the babyfaces.

Armageddon v Taker, Eddie & Booker - Decent match, not surprisingly his best match so far because it wasn't one on one, so his ring time was limited.

Royal Rumble v Kurt Angle & Big Show - Disappointing match, even Angle couldn't get an above average match out of him.

No Way Out v Big Show - Why they wasted the barb wire cage match gimmick on these 2, I have no idea, the match was bad.

Wrestlemania v John Cena - One of the worst title matches ever at Mania, and Cena's first title win, which should have been a big deal, was so anticlimactic, the crowd was silent throughout the match, and history shows that was probably due to JBL and not Cena.

So, he held the belt for almost a year, and didn't have a single memorable match/moment from his reign, I really do think he was the most undeserving WWF/WWE champion of all time.

richardleaf20

02-23-2009, 07:53 PM

In terms of how he got to the top (and I know I'll get some heat for saying this).....Edge. I know he was well on his way to getting to the main event scene but when he had that very personal feud with Matt Hardy, that really did it in for me. Now don't get me wrong I think Edge is great in the role he plays, but the way he was booked after the Hardy feud kind of made he think that he got rewarded for sleeping with Lita and Matt was damned to mid card status on SmackDown for defending himself. I'm just saying.

Compton

02-23-2009, 07:54 PM

In my opinion I think the most undeserving WWE Champion that springs to mind in recent memory I'd say was JBL. It may be because I just don't like him, but having him hold the belt for nearly a year made me sick. They could have had Kurt Angle or someone with a lot more credibility as Champion. Don't get me wrong he's WWE veteran and has worked hard but I don't think at the time or now that he is deserving of a World Title reign.

For the World Heavyweight Championship the most undeserving Champion, hands down is The Great Khali. He's just an awful wrestler and lets face it no one likes him as a face or heel. The Khali Kiss Cam makes me throw up in my mouth a bit each time (Not to mention the Khali Kiss Cam from Armageddon 2008. *shudders*). But he didn't deserve the belt one bit.

Compton

02-23-2009, 07:57 PM

Wrestlemania v John Cena - One of the worst title matches ever at Mania, and Cena's first title win, which should have been a big deal, was so anticlimactic, the crowd was silent throughout the match, and history shows that was probably due to JBL and not Cena.

This I completely agree with. The match was horrible to watch and unsurprisingly Cena wins the match with his 5 moves of doom. Horrible Main Event match for Mania. They could have had something so much better.

Johnny_B.Lv

02-23-2009, 08:07 PM

HHHDiedForOurSins

02-23-2009, 08:13 PM

The worst wrestler to ever hold a world title has to be Dave Batista. This man has absolutely no athletic ability what so ever other than a front slam and a spine buster. He can't even land the sit down powerbomb he calls the Batista Bomb !!! Give me a break. His title reigns have been nothing other than boring, his matches on raw and smackdown quite frankly are horrible, and you expect him to turn it up a notch at pay per views !?!?!? Get real, this guy can't even sell. Worst wrestler ever, and yes i've seen Dennis Rodman wrestle Carl Malone, atleast that was entertaining !!! some what.

I completely disagree, Batista has had many good or very good matches as champion:

Hell in a Cell v HHH at Vengeance 2005
v Undertaker at Wrestlemania 2007
v Undertaker at Cyber Sunday 2007
Hell in a Cell v Undertaker at Survivor Series 07

Also his matches with Edge, Cena & Orton were all good, and he's over with the fans, unlike JBL, who wasn't over as champion and didn't have a single good match during his reign.

Milkyway!

02-23-2009, 08:20 PM

Most undeserving champion that I can recall. Would have to be Rey Mystero. He got hot shotted into the title scene when Eddie died due to being his best friend. It was a horrible reign. I dont recall any good matches. His fued with Booker didn't draw nor was it any good. Rey only got this reign, because of being eddie's bestfriend. Why they didn't give it beniot, god only knows. But this was the worst reign in recent memory for me.

