I was thinking about Kane having his 1 day reign as champ (and I wish he would get a decent non-ECW reign), and I wondered if that was the worst reign in WWF/E history. I admit it was a let down, but I'm sure you guys can think of worse ones that what Glen Jacobs got. The floor is yours.
Who had the worst title reign?
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colalella2891
Pre-Show Stalwart
Well, In my honest opinion I would have to say the Great Khali as World Heavyweight Champion was pretty shitty. I couldn't believe that they actually gave him the title. I don't remember much about it either, except him having a match with Batista that was pretty bad, since Khali can't wrestle to save his life.
So, yea even though Kane's reign lasted a day it's still more credible in my eyes than the the Great Khali.....
So, yea even though Kane's reign lasted a day it's still more credible in my eyes than the the Great Khali.....
Lee
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Supermod!
Batista's reign where he beat Jericho at Cyber Sunday and then lost it in a steel cage match eight days later was an absolutely dire reign. He may have held it longer than Kane, but it was the same successful defences. NONE. This was a poor poor reign where the only good thing to come out of it was Jericho feuding with others.
Little Jerry Lawler
Sigmund Freud On Ritalin And Roids
I remember that 2002 Big Show title reign to be awful and completely forgettable. He won the title off of an injured Brock Lesnar in a unspectacular match at Survivor Series. He was sloppy in the ring around that time and I was amazed that he even got the title. Thankfully, Show lost the title to Kurt Angle at Armageddon so we wouldn't have to suffer anymore. Nothing memorable about Show's title reign at all and he is in the running for one of the worst.
Tattooed Jesus
Redneck Thug
My picks for Worst Reigns:
1) Andre the Giant beating Hulk Hogan on Saturday Nights Main Event, due to the referee switch by Dave and Earl Hebner. Then Andre giving the belt to Million Dollar Man, so Andre held the belt for all of about 30 seconds. This did lead to the awesome Tourney that Macho Man won at Wrestlemania, but it one of the worst title reigns ever!
2) Bob Backlunds transition Championship run that lasted about a minute I think. Backlund beat Bret Hart at some untelevised event to win the title, then Diesel beat him in like 8 seconds of some shit like to win the belt. Diesel went on to hold the title for about a year, and had some of the worst feuds and matches that I can remember so both of these I consider shitty reigns.
3) Yokozuna beats Bret Hart after Mr Fuji throws salt in his eyes, and out of no where here comes the Real American Hulk Hogan! Hogan who has just returned after a very lengthy absence, just dominates and beats Yokozuna in one of the worst title matches ever!
4) Anytime that Batista has been champion has been horrible, the same can be said for Randy Ortons first title reign, and Rey Mysterios one and only title reign. They were all bad, very bad.
5) Ronnie Garvin beating Ric Flair in a Steel Cage Match. On September 25, 1987, Garvin was able to defeat Flair for the title. It was during this feud that Garvin would eventually gain what would later be referred to as "Go-away heat," which would see Flair getting cheered in the middle of a cage match, and Garvin booed. Garvin was favored by the fans for chasing after the title and beating up Ric Flair, but not enough to actually defeat him, be the champion, and carry the company. His winning the belt was a last minute booking decision by the committee due to losing their original choices for successors, Magnum T.A. and Buddy Landel.
1) Andre the Giant beating Hulk Hogan on Saturday Nights Main Event, due to the referee switch by Dave and Earl Hebner. Then Andre giving the belt to Million Dollar Man, so Andre held the belt for all of about 30 seconds. This did lead to the awesome Tourney that Macho Man won at Wrestlemania, but it one of the worst title reigns ever!
2) Bob Backlunds transition Championship run that lasted about a minute I think. Backlund beat Bret Hart at some untelevised event to win the title, then Diesel beat him in like 8 seconds of some shit like to win the belt. Diesel went on to hold the title for about a year, and had some of the worst feuds and matches that I can remember so both of these I consider shitty reigns.
3) Yokozuna beats Bret Hart after Mr Fuji throws salt in his eyes, and out of no where here comes the Real American Hulk Hogan! Hogan who has just returned after a very lengthy absence, just dominates and beats Yokozuna in one of the worst title matches ever!
