lostpunkrock this list is a joke and they lost all credibility. They only wanted to push their British boys to the front. People may like regal now days but back in the 90’s he was universally hated. And not good heat I mean he was the bathroom break match. Bulldogs reign was forgettable. D-lo, x-pac, and Owen did so much more with the belt.
Yeah, him Regal and Davey Boy are the ones I remember most, but D'Lo edges it because he made the belt so much fun. He was very inventive with his vignettes. He is pretty much the reason why I remember the title fondly.
Lord Keemzus I agree. When Bulldog was champ it was at the same time he was tag champs with Owen and he was more concentrate on those titles than the European title
I wasnt even watching when the title existed and D Lo Brown is always the first guy that comes to mind. Couldn't tell you anything about his reign but for whatever reason he always seems paired with the title in my mind
WWE DOES recognize RVD as a European Champion. On his alumni page the title is listed as one of his career highlights. They count it so he should be on the list.
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Why would the European title be a secondary title to a UK title though. What should eventually happen is NXT UK (and the title) be re-branded as NXT Europe, but they've just re-branded it from the WWE UK title to NXT, so I don't see it happening anytime soon.
@@DJDub88 Thank God some1 else had the common sense to know the European title would be far more superior than the UK title when the UK is in the continent of Europe lmao!
@ike Rants That would make no sense. If anything the Euro title would be the MAIN title as it represents the CONTINENT OF EUROPE which the UK is apart of.
DJDub88 the European title has always been secondary and while changing the brand’s name wouldn’t be a bad idea, NXT UK isn’t a bad name and the UK championship has been the definitive world title that the whole brand was built around. I understand that the UK is smaller than Europe but it wouldn’t make since to change the entire brand based off a mid-card title from the 90s. Just bring back the European Championship and make it NXT UK’S equivalent to the NXT North American championship
@@dylanogg347 I agree with you but he had mic issues... Too bad because LoDown would be pretty entertaining... Tiger Ali Sigh was a comedy master at their promos...remember the Royal Rumble ??? I was laughing for two days...
When you think about it this title produced a ton of future world champions. Considering it was only around for a few years Jericho JBL Jeff Hardy Mark Henry Kurt Angle Christian Eddie Guerrero Triple H I suppose Matt Hardy as well with his ecw title reign. HBK don't count cause he had already been world champ
What gives, Adam? In Triple H's entry, you also mentioned his 5 reigns as IC Champion, the last of which is under the EXACT SAME circumstances as RVD's lone European Title reign. I suppose I'll allow it for 2 reasons: the fact that the company did actually reactivate the IC Title, unlike the European Title, and also due to what you said at the end, "Your list, your rules." 🍻
I'd say it was because Triple H had 4 other IC Title reigns before that to base his ranking on. RVD held the European Title only once and it was deactivated immediately afterwards. If he had another longer reign with the title beforehand, it would've made it easier to rank him.
Should be a hall of famer. Moreso than that, as was said in this video, he is legit one of the nicest people in the business. I want him in the WWE HOF, he deserves it
I really would like to see the European title reinstated, with all the European talent in WWE and the wider European fan base that's grown, I believe it's a more relevant title now than ever.
I have to disagree with your #1 spot. Bulldog barely had the title and rarely defended it. X pac , D-Lo or even Regal deserve the #1 spot over Bulldog.
D-LO Brown is the greatest! Love the list and respect 2 and 3 but having lived through the days of the European Title the guy that comes to mind is D-LO followed by X-Pac
Two things to take away from all of these lists: #1 -- Because watching a supernova is less rare than watching Hogan lose clean #2 -- Everything weird that happens is because Vince Russo
I will always consider X-Pac the best European Champion. When I think back to the title, he is the the first person I think of besides Shane, then HBK of course (my favorite of all time). Man I loved those times haha...best time ever to grow up.
Adam Paccitti, D'Lo Brown should be number 1. Number 1: D'Lo Brown was remembered for his 4 reigns as WWF European Champion and was the first ever WWF EuroContinental Champion. He produced the best matches in the Attitude Era, an era when in-ring matches were bad and the matches that didn't involve the WWF World Championship would last less than 9 minutes. Because of that, D'Lo had to make sure those 9 minute matches he had for the European Championship would be great. His first title reign started off when he beat Triple H on an episode of Raw on July of 1998 with help from The Rock. Every time he won and carried the belt, he made it prestigious. Number 2: William Regal. Number 3: The British Bulldog was the first WWF European Champion and his match against Owen Hart to crown the first champion. But he rarely defended the belt on Raw and his most memorable match with the belt was when he infamously got screwed and lost the belt to Shawn Michaels at WWF 1 Night Only. His second reign was not memorable.
