56 years ago today the first WWE Champion was crowned

[héad.casé]

From Buddy Rogers to Kofi Kingston, WWE posted this video on their youtube channel celebrating the 51 wrestlers who have been WWE Champion

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

My first thought was "how did they handle Benoit?" but he held the World title not the WWE title.

[Allie Kitsune]

Bray Wyatt and Jinder Mahal...

[GuyOfOwnage]

Apr 25, 2019 14:48:04 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

My first thought was "how did they handle Benoit?" but he held the World title not the WWE title.

Easy - Triple H misplaced the belt at MSG during Mania 20, and Randy Orton miraculously found it in Toronto 5 months later.

[Pushed to the Moon]

My god the spinner belt looked horrible.

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I miss the winged eagle belt.

[brettappedout (BLM)]

Apr 25, 2019 14:53:38 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Bray Wyatt and Jinder Mahal...

lmao

[One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel]

old ass belt put that shit in an old belt home

[Hit Girl]

Apr 25, 2019 15:14:00 GMT -5 @scsa316 said:

I miss the winged eagle belt.

It's never been bettered by any world title belt before or since. Utterly gorgeous.

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Winged Eagle is a piece of art but I like my belts to be big and gaudy. They need to be bigger, have more bling and possibly shoot lasers.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

I miss the Undisputed title from 02 to 05. Really didn't have enough shelf life and should been used when other had the belt but Cena.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Jinder and Diesel are tied for worse.

I always wondered why Vince Sr chose Buddy Rogers as his champion if Rogers had the reputation of being a backstabber. Guess that’s why Rogers didn’t last long in New York.

[MrElijah]

I wonder if we had a 51 man battle royal, who would be the last man?

[Starshine]

WWE Champion Jinder Mahal might still be the best comedy gimmick they ever accidentally pulled off.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

This reminds me of a convo I had at the MSG show while they were showing the video of all the IWGP Champions:

Fan: Man, the WWE needs to do this with their title before every match!
Me: But then they'd have to show Jinder.
Fan: f***... you're right. Nevermind.

[Lt. Palumbo]

Apr 26, 2019 17:53:29 GMT -5 Can you afford to pay me, Gah said:

I miss the Undisputed title from 02 to 05. Really didn't have enough shelf life and should been used when other had the belt but Cena.

Might be my second favorite belt design. Would love it/a design inspired by it to come back

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All those great champions and then Jinder f'n Mahal.

Can't believe that jobber was actually WWE Champion. One of the worst booking decisions in wrestling history.

[CMWaters]

Apr 27, 2019 5:27:53 GMT -5 @scsa316 said:

All those great champions and then Jinder f'n Mahal.

Can't believe that jobber was actually WWE Champion. One of the worst booking decisions in wrestling history.

Comparing classic to modern champions, Jinder is probably in the same boat as Stan Stasiak.

They ONLY gave Stasiak the title to drop to Bruno (because face vs. face was especially rare back in those days) and he was only told the day of the match that he was going to win, after numerous losses in the same type of match before.

[Session Moth is over]

Man I miss the spinner