4) Anytime that Batista has been champion has been horrible, the same can be said for Randy Ortons first title reign, and Rey Mysterios one and only title reign. They were all bad, very bad.
5) Ronnie Garvin beating Ric Flair in a Steel Cage Match. On September 25, 1987, Garvin was able to defeat Flair for the title. It was during this feud that Garvin would eventually gain what would later be referred to as "Go-away heat," which would see Flair getting cheered in the middle of a cage match, and Garvin booed. Garvin was favored by the fans for chasing after the title and beating up Ric Flair, but not enough to actually defeat him, be the champion, and carry the company. His winning the belt was a last minute booking decision by the committee due to losing their original choices for successors, Magnum T.A. and Buddy Landel.
Some bad title reigns that come to mind -
-Yokozuna at WrestleMania IX held the title for less than 5 minutes. He won it from Hart, then lost it to Hogan. Yes, this was done to appease Hogan who had apparently threatened to no-show if he didn't leave WrestleMania with the title ... but it was still a bad title reign.
-Vince McMahon winning the World Title from Triple H ... Does this one need to be explained?
-Any of Mick Foley's WWE title reigns.
-He won the title in late December from The Rock.
-He "dropped" the title to The Rock at The Rumble.
-He won the title back a few days later at the SB halftime special.
-He dropped the title at the February PPV
-He won a triple threat match against HHH and Austin at Summer Slam
-He lost the title the next night to HHH on Raw.
...He never made it through one challenger in any of his title reigns!
-Yokozuna at WrestleMania IX held the title for less than 5 minutes. He won it from Hart, then lost it to Hogan. Yes, this was done to appease Hogan who had apparently threatened to no-show if he didn't leave WrestleMania with the title ... but it was still a bad title reign.
-Vince McMahon winning the World Title from Triple H ... Does this one need to be explained?
-Any of Mick Foley's WWE title reigns.
-He won the title in late December from The Rock.
-He "dropped" the title to The Rock at The Rumble.
-He won the title back a few days later at the SB halftime special.
-He dropped the title at the February PPV
-He won a triple threat match against HHH and Austin at Summer Slam
-He lost the title the next night to HHH on Raw.
...He never made it through one challenger in any of his title reigns!
I'm also going to have to go with Khali. The match between him and Batista at Summerslam '07 was so fucking terrible. Khali, a man who is way bigger than Batista, was some how scared to defend the title against him going into this match? Booking wise, What fucking sense did that make?!? Then to top it off, Khali gets himself DQed, by hitting Batista with a chair. Very stupid. The action was very slow and boring. Batista hitting the spinebuster on Khali was the only thing worth looking at in this match. He would go on to lose the title to Batista at Unforgiven in a triple threat match, which included Rey.
I almost forgot about The Great American Bash. This was another triple threat, which involved Kane and Batista. Kane and Batista took out Khali early, and pretty much had a one on one match from there. After, Batista hits the powerbomb, Khali takes him out, gives Kane the Khali bomb, and retains. Seriously, watch this match, you'll see Khali really didn't need to be there.
I almost forgot about The Great American Bash. This was another triple threat, which involved Kane and Batista. Kane and Batista took out Khali early, and pretty much had a one on one match from there. After, Batista hits the powerbomb, Khali takes him out, gives Kane the Khali bomb, and retains. Seriously, watch this match, you'll see Khali really didn't need to be there.
just a correction on the bob backlund tittle reign. he beat bret at survivor series 1994 and lost in 3 days later at a wwe non-televised event. yea it was probly one of the worst reigns in history
wrestler36
Championship Contender
Mysterio was buried pretty often during his title reign. Off the top of my head, I remember Mark Henry and Khali squashing him. He won the Rumble, beat Orton and Angle at Mania and lost a bunch of clean matches as the champ. Pretty shitty reign in my book.
