FAILED CHAMPS | Wrestlings Worst World Champions!
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- FAILED CHAMPS | Wrestlings Worst World Champions!
The World Title is supposed to be the ultimate mark of prestige in wrestling, the symbol of excellence which tells the audience that whoever holds it truly is the best in the world. In practise however, this has not always been the case. No, while most of the all-time greats have had iconic runs with the top prize at some point or another, on occasion we’ve seen far lesser quality title reigns. But which were the worst of them all? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to be looking at today. So, join us as we take a deep dive into Paper Champions: Wrestling’s Worst World Champions.
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Iron Man matches please!
Most underrated world champions in wrestling.
Couldn't drag me away from your channel. Great education for fans of all ages
hell no. biancas not on the list
Where is the year reviews???
Jack swagger is exactly what Kurt Angle would be if you make 6'5 or 6'6 and take away all of his charisma and personality.
Spot on!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Jack swagger was TERRIBLE 🤣.
Uh, that plus Angle is a legendary amateur wrestler.
jack, aka jake hagar definitely does have some personality. His stint in AEW with the stupid purple hat is pretty funny. Sure it's not the best, but I feel he got held back in WWE.
Brian Kendrick’s under 10 minute reign as champion in the 6 pack challenge was better than both Swagger and Khali’s title reigns
I like the All American American Jack Swagger and as far as Khali , no he’s not Shawn Michaels 😂… but that’s not who was supposed to be 🤦🏾. Andre the Giant wasn’t very mobile either but he was one of the biggest “DRAWS” in the history of the business….🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾 Marks…
At least I buy Jack Swagger and Khali as world champions due to them being big guys as alot of my idea of world champions are big guys like Undertaker, Kane, Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, Big Show as well as Brock Lesnar.
@@Cobane823 yeah he's the mark....sure
@@xxcam95xx7 absolutely to even mention Brain Kendrick as a world champ 🤣…. N far as for you captain save a bitch lol based on your response I’m not sure if you even know what a “MARK” is 😂🤣😂😂
@@xxcam95xx7 N Just to educate you … “MARKS” based their opinions on “cool “ moves ,flips, and work rate 😂🤣….somebody like myself would be considered a “SMARK” “SMART MARK” because i actually understand the wrestling “BUSINESS “ 🤣🤣😂🤣…. It’s about putting asses in the seats …”DRAWING MONEY “ 😭🤣😂….n Brain Kendrick ain’t never put one ass in a seat 🤣😂🤣😂😂
Wrestling fans forget kids watch wrestling. I was a kid during great khali’s run and he was definitely terrifying and memorable. I’m sure I’m not alone.
I don't remember liking or hating him, but I most definitely remember him as an unstoppable monster. I remember thinking he was going to kill Mysterio, or Ric Flair with his head squeeze (vice grip?)
I wasn’t afraid of Undertaker or Kane as a kid. But I sure was afraid of Khali that I had to hold my mom’s hand while watching him. 😂😂
Kids are not the only demographic that watch wrestling though. I’ve been a fan since 1996 & can tell you I was way more scared & in awe of Kane & Taker than I was Khali.
@@princessarwen9194 never said he was better than Kane or taker (2 all time greats). I said he was a heel that was terrifying for kids.
Kids aren’t the only demographic, or even the biggest one. Also they are the most easily pleased one. Now I’m not saying that having something more for kids is some horrible thing, but just because is for kids doesn’t mean it also can’t be good. It’s like “kids” shows or movies. They can be for kids and also be really really good. A recent movie that comes to mind is the new puss in boots. Hell the greatest show ever is arguably avatar the last airbender. Wrestling shouldn’t be an exception to this. You can make something for kids and also make it good
Currently Jack Swagger is a sidekick for Chris Jericho in AEW 2023 and hasn't changed much in his style.
he has much more personality now though... he even has a hat
@@Robyamdamhe LIKES that hat!
I would disagree with the title of the word “failed champions”. Most fans would understand the need of a transitional champion.
