Though let's never forget that David Arquette knew that him winning the title was a very bad idea being a wrestling fan himself. Probably apologized to DDP countless times backstage afterwards.
Arquette protested, but Russo was adamant for him to win the title. After that Russo denied he had anything to do with it, then after he thought it died down, he indirectly admitted it was his idea about getting as much attention as possible and claimed success. What a dummy.
I liked the way Christian won the belt. It fit in with both their characters and the story they were telling. Also, Orton and Christian’s 2011 feud was awesome.
christian winning the whc by dq is one of my favourite moments in 'modern' wwe. i love how you can see a point in the match where he realises he's out of his depth, so just starts being a shit to push orton over the edge. it was brilliant and unexpected.
Orton losing the belt was quite clever I think. That stipulation has been used numerous times in matches and the champ has never gotten disqualified so Orton losing the belt by DQ was a refreshing result I think.
Honorable mentions: -Vince Russo getting speared out of the cage and making him the WCW champion -The entire 1995 Halloween Havoc main event debacle between Hogan and the Giant
How did you miss the finger poke of doom? Or Vince Russo winning the big gold belt because Goldberg speared him through the cage? Or the Million Dollar Man becoming WWF Champion after Andre handed him the belt?
Or Lance Storm giving the Canadian 100 kg and below title and the Saskatchewan hardcore international title to his fellow Canadians Prime Time Elix Skipper and PCO respectively.
Considering the importance and history of the title HHH being handed the title might be the worst. David Arquette didn’t want to win the championship and didn’t even really want to get involved in matches but was contractually obligated to listen to WCW. We all know that HHH’s pull backstage helped him get the title. Of all of his title reigns this one is an absolute joke.
@@Lakeshow11 difference being tights Arquette didn’t want to do it, the reign lasted a really short period of time and even WCW didn’t take it seriously. The entire company was a joke at that point. HHH was presented as legitimately being the single greatest performer in the industry but was just handed the belt. Don’t get me wrong, everything with Arquette is ridiculous, but WCW pretty much acknowledged it as being ridiculous. Either way, tomato or tomato they both hurt the credibility of the titles.
I actually like the misdirect of mideon asking to "borrow a belt" and it ends up being the title that was taken out of action. Its the kind of dumb humor i can enjoy in my wrestling
I like it too... but wouldn't that also make Mideon a de facto transitional champion, with Shane as the lineal champion? If Mideon borrowed it, he'd need to return it!
The HHH one actually made sense though he was gifted the title because he was already supposed to be the number one contender to Brock before he went Smackdown exclusive
On that same Raw HHH defended the title against babyface Ric Flair. They could of just made that match crown the new champ It would been better then what they did
@TimTE01 yeah but since he would not be allowed to wrestle for that title, the next best thing is giving him a title to defend. It's kind of like an interim title but it's automatically official.
Christian winning the world title by getting kicked in the dick is unironically one of the greatest world title wins of all time. Everything about it was perfect; the root cause, the beating before the kick, Orton hitting another classic Orton low blow, it was a magical moment and it being on this list is utter blasphemy.
@@cardboardbox4093 Great way to put it. Normally, the idea of winning the World Heavyweight Championship by getting dick-kicked is unacceptable. Christian winning the World Heavyweight Championship by dick-kicking Randal because Christian knew his opponent SO well that he knew getting under Randal's skin would make Randal's short fuse explode? Chef's kiss.
@@wyattangle reminds me a bit of when randy himself intentionally hit the ref in his match at no way out 2008 vs john cena because randy knew he couldn’t beat john by normal means normally a crap way to win but it works so well for their character i love it
WWE did come with an explanation as to why Eric Bischoff presented the big gold to Triple H. Before Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock for the WWE Undisputed Championship Triple H was already named the number one contender for the next ppv after Summerslam. So after Lesner signed an agreement to be exclusive to Smackdown then Triple H was crowned world heavyweight champion (all planned months before story line)
Little note about Hacksaw Jim Duggan's reign as TV Champion, his 2nd defence was against Steven Regal who vowed he would leave WCW if he failed to win the Title. Considering Regal appeared on WWE TV months later clues you in to the result.
Before this starts, I'm fully expecting Crash Holly on this list. Sure it was the Hardcore championship, But he literally retained it in a pillowfight once
Wasn't Triple H the number one contender to the WWE Title since he beat undertaker on Raw and that was the same episode of Raw when brock lesnar went in a limo with Stephanie McMahon Triple H Vs Brock Lesnar would've been a lot better and more interesting than their match 10-years later at summerslam 2012.
Mr Tuesday Me too. I'm actually okay with Triple H being the first one, even if it was kinda weird just having Bischoff say, here's your first WH Champion.
