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Post by ChitownKnight on Jun 1, 2022 12:48:10 GMT -5
What are some title reigns that always seems to slip your mind? I forgot that Lashley briefly held the wwe title this year. Also the ADD/Cena/Punk saga had some forgettable reigns
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Post by CeilingFan on Jun 1, 2022 12:49:23 GMT -5
Bray Wyatt.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jun 1, 2022 12:50:53 GMT -5
Vince winning the title is barely ever mentioned. I think because a) he immediately vacated it and b) the way it happened made sense and got a huge pop so it isn't even remembered in a Russo winning the WCW title "wtf was that?" kind of way.
His ECW title reign gets talked about more than the fact that he held his own companies world title during the peak time in the business.
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Post by sportatorium on Jun 1, 2022 12:52:03 GMT -5
Jack Swagger
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Post by ChitownKnight on Jun 1, 2022 12:56:53 GMT -5
I mean his world title run sucked but a lot of people remember that he was world champ just in the fact that the title run was a complete bust |
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Post by sportatorium on Jun 1, 2022 12:58:54 GMT -5
I mean his world title run sucked but a lot of people remember that he was world champ just in the fact that the title run was a complete bust I can't remember one thing about a title match that he had beyond the thing where Big Show smashed up all his trophies. |
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Post by Dub H on Jun 1, 2022 13:00:57 GMT -5
I will never forget how much they butchered his character and push. I remember everything from becoming Big Jericho when he cashed the MITB to him dragging Mysterio by the ankle. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 1, 2022 13:05:24 GMT -5
I will never forget how much they butchered his character and push. I remember everything from becoming Big Jericho when he cashed the MITB to him dragging Mysterio by the ankle. I've probably said this umpteen times, but Swagger is one guy they never *quite* understood what to do with, and on rare occasion they had something going with him, they immediately screwed the pooch with it. Crazy to think when you consider that mic skills (or lake thereof) aside, he had everything that the company usually drooled over |
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Post by Dub H on Jun 1, 2022 13:07:20 GMT -5
I will never forget how much they butchered his character and push. I remember everything from becoming Big Jericho when he cashed the MITB to him dragging Mysterio by the ankle. I've probably said this umpteen times, but Swagger is one guy they never *quite* understood what to do with, and on rare occasion they had something going with him, they immediately screwed the pooch with it. Its weird to think ECW Jack Swagger,his DEBUT Year is probably the best he was ever used in any company. It seems like every company seems to try to make him this awesome serious fighter which is just not where he shines. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 1, 2022 13:14:45 GMT -5
I've probably said this umpteen times, but Swagger is one guy they never *quite* understood what to do with, and on rare occasion they had something going with him, they immediately screwed the pooch with it. Its weird to think ECW Jack Swagger,his DEBUT Year is probably the best he was ever used in any company. It seems like every company seems to try to make him this awesome serious fighter which is just not where he shines. His ECW run was terrific. Even his initial main roster stuff was fine. But then they just went sideways with him. His face turn/feud with Rusev was such a blown opportunity. I get that Rusev "had" to win the feud but they could have found a way to not make Swagger look like such a failure |
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Post by tirtefaa on Jun 1, 2022 13:16:40 GMT -5
There's been plenty in recent years, most of which are "thank you" reigns that never provide growth and development for the person who is carrying it.
Kofi Kingston
Big E
Bray Wyatt
Jack Swagger
Braun Strowman
Dolph Ziggler
All of whom were no better or worse for being champion. Nothing really changed for them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2022 13:17:58 GMT -5
It's crazy to me that Jack Swagger was once a World Champion in WWE (even if it was technically the "secondary" world title at the time), looking at where Jake Hager is now. If FAN's poll is to be believe, he is literally the most disliked person in all of AEW.
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Post by fw91 on Jun 1, 2022 13:27:12 GMT -5
Big Show in 99
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Post by Push R Truth on Jun 1, 2022 14:00:17 GMT -5
This is it for me. I've gotten called out like a half dozen times for saying Bray didn't win shit in the WWE. For some reason I'll wake up tomorrow and forget I even posted this and somebody will call me a dumbass when I say "Bray didn't win shit" yet again. At least with Swagger it was so unmemorable that it's memorable? Is that a decent way to put it? |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jun 1, 2022 14:02:04 GMT -5
I mean, his title reign is memorable for just how completely forgettable it was. |
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 1, 2022 14:02:18 GMT -5
Something something Chris Benoit joke.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 1, 2022 14:05:32 GMT -5
This is it for me. I've gotten called out like a half dozen times for saying Bray didn't win shit in the WWE. For some reason I'll wake up tomorrow and forget I even posted this and somebody will call me a dumbass when I say "Bray didn't win shit" yet again. At least with Swagger it was so unmemorable that it's memorable? Is that a decent way to put it? He started off awesome. Won the Chamber after pinning AJ and won a triple threat vs AJ/Cena clean as a f***ing sheet on the following SD......only to lose to Orton at Mania because....reasons. |
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jun 1, 2022 14:09:22 GMT -5
Stan Stasiak.
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Post by mo on Jun 1, 2022 14:17:38 GMT -5
I mean his world title run sucked but a lot of people remember that he was world champ just in the fact that the title run was a complete bust Yeah, I’ve seen quite a few people mention the Swagger run as the moment the WHC definitively became the lesser WWE World Title. |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 1, 2022 14:25:44 GMT -5
Its weird to think ECW Jack Swagger,his DEBUT Year is probably the best he was ever used in any company. It seems like every company seems to try to make him this awesome serious fighter which is just not where he shines. His ECW run was terrific. Even his initial main roster stuff was fine. But then they just went sideways with him. His face turn/feud with Rusev was such a blown opportunity. I get that Rusev "had" to win the feud but they could have found a way to not make Swagger look like such a failure Funny thing is they had a perfect opportunity at Summerslam to give Swagger a win and put him over while at the same time protecting Rusev as it was a Flag Match. If they had just done a Flag Match where you had to win by grabbing your flag off the pole they could've Swagger go over without Rusev having to get pinned. However they ended up just doing it regular match with the winner waving his flag and there was no way Swagger was winning that. I think after he screwed up his WM main event push after getting busted driving high they were pretty much done with him and weren't going to give him anything. Him and Cesaro also should've been Tag Team Champs but were skipped over. |
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