Johnny_B.Lv

02-23-2009, 08:35 PM

I might of been a little harsh on Batista earlier, it's just that I can't stand the guy. He just can't sell, or WRESTLE ! ENOUGH, now I must admit while JBL might have deserved a title reign, did it have to be for soooooo long. He never even won a match cleanly ! Which was the whole point ! But wow did his match with CENA at wrestlemania 21 suck terribly. Now though JBL will never EVVEEER get another world title...hopefully

Y2 Punk

02-23-2009, 08:52 PM

Ok.
I registered just for this response and its likely I will not ever post here again.

I avidly read responses to these topics I see on the side of the wrestlezone home page. The responses are often interesting.

Then I see this topic and names like Booker T , Rey, and Eddie dropped.

For the love of me I can not beging to grasp your ideaology behind your thinking when said names were dropped there reasons are "IMO compare that to savage and yack tack yack"

Ok so maybe that a bit off what they said.

Can any body tell me what or why those names make sense for undeserving.

Booker T- OUR generations black wrestler. I see now was his big problem his charisma or his solid in ring work. No maybe it was his nice mike work. No that could not be it maybe its that during his tenure he was over face or heel.
Hmmmmmmmmm?

Rey- They guy whos run was shit because they booked it as shit?I get it. Its the fact that he to this day can out perform 80% of the WWE roster. Maybe its the fact he is extremley over. or maybe that hes the wwes biggest hispanic demographic pull in a long time besides........

Eddie- Honestly? Are you slow. The guy is the Hispanic Mr. Perfect. He was terrific in the ring. Great on the Mic. EXTRMLEY charismatic. A role model in his latter life. I mean I could go further but saying his name is enough for me to say this man deserved it.

So maybe you disagree but honestly when stuff like that is said I am perplexed.

Mcmahon, Arquette....and you choose greats?

ZAPX4V1

02-23-2009, 09:48 PM

HHH (Didn't deserve ANY of his title reigns)

JBL (He isn't a great heel, he is a useless sack of shit that gets booed because he sucks)

RVD (Money in the Bank was wasted on him)

CM Punk (Why does he even have a job? His matches are boring and he isn't a believable main eventer, or even a midcarder)

Khali (This is obvious of course)

Booker (Only got the title because Shelton Benjamin has backstage heat and they wanted to push a black wrestler)

Jericho (He was used properly in WCW and never deserved the push he got in WWE)

Johnny_B.Lv

02-23-2009, 10:06 PM

WOW the wrestling knowledge in this forum is really amazing ! Maybe the wwe should hire some of you guys for creative purposes ! Bravo, simple, Bravo !
How could you people actually start by naming wrestlers. What about all the non-wrestlers who won the world title. How about, David Arquette, Vince McMahon for starters.

Now let's get to the wrestlers shall we. Or maybe I should say the kind of wrestlers.
1) Batista (everything was based on his look, none of it on his talent, if he even has some)
2) Khali (no passion for the business, no talent)
3) JBL (a f*cking year come on, I stopped watching smackdown for that one, lack or will to improve his in ring skills, doesn't really have much in ring talent anyways)

But how can you guys mention names like Booker T, Jericho, CM Punk, RVD, HHH
Say what you will about any of these guys, they all work(ed) very, very hard for the passion and sake of the business. They all put over guys they shouldn't have, and try their damndest to put on good matches. Respect is earned through a hard career.

DeadmanInc.

02-23-2009, 10:26 PM

I completely disagree, Batista has had many good or very good matches as champion:

Hell in a Cell v HHH at Vengeance 2005
v Undertaker at Wrestlemania 2007
v Undertaker at Cyber Sunday 2007
Hell in a Cell v Undertaker at Survivor Series 07

Also his matches with Edge, Cena & Orton were all good, and he's over with the fans, unlike JBL, who wasn't over as champion and didn't have a single good match during his reign.

