DragonMasterP
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Post by DragonMasterP on Mar 18, 2012 8:43:47 GMT -5
...That has held it since Hogan.
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lloyd
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Post by lloyd on Mar 18, 2012 8:49:01 GMT -5
rob van dam. He didnt do anything with it before the pot bust.
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kidglov3s
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Post by kidglov3s on Mar 18, 2012 8:50:04 GMT -5
I'll say Sgt. Slaughter. He never really did anything with the belt and you knew he would drop it to Hogan three months later. Honorable mention for Sid.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 8:53:12 GMT -5
I can't think of any matches while Big Show was champion, save for when he won and lost the thing(s).
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Post by bertheart90 on Mar 18, 2012 8:56:37 GMT -5
rvd
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 8:58:46 GMT -5
Are we counting JUST WWE champs? I'd put Mysterio's first WHC run at the top. All Eddiesploitation aside, he was booked just plain awfully. You never bought him as a good champion. You can get away with that if you do it right, making the heels look like major threats to the title run through their own actions. But holy smokes, Mysterio looked like he had no business as the champ, like he couldn't cut it at that level. The heels looked like threats to his title run because you wondered when the WWE would stop this little experiment of having him with the belt.
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Post by xCompackx on Mar 18, 2012 9:09:37 GMT -5
In the grand scheme of things, I say Miz. Yes, he he won the main event of Wrestlemania but all he did was piggyback on The Rock's publicity.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 9:17:24 GMT -5
Oh crap, I forgot how badly they booked Rey as champion.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 9:28:11 GMT -5
Alberto Del Rio.
If we're talking about seperate championship reign in general, alot of Orton/Cena reigns when they had their never-ending feud. Not fault of either man, just how the belt was treated back then.
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repomark
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Post by repomark on Mar 18, 2012 9:30:39 GMT -5
There were a lot of unremarkable reigns, but I suppose a lot of these have been eclipsed by later reigns that were good. For instance: the Undertaker's first title reign only lasted for 5 days, but unquestionably he made up for it later on with his second reign in 1997 and subsequent reigns.
Andre the Giant's only lasted seconds. My vote would go for him as the worst reign, but wouldn't describe it as unremarkable as it was an awesome moment when he tried to give the title to Ted Dibiase. Yokozuna's first reign was also only for a few seconds, but he made up for that with his second reign.
Sergeant Slaughter's was a poor reign, but a memorable one.
Bob Backlund's second reign began in an absolutely awesome way in the towel match with Bret, but only lasted three days and he lost it in an 8 second match to Diesel - but of course he had the five year reign in his first run. However, if we are only counting since Hogan - perhaps he would get the nod.
Both of Sid's reigns only lasted a month or so, although he did beat Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart during this period, and it was the Undertaker he lost it to at WM13 - so I am not sure I would call them unremarkable.
Kane has a strong argument. He has only ever held the WWE title for 24 hours - albeit he has since been World Heavyweight Champion. Both matches with Austin I enjoyed though.
Mankind held the title on three occasions but never for more than a month - but the feud with Rock was superb for the first two reigns.
Big Show has only ever had short reigns, and his first was horrific with the Big Boss Man his only PPV defence. Later reign and feud with Brock Lesnar/Kurt Angle was more fun though - albeit the reign only lasted a month.
Rob Van Dam has a strong argument given how it "went up in smoke" but I enjoyed the match where he won it at One Night Stand 2, and the Edge match he had defending it before he lost it.
More recent times have saw more frequent changes. Jeff Hardy had a very unremarkable first WWE title reign - winning it at Armageddon then dropping it the following month to Edge and Royal Rumble. Although he was so over I don't think I would describe it as unremarkable - and his World Heavyweight Title reign was better.
Sheamus would probably get my vote - for both his title reigns. I didn't think he was ready to hold the belt. He might fare better with the World Heavyweight title after mania however.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 9:31:06 GMT -5
In regards to Rey/Miz, people tend to remember a few things about their runs, whether that is negative (Jerry Lawler feud/Rey losing to everyone barring on PPV) or positive. Unremarkable is about not having anything memorable during the title run. I think Slaughter and RVD have that down, Slaughter held the title for 3 months with an unremarkably stupid gimmick (maybe that makes it memorable albeit ) and RVD...well he was cut down by his own stupidity before he could do anything except lose the title. RVD's run was entirely worthless.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 18, 2012 9:31:12 GMT -5
Slaughter, Sid, Big Show and RVD I'd agree with.
Miz at least joins the very small list of heels who have walked out of Mania with the title.
I'll nominate Undertaker. Pretty much all his title reigns have been short, forgettable, placeholder reigns.
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Post by froggyfrog on Mar 18, 2012 9:48:04 GMT -5
Vince McMahon
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bob
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Post by bob on Mar 18, 2012 10:00:27 GMT -5
Vince, Del Rio and Big Show
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Post by Sam Punk on Mar 18, 2012 10:03:29 GMT -5
Diesel
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Mar 18, 2012 10:22:48 GMT -5
/thread. Seriously, was there any reason for him to win that title?
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Mar 18, 2012 10:39:52 GMT -5
Are we counting JUST WWE champs? I'd put Mysterio's first WHC run at the top. All Eddiesploitation aside, he was booked just plain awfully. You never bought him as a good champion. You can get away with that if you do it right, making the heels look like major threats to the title run through their own actions. But holy smokes, Mysterio looked like he had no business as the champ, like he couldn't cut it at that level. The heels looked like threats to his title run because you wondered when the WWE would stop this little experiment of having him with the belt. I see you forgot Rey's reign for a cup of coffee last summer.
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Post by gonzo16 on Mar 18, 2012 10:47:29 GMT -5
I would say Bob Backlund's 2nd run or Sgt. Slaughter.
Slaughter was awful in every way at that time. He may be one of the most unathletic and plodding champions of all time. I remember when he beat Warrior for the title, after Savage hits him in the face with the septor then Slaughter drops one of the worst elbow drops i've ever seen in my life for the 3 count.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2012 11:02:21 GMT -5
Alberto Del Rio. I can't remember a single thing that he did while champion. I don't even remember him walking around with the title.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 18, 2012 13:13:09 GMT -5
Big Show in his first reign. Absolutely useless.
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