I really hate it when this is forgotten about. Removing this important context just to further the negative narrative surrounding Triple H’s reign of terror really grinds my gears.
@@TheCCNetworkThis actually started in 2001, with wcw folding there was no company to dog on anymore, so as soon as wwe did something imperfect (the invasion) horrible people started asserting ownership over how we're allowed to talk about wrestling, and when wwe didn't bow to their negativity, they just went after more of it. These weirdos man, I'm telling ya. They eventually made their way to triple h and stuck their claws in hard. They're all very jealous that a man called Vince McMahon exists and produces a show they would like to produce. When Triple H was warned about dating Steph, they implicitly had the locker room in mind. They never expected there to be a large portion of fans who would act more betrayed than any actual co workers that were betrayed, but here we are. People don't get offended on the behalf of wrestlers because they care, they get offended on their behalf so they can throw poop at rich people from a distance.
11:37 he beat the Undertaker in a number one contender match the week prior. Immediately after is when they told us Brock would be smackdown exclusive and Undertaker "wanted to fight Lesner more than he wanted the title" so he jumped to smackdown that same week. One it's weird to remember the undertaker used to be "brand exclusive" Two does anyone else remember that happening? I'm starting to feel like I imagined it but I swear I remember it
Some others that need to be mentioned (some comments already have) -Fingerpoke of doom in January 1999 -Lance Storm giving two of his titles to allies in late 2000 (and one immediately lost) -One Man Gang "winning" WCW US Title in 1995. He never actually competed with the champion. -Psicosis "winning" WCW Cruiserweight title in 1999. Also never actually fought champ.
The way that Christian won the world championship was genius shows how smart he is. Why would he want to fight Randy Orton for the world title If all he had to do was disqualify Randy to be world champion, that’s a genius move. It showed how smart Christian actually is.
In WCW, Lance Storm won the United States, Cruiserweight and Hardcore Championships at the same time, renaming them as Canadian, 100 kg and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title. And then went on to GIVE the 100kg and under to Felix Skipover and S.H.I.T. title to Mike Awesome
To be fair to the lock box challenge, the idea for the match rules wasn’t bad, the real problem was the prizes in the boxes, the only one that really worked was the open challenge contract, if the other boxes contained different items, and didn’t include a mandatory striptease, it might not be seen as such a joke
It still wouldn't work for the champion unless they win the contract because if they choose it they can at least have a match to get the belt back but if they choose whatever is in the other two boxes they're screwed unless one of those boxes has a quarter of a million dollars
I would have liked to see a storyline, that since NXT has the North American championship, the IC belt gets bullied back to the South America Championship
Triple H was is the number one contender for Brock Lesnar’s WWE Championship but because he went to Smackdown and triple H was still on raw, It would only make sense that the guy who had already earned a championship match to be given the championship. In your eyes, it would’ve been better for triple H to be crowned number one contender and then have to start all the way back from the beginning to become champion.
You should've mentioned the way Ivory regained the belt from Moolah which was even lamer. Moolah announced retiring vacating the belt & Ivory attacked her and covered her for a pin which a ref jumped in and counted. It wasn't even a sanctioned match. That's also something that's been taken away from wrestling which was when the powers that controlled the fate of championship belts. Not wrestlers throwing them in the trash.
Dean Douglas being handed the Intercontinental title and Owen Hart and Yokozuna having the Tag Team titles handed back to them should've been in this list . A second part to this video would be nice .
While I agree that was kind of a lackluster way to crown a new world champion, Triple H beat The Undertaker in a WWE Championship Number One Contenders Match.
A picture of Triple H with Red, White and Green maracas simbolizing winning the World title at Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, is the most "Tell me you're an White Gringo without telling me you're an White Gringo" from you guys, congratulations!
You forgot Daniel Bryan using money in the bank contract to pin a knocked out big show after Mark Henry did all the work. Worse then the finger of doom.
What about Shane Dougless, although he was Dean Dougless at the time, being awarded the Intercontinental title in 95 due to Shawn Michaels having to vacat it? Although he lost it right away to Razor, it was still pretty stupid.
Try the DDT Pro Wrestling Ironman Heavymetal weight title in Japan for stupidity . Even Jack The Jobber had this thing twice and he's not even close to the stupidest or even weirdest holder .
Rock , paper , scissors , pinning a trash can , getting an autograph , tickling the opponent into submission , eating a bowl of curry , getting an opponent to read the words I give up , exchanging a move for the belt , pinning the opponent in a dream , drinking a pint of beer and this is just the tip of the iceberg of the total bollocks that surrounds the Ironman Heavymetal weight title . Which beats both the Hardcore and 24/7 into submission for stupidity .
