Guest Steve J. Rogers Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 First the 27 men who have held the heavyweight title, in chronological order: (note, obviously I'm more knowledgeable about Hogan era on so feel free to fill in the blanks also all categories are done during their respective reigns) Buddy Rogers Best reign N/A Worst reign N/A Best opponent: Lou Thesz, Bruno Sammartino Worst N/A Best feud n/a Bruno Sammartino Best Reign first Worst Reign N/A (both pretty decent) Best opponent/Worst opponent ? Couldn't tell you Best Fued: vs Larry Zybzko Pedro Morales ?????? Billy Graham Unfortunatly again ???? Bob Backlund Best Reign 1st Worst His last reign (of course) Best opponent Bret Hart (no, seriously I'd take Hart) Worst Kevin Nash, Iron Sheik Best Feud Bret Hart Worst Iron Sheik Iron Sheik N/A Hulk Hogan Best Reign 1st Worst Tie between his 5th WWF title reign and his Undisputed Title reign Best Opponent: Savage Worst: Andre Best Feud: tie, vs DiBiase and vs Savage Worst: Sid Justice Andre N/A Randy Savage Best Reign 1st (correct me if I'm wrong but this may have been the only mid-reign turn in WWF history, I don't count Kurt's as an official turn as he wasn't a face) Worst 2nd (man he was only champ twice? Wow) Best opponent Flair Worst Ultimate Warrior Best Fued tie vs Flair and vs Hogan Worst vs Ultimate Warrior Ultimate Warrior Best/Worst reign N/A Best Opponent Randy Savage Worst Opponent ? Best Feud Rick Rude Worst Feud Randy Savage Sgt Slaughter N/A Undertaker Best Reign Probably his WM 13-Summerslam reign Worst the Corporate Ministry reign Best opponent Austin Worst opponent Faarooq Best Feud Bret/Shawn Worst Austin Ric Flair Best Reign 1st Worst 2nd Best opponent Bret Hart Worst ?? Best Feud Savage Worst ?? Did he have any other than the Savage one Bret Hart Best Reign WM 10-Survivor Series Worst the one day reign Feb 97 Best opponent HBK Worst Yokozuna Best feud tie vs HBK and vs Owen Worst Feud Yokozuna Yokozuna Best reign 1st Worst reign 2nd Best opponent Bret Worst opponent Luger Best feud ??? Worst feud Luger Diesel Best/Worst Reign N/A Best opponent HBK Worst opponet Mabel Best Feud HBK Worst Feud Mabel Shawn Michaels Best reign 1st Worst Raw Title (either that or his second reign) Best opponet Bret Worst Sid Best feud Bret Hart Worst Ken Shammrock Steve Austin Best reign 1st Worst His last one Best opponent Kurt Angle Worst Kane Best Feud vs McMahon Worst feud vs WWF during Invasion angle Kane N/A The Rock Best reign Intrestingly enough he doesn't have many that are "Here is the ball now run with it" reigns that most babyfaces do so the only one that comes close is KOR 2000-No Mercy 2000 Worst Pick a reign between SurSer 98 and WM 99 Best opponent Austin Worst a green Brock Lesnar Best Feud Austin Worst Feud Angle Mankind Best reign 1st Worst One day reign Best opponent Rock Worst HHH Best feud Rock Worst HHH Triple H Best reign 2nd Worst Current Raw Title or his first Best Opponent Kurt Angle Worst Big Show Best Feud tie between Cactus Jack and Rock Worst Feud Big Show Vince McMahon N/A Big Show Best reign N/A Worst Tie for both of his reigns Best opponent Kurt Angle Worst Big Bossman Best Feud vs Brock Lesnar Worst vs Bossman Kurt Angle Best Reign Sadly, his current one Worst His first Best opponent Austin Worst Big Show Best Feud Lesnar (seems like his only multi-month feud) Worst Rock Chris Jericho Best/Worst reigns N/A Best opponent Austin Worst HHH Best Feud Austin (not saying much, like Angle wasn't taken seriously at all) Worst HHH Brock Lesnar Best/Worst reigns N/A Best opponent Rocky Worst Big Show Best Feud N/A Worst Undertaker
Guest treble charged Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 Couple things: -Hogan's 5th reign, IMO, was his worst, as he was never there. He just seemed to win the title and go home, cutting canned promos every once in a while. -You may be able to count Lesnar as having a mid-reign turn, as well, but you could make the argument that he didn't fully turn until after he lost the belt. Maybe even Austin, too, in the summer of '01. -Yoko's best reign was his first? The one where he kept if for about 2 minutes? -IMO, Austin's worst title run was his post WM-15 run. He lost it 2 months later, and never did much of anything with it. His last run as champ had some entertaining stuff and some great matches with Angle. -HHH's best reign was probably his 3rd. That's after he beat Big Show and went on to feud with Foley and Rock and have awesome matches. -Big Show's first run was much worse for him than his second. His first run he was feuding with mid-carders, for the most part, but he was at the top of the card for his most recent one. -Angle 1st run was much better than his 2nd one, which lasted only 2 weeks and no one cared about him. -Jericho's best opponent was probably Rock, in my mind. Him and Austin never seemed to work well together. -As for Lesnar, I think that feuding with Undertaker probably helped him, since it planted the seeds for his face turn. His Big Show feud was also pretty good, but it ended up the worst way possible. Just my 2 cents.