Little Jerry Lawler
Sigmund Freud On Ritalin And Roids
I'm going to have to disagree about Khali being the worst because of one word: purpose. Khali won the title with the purpose of being the dominating monster being built up so much as champion that it would be huge for whoever defeats him. I believe they were going for that but they had to have Khali drop the title to Batista at Unforgiven. If they would have had Khali win the feud against Batista and have a Mysterio beat him, then that would be huge and I believe that was the purpose.
Kane being champion for one day, Batista's eight day reign in 2008, and Big Show's reign in 2002 served no purpose. There was no good to come out of the win and it didn't further anybody. The Khali title reign had purpose but the WWE for some reason never fulfilled it.
Undertaker the 5th
Graveyard Punk
I think one of the worst ones is the one from kane, because it only lasted one day, it was meaningless to me. Another would be Triple H in a ppv he won the title early in the night and then lost it later to Randy Orton who had it before this night, I think that's how it went not sure.
Big Nick Dudley
Nick
Without a double, Vince Russo, Vince McMahon, and especially David Arquette were the worst champions in the history of professional wrestling. But those were gimmicks, and no one really looks upon any of those guys as real champions. Mysterio was pretty bad as well. It was just hard for me to believe that a man so small and so weak could actually not get smashed by much larger opponents. Plus, Rey has no character and is terrible on the mic. But anyway, here are my choices:
3. The Big Show stepping into the Main Event at Survivor Series 1999 for an injured Steve Austin, and walking out WWF Champion. While I believe the Big Show has a lot of talent (not much motivation) for a guy of his size, this was so disappointing on so many levels. First and foremost, Steve Austin not competing in this match (beyond his or anyone else's control) was devestating. He was there biggest star, going into the ring with their next two biggest stars, Rock and HHH, champion at the time. I remember thinking that it was ok, as long as Rock of Hunter won the match. When the Big Show won, I was shocked. I really think they should have just dropped it to a one on one match between Hunter and Rock, but they had to add in Big Show. Maybe it wouldn't have turned out so badly had he not dropped the belt back to Hunter less than two months later on an episode of Raw. Maybe if he had been given a lengthy title run back then, I could have gotten into it. But he wasn't, so it was one of my least favorite title runs.
2. The Great Khali winning the title on Smackdown during the summer of 2007 in a 20 man battle royal on Smackdown. While I don't hate Khali nearly as much as a lot of people I know, this was pretty terrible. I don't expect much out of guys who stand over 7 feet tall, but come on. His matches with Batista (who stinks as well) were god awful. They both looked like they didn't want to be there, they were sloppy, and they looked as though they didn't even know one another. And how many times did he hold the damn belt upside down? He can't be that dumb, can he?
1. Hulk Hogan beating Yokozuna at WM9. This was awful. First of all, I wouldn't have minded seeing Bret Hart win that match clean, but they needed to build Yoko up as a monster heel. But there was NO excuse (besides him being the biggest star in the history of wrestling) for him to take that belt. There was no excuse for him to be involved in that match, period. Now, I understand that the story goes Hogan was supposed to have a monster showdown with Hart at Summerslam 93, but refused to put Hart over, which doesn't surprise me because Hogan is an asshole, so it was scrapped. That would have been cool, a passing of the torch kind of thing, but since it didn't go down the way it should have, it was a TERRIBLE idea.
3. The Big Show stepping into the Main Event at Survivor Series 1999 for an injured Steve Austin, and walking out WWF Champion. While I believe the Big Show has a lot of talent (not much motivation) for a guy of his size, this was so disappointing on so many levels. First and foremost, Steve Austin not competing in this match (beyond his or anyone else's control) was devestating. He was there biggest star, going into the ring with their next two biggest stars, Rock and HHH, champion at the time. I remember thinking that it was ok, as long as Rock of Hunter won the match. When the Big Show won, I was shocked. I really think they should have just dropped it to a one on one match between Hunter and Rock, but they had to add in Big Show. Maybe it wouldn't have turned out so badly had he not dropped the belt back to Hunter less than two months later on an episode of Raw. Maybe if he had been given a lengthy title run back then, I could have gotten into it. But he wasn't, so it was one of my least favorite title runs.