This is a plan B
Yokozuna winning the strap from Bret Hart then losing it to Hulk Hogan 2 minutes later, what an absolute joke that was.
The fact David Arquette gave all his WCW money to Brian Pillman, Owen Hart and Droz's families shows how much he wanted to get rid out of this bad memories...
Also, he went through an actual extreme wrestling short career. I think he has purged his sins.
Arquette could still kick the asses of half the AEW roster.
"Lumber Jill Snow Bunny Match" 😂😂😂😂😂
I laughed *WAAAAAYYYYY* harder at that than I would care to admit! 😂😂😂
Tbh The Great Khali in Japan was a absolutely beast bruh knees was just giving out on him when he got to WWE
I though in wwe he was stil awesome. He deserved the belt he felt like a final boss you can't move
Random bruh in there. Nice
This is about his WWE title run which was dogshit.
He was a beast in Japan...but by the time he got to WWE he was a hallow shell of what he was before as his knees were shot. After his failed main event run he was just solely used in comedy angles to hide his weaknesses.
I agree about Bret Hart. His run in WCW was awful. They didnt know what to do with him. Bret is one of the top 5 in all of professional wrestling. He was technically sound, unmatched stamina and a ring general. He was the consummate professional and held the title with pride and legitimacy. Bret during his WWF days was on top and when you watched his matches you knew you were getting your moneys worth. All that being said WCW messed up his career. They did more damage to his character than Vince Mcmahon could ever do. Bret will always be my favorite wrestler. A true legend.
Totally agree - he made matches as believable as possible. No shitty nonsense like Hogan or other contemporaries. He was cool.
Bret didn't do himself any favors. His immediate appearance in WCW was not well received by fans. He barely got booed or cheered one way or the other --- WCW fans didn't much care about him, and that included his initial appearance. It didn't help that Bret also had a very poor attitude at the time, which he's maintained throughout the decades, growing ever more bitter from one year to the next. His main problem as a performer is that he was not an adaptable personality. That's the real reason for his downfall, and why Vince threw him to the way side, and why he couldn't hack it in WCW.
The truth is that Bret was an old school wrestling personality: fantastic in-ring wrestler with limited mic skills and a rather static personality. Even when WWF turned him heel, Bret was highly resistant to the idea. He wouldn't fully embrace the heel turn (because in his head he was always the good guy) which cultivated the whole "I'm a face in Canada but a heel in America" angle that limped on into nothingness. Bret was at his best when he went full-on asshole heel--something he would not do for personal reasons (arrogance, really). Furthermore, while DX were bending the rules and changing the game across the WWF landscape, Bret remained static and did what he did best: be boring old Bret Hart. And the Hart Foundation as a result looked like a bunch of stick in the mud buffoons any time they engaged in a mic-spat with DX. Shawn and HHH constantly made Bret look like a chump. They did this intentionally. And Bret wasn't agile and/or witty enough to react to their constant (albeit immature and intolerable) beratements and shenanigans. The crowd, meanwhile, smelled what DX was cooking, which further empowered them at the cost of belittling Bret Hart and his associates. Times were changing....
Bret screwed Bret. He was his own worst enemy. He was an old soul caught in the crossfire of a rapidly changing landscape that he couldn't keep up with. Nor did he make even the slightest attempt to to. Had he entered WCW with a positive mindset, had he made the attempt to change his personality and look (ditch the faded blue jeans, the Canadian hockey jerseys, adapt to the WCW landscape, play the political game a bit) then perhaps he would have had more of an impact in his WCW arrival. But he did none of those things. He didn't even try. He came in being the same old Bret Hart that everyone had grown tired of by 1998. Bischoff and Hogan were far from being stupid. They knew what sold. Bret didn't sell. That's what Vince realized by 1997, and that's why Vince sided with the other guy. Bischoff and Hogan realized that quickly, too. For others, it took years to come to that realization. There's still some people out there who haven't haven't yet awakened to that reality.