You left out Giant losing to Hogan by DQ at Halloween havoc 95 then being awarded the belt the next day by a dodgy clause in the contract by Jimmy Hart. It's the YET-TAY...
So many more… Adrian Adonis and Ventura winning the AWA Tag Belts because the Champs were on vacation and skipped the House Show. Santino became IC Champ when Phoenix beat the Woman’s Champion in a Tag Match alongside the IC Champion. Vito and JTB became co-WCW Hardcore champions when Bischoff did not want the Belt. Akita Hokuto winning WCW Women’s Championship after losing in the bracket (under a mask).
To be fair with Triple H being handled the belt, this was after summerslam where Brock won the belt. He was planning in defending it on both shows ubtil he made a deal with Stephanie to where he was only going defend it on Smackdown. Triple H was the number 1 contender at the time, so it made sense for Hunter to be given the belt since the Raw brand had none.
Getting tossed into barbed wire (Abyss; when nobody knew DQ title change was a stip) Playing a recording of your opponent's voice (Rock) Pinning someone dressed as the champ (Owen vs HHHdust) Getting it in a trade for your own title (New Day/Street Profits)
Fun fact: Randy Orton competed in 2 championship matches with the stipulation in place that if the champ was disqualified, the opponent becomes the new champion. Two matches of that type that come to mind are the WWE Title match at Survivor Series 2007 between champion Randy Orton & Shawn Michaels(during Randy Orton's 2nd & LONGEST WWE Title run dubbed "The Age Of Orton") & the other being the WWE Title Main Event at Wrestlemania 25 between champion Triple H & Randy Orton. Randy Orton vs Christian at Money In The Bank 2011 was the third time that Randy Orton competed in a championship match with that stipulation, with the only difference being that it was for the World Heavyweight Championship instead of the WWE Title & the second time in which Randy competed as the defending champion.
Like, if I am Triple H and I hear Vince in kayfabe books me in a match where I don't have to get pinned to lose my title and have to rely on Shane McMahon and Vince himself against Rock, Taker, Kane etc. I think I would've slugged him. How could he possible have been like "this is fine."
The most messed up thing about Arquette winning the title off of DDP is that Jarrett had just lost it to DDP... ONE DAY EARLIER. Arquette taking the belt off Jarrett could have actually made some sort of sense storyline wise since Russo had Jarrett win it back 12 days later but Russo couldnt book 24 hours into the future. Absolutely Unbelievable.
After possibly reinjuring Shawn Michaels having the World Heavyweight Championship handed to him by Eric Bischoff made Triple H the Heel of all Heels it was perfect.
TBF, Buddy Rogers was the NWA Champuion whilst signed with Vince SR up North when Rogers lost the title to Lou Thesz after just 1 fall in what was understood to be 2/3 falls so as a result, the WWWF left the NWA to establish its own territory led by Vince McMahon Sr & The Gold Dust Trio. All they did was not recognise Thesz's NWA Title win and kept Rogers as World Champion in their own Territory. The fictional tournament was simply a quick fix (no pun intended) as to explain how he became Champion without mentioning the NWA, Thesz or the match & title change that McMahon SR did not recognise.
I remember when Mideon (not yet Naked Mideon) walked to the ring with a graphic saying he was the European Champion and thinking “When and how the hell did that happen?” Just claiming it from someone’s bag was a measure of the prestige of that belt back then I guess - even AEW’s FTW belt held by Hook has more credibility than that…..
Have to admit, I don’t think the TNA Knockouts idea was a million miles off the mark of being something pretty cool. I like the idea being something like a Fatal 4 Way, and every time there’s a Pinfall/Submission, someone gets a chance to open 1 of X amount of mystery boxes. Keep going until someone wins the title. All other boxes can just be empty.
Ted DiBiase was officially stripped of the title and it was vacated and he was never officially recognized as champion although he did defend it on a couple of house shows .
Surprised that Bash at the Beach 2000 should've been #1. Jeff Jarret being ordered to lay down immediately after the bell rang and Hogan putting his foot on the former's chest to get the 1 2 3 and the WCW title
Stevie Ray winning the WCW world TV title via “power of attorney” given to him by Booker T was the beginning of the end of the TV title’s legitimacy, IMO…
Didn’t Cody beat Big Show for the Intercontinental Title because Big Show accidentally stepped through the table? Can’t remember if Big Show was the champ then.
Both Hikari Shimizu beat Saki and Jervis Cottonbelly beat Eli Drake for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship via tickling [something not to do in actual wrestling matches], making their opponent tap out, which counted as a submission.