The belt was great when it was a "OK, mid-card guy, can you get over as a champ?" but ended up being a joke like so many of those belts in WWE. At least it saved them from treating the IC belt like crap.
Matt should have been The WWE Champion because he beat Eddie Guerrero for the European Championship....one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time
The European Championship in '97 was great. It was on the same level --- if not slightly higher than --- the IC belt, with upper-mid carder Bulldog holding it and defending it against guys like Shamrock. That carried on into '98, with Owen vs Triple H at WM14 seeming like a bigger deal than Rock vs Shamrock. I loved D-Lo as the champ and so I hate to say it but his tenure with the belt and his feud with X-Pac are kinda what brought the title down to a lower-than-IC level. But for a good year and a half in '97 and '98, the European title was what the US title is now. Great memories.
Even though it didn't represent the European theme, I still love this championship with all my heart, should have gone to smackdown in 2002, or be the top Mid-card title In NXT UK
Wow, I didn't know there was EVER a RAW episode in Germany!! That was 23 years ago ... And since then they gave a fuck about us. :-( Never got any televised show here again. Only House Show crap!
D'Lo at 3 invalidates this entire list. Seriously, say European Champion to any fan from that era and I promise they first one they'll remember D'Lo first.
i’m watching fall 2000 wwf right now and al snow won the title idc what anyone says he was the most hilarious and in my opinion greatest european champion
I found myself saying “I sorta remember them holding the belt” then I realised by that I mean I may have seen them hold the belt on their shoulder or waist at some random point but don’t remember them winning it, losing it or defending it
18:48 Random incident for me I rented No Mercy on N64 I picked HHH to Get the world championship & whomever rented the game before me had won the title with Al Snow. Full Circle
i really liked that title was the step for a tag wrestler start to shine in singles, nowadays its needed something to push slowly a wrestler into a star, i guess the early strowman had coulded be a champion of this style for being aclaimed for the people and give meaning to the title too
I reckon RVD should place in-between Spike Dudley and Test. While his Reign started and ended in less than a day, he won the European Championship in a Champion Vs. Champion Match with Jeff Hardy on RAW, and I remember it being another fun bout between the two. RVD became a dual Champion and the final European Champion, technically making RVD an undefeated European Champion. Suck on that Van Daminator, Shane!
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Hey Adam. Imma let you finish but D-LO BROWN WAS THE GREATEST EUROPEAN CHAMPION OF ALL TIME.
OF ALL TIME.
lostpunkrock this list is a joke and they lost all credibility. They only wanted to push their British boys to the front. People may like regal now days but back in the 90’s he was universally hated. And not good heat I mean he was the bathroom break match. Bulldogs reign was forgettable. D-lo, x-pac, and Owen did so much more with the belt.
OG Bobby Knuckles Regal’s best match was on weakest link
@@Bbknuckles Regal wasn't European champion in the 90's.
@@SteRDLK I didn’t say he was..
@@Bbknuckles Stop waffling on about the 90's then
If Mideon isn’t #1 we riot!
...you’re lucky I can’t go outside.
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That naked Mideon gimmick was hot I miss stuff like that
im just here to say D Lo Brown is the greatest WWF European Champion hands down
Yeah, him Regal and Davey Boy are the ones I remember most, but D'Lo edges it because he made the belt so much fun. He was very inventive with his vignettes. He is pretty much the reason why I remember the title fondly.
You Lookin' at the Real Deal, Now!
@@davidspring8884 exactly this list is BS
Lord Keemzus I agree. When Bulldog was champ it was at the same time he was tag champs with Owen and he was more concentrate on those titles than the European title
This is a true statement.
When I think of European Champion I think of D-Lo so personally I'd put him as number 1
I wasnt even watching when the title existed and D Lo Brown is always the first guy that comes to mind. Couldn't tell you anything about his reign but for whatever reason he always seems paired with the title in my mind
Facts and hes the first to merge the belts as well
Definitely the first guy that pops in my head
Agreed
Oliver Thomas-Couch better recongonize
Do “Every SvR Road to WrestleMania Stories Ranked” you cowards
Those are all trash asf
@Jim Cornette Yes, Hardcore title now!
Undertaker SVR 2009 RTWM is gonna be the worst.
WWE 12 was a damn EXPERIENCE
I was convinced D’Lo was going to be number one, mainly because of that big ol wobbly head
And then.. he got whiplash!
The wobble just exudes confidence.