While Bret is perhaps the best technical professional wrestler to do the damn thing, which includes some of the best in-ring storytelling and move executions imaginable, his strength and skillset were only one side of the 2000-era wrestling coin. The other side, which demanded wrestlers to constantly shift and expand their personality, become more charismatic as a performer, and to embrace the ever-changing modern culture as it impacted wrestling ... those stood opposite to Bret's strengths. That was just not who he was as a person. Not all of us are that way. Most in fact aren't. And that's what truly led to his downfall in wrestling. Unfortunate events like his brother's death as well as the other issues with dwindling members of his family sure didn't help his mentality at the time, either. But even today you see Bret for who he always was: an unadaptable personality, unyielding in his single-mindedness, and ever-so-bitter. Hell, the guy can't let the Goldberg thing go some 30 years later. Any time he gets a chance, "Goldberg is the most unprofessional-----" Yeah, Bret. We heard you. We get it. We've got it since 2000. It's time to move on... But to my overall point: Bret could never move on. It's not who he is as a personality. And that's why he failed after 1997.
@@SlickMajestic his downfall was caused by the fact that he was an uncomplicated guy in a field where most people were "plans within plans" types. Loyal to money and not much else.
he has a right to be bitter, it's just that being bitter is never the best thing for you.
I am sure the complication of the concussions don't help him mood or willingness to forgive. it would be better for him if he could, but there it is.
I think a lot of your analysis is correct about him being the same year after year and that it was limiting him. but he was still a big draw for a long time and even when he was, they did not always treat him fairly.
@@theoverunderthinker I agree. I believe Bret's time had come and gone, and Bret didn't do himself any favors once he "left" the WWF. Like you said, he was an uncomplicated guy in an era that became very complicated and also very political. In that environment, at that time, one had to play the politics game to prosper. The Game was the The Game for a reason. Hell, the dude married into the politics... :D End of the day, Bret simply wished to be an old school wrestler,, which is how he was raised and what he was best at. Unfortunately for Bret, straight wrestling was the last thing fans or creative cared about from 1997-2004 and even beyond. :D
I like what you said: he had every right to be bitter (he did!) but being bitter often works against someone. It definitely did here. And his enthusiasm for the sport had to be greatly diminished following the family losses, his health, and the overall trajectory wrestling was taking, which Bret seemed disinclined to favor or embrace.
@@SlickMajestic well said.
The Andre story had so much potential. He deserved at least 1 good title run in WWF
He should have been world champion the year prior
Should never have been champion he was a draw without it. Undertaker was always a draw without the title too.
@@angryboxingfan he looks good with the belt
@@angryboxingfanAre you kidding? If Taker never had a title reign fans would've bitched for years and accused Vince of robbing him of the belt.
@@Akirathehusky I never said Taker shouldn’t have had a belt I said he didn’t need one. The issue is once you put a belt on guys that don’t need them, how do you get it off without making them look weak. Taker had a 6 year then 8 year gap between title reigns. As I said he didn’t need a belt, he was always an attraction.
Swagger could've been amazing if they gave him a manager to talk for him like Paul
Oh but wait, they did.
"WE, the people!"
You just mentioned his manager
@moycorbin4750 I meant just paul have no idea why I added Zeb for
It was actually Tony Schiavone's idea to put the WCW title on Arquette and if you think it wasn't actually Vince McMahon himself that had the idea for him to win the belt, I have a bridge to sell you.
Plus they forgot to mention that Vince Russo also won the WCW World title.
True I'm 28 so I didn't know about WCW but due to my research that championship was passed around like a blunt😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️
For Russo, it was accidental, due to Goldberg's botched spear through the cage (that's why Russo could vacate the belt quickly).
And he paid to have the "Ironman" theme and bury the Road Warrior pop
One of my favorite Smackdown matches was the Khali vs Undertaker Last Man Standing match on the August 18 2006 Smackdown.
I think it's wrong to call "transitional" champions as "failed", since their mission with the Top Prise is not to be TOP Guy defending champion, face of the company, but rather to actually "transition" the World title from one TOP Guy to the other. It's not their fault that they were NEVER meant to be booked as Great champion. They just played their role to a perfection. So to call "transitional" Champs as "Failed" is the same thing as calling Santino Marrela's career since he was one of the greatest "comedy" wrestlers, but never won a World title. Not everyone is supposed to be a World champion, and not every World champion is supposed to be booked as Face of the company.