2. The Great Khali winning the title on Smackdown during the summer of 2007 in a 20 man battle royal on Smackdown. While I don't hate Khali nearly as much as a lot of people I know, this was pretty terrible. I don't expect much out of guys who stand over 7 feet tall, but come on. His matches with Batista (who stinks as well) were god awful. They both looked like they didn't want to be there, they were sloppy, and they looked as though they didn't even know one another. And how many times did he hold the damn belt upside down? He can't be that dumb, can he?
1. Hulk Hogan beating Yokozuna at WM9. This was awful. First of all, I wouldn't have minded seeing Bret Hart win that match clean, but they needed to build Yoko up as a monster heel. But there was NO excuse (besides him being the biggest star in the history of wrestling) for him to take that belt. There was no excuse for him to be involved in that match, period. Now, I understand that the story goes Hogan was supposed to have a monster showdown with Hart at Summerslam 93, but refused to put Hart over, which doesn't surprise me because Hogan is an asshole, so it was scrapped. That would have been cool, a passing of the torch kind of thing, but since it didn't go down the way it should have, it was a TERRIBLE idea.
wwediehardmark
Dark Match Jobber
i would have to go with theses four
1. vince winning the ecw title wat a joke thats wen ecw really died
2. andre winning the title from hogan i remember watching that live i marked out crazy i was so happy i was a big fan of andre and the million dollar man but neways they should have let andre keep the belt a lil longer at least till a another snme
3.kane having the one day regin at least let him take it to a ppv where stonecold would have won it anyways
4, the undertakers first regin from hogan in 91 they should have had taker take it to the royal rumble and fight flair for it. but then flair wouldnt have had won the rumble but hogan would have won it, then we get either hogan and taker or hogan and flair wm 8
wen did russo win the title i dont not remember that but i stop watch wcw the night double j laid down for hogan and then i saw the last 3 nitros so i never knew russo was champ
1. vince winning the ecw title wat a joke thats wen ecw really died
2. andre winning the title from hogan i remember watching that live i marked out crazy i was so happy i was a big fan of andre and the million dollar man but neways they should have let andre keep the belt a lil longer at least till a another snme
3.kane having the one day regin at least let him take it to a ppv where stonecold would have won it anyways
4, the undertakers first regin from hogan in 91 they should have had taker take it to the royal rumble and fight flair for it. but then flair wouldnt have had won the rumble but hogan would have won it, then we get either hogan and taker or hogan and flair wm 8
wen did russo win the title i dont not remember that but i stop watch wcw the night double j laid down for hogan and then i saw the last 3 nitros so i never knew russo was champ
This one seems to have been pretty well mapped out. Kane's one-day title reign actually did serve a purpose -- to give The Big Red Machine the distinction of being a "former World Heavyweight Champion."
Sometimes that's all the more reason creative needs to put the belt on someone. Other times, I'd almost guarantee that a run with the World title is written into certain performers' contracts. That would certainly explain why they ultimately put the belt on some wrestlers even if it makes no sense or does nothing for storyline purposes.
Going with this, I'll give my nod to Bob Backlund's second title reign being one of the worst. It was clear he was only given the belt to transition it somewhat seamlessly from Bret Hart to Diesel -- and maybe to make some kind of amends for never giving Backlund a rematch after losing his strap to Iron Sheik way-back-when -- but there was still nothing to the reign. I mean, the fact that he lost the belt at an untelevised event shows that even the WWE wants to pretend it didn't even happen.
Sometimes that's all the more reason creative needs to put the belt on someone. Other times, I'd almost guarantee that a run with the World title is written into certain performers' contracts. That would certainly explain why they ultimately put the belt on some wrestlers even if it makes no sense or does nothing for storyline purposes.
Going with this, I'll give my nod to Bob Backlund's second title reign being one of the worst. It was clear he was only given the belt to transition it somewhat seamlessly from Bret Hart to Diesel -- and maybe to make some kind of amends for never giving Backlund a rematch after losing his strap to Iron Sheik way-back-when -- but there was still nothing to the reign. I mean, the fact that he lost the belt at an untelevised event shows that even the WWE wants to pretend it didn't even happen.