While this is true, notice who Batista's opponent's were? HHH, Taker, Edge, Orton, and Cena are some of the best workers in WWE. This clearly shows how good booking can make a bland wrestler look credible. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Batista hater or anything but this ties perfectly into my next point.

A lot of people stated Rey Mysterio as one of the worst champions. While I do think Rey Mysterio was only given the belt as a pity reign due to Eddie's death, you can't really blame him for his crappy reign since he was booked horribly. He lost more times as champion than without. Rey is one of the most entertaining superstars in the ring. The only thing that takes away from his credibility is his small size. He looks small against just about anyone but when he is facing opponents around Edge's size he can put on a great match. Heck, he even had a few good matches with Kane.

My pick for the most undeserving reign would be Jericho's first reign as Undisputed Champion. I think Jericho is amazing and definitely one of the best today but he was not ready to be champion at that time. Furthermore, I don't think he deserved the honor of being called the first ever Undisputed Champion. I felt Stone Cold was the most deserving since he essentially saved WWF from going under to WCW. If not Austin, at least The Rock should have gotten it.

I mentioned good booking earlier with helping Batista get over, but how does Jericho (a man who was put over by The Rock and Stone Cold multiple times) flop as a champion? I simply think he wasn't ready for it.

Pbenglish

02-23-2009, 10:59 PM

The two names that immediately came to my mind were the Ultimate Warrior and Kane.

Now I think Warrior is more a sign of the times he wrestled in, but really, he did nothing during his reign and once it ended he was thrown in an idiotic angle with Papa Shango (anyone remember that? The green puke and the shaking? Awesome moment for sure :icon_rolleyes:

The championship reign of Kane's is more annoying though. I mean Kane was a great big man! Scary as hell, unstoppable and not one dimensional like most big men, but his championship reign was a joke! One day and then given back to Austin. If that wasn't bad enough, Kane hasn't had another run since then. I don't get it.
Kane himself is NOT undeserving, but that reign certainly was.

DJ-LyRiX

02-24-2009, 12:41 AM

The championship reign of Kane's is more annoying though. I mean Kane was a great big man! Scary as hell, unstoppable and not one dimensional like most big men, but his championship reign was a joke! One day and then given back to Austin. If that wasn't bad enough, Kane hasn't had another run since then. I don't get it.
Kane himself is NOT undeserving, but that reign certainly was.

I couldn't agree with you more. Kane is the exact opposite of what we are looking for in this thread. He NEEDS another title reign before his career ends.

Undeserving champion? Rey Mysterio. I like the guy, but his reign didn't work because he was just TOO small. Eddie, Jericho etc. did not look as small as Rey does. It just didn't work for him, it wasn't believable. I guess he's undeserving because he should never have been considered good enough, and it was only from the fallout of Eddie's death that he got one. It could have easily happened to Chavo had he had a better push prior to his uncle's death.

The C. Hicks

02-24-2009, 12:53 AM

People say Eddie and Rey were underserving. What makes them undeserving? You can’t blame them for the way they were booked. People would easily assert that Benoit was deserving, but I’d like to think that Eddie, Benoit and Rey are almost from the same crop. I personally think Eddie was more deserving than Benoit…and I’m not saying this due to the tragic events involving Benoit.

Eddie was champion in an interesting time in WWE. The brands were completely separated. I think if there was a bit more interpromotional involvement, then Eddie would’ve been in better feuds and matches…like with HBK for instance (a personal dream for me).

Rey indeed was the charity case champion as Randy Orton coined him. But at the same time, I think he deserved it. So what if he’s small. People thought Bret Hart was too small to be champion when you have guys like Hogan and Warrior as champion. Rey and Eddie worked their asses off and they were more than deserving. They were over with the fans and excellent workers.

I look at drawing power, ring work, work ethic, charisma, skills, and sensibility in the reign.