Stan Stasiak was a pretty damn good wrestler. He just had a job to do, and he did it.
I Think you are right on the money
Khali was way out of his prime by the time WWE got him.. Was a great wrestler before his knees gave away
Still a shit WWE title run.
*The life of me will never understand how WCW managed to completely screw up Bret Hart. The company spent loads of money of trying to bring in the company but by the time he arrived, they automatically dropped the ball with him which is absurd, considering the fact that he was coming off the infamous Montreal screwjob. Sure he would’ve become world champion by 1999 but at that point he was damaged beyond repair in terms of his booking and by the time that happened his career would abruptly ended from the Infamous kicked from Goldberg. Bret deserved better.*
Hogan and NWO BS. And simple incompetence as well.
I was still a loyal WCW viewer at the time. WCW had Hart debut as a ref then teased is he associated with the NWO for way too long. WCWs collapse was unbelievable in how swift and complete it happened.
There’s 6 reasons why Bret’s WCW run amounted to jack all of nothing:
1. That
2. Doesn’t
3. Work
4. For
5. Me
6. Brother
I watched it live.
Bret acted like he didnt care about WCW. He didnt in fact. It showed. We had other stars to cheer for frankly.
@@hia5235 how is he gonna care when they give him absolutely nothing at all to work with, bro was a special ref on his DEBUT
I heard an interview with Slaughter. If I'm not mistaken, he wasn't supposed to have the belt. Ultimate Warrior broke Macho Man's wrist so Slaughter took Macho's place. Slaughter beat Warrior after Macho literally knocked Warrior unconscious. Slaughter went for a pin expecting Warrior to kick out but he didn't so Slaughter won the belt.
Kinda funny actually.
I'm pretty sure none of that happened since Savage never missed any dates, and Vince isn't going to change the main event of wrestlemania because of someone "accidentally" winning a title.
As a child Khail was great all the kids was doing the vice grip and the fact that he was talk and could move was we thought he was just hard to take down😂
English has left the chat ..
@@aceofspades001 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@aceofspades001India moment.
@@SirDankleberryI don't think he's Indian ..... though I'll say Khali is still a memorable character unlike other wrestlers in the list , still if he gets a return he has a good pop in any crowd .
For me it's like big show, Khali, stroman and Omas recently....
And fact he was made a joke is just usless was disappointing, Imean dude really strong 💪......
Hmmmmm..... PERIOD !!!!!!
You forgot Kevin Nash's run as Diesel.
I think people gave Jake/Jack a hard time but in fairness he is a great wrestler he was just given the title before he was ready Also David never wanted to be a world champion it was forced onto him
You put Hart on this list, and not Nash. I think that says all that needs to be said.
The WWF knew how to use Bret in their storyline(s). WCW didn't. NWO was a needle in the haystack for WCW, and it sounds like they never found another one after that,
Bret was a great champion if they are just talking about title reigns the title of the video should be much different
Yes, David Arquette is a nice guy and a wrestling fan. He didn’t want to win the WCW title because he knew the fans would hate it, but Russo convinced him to go through with it. Then he donated all the money he made in WCW to the families of dead wrestlers (like Owen and Bulldog). Class act, and he deserves to be recognized for it.
So you're just going to forget how Sable, who also couldn't wrestle as well was Women's champion?
I liked Vince winning the title over triple h in that controversial fashion. I just think it happened at the wrong time. I think had they pulled that later up during the McMahon Helmsley regime I think it would have had a greater impact.
A little unfair to Bret hart
Most of that wcw reign with the big gold belt he had a career ending head injury
This guy seems to be quite biased towards Bret. To put him on a list of celebrities and people who can't wrestle is quite insulting. Bret could still work circles around many wrestlers at that point. You can look at the match between him and Benoit as a great example. This guy is a clown for putting Bret on this list.