Thank you cultaholic for continuing to keep us entertained and providing an escape to all the dread that is going on around the world.
3 years later and nothing has changed.
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As in cultaholic still entertain us and the world's still dreadful but slightly different
WWE DOES recognize RVD as a European Champion. On his alumni page the title is listed as one of his career highlights. They count it so he should be on the list.
"more ups and downs then Simon Miller"
Oh, isn’t he that guy from [name redacted]?
@@drgfromnyc British Professional Wrestler
Bounced on my boys Simon Miller to this comment.
THAN
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All_That_Chaz look at their lists they’ve been preparing for years
There's lots of content to watch, years worth.
Al snow dressing as a character from Grease when he was confused with the country Greece still makes me piss myself
They should bring back the European Championship and make it the mid-card title on NXT UK
Why would the European title be a secondary title to a UK title though.
What should eventually happen is NXT UK (and the title) be re-branded as NXT Europe, but they've just re-branded it from the WWE UK title to NXT, so I don't see it happening anytime soon.
That would make no sense. If anything the Euro title would be the MAIN title as it represents the CONTINENT OF EUROPE which the UK is apart of.
@@DJDub88 Thank God some1 else had the common sense to know the European title would be far more superior than the UK title when the UK is in the continent of Europe lmao!
@ike Rants That would make no sense. If anything the Euro title would be the MAIN title as it represents the CONTINENT OF EUROPE which the UK is apart of.
DJDub88 the European title has always been secondary and while changing the brand’s name wouldn’t be a bad idea, NXT UK isn’t a bad name and the UK championship has been the definitive world title that the whole brand was built around. I understand that the UK is smaller than Europe but it wouldn’t make since to change the entire brand based off a mid-card title from the 90s. Just bring back the European Championship and make it NXT UK’S equivalent to the NXT North American championship
Every Light Heavyweight Champion!
Dean Malenko should be #1 that's a great recommendation btw that was my favorite belt as a kid I thought it was beautiful!
@@xavier76thman Yes! Please do that one. It would be a nice one and a less strenuous one for you guys to make! There were not too many of them.
Both of them
D'Lo Brown Should've Been Number 1 🤷🏽♂️ He's The First Person Many People Think Of When They Think Of The European Title.
Al Snow's Tour of Europe was fantastic. Very funny.
I love these vignettes...Al was a genius on that script...enterntainment lesson..
You forgot one....
R-truth! How could you forget the greatest 24/7 European champ of all time??
Yeah I mean he was the 24/7 European champion
Yeah
D’Lo Brown is such an underrated workhorse
You forgot to mention D-Lo being introduced from different places in Europe. That was always a cool little laugh when he came out for a match
Al Snow...not D.Lo...
@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚωνσταντίνου-θ1ψ No D'Lo did as well, he just didn't go wholehog like Al Snow did.
@@dylanogg347 my opinion... All Snow was more entertainment than D. Lo...I liked D.Lo as a wrestler but he lacked the entertainment role...
@@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚωνσταντίνου-θ1ψ I'd say the Head Wobble was plenty entertaining.
@@dylanogg347 I agree with you but he had mic issues... Too bad because LoDown would be pretty entertaining... Tiger Ali Sigh was a comedy master at their promos...remember the Royal Rumble ??? I was laughing for two days...
Ah, dude spike Dudley wasn't best left forgotten. That guy was alright in the ring and super hard working.
Shoulda gone in with D-von and Bubba.
The WWF/E European title was such a cool title. I wish it would have lasted longer.
D-Lo Brown was the greatest European Champion
D-Lo Brown is the best Euro champion ever
14:42 He did not attack trans people. He stood up for biological women.
When you think about it this title produced a ton of future world champions. Considering it was only around for a few years
Jericho
JBL
Jeff Hardy
Mark Henry
Kurt Angle
Christian
Eddie Guerrero
Triple H
I suppose Matt Hardy as well with his ecw title reign. HBK don't count cause he had already been world champ
I think HBK should count since he did win a world title afterwards too
What gives, Adam? In Triple H's entry, you also mentioned his 5 reigns as IC Champion, the last of which is under the EXACT SAME circumstances as RVD's lone European Title reign. I suppose I'll allow it for 2 reasons: the fact that the company did actually reactivate the IC Title, unlike the European Title, and also due to what you said at the end, "Your list, your rules." 🍻
I'd say it was because Triple H had 4 other IC Title reigns before that to base his ranking on. RVD held the European Title only once and it was deactivated immediately afterwards. If he had another longer reign with the title beforehand, it would've made it easier to rank him.
