Who is the greatest WWE Undisputed champion

[RJJ]

This title has been held by 6 superstars. Undertaker, Hogan, Rock, HHH, Y2J, and lesnar. Who do you think was the best champion of these guys.

I'll put my ranking in order:





1-Chris Jericho:
He captured the world title by beating rock, then later that night, he pinned austin for the WWF belt, making him the first ever WWF Undisputed champion. Just 24hr after that, he successfully defended his title against austin in a steel cage match. 3 weeks after that, jericho beat rock at the royal rumble. NWO 2002 was the next PPV, and Y2J had to face austin for the titles, and once again jericho came at the top. He finally dropped the titles to HHH in WM X8.

2-Undertaker:
His WWE Undisputed title reign began when he beat hogan at judgement day. He successfully defended his title in a classic ladder match against jeff hardy. At the KOTR taker retained the title by beating HHH despite the rock's interference during the match(Almost costing taker the belt).
He faced angle for the title in a match that ended with a draw, which led to a triple threat match at vengeance between taker, rock, and angle. Taker lost his title in one of the greatest matches of all time(The greatest triple threat match in history IMO), after angle got pinned by the rock.

3- The Rock:
In one of the best matches ever, rock defeat angle and taker to caputre the undisputed title, becoming the first ever 7 time wwe champion. He successfully defended his title at global warning against lesnar(his opponent at summerslam) and HHH after pinning hunter for the 1,2,3. His final title reign ended when he got beat by the next big thing at SS.

4-Triple H:
As the royal rumble winner HHH was the guy to face y2j in the main event of WM X8. After months of surviving, jericho finally dropped the titles when he got pinned by hunter. One week after that, HHH retained the titles by beating both his ex-wife stephanie mcmahon and the former undisputed champion chris jericho. He lost the belt at backlash when he got defeated by hulk hogan.

5- Brock Lesnar:
As the king of the ring winner lesnar was scheduled to face rock for the title at summerslam. He pinned the rock after hitting the F5, becoming the youngest ever wwe champion. Just 24hr after his victory on summerslam, stephanie mcmahon the GM of smackdown annonced that brock lesnar and his championship are exclusive to smackdown. One week, later eric bischoff brought the WH title to raw and named HHH the new champion, which means that lensnar is no longer undisputed champion.

6-Hulk Hogan:
The hulkster captured his 6th wwe title when he beat triple H at backlash with a little help from the deadman, the same guy who ended his title reign at judgement day.



So guys, who do you think has the best reign as the WWE Undisputed Champion?

 

[The Jeff]

I'm voting The Rock. While he was only champ for a month, he didn't have any cheap victories or bad matches. The Rock was just a better superstar than all other in the list.

 

[DMac84]

I'm voting The Rock. While he was only champ for a month, he didn't have any cheap victories or bad matches. The Rock was just a better superstar than all other in the list.

While I have to agree with you, The Rock is the best. And he is my favorite wrestler of all time.

But for this specific instance and thread... I have to give the top notch to Jericho. He beat both The Rock and Austin in one night to be the first ever Undisputed Champion.

You cant beat that....

 

[RJJ]

I'm voting The Rock. While he was only champ for a month, he didn't have any cheap victories or bad matches. The Rock was just a better superstar than all other in the list.

That's arguable. I'd put taker over any other superstar on the list. I agree, rock never had any bad matches during his reign, but he never had great ones. the Taker-Jeff ladder match was amazing to a point where taker was forced to go outta character(shaking hands with jeff).

 

[unseenfinishers]

Chris Jericho. Not only did he possess great mic skills, a solid in-ring arsenal, but as a former cruiserweight, ECW and WCW wrestler, he stood shoulder to shoulder with all the egocentric big men WWE put so much stock into. I like the fact that his persona had the ability to be the brash face and abhorred heel in the self-same promo. Moreover, today, his value is priceless. Standing the test of time, he is still fresh and relevant. The Rock's flamboyance, The Undertaker's pagentry, and Triple H's growl became uniformly unstimulating as well as their move list. From the mirrorball vest to the tailored suit, from the Walls to the Codebreaker, from "Junior" to "Hypocrites"- Jericho, number 1.