That belt has changed hands , and paws , in so many ridiculous ways . Jack The Jobber has even won the thing twice the second time he won he pinned a trash can .
The number 1 on the list you kinda cherry picked it that one because after they gave the championship to Triple H, Ric Flair came out and complained about the same thing like you did and they have a Match on Raw's main event for the championship.
Although WWE President Jack Tunney could do nothing about Andre beating Hogan for the title , even though Hogan had clearly kicked out of Andre's pinfall , the switch between Andre and DiBiase was never recognized . Although DiBiase defended the title on a few house shows the title was officially vacant .
Though let's never forget that David Arquette knew that him winning the title was a very bad idea being a wrestling fan himself. Probably apologized to DDP countless times backstage afterwards.
He also donated the money that he received from WCW to the families of Owen Hart and Brian Pillman.
@@arvindshastry6434and Droz
Seems like a genuinely good dude based on that.
Arquette protested, but Russo was adamant for him to win the title. After that Russo denied he had anything to do with it, then after he thought it died down, he indirectly admitted it was his idea about getting as much attention as possible and claimed success. What a dummy.
would it have been harmful to WCW if they had david arquette in a tag team with DDP and they win the Tag Titles
I liked the way Christian won the belt. It fit in with both their characters and the story they were telling. Also, Orton and Christian’s 2011 feud was awesome.
christian winning the whc by dq is one of my favourite moments in 'modern' wwe. i love how you can see a point in the match where he realises he's out of his depth, so just starts being a shit to push orton over the edge. it was brilliant and unexpected.
If the rumours that Vince didn't like Christian were true, there had to be some embarrassing way for him to win...
You could also say forget this and create your own title belt like Taz, Dibiase, and Booker T
Orton losing the belt was quite clever I think. That stipulation has been used numerous times in matches and the champ has never gotten disqualified so Orton losing the belt by DQ was a refreshing result I think.
Honorable mentions:
-Vince Russo getting speared out of the cage and making him the WCW champion
-The entire 1995 Halloween Havoc main event debacle between Hogan and the Giant
How is Vince Russo winning the WCW Title by getting speared through a cage not on here? Lol
I literally came on to search and see if this comment was there…also that Vince Russo won it at all
Literally said exactly this.
Maybe because Adam didn't want to talk about that.
How did you miss the finger poke of doom? Or Vince Russo winning the big gold belt because Goldberg speared him through the cage? Or the Million Dollar Man becoming WWF Champion after Andre handed him the belt?
Or Lance Storm giving the Canadian 100 kg and below title and the Saskatchewan hardcore international title to his fellow Canadians Prime Time Elix Skipper and PCO respectively.
Then there is the time Booker T gave the WCW United States Championship to Chris Kanyon.
Considering the importance and history of the title HHH being handed the title might be the worst.
David Arquette didn’t want to win the championship and didn’t even really want to get involved in matches but was contractually obligated to listen to WCW.
We all know that HHH’s pull backstage helped him get the title.
Of all of his title reigns this one is an absolute joke.
If there’s history to the title, then arquette is the worst for being a non-wrestler and pinning someone who isn’t a full time wrestler.
@@Lakeshow11 difference being tights Arquette didn’t want to do it, the reign lasted a really short period of time and even WCW didn’t take it seriously. The entire company was a joke at that point. HHH was presented as legitimately being the single greatest performer in the industry but was just handed the belt.
Don’t get me wrong, everything with Arquette is ridiculous, but WCW pretty much acknowledged it as being ridiculous.
Either way, tomato or tomato they both hurt the credibility of the titles.
The WCW World Television Championship deserved much better...such a classic old-school belt.
I actually like the misdirect of mideon asking to "borrow a belt" and it ends up being the title that was taken out of action. Its the kind of dumb humor i can enjoy in my wrestling
I like it too... but wouldn't that also make Mideon a de facto transitional champion, with Shane as the lineal champion? If Mideon borrowed it, he'd need to return it!
wanderesq "look hey shane... I lost that belt you let me borrow" 😂 I didn't watch at the time tho so I bet it didn't end very well lmao
That happened in June, 1999, when the Undertaker (also a Corporate Ministry member) was WWF Champion...
"Hey Undertaker... can I borrow YOUR belt?"
Like a lot will say ''Triple H was number 1 contender for Brock Lesnar's belt, and thus in like for a title shot''.
Shame that the whole Yokozuna/Bret Hart/ Hulk Hogan debacle was left out.
Verne Gagne (AWA champion) retired while still champion. The belt was then awarded to Nick Bockwinkle.
