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Post by lws on Dec 22, 2015 20:18:22 GMT -5
i have heard jim ross refer to both x-pac and bob holly as "former intercontinental champions"
bob holly was on a 1997 episode of shotgun saturday night, and x-pac was on a 1998 raw
of course, neither ever won the title (there was an angle with holly and jeff jarrett, but officially holly never won the title. x-pac never even came close.)
are there other examples of announcers messing up and inventing title reigns? in both of these instances, the rest of the commentary team didn't question it.
edit: i put this in wwe network, but if mods want to move it to current or (w)rest, i understand, whatever, it fits in them all
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Post by JTG Fan on Dec 22, 2015 20:36:45 GMT -5
The Bob Holly thing went on for a while, Michael Cole called him a former IC Champ well into 1999.
I think Savio Vega's similar vacated title win lead to him being called a former champion by the announcers as well.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 22, 2015 20:43:28 GMT -5
i have heard jim ross refer to both x-pac and bob holly as "former intercontinental champions" bob holly was on a 1997 episode of shotgun saturday night, and x-pac was on a 1998 raw of course, neither ever won the title (there was an angle with holly and jeff jarrett, but officially holly never won the title. x-pac never even came close.) are there other examples of announcers messing up and inventing title reigns? in both of these instances, the rest of the commentary team didn't question it. edit: i put this in wwe network, but if mods want to move it to current or (w)rest, i understand, whatever, it fits in them all Figure this will get more in (w)rest, especially since the Network covers so much.
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Post by lws on Dec 23, 2015 1:23:48 GMT -5
(w)rest (w)orks for me yo
i think i'm also gonna expand this to announcers just making shit up in general
on the first episode of velocity, al snow claims tajiri and billy kidman feuded in wcw over the cruiserweight title. tajiri was never in wcw (altho he did win the wcw united states title). i guess this is still in line with the initial concept of the thread, as in al's fictional universe it sounded like tajiri might have held the title.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 23, 2015 1:59:46 GMT -5
Stevie Richards got a lot of title reigns awarded to him post 2007 ;-)
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Dec 23, 2015 2:42:09 GMT -5
On the intentional side, I got a huge kick out of CM Punk claiming that he won King of the Ring the year they did it in Rio de Janeiro.
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Post by Captain & Diet on Dec 23, 2015 4:30:00 GMT -5
AL Wilson never fathered Torrie Wilson.
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Post by MikeyMania on Dec 23, 2015 6:06:06 GMT -5
For years now in the WWE games, Jerry Lawler has referred to Tyson Kidd as a former United States Tag Team Champion.
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Post by jmule on Dec 23, 2015 7:10:49 GMT -5
How bout every single champion being announced as THE GREATEST CHAMPION OF ALL TIME! by every single announcer over the last 30+ yrs?
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Post by MrElijah on Dec 23, 2015 7:55:37 GMT -5
For years now in the WWE games, Jerry Lawler has referred to Tyson Kidd as a former United States Tag Team Champion. What, you don't remeber Tyson & Cesaro beating the Midnight Express for the NWA US Tag Team Titles in 1989?
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Post by TGM on Dec 23, 2015 11:40:58 GMT -5
Commissioner Foley messed up Edge and Tests midcard title reigns during the invasion. Not exactly what you're after but I count it.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 23, 2015 15:18:18 GMT -5
Wasn't Jimmy Snuka called a former I-C champ somewhere?
/If the trial goes out of his favor, maybe Stevie can have that too.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Dec 23, 2015 15:26:41 GMT -5
I'm 90% sure Rick Martel got the "Former IC Champion" treatment.
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Post by chazraps on Dec 23, 2015 15:33:34 GMT -5
Anytime a Mexican wrestler debuted for absolutely any promotion in the 70s and 80s, they were proclaimed to be "the champion of Mexico for many years."
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Post by lws on Dec 23, 2015 15:43:14 GMT -5
I'm 90% sure Rick Martel got the "Former IC Champion" treatment. very possible, martel was a co-winner of a battle royal for the title, but ultimately lost to razor next week and is usually unrecognized.
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Post by abjordans on Dec 23, 2015 16:28:18 GMT -5
I'm 90% sure Rick Martel got the "Former IC Champion" treatment. very possible, martel was a co-winner of a battle royal for the title, but ultimately lost to razor next week and is usually unrecognized. That is because that battle royal was a bit different. The winner was not the IC champ. It was always said that the last 2 left in the ring would have a one on one match as the finalists for the vacant IC title. So, there was no way to spin that as Martel winning the belt.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 16:31:11 GMT -5
For years now in the WWE games, Jerry Lawler has referred to Tyson Kidd as a former United States Tag Team Champion. What, you don't remeber Tyson & Cesaro beating the Midnight Express for the NWA US Tag Team Titles in 1989? Stan Lane's foot was on the bottom rope and you know it.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 23, 2015 16:43:15 GMT -5
Shouldn't this be titled "announcers screwing up" or something?
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 23, 2015 19:13:25 GMT -5
I'm 90% sure Rick Martel got the "Former IC Champion" treatment. Vince referred to Martel as a former Intercontinental Champion during his match with Tatanka at Survivor Series 1992. It's too bad he never really did get a title reign as he seemed like a good fit for it. I've always thought that he should've got the transition reign that Mountie got in early 92, although I wouldn't have had lose it as quickly as Mountie did. I would've just did the originally announced Bret/Mountie match at the Rumble with Bret going over with Martel then going over Bret at a house show and then dropping it to Piper at the February SNME.
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Post by lws on Dec 23, 2015 23:03:18 GMT -5
very possible, martel was a co-winner of a battle royal for the title, but ultimately lost to razor next week and is usually unrecognized. That is because that battle royal was a bit different. The winner was not the IC champ. It was always said that the last 2 left in the ring would have a one on one match as the finalists for the vacant IC title. So, there was no way to spin that as Martel winning the belt. yeah, but there's is a way for an announcer to see "razor ramon won the intercontinental title by defeating rick martel," which is true, and thus assume martel must then have been intercontinental champion at some point. but if martel was announced as such as early as 1992, then that theory is out. and by vince no less, tsk tsk. what about his notebooks with all this stuff? Shouldn't this be titled "announcers screwing up" or something? i was kind of shooting for a specific kind of screw up, but if it expands into that, i'm fine with it.
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