Regal was brilliant in the ring and his facial expressions and selling is 2nd to none. Absolute legend and so underrated.
Should be a hall of famer. Moreso than that, as was said in this video, he is legit one of the nicest people in the business. I want him in the WWE HOF, he deserves it
jtp2007 definitely.
Al Snow is a clever boy. By coming out in leather and having head have big hair he WAS from a European country... he was from GREASE ;)
Val Venis's ranking was surprising along with Al Snow,The Hurricane and Matt Hardy
14:40 cheers for saying that
D'Lo Brown being billed from different European places always amused me ngl. Milan, Italy one moment, Helsinki, Finland the next.
Shane was Vince's 3rd favorite child... had to think about that , good one.
Just behind Stephanie McMahon and WrestleMania
and hornswoggle
Roman Reigns. Period. And the XFL. And Triple H. And-
I'm SHOCKED that the #3 person wasn't #1, TOTALLY thought they would be.
I really would like to see the European title reinstated, with all the European talent in WWE and the wider European fan base that's grown, I believe it's a more relevant title now than ever.
How about a “Every WWE United States Champion ranked from Worst to Best”
I think D'Lo Brown should top the list. But I honestly cannot say a bad thing about the two who top him.
"3rd favorite child." Hornswoggle forever lol
You guys should rank every Hardcore Champion next.
drg. There would be so many people at joint last because they only won it at house shows
Matt That’s what would make it fun.
@@drgfromnyc they already have. it was quite a doozie
696190 When?
Tj Jacobs Oh. But still, that’s why I’m asking that they rank each title holder.
I have to disagree with your #1 spot. Bulldog barely had the title and rarely defended it. X pac , D-Lo or even Regal deserve the #1 spot over Bulldog.
D’lo drown should be #1
D-LO Brown is the greatest! Love the list and respect 2 and 3 but having lived through the days of the European Title the guy that comes to mind is D-LO followed by X-Pac
"Elroy Jetson lookalike" Y'ALL PLAY TOO MUCH 🤣
D-Lo got snubbed!!!
D-Lo and Al Snow should be fighting over top spot. Fuckin’ perfidious Brits, man.
D-lo is #1 Adam u guys dropped the ball on this one
Aww, saying "...held by some performers best forgotten" over a picture of Spike Dudley. That guy is a legendary bump taker!
Two things to take away from all of these lists:
#1 -- Because watching a supernova is less rare than watching Hogan lose clean
#2 -- Everything weird that happens is because Vince Russo
Credibility? It was as worthless as the Hardcore title. Holding it never meant a thing.
I like how X-Pac is number Syxx😝
So a wrestler smokes weed and you describe it as an 'addiction to cannabis' ? What?
I will always consider X-Pac the best European Champion. When I think back to the title, he is the the first person I think of besides Shane, then HBK of course (my favorite of all time). Man I loved those times haha...best time ever to grow up.
Adam Paccitti, D'Lo Brown should be number 1.
Number 1: D'Lo Brown was remembered for his 4 reigns as WWF European Champion and was the first ever WWF EuroContinental Champion. He produced the best matches in the Attitude Era, an era when in-ring matches were bad and the matches that didn't involve the WWF World Championship would last less than 9 minutes. Because of that, D'Lo had to make sure those 9 minute matches he had for the European Championship would be great. His first title reign started off when he beat Triple H on an episode of Raw on July of 1998 with help from The Rock. Every time he won and carried the belt, he made it prestigious.
Number 2: William Regal.
Number 3: The British Bulldog was the first WWF European Champion and his match against Owen Hart to crown the first champion. But he rarely defended the belt on Raw and his most memorable match with the belt was when he infamously got screwed and lost the belt to Shawn Michaels at WWF 1 Night Only. His second reign was not memorable.
I know this was 9 months ago but its his opinion
*Pause*
D'Low at 3? Let's see who's 1 & 2...
Bulldog and D'Lo need to be switched
No
You haven't started yet, but I expect to see D'Low Brown near if not at the top of this list.
The belt was great when it was a "OK, mid-card guy, can you get over as a champ?" but ended up being a joke like so many of those belts in WWE.
At least it saved them from treating the IC belt like crap.
Unpopular opinion: the United Kingdom Championship should've been the resurrection of the European Championship.