Honestly that’s should be top of the list: being give the belt because the owner refused to put someone over
The HHH one actually made sense though he was gifted the title because he was already supposed to be the number one contender to Brock before he went Smackdown exclusive
While it does make sense it’s still a dumb way to crown a world champion.
He was the #1 Contender for a different Belt though.
On that same Raw HHH defended the title against babyface Ric Flair. They could of just made that match crown the new champ It would been better then what they did
True, they should of included Orton in 07 in this case
@TimTE01 yeah but since he would not be allowed to wrestle for that title, the next best thing is giving him a title to defend. It's kind of like an interim title but it's automatically official.
Christian winning the world title by getting kicked in the dick is unironically one of the greatest world title wins of all time. Everything about it was perfect; the root cause, the beating before the kick, Orton hitting another classic Orton low blow, it was a magical moment and it being on this list is utter blasphemy.
it’s a rubbish way to win the belt but that was the point, it was genius character work and it made sense
it was awesome
@@cardboardbox4093 Great way to put it. Normally, the idea of winning the World Heavyweight Championship by getting dick-kicked is unacceptable. Christian winning the World Heavyweight Championship by dick-kicking Randal because Christian knew his opponent SO well that he knew getting under Randal's skin would make Randal's short fuse explode? Chef's kiss.
@@wyattangle reminds me a bit of when randy himself intentionally hit the ref in his match at no way out 2008 vs john cena because randy knew he couldn’t beat john by normal means
normally a crap way to win but it works so well for their character i love it
Should have all AEW
@@cardboardbox4093I remember that. I remember being so mad about it too thinking Orton was such a coward.
WWE did come with an explanation as to why Eric Bischoff presented the big gold to Triple H.
Before Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock for the WWE Undisputed Championship Triple H was already named the number one contender for the next ppv after Summerslam.
So after Lesner signed an agreement to be exclusive to Smackdown then Triple H was crowned world heavyweight champion (all planned months before story line)
Little note about Hacksaw Jim Duggan's reign as TV Champion, his 2nd defence was against Steven Regal who vowed he would leave WCW if he failed to win the Title.
Considering Regal appeared on WWE TV months later clues you in to the result.
That’s funny
The Television Title deserved a better retirement. Such an iconic title.
Dean Douglas was awarded the IC title in much the same way HHH was awarded the WHC, except Douglas then lost the belt like 10 minutes later.
I said that a while back but no problem I'm glad other people remember this .
Being just handed the belt this has happened many times like when Dean Douglas was just handed the intercontinental title at In Your House 4 .
That's the one I thought of.
Winning because your opponent was beaten up by an entire platoon of Marines.
@@robcressey7228Shawn lost his smile 😃
@@BDESal That was the WWE titte .
And Orton at no mercy 07
Before this starts, I'm fully expecting Crash Holly on this list. Sure it was the Hardcore championship, But he literally retained it in a pillowfight once
"Sometimes I miss WCW. Sometimes I'm glad they're dead." 😂😂😂
Hahaha so true. Only people who watched WCW from 95-01 will understand how real that comment is.
Wasn't Triple H the number one contender to the WWE Title since he beat undertaker on Raw and that was the same episode of Raw when brock lesnar went in a limo with Stephanie McMahon Triple H Vs Brock Lesnar would've been a lot better and more interesting than their match 10-years later at summerslam 2012.
I came here to say that. HHH was the rightful #1 contender, so crowning him champion wasn't that much of a stretch.
Mr Tuesday Me too. I'm actually okay with Triple H being the first one, even if it was kinda weird just having Bischoff say, here's your first WH Champion.
I really hate it when this is forgotten about. Removing this important context just to further the negative narrative surrounding Triple H’s reign of terror really grinds my gears.
@@TheCCNetworkThis actually started in 2001, with wcw folding there was no company to dog on anymore, so as soon as wwe did something imperfect (the invasion) horrible people started asserting ownership over how we're allowed to talk about wrestling, and when wwe didn't bow to their negativity, they just went after more of it. These weirdos man, I'm telling ya. They eventually made their way to triple h and stuck their claws in hard. They're all very jealous that a man called Vince McMahon exists and produces a show they would like to produce. When Triple H was warned about dating Steph, they implicitly had the locker room in mind. They never expected there to be a large portion of fans who would act more betrayed than any actual co workers that were betrayed, but here we are. People don't get offended on the behalf of wrestlers because they care, they get offended on their behalf so they can throw poop at rich people from a distance.
@@KilamajaroKenI Absolutely Agree
11:37 he beat the Undertaker in a number one contender match the week prior. Immediately after is when they told us Brock would be smackdown exclusive and Undertaker "wanted to fight Lesner more than he wanted the title" so he jumped to smackdown that same week.
