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PWInsider.com is reporting that following his Intercontinental Title win last night on Raw, CM Punk is now the fastest Triple Crown winner in WWE history, having won the World Heavyweight Title, the IC Title and the Tag Team Titles in 203 days. His first title win came on June 30, 2008 when he won the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw, then went on to win tag gold and finally the IC Title last night. Trailing behind him in second place is Kevin Nash, who won the Triple Crown in 227 days.
I was actually surprised when I saw that he had this "record". This tells me a couple things. First, Punk has not yet been given a long title reign. His world title reign lasted for two and a half months, and he had only a couple weak title defenses. He finally lost the title in a match he didn't even participate in due to being punted by Randy Orton.
His tag title run is somehow even less eventful than that. Punk and Kofi beat Priceless to win the titles in October. As far as I can remember, I don't think they ever had a legit title defense, and if they did it was only one. The reign finally ended at a house show the night before Armageddon. I still don't get why these two even got the titles to not defend them and unceremoniously lose them two months later.
On a side note, where does the ECW title fit into all of this? The ECW belt was his first championship, and Punk won it a little less than a year before he won the World Heavyweight Championship (Sept. 1, aired Sept 4, 2007). WWE claims this belt is a world championship, so why does it not count in the triple crown?
So two things to discuss:
1. What do you think about CM Punk as a Triple Crown champion?
2. Where does the ECW title fit in the Triple Crown picture?