Guest Steve J. Rogers Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 -Hogan's 5th reign, IMO, was his worst, as he was never there. He just seemed to win the title and go home, cutting canned promos every once in a while. I had a tie between this and his Undisputed Regin for that reason. Maybe it should be worse because it was longer. -You may be able to count Lesnar as having a mid-reign turn, as well, but you could make the argument that he didn't fully turn until after he lost the belt. Maybe even Austin, too, in the summer of '01. True but like I said he did the turn after dropping the strap I can't count Austin because he turned heel the night he won and I don't count "swerves" as turns like the whole Invasion swerve Actually Austin's last one counts as he turned face the night after Survivor Series (I guess thats why I don't like that run) -Yoko's best reign was his first? The one where he kept if for about 2 minutes? Well I was being sarcastic -IMO, Austin's worst title run was his post WM-15 run. He lost it 2 months later, and never did much of anything with it. His last run as champ had some entertaining stuff and some great matches with Angle. True, Or maybe the one after that. Just beat the Undertaker after KOR yet never really defended it (injuries were starting to take their toll) and had to have a Three Way just to drop it -HHH's best reign was probably his 3rd. That's after he beat Big Show and went on to feud with Foley and Rock and have awesome matches. Thats the one I meant! D'OH!-Big Show's first run was much worse for him than his second. His first run he was feuding with mid-carders, for the most part, but he was at the top of the card for his most recent one. -Angle 1st run was much better than his 2nd one, which lasted only 2 weeks and no one cared about him. -Jericho's best opponent was probably Rock, in my mind. Him and Austin never seemed to work well together. -As for Lesnar, I think that feuding with Undertaker probably helped him, since it planted the seeds for his face turn. His Big Show feud was also pretty good, but it ended up the worst way possible. All true, but thats why arguments are great Steve
Guest Plushy Al Logan Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 I timed Yoko's title reign, it was exactly 127 seconds.
MooreMark Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 Yoko's best feud was with Undertaker. Though the matches weren't great it was very suspenceful.
Guest papacita Posted March 17, 2003 Report Posted March 17, 2003 I'd say Austin's forth reign (post-KOTR to SummerSlam 99) was his worst. By then, he was beginning to become stale as a face, and IMO his character was just spinning its wheels.