Most underrated champ in history is Bret Hart. Bret was the first champion who defended the title constantly. B4 him champions only defended the title during ppv. Bret was the first true people’s Champion.
Bullshit
LOL @ the "Garvin Stomp" that finisher was awesomely hilarious back in the day 🍻
How can someone named Jack Swagger be so bad on the mic
13:35 the point was HHH didn't want to drop the belt to another babyface, and he wanted a second reign quickly.
Honorable mentions:
1. Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion
2. Rey Mysterio as both World and WWE Champion
3. Vince Russo as WCW Champion
4. Stephanie McMahon as WWF Women's Champion
5. Ivan Koloff as WWWF Champion. After ending the eight-year reign of Bruno Sammartino, he only held the belt for three weeks before dropping it to Pedro Morales.
6. Debra as WWF Women's Champion
give me a legit reason why jinder is the worst ? besides the knowledge that hes the jobber?also tell me howcome rey,,hardy,big show,batista(not whc but wwe title) better than him?
@@Mega_Collosas Okay. So he might not be THE worst world champion. I just chalk it up to bad booking. Nothing against Jinder but the reasons he was pushed to the WWE Championship were because of his physique and the fact that WWE were trying to get into the Indian market.
@@jeremywilliams5141 yeah .but that doesnt make hi der the worst....i agree its dumb for wwe to make a jobber champion with zero build..but there have been far worse reigns ... surprisingly hes had a better reign than icons ,huge babyfaces if the past....and comparing his promos to any champion today ...who is really so qbove him on the mic ?
Mahal's reign wasn't inherently bad. It's literally because he went from Jobber to the guy in the blink of an eye. I get wanting to crack the Indian Market from a business POV it makes sense but they should've legitimised the dude first.
@@austinanderson3379 best wwe ecw champ ,durag vince
Shocked Russo's reign as champion didn't make this list not gonna lie.
It didn't because Russo's reign WASN'T about him 🤣👍. It was about Goldberg, Booker T and others chasing him for the title. The only reason Russo made himself champ was tell help get people over more 👍. Almost every week he was getting beat up on tv 😂. One of the most iconic beatdowns was a damn near 300lbs Goldberg speared Vince Russo through a cage. You gotta be a real humble person to be willing to accept something like that.
@@SS-tg8lf lmfao The fact that you believe any of that garbage you just wrote is utterly hilarious. Bahahahahaha holy shit
The Great Khali was very agile just look at his matches at Japan, but his disease spread which led to the weaking of his leg..
Even in wwe to me he was cool.he felt like a final boss and attraction. He is huge
How does this make his WWE title run less shit?
@SirDankleberry because I don't want to see the same shit. I want to see things that intrigue and intrwst me and if tht is a huge jacked 7 foot man destroying half the roster with just a chop I'm cool with it. U don't seem to understand the storyline of it gloiath vs Davis type of story wwe was going for
@@wingedhussar1453 Engrish has been murdered.
@@SirDankleberry cool
Lumberjil snow bunny match sounds like a bad adult film..
Had Shawn and Bret got along well, would wrestling be better or worse today?
In between
The fact that WWF/WWE offered Bret a 20-year contract back in 1996, Vince obviously wanted him to stick around. It sucks that the company was going through money troubles shortly after, and had to cancel that deal.
@@ryaka3015 but Mark Henry had that offer
@@ryaka3015
Business for WWF struggled once Shawn was WWF Champion and he became the lowest drawing champion of the 1990s outside of Kevin Nash, who went to WCW after the curtain call
Shawn’s 1996 babyface WWF title run was so bad WWF was on the brink of going bankrupt and it was worse than any of Bret’s title runs 😂😂😂😂
Slaughter was champ early in 1991 not 1990.
It's a pathetic thing to know that The Rock isn't in the HOF, but Great Khali is.
He IS....???