One it's weird to remember the undertaker used to be "brand exclusive"
Two does anyone else remember that happening? I'm starting to feel like I imagined it but I swear I remember it
Some others that need to be mentioned (some comments already have)
-Fingerpoke of doom in January 1999
-Lance Storm giving two of his titles to allies in late 2000 (and one immediately lost)
-One Man Gang "winning" WCW US Title in 1995. He never actually competed with the champion.
-Psicosis "winning" WCW Cruiserweight title in 1999. Also never actually fought champ.
Thought for sure the fingerpoke of doom was gonna be on here
How did the finger poke of doom not make the list haha
What about Mankind being gifted the Hardcore title by Mr. McMahon?
Meh. He did something similar with the 24/7 belt
@@m.ta.r.6443 which was also meh.
@@justinmiles7265 Agreed .
The way that Christian won the world championship was genius shows how smart he is. Why would he want to fight Randy Orton for the world title If all he had to do was disqualify Randy to be world champion, that’s a genius move. It showed how smart Christian actually is.
In WCW, Lance Storm won the United States, Cruiserweight and Hardcore Championships at the same time, renaming them as Canadian, 100 kg and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title. And then went on to GIVE the 100kg and under to Felix Skipover and S.H.I.T. title to Mike Awesome
Carl Oulette, not Mike Awesome.
To be fair to the lock box challenge, the idea for the match rules wasn’t bad, the real problem was the prizes in the boxes, the only one that really worked was the open challenge contract, if the other boxes contained different items, and didn’t include a mandatory striptease, it might not be seen as such a joke
"To Be Fair" the whole thing was complete BS. Just an AWFUL concept and somehow even worse execution
It still wouldn't work for the champion unless they win the contract because if they choose it they can at least have a match to get the belt back but if they choose whatever is in the other two boxes they're screwed unless one of those boxes has a quarter of a million dollars
I would have liked to see a storyline, that since NXT has the North American championship, the IC belt gets bullied back to the South America Championship
I won a watermelon eating contest because the dude next to me gagged on a seed.
Take that Hacksaw Jim Duggin
Triple H was is the number one contender for Brock Lesnar’s WWE Championship but because he went to Smackdown and triple H was still on raw, It would only make sense that the guy who had already earned a championship match to be given the championship.
In your eyes, it would’ve been better for triple H to be crowned number one contender and then have to start all the way back from the beginning to become champion.
At the beginning when he was naming all the different ways I was waiting for on a pole match “viagra, Judy bagwell, chair, box…”😂I liked them as a kid
You should've mentioned the way Ivory regained the belt from Moolah which was even lamer. Moolah announced retiring vacating the belt & Ivory attacked her and covered her for a pin which a ref jumped in and counted. It wasn't even a sanctioned match. That's also something that's been taken away from wrestling which was when the powers that controlled the fate of championship belts. Not wrestlers throwing them in the trash.
*Russo winning the WCW Title by getting speared out of a cage
That time Vicky Guerrero stripped Edge of the WHC and gave it to Ziggler because Edge used a spear (which had been banned) to beat him.
And then Edge won it back 10 minutes later
The spear was banned? Glad I don't watch WWE. What a dumb angle, banning a move that had been used since the 1920s, when Gus Sonnenberg was wrestling.
Mike Rountdo giving Rick Steiner the Florida title during a interview. Be cause he won the TV title.
Dean Douglas being handed the Intercontinental title and Owen Hart and Yokozuna having the Tag Team titles handed back to them should've been in this list . A second part to this video would be nice .
Jeff Jarrett handing Mark Henry the European title after Henry had helped Jarrett beat D'lo Brown for both the European and Intercontinental titles .
The lamest way to win a championship is to find a billionaire mark, convince him to start a company and make you an executive in said company.
Is that an indirect at Cody? 👀
While I agree that was kind of a lackluster way to crown a new world champion, Triple H beat The Undertaker in a WWE Championship Number One Contenders Match.
I would have added when Ric Flair won his last world championship by having it literally handed to him by Kevin Nash
Which Nash won after it was simply taken from Flair.
A picture of Triple H with Red, White and Green maracas simbolizing winning the World title at Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, is the most "Tell me you're an White Gringo without telling me you're an White Gringo" from you guys, congratulations!
You forgot Daniel Bryan using money in the bank contract to pin a knocked out big show after Mark Henry did all the work. Worse then the finger of doom.
What about Shane Dougless, although he was Dean Dougless at the time, being awarded the Intercontinental title in 95 due to Shawn Michaels having to vacat it? Although he lost it right away to Razor, it was still pretty stupid.
I said that nearly a week ago no problem though because I'm glad someone else remembers .