cawthon777 Posted March 25, 2003 Report Posted March 25, 2003 Bruno Sammartino Best Reign first Worst Reign His second if I had to pick Best opponent/Worst opponent: the list included Killer Kowalski, Baron Mikel Scicluna, George Steele, Ivan Koloff, Stan Hansen, Superstar Billy Graham, Bruiser Brody, Ernie Ladd, Gorilla Monsoon, Waldo Von Erich, Freddie Blassie, etc Best Fued: Zbyzsko wasn't a rival when Bruno had the belt; I'd say his most consistant rival was George Steele (much like Flair / Sting of the 80s-90s) Pedro Morales Opponents: Bruno Sammartino (Shea Stadium), George Steele, Stan Stasiak, Freddie Blassie, Prof. Tanaka, Chuck O'Conner (Big John Studd) Billy Graham Opponents: Bruno Sammartino, Harley Race (Orange Bowl), Dusty Rhodes, Mil Mascaras, Chief Jay Strongbow, Bob Backlund, Gorilla Monsoon, Larry Zbyzsko Bob Backlund Best Reign 1st Worst His last reign (of course) Opponents: Jimmy Snuka, Don Muraco (had several 60-minute draws around the circuit), Superstar Billy Graham, Ric Flair, Harley Race, Nick Bockwinkel, Antonio Inoki, George Steele, Greg Valentine, Pat Patterson, Big John Studd, Ken Patera, Peter Miavia, Ernie Ladd, Stan Hansen, Sgt. Slaughter, the Wild Samoans Iron Sheik Opponents: Chief Jay Strongbow, Bob Backlund, Salvatore Bellomo, Pat Patterson, Tito Santana
cawthon777 Posted March 25, 2003 Report Posted March 25, 2003 Hulk Hogan Best Reign 1st Worst Tie between his 5th WWF title reign and his Undisputed Title reign Best Opponent: Savage Worst: Andre Best Feud: tie, vs DiBiase and vs Savage Worst: Sid Justice Randy Savage Best Reign 1st (correct me if I'm wrong but this may have been the only mid-reign turn in WWF history, I don't count Kurt's as an official turn as he wasn't a face) Worst 2nd (man he was only champ twice? Wow) Best opponent Flair Worst Ultimate Warrior Best Fued tie vs Flair and vs Hogan Worst vs Ultimate Warrior Ultimate Warrior Best/Worst reign N/A Best Opponent Randy Savage Worst Opponent ? Best Feud Rick Rude Worst Feud Randy Savage Sgt Slaughter N/A Undertaker Best Reign Probably his WM 13-Summerslam reign Worst the Corporate Ministry reign Best opponent Austin Worst opponent Faarooq Best Feud Bret/Shawn Worst Austin Ric Flair Best Reign 1st Worst 2nd Best opponent Bret Hart Worst ?? Best Feud Savage Worst ?? Did he have any other than the Savage one Bret Hart Best Reign WM 10-Survivor Series Worst the one day reign Feb 97 Best opponent HBK Worst Yokozuna Best feud tie vs HBK and vs Owen Worst Feud Yokozuna Yokozuna Best reign 1st Worst reign 2nd Best opponent Bret Worst opponent Luger Best feud ??? Worst feud Luger Diesel Best/Worst Reign N/A Best opponent HBK Worst opponet Mabel Best Feud HBK Worst Feud Mabel Shawn Michaels Best reign 1st Worst Raw Title (either that or his second reign) Best opponet Bret Worst Sid Best feud Bret Hart Worst Ken Shammrock More info till 97: Hogan didn't feud with Sid as champ ... I'd pick guys like Killer Khan, Kamala, etc as worst opponent over Andre ... the feud with Andre made the WWF a hell of a lot more mainstream and a hell of a lot of money so from that standpoint, it might be considered the best. Opponents for Savage's 1st and 2nd reign: Bad News Brown, Dibiase, Warrior (during both reigns), Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair. His Summer Slam 92 rivalry with Warrior was pretty decent - don't know if I'd label it as his worst. Maybe the one with Bad News Brown or the Twin Towers. Opponents for Warrior: Savage, Slaughter, Rude, Perfect ... wow, that's not much. I'd have to go with Savage as the best feud - even though the payoff didn't occur until after Warrior had lost the belt. Opponents for Slaughter: Warrior (cage matches), Duggan ... I came across one match with Jake Roberts. Undertaker: Worst reign would have to be his 1st. He only defended it against the Bulldog in those 6 days. Opponents: Sid, Bulldog, Bret, Austin, Farooq, Mankind, (didn't have title defenses against HBK), Vader, Big Show, the Rock, Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Rob Van Dam, Hulk Hogan Ric Flair opponents: Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, the