My list…

Bob Backlund (1994)
Realistically, do I need to say more? His last reign was before I was even born. He hadn’t done anything major in over a year…and the last big thing for him was him looking like a jobber to Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania 9. But for storyline purposes…I understand.

Diesel (1994-1995)
I liked Diesel…but I was 9 then. Outside of being HBK’s bodyguard, I don’t think that Diesel really established himself as a main eventer. Nash was over…barely…but he was never a great worker. He was supposed to be the next Hogan…but it failed. He was more believable chasing Shawn for the title.

Vince McMahon (1999)
Triple H had become a believable heel and everyone wanted to see him knocked off his pedestal. So the sensibility and shock value of Vince of all people doing winning the title was pretty cool (considering they were feuding). But a promoter being the flagship does nothing more than cheapen the title.

Triple H (2002)
Triple H being awarded the World Heavyweight Championship kinda messed my perception of how they really view that title…even to this day. I hate to see anyone be awarded any title. That’s just like a sports team with a great record being awarded the championship. That cheapens everything and pisses a lot of people off. I can understand it for storyline purposes, but I don’t like it.

Shawn Michaels (2002)
Shawn’s World Heavyweight Title reign was unnecessary…but I understand why they did it. The guy had wrestled 2 matches in 4 years and now he’s champion? His “ring rust” was pretty noticeable too!

Goldberg (2003)
Goldberg had a World Heavyweight Title in WWE? You almost forgot too, huh…LOL.

Hulk Hogan (1993 & 2002) (5th and 6th reigns respectively)
His 1993 reign was a slap in the face to Bret and Yoko in my opinion. Politics.
His 2002 reign was one of those feel good nostalgic moments for old fans…but it was nothing but politics as far as I’m concerned. Yes, Hogan was and is an icon. Yes he was a draw. But truthfully, most of Hogan’s reigns were due to him politicking. What did he do to deserve a title run in 2002…aside from a memorable match with The Rock. Lets not forget about “THE FINGERPOKE OF DOOM” either…

The Rock (2001-2002)
As much as I am a devoted fan of The Rock…he did NOT deserve a WCW Championship or WWE Championship. It made no sense. He went away, filmed movies, worked a busy but limited schedule, and now he’s champion? Doesn’t make sense.

The Great Khali (2007)
Nuff said…

JBL (2004)
I think JBL deserved a title run. He was over as a heel and he was (and still is) great at it. But a year!? No.

CM Punk (2008)
I like Punk. He’s a great guy in and out of the ring…but he just wasn’t ready. The scenario was awesome though…but he just wasn’t ready.

GameOver

02-24-2009, 04:05 AM

Well i'll be agreeing with rpevious posts but here goes
David Arquette. WTF?
Khali - AUGFEUIHALIUEFHO:Je - WTF did he say? made Andre the Giant look coordinated
Rey Mysterio - Totally unbelievable
Jeff Hardy - total joke

could say John Cena but that would be too easy, and then i'd have to lump Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan in there for bugger all in ring skill.

I disagree in theory with Vince winning the title, which btw was via winning the Royal Rumble not beating Triple H. At the time he was heavily fueding with Austin so it was all part of the storyline to stop Austin from winning at all costs. anyway atleast Vince has a wrestler build and can fight regardless how old he was.

Sgt Slaughter was once again part of the storyline, who better to have as a heel champion then an American turncoat during the Gulf War era a guy i might add that was a Hulk Hogan like "All American" world champion in the early 80's. and low and behold the "Ultimate" American Hulk Hogan recaptured the title off him at the Great American WrestleMania.

Another possibility is, Warriors title run was a joke after the initial buzz of beating Hogan so they wanted to take the title off him and give it back to Hogan and for whatever reason they didn't want to do a WrestleMania 6 rematch and then as above the Gulf War was goin on so art imitates life, US vs Iraq/Iran

Least thats my take on that situation

midusone

02-24-2009, 06:03 AM

Funny that Jeff Hardy just got brought up after all these other names have been thrown around countless times. I personal have always been a fan of hardy's despite the fact that his mic work is horrible. Guess I just thought you'd all tear him apart.