*vacate
@@gutter339 Yea... I missed a letter 6 months ago, thanks.
6:12 compare to Randy Orton finding the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam after it being missing since WM 20
What about the finger of doom? Come on, that “match” between Hogan and Nash was the biggest joke in history.
Try the DDT Pro Wrestling Ironman Heavymetal weight title in Japan for stupidity . Even Jack The Jobber had this thing twice and he's not even close to the stupidest or even weirdest holder .
I LOVE that BIG GOLD BELT so much history
Forgot Big Show going thru the table for Cody to win the IC Title
And every time he shows up...I'm crushed at how WWF/WWE completley wasted DDP. Great on the mic, great worker, should have had an epic run.
6:19 I can't imagine someone winning a pro wrestling championship by picking it out of a bin after this happened, right Jack the Jobber?
Rock , paper , scissors , pinning a trash can , getting an autograph , tickling the opponent into submission , eating a bowl of curry , getting an opponent to read the words I give up , exchanging a move for the belt , pinning the opponent in a dream , drinking a pint of beer and this is just the tip of the iceberg of the total bollocks that surrounds the Ironman Heavymetal weight title . Which beats both the Hardcore and 24/7 into submission for stupidity .
You left out Giant losing to Hogan by DQ at Halloween havoc 95 then being awarded the belt the next day by a dodgy clause in the contract by Jimmy Hart. It's the YET-TAY...
R.I.P. Daffney.😢
DDT had their 24/7 Ironman Title changed 250 times via Rock Paper Scissors
So many more…
Adrian Adonis and Ventura winning the AWA Tag Belts because the Champs were on vacation and skipped the House Show.
Santino became IC Champ when Phoenix beat the Woman’s Champion in a Tag Match alongside the IC Champion.
Vito and JTB became co-WCW Hardcore champions when Bischoff did not want the Belt.
Akita Hokuto winning WCW Women’s Championship after losing in the bracket (under a mask).
To be fair with Triple H being handled the belt, this was after summerslam where Brock won the belt. He was planning in defending it on both shows ubtil he made a deal with Stephanie to where he was only going defend it on Smackdown. Triple H was the number 1 contender at the time, so it made sense for Hunter to be given the belt since the Raw brand had none.
Getting tossed into barbed wire (Abyss; when nobody knew DQ title change was a stip)
Playing a recording of your opponent's voice (Rock)
Pinning someone dressed as the champ (Owen vs HHHdust)
Getting it in a trade for your own title (New Day/Street Profits)
Winning the WCW Tag Team titte via dq when your opponents are unaware a dq change the titte as happened whe Perfect Event bet Kronik .
Andre winning it then giving it to the million dollar man is one of the ones i was expecting
I haven’t started watching yet, and I’m almost 100% sure this list will mostly be WCW
I stand corrected
Fun fact: Randy Orton competed in 2 championship matches with the stipulation in place that if the champ was disqualified, the opponent becomes the new champion. Two matches of that type that come to mind are the WWE Title match at Survivor Series 2007 between champion Randy Orton & Shawn Michaels(during Randy Orton's 2nd & LONGEST WWE Title run dubbed "The Age Of Orton") & the other being the WWE Title Main Event at Wrestlemania 25 between champion Triple H & Randy Orton. Randy Orton vs Christian at Money In The Bank 2011 was the third time that Randy Orton competed in a championship match with that stipulation, with the only difference being that it was for the World Heavyweight Championship instead of the WWE Title & the second time in which Randy competed as the defending champion.
Like, if I am Triple H and I hear Vince in kayfabe books me in a match where I don't have to get pinned to lose my title and have to rely on Shane McMahon and Vince himself against Rock, Taker, Kane etc. I think I would've slugged him. How could he possible have been like "this is fine."
Finding it in a Bag
Finding it in a Bin
I was really hoping for Finding it in a Briefcase for the triple.
The most messed up thing about Arquette winning the title off of DDP is that Jarrett had just lost it to DDP... ONE DAY EARLIER. Arquette taking the belt off Jarrett could have actually made some sort of sense storyline wise since Russo had Jarrett win it back 12 days later but Russo couldnt book 24 hours into the future. Absolutely Unbelievable.
After possibly reinjuring Shawn Michaels having the World Heavyweight Championship handed to him by Eric Bischoff made Triple H the Heel of all Heels
it was perfect.
Honourable mention: everything involving the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
TBF, Buddy Rogers was the NWA Champuion whilst signed with Vince SR up North when Rogers lost the title to Lou Thesz after just 1 fall in what was understood to be 2/3 falls so as a result, the WWWF left the NWA to establish its own territory led by Vince McMahon Sr & The Gold Dust Trio. All they did was not recognise Thesz's NWA Title win and kept Rogers as World Champion in their own Territory.