 

[Optimist Prime]

"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan: He's the best of all time so it's only fitting that he be the best Undisputed Champion as well.

It's like asking who's the best MVP in baseball history. There have been several incredible players over the years...but there was only one Babe Ruth.

 

[La Parka]

I voted for 'Taker, but now I feel bad, seeing HHH has got no love, and I kind of want to vote for him, just for pity's sake.

But anyway, I'm voting Undertaker, as the man's always been a favorite, and I can't remember seeing a bad match with him in it. It's not every day that you see a big man with the ability to make the opponent look good, and STILL also look dominant, at the same time. I respect most of the guys on that list, however.

 

[neildittmar]

Agreed with Prime on Hogan being the obvious choice. Whenever you gather a list of "greatest (fill in the blank)" wrestlers together and put Hulk Hogan in the mix, Hogan pretty much always wins by default.

I was never a Hogan fan and don't really care for the guy too much. However, my personal opinion does not negate who he is, what he has done, and why pro-wrestling is far, far better for him being involved. Hogan had a celebrated career as the top babyface in the WWE for a long time... longer than Vince wanted him to be, as was evidenced by the whole Ultimate Warrior situation. Who did Vince turn to when that didn't go so hot?

When it looked like the sun had set on his career, Hollywood Hulk Hogan emerged, became the biggest heel in wrestling, and was instrumental in almost putting his former employer out of business for good. What other performer, past or present, can that be said about?

 

[eljay7i]

I picked Lesnar cause after he won the Championship that began an era that was simply awesome with the feuds and matches that took place.

 

[Post]

I voted Chris Jericho.

He was a great heel at the time and really just making that transition from upper mid-carder to main eventer. The fact that he was chosen as the 1st Undisputed Champion out of all of the other guys on the roster at that time was huge.

As DMac84 said it...He beat The Rock and Stone Cold in the same night!

Now, some will argue that Jericho's reign as Undisputed Champ was only meant to set up a major match at WM X8 w/ Triple H....and this is probably true. Triple H was going to get the title no matter what at WM X8. He needed at fresh heel opponent that could work...Chris Jericho fit this bill. However, this does not take anything away from his reign.

Chris Jericho has gone on to have one hell of a career as a wrestler. He has won 5 World Titles since his Undisputed Title reign. He has not disappointed. Thus, he deserves the honor.

 

[S.J. Maximus]

Chris Jericho. Not only did he possess great mic skills, a solid in-ring arsenal, but as a former cruiserweight, ECW and WCW wrestler, he stood shoulder to shoulder with all the egocentric big men WWE put so much stock into. I like the fact that his persona had the ability to be the brash face and abhorred heel in the self-same promo. Moreover, today, his value is priceless. Standing the test of time, he is still fresh and relevant. The Rock's flamboyance, The Undertaker's pagentry, and Triple H's growl became uniformly unstimulating as well as their move list. From the mirrorball vest to the tailored suit, from the Walls to the Codebreaker, from "Junior" to "Hypocrites"- Jericho, number 1.

i couldnt have said it any better myself, but im going to add the fact that he also had the most successful title defenses as champ, which would even add to the kayfabe reasons of why he should be revered as the best undisputed champ of all time

 

[Amped08]

Absolutely Jericho. He's more or less flawless as a wrestler, he had the most impressive victory to gain the title, and he had a solid reign with impressive defenses. Easy choice.

 

[The Pagan]

1-Chris Jericho:
He captured the world title by beating rock, then later that night, he pinned austin for the WWF belt, making him the first ever WWF Undisputed champion.

Actually it wasn't later in the night....it was right after. Who else can say they beat the Rock and then right after beat Stone Cold without any kind of break? In my opinion Jericho is the only true Undisputed Champion ever.

 

[La Parka]

I'm not sure how much we can credit Jericho with that though, unless he pulled a shoot both times and stole the victory.

The real question to ask, is if those were good matches, or not. Was it entertaining? Did Jericho sell them well? Did they sell Jericho well? Having not seen that night, I'm not going to say for sure.

I still say 'Taker takes it, but I'm happy to see the Liontamer getting some love, admittedly.

