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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Aug 18, 2013 10:02:54 GMT -5
Mick Foley went ten years, winning the WWF tag titles with Al Snow at the end of 1999 for a few days. He didnt win another title until he won the TNA heavyweight title in 2009. It's insane to think that Foley was over enough to still have so much fan interest, even as a part timer, when he virtually never won anything, let alone titles.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Aug 18, 2013 11:52:50 GMT -5
As for full time wrestlers, I can't think of any gap longer than Bob Backlund's 11 years between WWE Title runs. What was Backlund doing during that 10 year hiatus? Running for President.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 15:59:42 GMT -5
Patterson also held other titles during the 80's, between the OP's noted 1980 title loss and 2000 title win. What titles did he win in the 80s? I thought he was WWF-exclusive in the early 80s until he went part-time and then retired. From www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/p/pat-patterson/ Canadian International Tag Team titles w/Raymond Rougeau defeating Gilles Poisson & Serge Dumont (June 2, 1980) Canadian International Tag Team titles w/Raymond Rougeau defeating Pierre Lefebvre & Michel Dubois (1982) Canadian International Tag Team titles w/Pierre Lefebvre defeating Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (1982) Canadian International Tag Team titles w/Pierre Lefebvre defeating Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (1982) Canadian International Tag Team titles w/Pierre Lefebvre defeating Jacques & Raymond Rougeau (September 1983) More detail at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_International_Tag_Team_Championship
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