What year did khali go in?? Also the rock is obviously gonna go in he seemingly isnt ready yet
Rock will go on, relax there chief
The Rock is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. 👍 It CAN'T just be a normal situation when he goes in . He'll get in the hall of Fame eventually. But not right now
At this point literally the only reason the Rock isn’t in the hall of fame is because he’s choosing not to, you’re crazy if you think they haven’t been trying to get him in
A lot of these guys especially swagger could have used a manager and just wrestled
And if they made him look scary, instead he looked like a yokel that just got done scrueing his sistur.
@@IStevenSeagal he could have been a solid heel
Ronnie Garvins Fued with Flair was epic. It was fantastic. He was one of my favorites
Khali was a good champ.just because he barely moved didnt matter as he felt like a final boss and monster.he was pushed really well .some people need to understand that most fans are casuals and dint care for headloccks and suplexes.i actually find punjabi prison match a cool stipulation and a good match. I agree on swagger he felt off even in ecw i didnt like the way he was pushed so much
Sgt. Slaughter might have made a good world champion in the early 1980’s. But by WM 7, he was far past his physical prime. The horrible storyline did not help.
WCW botched Bret Hart to an astonishing degree.
Tyrus current NWA Title run deserves to be on this list as well.
?
I legit forgot Jack Swagger won the World Heavyweight Championship
And then he repaid Jericho for that undeserved job by becoming his jobber bodyguard since joining AEW.
i forgot jack swagger was a wrestler until i saw the thumbnail
I only knew him as ECW champion because he got an instant push due to Vladimir Koslov going to Smackdown and needed someone to dethrone Matt Hardy to build his heel turn.
The only reason why I knew he was the World Champion was because of SVR 2011.
Jack swagger to me was like a heel version of 1970s Bob backland.
Awesome as always.
Still hoping you'd do a series on the old territorties system.
did you guys forget that vince russo booked himself ti beat booker t for the wcw title in a cage match when gold berg speared him out of the cage when escape the cage wins the match and title
Sycho Sid > The Great Khali
Easy
What about when Bob Backlund beat Bret Hart in 94 to then drop it to Diesel a week later?
Personally, I believe that SGT. Slaughter wasn't only the worst WWF champion, but also the worst winner of the title. He was the only superstar to win the title by count-out. No superstar in the WWF/WWE, WCW, or ECW has won the big prize by count-out. Seriously, one of the worst decision in WWF that time.
They had to get the belt on Hogan and you had the first war with Iraq at that time so turn Slaughter heel and put the belt back on Hogan.
Jeff Jarrett as world champion in WCW was pretty bad as well
The two that really deserved better were Andre and Slaughter. In the world of "what if...", what if Andre's health had not been so bad in 87-88? While he never needed a belt and giving him one only meant he had to lose it - had his health allowed, a short 2-3 month run with the belt where he squashes all the baby faces while Hogan "recovers" from an "injury" would have been a fun way to give the big guy one run with the belt before never wrestling again after WrestleMania 3.
In Slaughter's case, I think he would be the first to tell you he was never meant to be the top guy. Allowing him a transitional run with the belt was a sign of respect for the years he put into the company. The issue was the gimmick. Sarge could play a heel really well while still being a drill sergeant (just ask Bob Backlund ) - there was no need to turn him into an Iraqi sympathizer against his established character.
Slaughter as world champion was a big mistake
I would have liked WWE to have tried a Biff (from Back To The Future) type of character with Jack Swagger, bullying and being a general asshole towards smaller guys would have worked well.
WWE predicted the future with Whippleman becoming the women’s champ
Transphobia: comedy welfare for conservatives.
Meanwhile, in the real world, estrogen melts muscle mass and no trans woman has won Olympic gold. But ciswomen have beaten each other to literal death in mixed martial arts.
Also, the transwoman who won AEW gold put on good matches with her peers, unlike Harvey there.
Get over it, crybaby.
Trans brains resemble the brains of the sex they identify with, even before taking hormones.
I remember watching it live on tv when Vince won the title and I loved it. Always remember the crowd popping pretty big too. Title reign…. Meh. Great moment 👍👍
Ready to Rumble is god damn cinema gold.