 

[harrythem]

I'd pick The Rock because his matches were solid (the triple threat where he won the title was a scorcher) and he dropped it clean and cemented Brock Lesnar as a main event player in the process. None of the others holding the title did anything that big

 

[Mustang Sally]

As always, there are numerous definitions of "greatest." Even though I think he's become a parody of himself, Hulk Hogan was the greatest of the group you mention because he had the most impact on the wrestling world and the non-wrestling world. Everyone knew who he was, even if they never watched wrestling.

If you expand this list to WWF and WWWF, I believe Bruno Sammartino had them all beat. It would have been interesting to see his impact if wrestling had national exposure as it does today. But, for the ways things were back then, not only did Bruno sell out Madison Square Garden shows every month for years and years, but little old grandmothers from Brooklyn (like mine!) knew who he was even though she didn't know a thing about pro wrestling. That's greatness.

 

[The Brain]

No disrespect, but I don't really care for this question. We're talking about a title that was around for nine months and there are six guys on the list. That should tell you something. None of these reigns were really anything special. I guess I'll go with Jericho if I had to pick one. He was the first and held it the longest. I didn't really care for the matches, but he had successful defenses agaisnt both Rock and Austin on ppv. I don't know if any of the other guys even had a successful defense. They were just one month reigns. I vote Jericho as the best of a bad bunch.

 

[LSN80]

The first one, Chris Jericho.

Not only was this a surprise, but he did it against the company's two biggest stars in one night, the Rock and Austin. This was at a time where many thought Jericho was "too small" to be a champion, and had JUST made the transition into the main event. He was an afterthought, and he won the whole darn thing in one night.

He was the best heel going, and the "Y2J" chants can still be heard wherever he goes. He defeated Austin the very next night, then beat the Rock, and Austin again, before finally dropping the title. The fact that he had the most successful title defenses alone should make him #1. He was funny, patronizing,and had a moveset that preceded his time in the main event. With no disrespect to the others on the list, the first Undisputed champion, Chris Jericho, was also the best. A great champion.

 

[Wolf Pac]

I was originally gonna go for Lesnar but thinking about it, I was gonna go with Taker but then I thought about it again and my decision is Jericho. Lesnar was the face of the Unsiputed Championship, he held it longer and won it numerous times but I realized, it was after he won the title and when he went to Smackdown where the title became the WWE Championship, it was no longer the Undisputed Title as Raw got their own World Title, so technically he held the Undisputed Title for only one day. Taker had a few memorable title defenses against HHH & The Rock and apparently Jeff Hardy but I never saw that match and whilst I admit I did like him as Big Evil, it showed a new side to Taker, one where he would get intimidated, would bail on fights and get friendly with some superstars which totally diminished the badass attitude he possessed since he started in the WWE. With Jericho though, he defended his title against the big 3, Rock, Austin & HHH, he still brags about being the first Undisputed Champion and beating Austin & Rock in the same night for the title which like the first poster on this page said, no one could say the same, which is what helps us make his reign more memorable than the others and well unlike Taker, his character wasnt fucked over in the slightest, so I go with Jericho.

 

[byrnside]

Going with Jericho. First Undisputed champ, and the list of guys he had to beat to get there, although short, is undeniable. This was the beginning of the future of wrestling [and the moment when most of us IWCers lucked out.] Almost as if one of our own was crowned the champion.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Chris Jericho was horrible as a champion. His matchup with the Rock at the Royal Rumble was forgettable and his matchup with Stone Cold at No Way Out was dull. He was a sidenote during his feud with HHH leading to Wrestlemania. A dog was paid more attention to than the actual champion.

By default, I'll have to go with the Undertaker. He had successful title defenses in a good match with RVD and an average match with HHH. He also helped Hardy start to get over as a face with their ladder match on RAW.

 

[god-soldier]

The Poll Results are not suprising to me with Jericho as #1 because he was the first and beat Austin n the Rock on the same night and alot of you fans like him. But unfornately for me he is not the best Undisputed Champion because i still believe he didnt deserve to be the first one. He may have been in the WWE since late 99' and he could cut good promos and wrestle very well but he didnt help build the Attitude era like HHH, The Rock, and the Undertaker did they were the foundation with Stone Cold Steve Austin to build the WWE up again. Jericho is great i'm a jericholic but he is not the best Undisputed WWE Champion.