As for my opinion I'd have to say BIG SHOW was probably one of the worst champs of all time. I remember going to a house show when he was champ and his fight with the big boss man not only stunk the place up, but, it was also one of the first matches to take place. that night HHH and The Rock headlined. Now THOSE were some real champions.

CJGV1

02-24-2009, 07:57 AM

im gunna say the big show in 99 for sure. a weak substitute for the injured austin gets the belt for a month and a half. his only ppv title defence was a mid card match against bossman which was largely forgettable. a poor title regin imo.

i also think hbks regin in 97-98. now even tho the montreal screwjob is 1 reason i think another reason is i do think the belt shud hav gone to austin. it was his feud with bret that largely begun the usa vs canada angle. it would have been a better more logical ending to brets wwe career.

Also any of sids runs as champ. never a fan of him as champ and didnt really see any drawing power there. but aside from bret, taker n hbk i guess they were a lil stuck 4 choice at that time!

Splinter

02-24-2009, 09:14 AM

the answer to this is quite simple: the most undeserving champ to me was the not so great khali. i mean come on, this guy can barely move. compared to his moves, hogan's finisher is exciting to watch ;)

This includes anyone who's ever won the WWE Championship or the WWE's version of the WHW Championship since its 2002 inception.

i know it's a little off topic, but back in wcw, the most undeserving whc was david arquette, who wasn't even a wrestler.

Big Pimpin

02-24-2009, 10:55 AM

Here are my picks for most undeserving champs.

Triple H's 5 World Heavyweight Title reigns- It amazes me on how the hell did he get to hold that title 5 times. I don't think he truly deserved to hold that title as I think him & his backstage politics were the reason why he held that title 5 times.

JBL- His nearly 10 month reign was just awful. He got only one match(the fatal 4 way match with Taker, Booker T & Eddie), his ring work was terrible & I think he is the only reason why his matches as champion sucked. Hell even Angle couldn't carry his fat ass to a decent match.

John Cena's reign as World Heavyweight Champion- I know that him winning the title was supposed to be a good feel moment but I can't stand the way he won it. Even though the reign wasn't that bad, I just didn't like the way he won it.

seven3too

02-24-2009, 11:14 AM

HOGAN in wrestlemania 9....what a f'n cheater this guy always was you talk about an oppertunist he almost killed bret harts career before it truly got off the ground.
GREAT KHALI aka the pujabi ginger bread man..jesus christ..what were they thinking this guy sucks and should be limmited to fighting animals like grizzlies and giraffes
BIG SHOW just a time filler because austin was hurt..weak
and CM PUNK...yeah yeah i know..i know but he wasn't ready...i like the way he won it kinda..but the way he lost it proves he wasn't ready...

Legendary_Undertaker

02-24-2009, 09:41 PM

Without A doubt the most undeserving champion was The Great Khali

First of all this guy can't even speak english!!! His character is awful and his ring work is non existant. without a doubt Khali is the absolute wost possiable choice as a champion

Stevie Franchise

02-25-2009, 12:48 PM

I'm tired of Kane being fucked around with. He's done nothing but be loyal to WWE and was suppose to be this unbeatable Monster and that faded away like every thing they put him in.

Lee

02-25-2009, 01:03 PM

This Vacated fella, he's held the belts a total of 10 times, yet no one knows who he is. A truly undeserving champion, indeed.

On a serious note it has to go to the Great Khali, terrible in the ring, and he once killed a guy by botching a move, who's idea was it to make him WHC? A terrible, terrible champion who did not deserve this one bit whatsoever.

TheOneBigWill

02-25-2009, 09:13 PM

C.M. Punk: The W.W.E's answer to "Oh shit, we suddenly have two Champions on the same show. Fuck, what do we do?"

