Who were the champions when you started watching?

[TheMediocreWarrior]

Just kind of curious/maybe this will hit people with some nostalgia.

For me:

It was the beginning of 1999:

WWF: Mankind had just won the title the previous Monday, I watched the replay of it on Superstars that Sunday as my first taste of WWF.

IC: Ken Shamrock

European: X-Pac

Hardcore: I think Road Dogg

Tag Team: Shamrock and Bossman

Light-Heavy:Gillberg, although I had no clue what he had was an actual championship until he wrestled HHH the following fall and the announcers mentioned "this isn't for the Light heavyweight title".

Women's: Sable

I have no clue about WCW because I didn't really follow it all that much until the following fall.

[bshadye413]

The first event I remember watching was Wrestlemania 3. So Hogan was WWF Champion and Ricky Steamboat was the new IC Champion. Thats all i remember

[Hiroshi Hase]

For me it was Hogan, Savage the IC Champ and the British Bulldogs in the summer of 86.

[Big L]

i honestly cant remember

[The In-Crowd]

WCW:

World: Vader
US: The Natrual Dustin Rhodes
TV: Lord Steven Regal
Tag Team: The Nasty Boys



WWF:

World: Yokozuna
IC: HBK
Tag Team: The Quebecors

[britishbulldog]

85 for me
WWF Title Hogan
IC Valantine
Tag Shiek/Volkoff
Women Moolah

[Legion]

Lets see, First time round it was just before WM VII so it was Sgt. Slaughter as the Iraqi sympathiser. Mr Perfect was the IC champ i think and the Nasty's won the titles at WM7, but i cant think who from right now.

When i started back it was just before Survivor Series 1998, so the title was vacant until Rock won it and formed the corporation. NAO were the Tag Champs, Shamrock was IC, XPac was Euro, im guessin Gillburg was lightweight although i remember Christian had it at one point, Jacqueline lost to Sable at the Survivor Series for the Women's title and the hardcore title had just been created and Mankind had it.

[General Zod]

Hmmm...tough one... I have to go back in time to when I first started watching each fed.

World champions:

AWA - Nick Bockwinkle

WWF - Bob Backlund

NWA - Harley Race

[T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens]

WWF Title: Macho Man Randy Savage
Intercontinental Title: Honky Tonk Man
WWF Tag Team Title: Demolition

And that's all there was. I think Sherri was the Ladies Champion at the time, but it wasn't regularly defended on TV. It may have been Rockin' Robin. I wasn't in to any other fed at the time.

[fabulousfreebird]

WWF
Bob Backlund-World
Pedro Morales-IC
Wild Samoans-Tag Team

NWA
Harley Race-World
Don't remember any of the others...
The Valiants or the Midnight Express tag Team

[The Panda Powered]

WWF Champion: Hulk Hogan
Intercontinental Champion: Mr. Perfect
Tag Team Champions: The Legion of Doom

["Hollywood" Cactus Matt]

I only remember the champions in the WWF, so I'll tell you those.

WWF champion: Hulk Hogan
WWF Intercontinental champion: "Macho Man" Randy Savage
WWF Tag Team champions: The British Bulldogs (lost soon after I started watching to the Hart Foundation)
WWF Women's champion: probably Moolah, although it could have been Wendi Richter at that point

[Limey]

World: HHH.
IC: Chyna.
European: The British Bulldog.
Tag: The Rock N Sock Connection.
Light Heavyweight: Gillberg. (although really does it count?)
Hardcore: Al Snow.
Womens: Ivory.

[Steveweiser]

Shortly before WrestleMania VIII, 1992...

WWF Champion: Ric Flair
IC Champion: Roddy Piper
Tag Team Champions: Money Inc.

[wolfmoon103100]

Hogan, Dream team, and Tito Santana.

[bubbles]

I think:

WWF: Triple H
IC: Chris Jericho
Tag: New Age Outlaws
Womens: The Kat

Can't remember any others

["Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat]

For me it was Wrestlemania (first time)

WWF: Hulk Hogan
Intercontinental: Greg Valentine
Tag Team: Nickolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik beat Mike Rotundo/Barry Windham

Second time was:

WWF: Undertaker
Intercontinental: Owen Hart
European: British Bulldog
Tag Team: Stone Cold & Dude Love

[Da (No Sold) 7-1-3 Itch]

I think The Rock or Austin were champs, I started watching when the Attitude Era and Wrestling was at its hottest in the 90's

[Man Hating Horace]

October 9, 1999 (First match I saw was Ernest Miller Vs. Norman Smiley on Saturday Night)

Anyway, champions at the time were:
Heavyweight: Sting
Tag Team: Harlem Heat
Cruiserweight: Disco Inferno (he was on earlier beating Hardbody Harrison; just missed him)
United States: Sid Vicious
Television: Chris Benoit

[skiller]

I can't remember exactly when I first got into it sometime around '99. But I can remember when I got back into it in 2003.

RAW
World Heavyweight - Triple H
Intercontinental - Christian
World Tag Team - La Resistance
Women's - Molly Holly

SmackDown
WWE - Kurt Angle
United States - Eddie Guerrero
WWE Tag Team - Haas and Benjamin
Cruiserweight - Rey Mysterio