Since naming HHH, The Rock, n The Undertaker one of these guys should be the best but I can't forget the man who put the soil in the dirt for the WWE and build it up so we can have a Undisputed Champion his name is Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Hogan built the WWE in the 80's and the early 90's he built up WCW in 94 and kept it strong till 99 he is still the biggest name in prowrestling. here are the best undisputed champions

1. The Rock: The leader of the attitude era since 2000 and being the biggest star the WWE had produced since Stone Cold The Rock held undisputed title for a month but in that month he defeated Undertaker, Kurt Angle, HHH, n Brock Lesnar the 5 top guys in the WWE plus before he held the title he beat Hogan at Wrestlemania.

2. Hollywood Hogan: Only if he could of been the first undisputed champion that title had to be held by Hogan atleast once because his stature alone earned it for him and it cant be a world title or undisputed title if Hogan or Flair never held it.

3. HHH: He was the most dominate heel in the late 90's n the Attitude era having the WWE multiple times and dethroning the first undisputed champion to do it makes him #3

4. Undertaker
5. Jericho
6. Brock Lesnar

 

[RJJ]

The Poll Results are not suprising to me with Jericho as #1 because he was the first and beat Austin n the Rock on the same night and alot of you fans like him. But unfornately for me he is not the best Undisputed Champion because i still believe he didnt deserve to be the first one. He may have been in the WWE since late 99' and he could cut good promos and wrestle very well but he didnt help build the Attitude era like HHH, The Rock, and the Undertaker did they were the foundation with Stone Cold Steve Austin to build the WWE up again. Jericho is great i'm a jericholic but he is not the best Undisputed WWE Champion.

Since naming HHH, The Rock, n The Undertaker one of these guys should be the best but I can't forget the man who put the soil in the dirt for the WWE and build it up so we can have a Undisputed Champion his name is Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Hogan built the WWE in the 80's and the early 90's he built up WCW in 94 and kept it strong till 99 he is still the biggest name in prowrestling. here are the best undisputed champions

1. The Rock: The leader of the attitude era since 2000 and being the biggest star the WWE had produced since Stone Cold The Rock held undisputed title for a month but in that month he defeated Undertaker, Kurt Angle, HHH, n Brock Lesnar the 5 top guys in the WWE plus before he held the title he beat Hogan at Wrestlemania.

2. Hollywood Hogan: Only if he could of been the first undisputed champion that title had to be held by Hogan atleast once because his stature alone earned it for him and it cant be a world title or undisputed title if Hogan or Flair never held it.

3. HHH: He was the most dominate heel in the late 90's n the Attitude era having the WWE multiple times and dethroning the first undisputed champion to do it makes him #3

4. Undertaker
5. Jericho
6. Brock Lesnar

Hold on a sec...First of all why you bringing the 90's and 80's in this disccussion? My Q is really simple, to put it on another way: Who had the best reign as the UNDISPUTED CHAMPION(which means you can't bring up the hogan-rock match at WM or HHH's dominance in the late 90's). And here is why i choosed Y2J over these guys:

1- Jericho held the undisputed title more than any other superstar.
2- He was the first to capture the title.
3- He beat Rock for the world title, and in the same night he beat austin for the WWF title, which means he unified both titles(The only one to do it) in one night by beating two icons.
4- 24hours later, he beat austin in a cage match. And then he beat rock at the RR, and then again he beat austin at NWO.

 

[Dyno Kid]

From this list I picked Hogan even though I hate the bastard ! But I got a question, how is Jericho the first ever Undipute WWE champ ? There was never any dispute that Bruno Sammartino, the guy who the WWWF/WWF was built on, was the champ when he held the title on 2 occasions for almost 11 years !

 

[luxferre]

How can anyone vote Jericho?...the guy was presented as a fluke. When the champ is overshadowed by a dog you know it's not working. Probably why WWE waited so long to put the belt back on him.

Jericho= Transistional champ.