TheCuttingEDGE
Dark Match Jobber
Yeah, Randy was awarded the title by McMahon, them HHH got under Vince's skin to give him a match to start the PPV (No Mercy), which he won by roll up. Then HHH's original match against Umanga was made a Title match, which he won. Then Orton call in his rematch in the Main Even and won back the WWE title in a Last Man Standing match.
Here is what I think:
Vince Russo, McMahon and David Arquette are not real champions. There is no way I could think they have a title reign.
1) Yokozuna on WM IX
It was lame to see a world title match where a guy threw salt on Harts eyes. There is no way he could ever be recognized with that world title. After that, Hogan in seconds took him away the title, again WITH SALT. What else I can say?
2) Kane 1-day title reign
Winning and losing the title in 24 hours is already stupid.
3) I know I will be criticized by this but:
Sheamus first (and only) title reign:
First of all, he was in RAW like 4 or 5 weeks and he already was a #! Contender, over another stars that I believe deserve more the shot. Now, you win the title IN A TABLES MATCH. Cena was better in that match (I certainly dont know how could this happen), and in something quick the guy get the bellt. The only thing that worked for is to give a lot of people the joy of seeing Cena in a ridiculous defeat.
After that, Cena promises thst he will never lose again until he recovers the title. He defeated Punk and Orton, and was name Superstar of the Year (yeah, I cant believe it either.) AND THE CHAMPION????? That day, Sheamus did nothing.
Even more stupid. On his first title defense, he looks ridiculous and in 5 minutes is about to lose, but he gets DQed anything else to say?? Anybody thinks that Sheamus was champion for something else that giving Orton a title shot???
opinions??
Vince Russo, McMahon and David Arquette are not real champions. There is no way I could think they have a title reign.
1) Yokozuna on WM IX
It was lame to see a world title match where a guy threw salt on Harts eyes. There is no way he could ever be recognized with that world title. After that, Hogan in seconds took him away the title, again WITH SALT. What else I can say?
2) Kane 1-day title reign
Winning and losing the title in 24 hours is already stupid.
3) I know I will be criticized by this but:
Sheamus first (and only) title reign:
First of all, he was in RAW like 4 or 5 weeks and he already was a #! Contender, over another stars that I believe deserve more the shot. Now, you win the title IN A TABLES MATCH. Cena was better in that match (I certainly dont know how could this happen), and in something quick the guy get the bellt. The only thing that worked for is to give a lot of people the joy of seeing Cena in a ridiculous defeat.
After that, Cena promises thst he will never lose again until he recovers the title. He defeated Punk and Orton, and was name Superstar of the Year (yeah, I cant believe it either.) AND THE CHAMPION????? That day, Sheamus did nothing.
Even more stupid. On his first title defense, he looks ridiculous and in 5 minutes is about to lose, but he gets DQed anything else to say?? Anybody thinks that Sheamus was champion for something else that giving Orton a title shot???
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The_Killswitch
Captain Charismas right hand man
Can we include the Ranga palestone Sheamus here?
I would say the dudes comment referring to Kane. He was a Monster then and was too dominant to drop the belt after one night..
Stone Cold was drawing heaps and was at his most popular but it wouldve been awesome to see him chase kane for the title then..
The other worst reign would be Santino Marellas second IC title win after beating Kofi Kingston in that mixed Gender match ,people will say it was great but in my mind it was underrated and shouldnt of happened however he did go onto the
Honky tonky man" phase... He wasnt having great matches even though he was classic on the mic.
I would say the dudes comment referring to Kane. He was a Monster then and was too dominant to drop the belt after one night..
Stone Cold was drawing heaps and was at his most popular but it wouldve been awesome to see him chase kane for the title then..
The other worst reign would be Santino Marellas second IC title win after beating Kofi Kingston in that mixed Gender match ,people will say it was great but in my mind it was underrated and shouldnt of happened however he did go onto the
Honky tonky man" phase... He wasnt having great matches even though he was classic on the mic.
Russo and Arquette as champs: What were they [WCW writers] thinking?