I don't think there's ever been a more worthless, pathetic excuse for a World Heavyweight Champion. I mean, as I stated the prime reason he even became a Champion is because they had to suddenly figure out how to get a World Heavyweight title back to Raw, without it being a totally weird reason. So they had Punk cash in the MITB to do it. Then they tried pushing him as credible, and he got as much "cred" as Heavyweight Champion as Adamle did as General Manager.

Secondly, Punk almost single handedly ruined the Money in the Bank cash-in issue. I mean, is it SO HARD to believe that not everyone who wins that match, is automatically going to become Heavyweight Champion? If anything, I think Punk would've gotten more credibility if he would've been the first guy to LOSE via cashing in, instead of winning like everyone else, only to become the worst Champion in recent memory as a result.

Blue Chipper

02-25-2009, 10:04 PM

This is easily Jeff Hardy. He didn't deserve the belt when he recieved it and it was a kindly risky buisness move. A few short months prior to obtaing the belt, he was irresponsible and reckless. He was absent at several schedualed events and was on drugs (probably justifies his absences).

chanfan304

02-25-2009, 11:13 PM

I agree w/ a lot of the ones mentioned, particularly Hogan, Khali, and Backlund. And primarily, HHH. I'm sure there are more out there, but Hogan didn't need to keep getting the belt and HHH is this era's Hogan. Getting the belt just because you can just cheapens the sport and Trip's current reign is no exception. They can find interesting enough storylines for him w/out making the Championship belt look like a cheap hooker your CEO buddy buys you on a whim on a drunken Saturday night. I'd go so far as to say that HHH constantly getting titles from daddy-in-law is as shameful to the sport as David Arquette winning a title. But back on track, I think everybody has covered it pretty nicely.

chanfan304

02-25-2009, 11:22 PM

Bravo, bravo! To the defenders of Booker, CM Punk, Jericho, RVD, Eddie, Rey, etc., that's exactly what I thought when I saw those names referred to negatively. They all had cred and deserved their reigns. And yeah, maybe Cena's becoming the poster child and a modern day version of Hulk as far as his image towards the populace goes, but I think he's deserving of it. He's the consummate underdog and is believable in his role. Hulk was just a twit who couldn't be believable if he tried. (See-acting career) And back to regarding the names that showed variety, it was nice to see the belt on somebody who's name didn't have a couple of H's in it.

DD84

03-02-2009, 08:04 AM

I'm going with Edge. Not all of his reigns, but now its getting ridiculous. It feels like he wins and loses it every month. I won't be surprised when he drops it back to Cena at Mania.

If thats no good enough I will go with Rey and The Great Khail.
Rey for the obvious reason that he looked terrible as champ.
Khail b/c he just is terrible.

timmy872

03-02-2009, 09:54 AM

Dagger Dias

03-02-2009, 02:54 PM

The most undeserving Champions in my mind are;

The Great Khali - I think WWE put the belt on him at this time because quite frankly they had NO ONE else on Smackdown at that time. Also I think at that time WWE were unsure on how long Khali would last in WWE because of his knees, if you ever see Khali walk you can tell why.

I disagree there. Khali wasn't the best one to put the belt on at the time I agree there.... but no one else? Edge vacated the title because he got injured by Kane, who he was in a feud with at the time. They shortly afterwards awarded Orton the wwe title when Cena got injured during their feud, why didn't they just give the world title to Kane because it was a similar scenario? Perhaps Kane didn't want it, I dunno.

Anyways my pick is REY MYSTERIO!!!!!!!!!

Why do you ask? Rey is a CRUISERWEIGHT! If he got the wwe championship then maybe it would have been more believable, but COME ON, you expect fans to believe that a CRUISERWEIGHT could win the World HEAVYWEIGHT Championship?

I have not been able to STAND rey ever since then. Which reminds me of No Way Out just recently, I have never rooted for Edge so much before because I was going to riot if Rey won the world heavyweight title AGAIN, ugh....