Imagine being DDP an have to smile you lost ya world title to a movie star your literally Tag teaming with 🤡
This is not a knock on Jack Swagger but he had absolutely no business whatsoever winning Money In The Bank at WrestleMania given the fact he was nowhere over enough to become world champion. Kofi, Christian, MVP, and even Drew McIntyre in his first few months were far more over than Swagger to win MITB. Hell, John Morrison should’ve have been in that match and won MITB instead of teaming with R-Truth.
It should have been Captain Charisma 😭 that would have been huge for him.
Kofi, Christian or McIntyre were definitely far more over it should have been one of those three
Where is the tribal chief, I mean everybody knows wrestling is predetermined but the fact that he's had so many title defenses. So many of them have been won by outside interference compared to actual title defenses is insulting to the fans!
seriously, only 27 defenses in a thousand days and none of them were clean. will never understand this whole "1000 days" fame B.S.
Roman was pushed and forced to years to be the new Rock, except Roman has zero charisma and half the audience hates him and are tired of it.
Vince Russo was wrestling poison
I just want to say thank you for this channel brother! Being able to rewatch my childhood memories and learn so much more! And now knowing there’s no way (Rastleling) was fake 😅
Jack was ready! It was WWE that changed him from having a personality and wanted everyone at the time who was heel to walk slow carrying the belt. Ex Randy & Y2J
Nah thts not true
They let jack swagger be himself in his skits where he was the same goofball personality but it just didn't workout as a top star
I love how The “Great” Khali was inducted to the WWE HOF. 😒 Such a joke.
Khali even held the title up wrong
Vince being champ is way more believable than Arquette. Vince at least was basically a bodybuilder at the time and looked like a wrestler.
I would'nt include translational champions with failed champions because they aren't meant to be draws. The failed champions are long term champions who fail to draw an audience.
Agreed, the transitional champs always fulfilled their purpose by getting heat while switching the belt from one guy to the next, so, not failures.
Khali was far from a failed champion. he was world class athlete way before wwe n he opened a huge market . he made wwe way more money as champion then many other top superstars. yes wwe was famous in india since 90's from rock n stonecold's time but it was khali who made wwe realise they were missing money from such huge market. no one could understand great khali on wwe tv even in india but the way he was genuinely nice person , people took liking to him. so i'd say adding khali's name here was definitely a mistake.
I don't think you understand the skill needed to compete in a 4 Corners Evening Gown Pool Match.
Surely all the talk about Vince Russo and yet, not being on the list anyway
Funny how Hogan held back Bret in WCW out of being butt hurt he had to pass the torch to him in WWE.
So now Hogan is talking crap. That Bret thought he should be the best who ever lived and etc.
Hogan is the last person who should say that. When he thought better wrestlers than him. Like Rick Rude, didn’t belong in the ring with him.
No mention of Stephanie McMahon? She was women's champion and barely defended her title..it was just a prop to get her heat. And when she did defend it she won by outside shenanigans by the likes of Kurt Angle or Trish Stratus. She really didn't need that belt.
17:02 That's a great addition to the video
Actually, the WCW Championship Lineage doesn't include George Hackensmit, Harley Race, etc. as it wasn't a thing until early 1991 where Ric Flair was recognized as both the NWA and WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
Great Kali was great in the begining, but after he had been injured and operated he bacame losing often balance. All wrestlers understood that they need to hit him on the legs to make him stay at floor and win him. He lost a lot of muscles too after beeing injured. Jack Swagger was not a terrible wrestler, he won ECW championship and the American ship.
I would say Swagger was worse than Khali. At least Khali was built up to be an imposing, scary figure; Swagger (also what a shit name) was barely built up and then won MITB to a chorus of silence, cashed in to a chorus of silence and most people forget he was even champion or existed. His irrelevance clocks way higher than Khali’s inability for me.
It’s a myth how all the big men in the business have failed to become great world champions
Arquette: “They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house! I’m not made of stone!”
The fact Aequette was champion and Scott Hall wasn’t
Jinder Mahal's Champion run is one of the best heel runs in recent years, everybody surprised
The Great Khali allowed the WWE to help captivate the largest media consuming region in the world. Y'all think too small picture
Doesn't change anything, the guy sucked.