Kane's one day reign kinda sucked, but at least Stone Cold won the belt. Would of expected Kane to win it again. He had a non-reign in 2000 where he stole HHH's belt and carried around for a week. Hope he gets one more title reign (last at least a few months).
Bob Backlund's was among the worst. It only had one purpose: to further Bret Hart's feud with Owen. Which was forgotten in 1995. Perhaps another purpose was to put the belt on Nash. (a Nash vs Hart match at SS94 would of been good, but two babyfaces for the belt back then was considered strange).
Kane's one day reign kinda sucked, but at least Stone Cold won the belt. Would of expected Kane to win it again. He had a non-reign in 2000 where he stole HHH's belt and carried around for a week. Hope he gets one more title reign (last at least a few months).
Bob Backlund's was among the worst. It only had one purpose: to further Bret Hart's feud with Owen. Which was forgotten in 1995. Perhaps another purpose was to put the belt on Nash. (a Nash vs Hart match at SS94 would of been good, but two babyfaces for the belt back then was considered strange).
You're watching it right now. Sheamus is a joke. Every conversation about him is spent trying to figure out who he'll lose the title to. It's clear he was only given the title as a way to get the belt to Orton. Look at the way he's won: he wins a flukey table match, then he gets DQ'd in the rematch. They haven't done anything to build up his credibility or make him into the "monster" they want him to be. He doesn't even have matches! They're hiding the WWE champion, plain and simple. There is no way in hell he leaves the Rumble with the belt. Either Orton will win, or Cena will find a way to make it a triple threat match and he'll win. But my money's on Orton, setting up the inevitable feud with Dibiase. If Sheamus leaves the Rumble with the belt, I'll reconsider. But first I'll have to come to after my fainting spell.
ashe draven
intercontinental champion
Its undoubtably Kane. Winning the biggest title in the biz, beatin the biggest star, arguably of alltime, only to hold the title A DAY! Remind you he'd NEVER win it again.(I know he's still active, but c'mon, is vince gonna put a world belt on him> uh, no) Nothing comes close to this.
At first I would say either Arquette or Russo.... WHY???? What were the people who came up with those ideas even THINKING?!?!?
Well, if Arquette and Russo don't count.... then there are a few that come to mind. Khali's reign was terrible, as others have already pointed out. His wasn't the worst though, even if it was bottom tier. I think that even Kane's one day reign served a purpose because it made him "a former world champion" and there are reigns worse than it.
No Mercy 2007, Randy Orton is awarded the title at the very beginning of the show, only to lose it to Triple H in the opening match. Why even do this? He won the title back from Triple H at the main event. I am STILL mad about that. He did NOTHING to earn that title reign, and that's coming from someone who considers Orton his 2nd favorite wrestler.
Then there are two Batista reigns which I find equally pointless. How about when he defeated Jericho in 2008 only to lose the title back to Jericho after 8 days. Absolutely no point in that reign, Jericho should have kept the title. Or how about when he beat Randy Orton in summer of 2009 for the WWE title but then got injured during the match and the title was vacated on Raw THE NEXT DAY! Orton should have just retained, he would end up winning the vacated title back anyhow.
I'm gonna go with Batista's 2008 World Heavyweight Championship reign because even though his 2009 WWE Championship reign was more pointless, his injury was accidental, whereas the 2008 reign was just terrible booking. That reign was 100% pointless because it did nothing for Raw. Nothing! Jericho retaining would have made a lot more sense since he was in the middle of a good reign before the Batista match.
Well, if Arquette and Russo don't count.... then there are a few that come to mind. Khali's reign was terrible, as others have already pointed out. His wasn't the worst though, even if it was bottom tier. I think that even Kane's one day reign served a purpose because it made him "a former world champion" and there are reigns worse than it.
No Mercy 2007, Randy Orton is awarded the title at the very beginning of the show, only to lose it to Triple H in the opening match. Why even do this? He won the title back from Triple H at the main event. I am STILL mad about that. He did NOTHING to earn that title reign, and that's coming from someone who considers Orton his 2nd favorite wrestler.