Undertaker, Bret Hart. He had a pretty good rivalry with Piper which led to cage matches following both men winning titles at the 92 Rumble. Bret Hart opponents: Virgil, Bezerker, Rick Martel, the Mountie, Papa Shango, Randy Savage, Owen Hart, Yokozuna, Lex Luger (prior to WM 9), Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair (Ironman matches), 1-2-3 Kid, Jim Neidhart, the Undertaker, Diesel, the British Bulldog, Triple H, Goldust, Psycho Sid, the Patriot, Vader, Farooq, Bob Backlund. I'd say his worst championship feud was with Neidhart. Yoko opponents: Mr. Perfect, Razor Ramon, Lex Luger, the Undertaker, Jim Duggan, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Randy Savage. Diesel opponents: Shawn Michaels, Mabel, Sid, Jeff Jarrett, Owen Hart, the British Bulldog, Yokozuna, Bret Hart, King Kong Bundy, Bam Bam Bigelow. Shawn Michaels opponents: Goldust, Vader, Mankind, Bret Hart, Sid, Justin Bradshaw, Triple H, Diesel, Jerry Lawler, Steve Austin (1st and last reign), Ken Shamrock, the British Bulldog
Guest alkeiper Posted March 28, 2003 Report Posted March 28, 2003 You left out four others who have held the WWE title..... Ivan Koloff -Defeated Bruno Sammartino, lost the belt three weeks later to Pedro Morales. Both changes occured at MSG. Stan Stasiak -Generally considered the worst worker to hold the title. Reign lasted 10 days. Antonio Inoki -Won and lost to Bob Backlund on a tour of Japan. Reign lasted a week. Sid -Two reigns. Won and lost to Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. Second reign saw Sid defeat Bret Hart in a cage match and lose to the Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
Guest Dynamite Kido Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Bruno Sammartino Best Reign- first 8 year reign Worst Reign N/A (both pretty decent) Best opponent/Worst opponent - Larry ZYbizko Best Fued: vs "Superstar" Billy Graham Billy Graham Beat Reign - The one where he defeated Sammartino to win title Worst Reign - all good best opponent/worst opponent - Bruno - anybody when he had the Karate gimmick Best Feud - Bruno Sammartino Bob Backlund Best Reign 1st Worst His last reign (of course) Best opponent - Antonio Inoki Worst Kevin Nash, Iron Sheik Best Feud Bret Hart Worst Iron Sheik Iron Sheik Best Reign - his only one Worst Reign - his only one Best Opponent - Hulk Hogan Worst Opponent - Bob Backlund Best Feud - Hogan Worst Feud - Backlund Hulk Hogan Best Reign 1st WWF Worst Reign - anyone in WCW Best Opponent: Andre Worst: Kevin Sullivan Best Feud: Andre Worst: Ric Flair Andre Best Reign - WWF Tag Titles with Haku Worst - Botched win over Hogan in which he gave the title to DiBiase Best Opponent - Hogan Worst - Killer Khan Best Feud - Hogan Worst - Jake Roberts Randy Savage Best Reign 1st WWF World Worst 2nd - Any in WCW Best opponent - Ric Flair Worst - George Steele Best Fued - Jake Roberts Worst - Razor Ramon Ultimate Warrior Best/Worst reign 1st Intercontinental /WWF World Best Opponent-Hogan(WWF) Worst Opponent - Hogan(WCW) Best Feud - Hogan(WWF) Worst Feud - Hogan (WCW) Undertaker Best Reign Probably his WM 13-Summerslam reign Worst the Corporate Ministry reign Best opponent- Mankind Worst opponent Austin Best Feud - Mankind Worst - Austin Ric Flair Best Reign 1st in NWA Worst - WWF Best opponent - Ricky Steamboat Worst - The Giant Best Feud - Steamboat Worst - Hogan (WWF) Bret Hart Best Reign WM 10 Worst the one day reign Feb 97 Best opponent HBK Worst - Goldberg Best feud - BK and vs Owen Worst Feud - Patriot Yokozuna Best reign 2nd Worst reign 1st Best opponent Bret Worst opponent Luger Best feud - Bret hart Worst feud - Hogan Diesel Best/ - 1st WWF TITLE Worst Reign - Last WCW title Best opponent HBK Worst opponet Mabel Best Feud HBK Worst Feud Mabel Shawn Michaels Best reign 1st WWF Worst - Last Intercontinental Best opponet Bret Worst - Tatanka Best feud Bret Hart Worst Ken Shammrock Steve Austin Best reign 1st Worst - WCW TV when he lost it to Duggan Best opponent Bret Hart Worst - undertaker Best Feud - Bret Hart Worst feud vs WWF during Invasion angle Kane Best Reign - WWF Tag champ with x-Pac Worst - 1 day title run.