Matt should have been The WWE Champion because he beat Eddie Guerrero for the European Championship....one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time
D-LO is the greatest european champ, him and regal....regal is pretty much the deffinition of the european champion
Do Every Commentator ranked from Worst to Best
The European Championship in '97 was great. It was on the same level --- if not slightly higher than --- the IC belt, with upper-mid carder Bulldog holding it and defending it against guys like Shamrock. That carried on into '98, with Owen vs Triple H at WM14 seeming like a bigger deal than Rock vs Shamrock. I loved D-Lo as the champ and so I hate to say it but his tenure with the belt and his feud with X-Pac are kinda what brought the title down to a lower-than-IC level. But for a good year and a half in '97 and '98, the European title was what the US title is now. Great memories.
Yea from my marathon so far thats when the belt peaked. I do love Al Snow as champ cause he comes out wearing outfits of different countries.
Even though it didn't represent the European theme, I still love this championship with all my heart, should have gone to smackdown in 2002, or be the top Mid-card title In NXT UK
Wow, I didn't know there was EVER a RAW episode in Germany!! That was 23 years ago ... And since then they gave a fuck about us. :-( Never got any televised show here again. Only House Show crap!
I hope to see a Finnish WWE superstar in my lifetime....
@Ian Thompson Yes I remember. I meant I'd like to see one more.
Glad someone finally did a video on the European title
D'Lo at 3 invalidates this entire list. Seriously, say European Champion to any fan from that era and I promise they first one they'll remember D'Lo first.
i’m watching fall 2000 wwf right now
and al snow won the title
idc what anyone says
he was the most hilarious and in my opinion greatest european champion
D'lo was the BEST champ imo. Too bad Virgil was gone from wwf at that point he would have been a great contender 🍝
Test is a couple years before my time, but in that one picture he looks like Big Cass if WWE actually gave a fuck about Big Cass.
D-Lo. Number one is D-Lo. Once again, you let your hard-ons for British wrestlers cloud your judgement.
Davey boy vs owen hart raw 03.03.1997 is the best match for the European championship technical bout.
God this title was my favorite as a kid if they bring it back should they put it on NXT UK?
I found myself saying “I sorta remember them holding the belt” then I realised by that I mean I may have seen them hold the belt on their shoulder or waist at some random point but don’t remember them winning it, losing it or defending it
D-Lo was the BEST European Champion by far! Nobody gave a damn about that belt until he won it!
I would like to see the European Championship for the NXT UK brand as a mid card title, like how the North American Championship is on NXT.
do summerslam , royal rumble and surviror series main event ranked please adam paciatti dont ask jack the jobber to do it
And Dlo brown is the first ever Euro-continental champion in wwe history
18:48
Random incident for me
I rented No Mercy on N64
I picked HHH to Get the world championship & whomever rented the game before me had won the title with Al Snow.
Full Circle
Besides the title for title bout with Owen (pretty good match, find it on YT), and laying down for HHH, did HBK ever defend the belt?
Mideon last is that a joke i warned u adam he better win now I riot
HHH's 5th IC Reign came the same way RVD's lone European Title reign, via unification. So why does WWE recognize that and not RVDs?
Anyone else finds the new stock footage hilarious in this video? lmao
And the original cruiserweight championships champions ranked
I feel like William Regal should have been world champion
D-Lo Brown was the best European champion ever.
23:00: Saturn, Guerrero, Benoit & Malenko are in the pic, but you noticed the blonde.
Adam says Ups & Downs........ SIMON MILLER TO CULTAHOLIC CONFIRMED
This gets an up!
Walter/gunter should bring it back
This was good. Are you planning on doing the rankings of wwe cruiserweight/light heavyweight champions
"From wrestling legends like Triple, " May wanna check that description, Cultaholic
I don't care what y'all say, the european championship is the best looking title of all time, at least in WWE of course
i really liked that title was the step for a tag wrestler start to shine in singles, nowadays its needed something to push slowly a wrestler into a star, i guess the early strowman had coulded be a champion of this style for being aclaimed for the people and give meaning to the title too
Caught an early video.
Finally I caught a video early
You should do one of these for Hall of Famers.
Adam fantastic commentating as always. Editor with face and name that I don't know. Well done..... very well done
Perry Saturn should have won the intercontinental championship at least once, the dude was super underrated.
I reckon RVD should place in-between Spike Dudley and Test. While his Reign started and ended in less than a day, he won the European Championship in a Champion Vs. Champion Match with Jeff Hardy on RAW, and I remember it being another fun bout between the two. RVD became a dual Champion and the final European Champion, technically making RVD an undefeated European Champion.
Suck on that Van Daminator, Shane!
D-Lo is #1
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They need to bring back this championship for nxt uk
sage Slim I absolutely agree. I have this set for the mid-card title in WWE2k19
@@oiradzenitram nxt UK needs that middle belt
D Lo the #1 European champion...