The fictional tournament was simply a quick fix (no pun intended) as to explain how he became Champion without mentioning the NWA, Thesz or the match & title change that McMahon SR did not recognise.
I remember when Mideon (not yet Naked Mideon) walked to the ring with a graphic saying he was the European Champion and thinking “When and how the hell did that happen?” Just claiming it from someone’s bag was a measure of the prestige of that belt back then I guess - even AEW’s FTW belt held by Hook has more credibility than that…..
Honorable Mention: pinning a guy in his sleep a la the Hardcore and 24/7 titles
Have to admit, I don’t think the TNA Knockouts idea was a million miles off the mark of being something pretty cool.
I like the idea being something like a Fatal 4 Way, and every time there’s a Pinfall/Submission, someone gets a chance to open 1 of X amount of mystery boxes.
Keep going until someone wins the title. All other boxes can just be empty.
To be fair, Jim Duggan looks like the kind of guy that would be dumpster diving.
The rock did not just pinned a 50-years old non wrestler. He was handed his IC title by stone cold too, cause stone cold didn't want it
I knew without even skipping or while watching this that that was going to be at number 1.
Yet another video that proofs in many ways that WCW deserved to go out of business.
A lot of companies, not just WWF/E, crowned champions based on fictional tournaments.
Another good one!
You should do a top 10 Vince McMann ego trips 🤣 maybe top 50?
Number 1 should’ve Abyss winning the NWA title via DQ because Sting pushed the referee in a NO DQ MATCH
What about the poke of doom between kelvin nash and hulk hogan on wcw
How about the Million Dollar Man, when he bought it from Andre the Giant?
Ted DiBiase was officially stripped of the title and it was vacated and he was never officially recognized as champion although he did defend it on a couple of house shows .
I mean, cashing in the money in the bank is a cheesy way to win the title 😂
this video answered my questions why those featured wrestlers become champion
You start the list with literally the best way to win a championship. Fictional tournaments in Rio forever
Surprised that Bash at the Beach 2000 should've been #1. Jeff Jarret being ordered to lay down immediately after the bell rang and Hogan putting his foot on the former's chest to get the 1 2 3 and the WCW title
It was reversed later so no title was won
Jim Duggan was a crowd favorite but I think he outlived his usefulness and became a joke.
Your number one entry brought Randy Orton's first title 'win' to mind...
You know I won the American Small Town Title in Rio De Janeiro, totally legit. *Wink wink* Hahahaha
What about the finger poke of doom?
They forgot one thing in terms of a lame way to win a title: Finger Poke of Doom! THAT was so lame.
Two of the methods Adam didn't mention are burying your opponent and setting them on fire.
Stevie Ray winning the WCW world TV title via “power of attorney” given to him by Booker T was the beginning of the end of the TV title’s legitimacy, IMO…
Didn’t Cody beat Big Show for the Intercontinental Title because Big Show accidentally stepped through the table? Can’t remember if Big Show was the champ then.
He was. Big Show won it at WM 28 and then lost it thr following month in the tables match
@@HoV326 Yeah, just wanted to make sure I wasn’t crazy. I’d say that’s a pretty lame way.
@@JarlTheKing no its not. the title was on the line under the rules of a Table Match
@@mattalan6618 How exciting is it for a man to lose a tables match by accidentally stepping through a table? Not my definition of not lame.
@@JarlTheKingCody was the heel.
Both Hikari Shimizu beat Saki and Jervis Cottonbelly beat Eli Drake for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship via tickling [something not to do in actual wrestling matches], making their opponent tap out, which counted as a submission.
That belt has changed hands , and paws , in so many ridiculous ways . Jack The Jobber has even won the thing twice the second time he won he pinned a trash can .
The number 1 on the list you kinda cherry picked it that one because after they gave the championship to Triple H, Ric Flair came out and complained about the same thing like you did and they have a Match on Raw's main event for the championship.
№7 At least Moolah and Ivory actually pinned each other to win or lose the titles .
David Arquette has more WHC reigns than Shelton Benjamin
Let that sink in
For how many times Ivory got buried, she really did well.
Lamest ways? Zack Gowan better be on here. Having only one leg he must be the lamest (as in most lame) championship winner by definition.
The worst was 1988, when Ted DiBiase bought the WWFChampionship title fromm André the Giant.
Although WWE President Jack Tunney could do nothing about Andre beating Hogan for the title , even though Hogan had clearly kicked out of Andre's pinfall , the switch between Andre and DiBiase was never recognized . Although DiBiase defended the title on a few house shows the title was officially vacant .