cawthon777 Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 You left out four others who have held the WWE title..... Ivan Koloff -Defeated Bruno Sammartino, lost the belt three weeks later to Pedro Morales. Both changes occured at MSG. Stan Stasiak -Generally considered the worst worker to hold the title. Reign lasted 10 days. Antonio Inoki -Won and lost to Bob Backlund on a tour of Japan. Reign lasted a week. Sid -Two reigns. Won and lost to Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. Second reign saw Sid defeat Bret Hart in a cage match and lose to the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Those were left off with good reason. Aside from Sid, the champs only had one or two title defenses. Sid - challengers: Sultan, Bret, HBK, Mankind, Taker
Guest Kahran Ramsus Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 I'll start with Hogan. Hulk Hogan Best Reign: 1st Worst: 5th Best Opponent: Randy Savage Worst: Zeus Best Feud: Andre & Dibiase from 1988 Worst: Zeus Andre the Giant wasn't champ long enough to answer any of these Randy Savage Best Reign: 1st Worst: 2nd Best Opponent: Ted Dibiase Worst: Ultimate Warrior Best Feud: Ric Flair Worst: Twin Towers Ultimate Warrior Best Opponent: Rick Rude Worst: Sgt. Slaughter Best Feud: Rick Rude Worst: Demolition (w/ LOD) Sgt. Slaughter Best Opponent: Hulk Hogan Worst: Ultimate Warrior Best Feud: Hulk Hogan Worst: Ultimate Warrior Undertaker Best Reign: 2nd Worst: 1st Best Opponent: Bret Hart Worst: HHH Best Feud: Mankind Worst: HHH Ric Flair Best Reign: 1st Worst: 2nd Best Opponent: Randy Savage Worst: Sid Justice Best Feud: Randy Savage Worst: Bret Hart Bret Hart Best Reign: 2nd Worst: 4th Best Opponent: Owen Hart Worst: Yokozuna Best Feud: Owen Hart Worst: Patriot Yokozuna Best Reign: 2nd Worst: 1st Best Opponent: Lex Luger Worst: Hulk Hogan Best Feud: Lex Luger Worst: Undertaker Bob Backlund's big reigns were before my time Diesel Best Opponent: Bret Hart Worst: Mabel Best Feud: Shawn Michaels Worst: Mabel Shawn Michaels Best Reign: 1st Worst: 2nd Best Opponent: Mankind Worst: HHH Best Feud: British Bulldog Worst: Ken Shamrock Sid Best Reign: 2nd Worst: 1st Best Opponent: Bret Hart Worst: Undertaker Best Feud: Sid didn't really have much in the way of feuds as champ, he just sort of fought whoever was available at the time Worst: Ditto Steve Austin Best Reign: 5th Worst: 3rd Best Opponent: Kurt Angle Worst: Kane Best Feud: Vince McMahon Worst: Kane Kane's reign was too short Rock Best Reign: 5th Worst: 2nd Best Opponent: Chris Benoit Worst: Undertaker Best Feud: Mankind Worst: Steve Austin from 2001 Mankind Best Reign: 1st Worst: 3rd Best Opponent: Rock Worst: HHH Best Feud: Rock Worst: HHH HHH Best Reign: 3rd Worst: Undisputed Title Best Opponent: Cactus Jack Worst: Scott Steiner Best Feud: Cactus Jack Worst: Hulk Hogan Vince's reign was too short Big Show Best Reign: 2nd Worst: 1st Best Opponent: Kurt Angle Worst: Bossman Best Feud: Brock Lesnar Worst: Bossman Kurt Angle Best Reign: 3rd Worst: 2nd Best Opponent: Chris Benoit Worst: Shane McMahon Best Feud: The Rock Worst: HHH Chris Jericho Best Opponent: The Rock Worst: HHH Best Feud: The Rock Worst: HHH Brock Lesnar (Just using his first) Best Opponent: Undertaker Worst: Big Show Best Feud: Big Show Worst: Undertaker
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now