Then there are two Batista reigns which I find equally pointless. How about when he defeated Jericho in 2008 only to lose the title back to Jericho after 8 days. Absolutely no point in that reign, Jericho should have kept the title. Or how about when he beat Randy Orton in summer of 2009 for the WWE title but then got injured during the match and the title was vacated on Raw THE NEXT DAY! Orton should have just retained, he would end up winning the vacated title back anyhow.
I'm gonna go with Batista's 2008 World Heavyweight Championship reign because even though his 2009 WWE Championship reign was more pointless, his injury was accidental, whereas the 2008 reign was just terrible booking. That reign was 100% pointless because it did nothing for Raw. Nothing! Jericho retaining would have made a lot more sense since he was in the middle of a good reign before the Batista match.
1. Andre the Giant-what Vince did was probably one of the biggest disrespects I have ever seen in wrestling. How do you take your biggest star (and I'm saying this as a Hogan fan) up to that point and ONLY make him champ for 2 1/2 minutes? Again I say this as a Hogan fan. With how Andre pleased that company the LEAST they could have done was make him champion for a decent reign. This is how the situation should have worked out. Bare with me here in my alternate wrestling history timeline as I screw things up in the WWF year of 1988.
1988 at Royal Rumble, Andre along with DiBiase conspire to keep Hogan from winning the first Rumble eventually culminating in a HUGE rematch at WMIV. This time Andre betters Hogan in the main event (maybe a TKO with Andre's bearhug) with the help of DiBiase, Virgil, Hennan and whomever. Andre succcessfully defends title on several SNME events and house shows until he eventually gets tired of DiBiase's harrassment over the belt and turns face and fights DiBiase in the main event at SummerSlam. Since DiBiase would have Virgil and Hennan in his corner Andre would have none other than his former friend Hulk Hogan in his. However, DiBiase pulls a major screwjob and defeats Andre for the belt (I always felt DiBiase should have been given the strap) and then goes on to drop the belt to Savage at the next SNME. At Survivor Series the main event is Andre, Hogan, Savage, and Roberts vs. Dibiase, The Twin Towers, and Rick Rude. After this regular timeline resumes with the John Stud winning the Rumble and WMV Mega Powers explode.
2. Not really that the title reign was a mistake but the fact that we were cheated out of a Hogan/Flair main event at WMVIII. Originally that was the main event then it got changed to that Hogan/Sid crap and a great match between Savage/Flair.
3. Anyone who was given the strap for less than a week, those storyline are just down right ******ed.
1988 at Royal Rumble, Andre along with DiBiase conspire to keep Hogan from winning the first Rumble eventually culminating in a HUGE rematch at WMIV. This time Andre betters Hogan in the main event (maybe a TKO with Andre's bearhug) with the help of DiBiase, Virgil, Hennan and whomever. Andre succcessfully defends title on several SNME events and house shows until he eventually gets tired of DiBiase's harrassment over the belt and turns face and fights DiBiase in the main event at SummerSlam. Since DiBiase would have Virgil and Hennan in his corner Andre would have none other than his former friend Hulk Hogan in his. However, DiBiase pulls a major screwjob and defeats Andre for the belt (I always felt DiBiase should have been given the strap) and then goes on to drop the belt to Savage at the next SNME. At Survivor Series the main event is Andre, Hogan, Savage, and Roberts vs. Dibiase, The Twin Towers, and Rick Rude. After this regular timeline resumes with the John Stud winning the Rumble and WMV Mega Powers explode.
2. Not really that the title reign was a mistake but the fact that we were cheated out of a Hogan/Flair main event at WMVIII. Originally that was the main event then it got changed to that Hogan/Sid crap and a great match between Savage/Flair.
3. Anyone who was given the strap for less than a week, those storyline are just down right ******ed.
wrestlingfan1975
New Member
Sgt. Slaughter
So you're telling me that Jeff Hardys 2 minute reign of the World Heavyweight Championship from earlier this year isn't the worst reign ever? I love the guy but he got screwed here and this unfortunatly his has to be the worst reign ever due to the time. At least David Arquette had time to suck as champion. I really cannot think of anything that comes this close to being the worst ever. Maybe Yokozuna after he lost it to Hogan after about 5 mins.