@@CeruleanBlue61he draws more than any guy today not named roman ,brock or some few part timers ....
@@CeruleanBlue61 A lot of people have tried to be wrestling promoters. The only one who has had sustained success is also the one that couldn't care less if they suck. Asses in seats. That's it
There's a reason why he didn't stick around
@@adrenalineunlimited him being a draw doesn't change the fact he was a bad champ, the popularity of the wrestler wasn't the topic of the video.
What if they didn’t screw up Bret coming to WCW and he didn’t catch the kick in the head
Jack swagger was A disgrace! He still is! Being green is a mindset and Jack swagger proves it. He has no concept of how a match should take place or how to put one together even when he is working with some experience and a great opponent like the undertaker. Jack swagger also cannot speak on the mic both because of his embarrassingly bad speech impediment that he seemingly has done no work whatsoever to improve, but because he has no idea of how to put a promo together. Think of people like Dusty Rhodes who also had a speech impediment and made it work fantastically well. Jack swagger not only doesn’t have a good body he actually has a body that is built so strange it looks even worse than a normal one. The strangeness of how his body is built contributes to why he cannot put a match together because his body is built to do a very specific style of wrestling real wrestling. I think this video hit the nail on the head when I said he personifies no personality
💥💥That woman the Kat was fine as heck
Honorable mentioned:
1. Rey Mysterio - WWE World heavyweight champion and WWE champion
2. Jinder Mahal - WWE Champion
3. JBL - WWE Champion
4. Orlando Jordan - WWE US Champion
5. Nikki Cross - WWE Women's champion
6. Liv Morgan - WWE Women's champion
7. Kane - WWE champion and World Heavyweight champion
8. Ziggler - WWE World Heavyweight champion
9. Medusa - WCW Cruiserweight champion
10. Carmella- WWE women's champion
How is Vince Russo winning the WCW title not on this list? Lol
Because it actually helped the show. Russo as champ getting beat up every week helped get an up and coming Goldberg more OVER than before. 👍
The Problem with Jack Swagger was that he had no personality & his promos were terrible. His Wrestling Skills was great though.
Sgt Slaughter did have a successful title defense against Jim Dugan on Saturday Nights Main Event
Good catch. Also, not to be a stickler, but Andy kept saying Slaughter got the strap in 90, and it was actually 91.
@@fightfiendmiggs7473 yep. I caught that too but I let it slide.
Great day when andy uploads
Enjoy ☝🏻🤘🏻☝🏻💪🏻
I want to know who Jack Swagger was blowing to even have a JOB in WWE, let alone a title.
Gerry Brisco
I'm surprised that Tyrus isn't on the list. That guy couldn't work a ring in NWA and had fans frustrated with his title run.
Totally wrong about Bret
Who idea was it to give him the name Jack "Swagger"...the dude literally had negative swagger. His promos were so forced and awkward, and he never connected with the crowd in any way. Even when he tried MMA and won his first fight, he tried to do a cringeworthy WWE style promo thing and I think maybe one person in the audience even cared, it was just straight crickets lmaooo
I honestly thought that Ronnie Garvin could have had a more reasonable run. Dude came across as a legit tough guy. They should have at least given him some competitive matches.
I always thought Jack Swagger looked like Biff Tannen.
Bret Hart and Garvin on here, and McMahon and Arquette
BUT NO RUSSO?
Russo was the best champion bro.
Okay no but still I had the same reaction.
A lot of people criticize Jinder Mahal for being WWE champion, but he did actually have a fairly iconic reign. Its something I remember pretty clearly, him winning unexpectedly against Randy Orton and the Indian themed celebration.
I really liked the Great Khali when he was first introduced, I was so sick of Rey Mysterio by that point that it was a breath of fresh air to see a gigantic man in the ring lumbering around.
Great list! Love your work
You could argue that Yokozuna's first reign as champion was even worse than Andre's it lasted about the same amount of time and included a "salty misfire " by Mr Fuji .
Slaughter's reign was 91 not 90.