haha - oh this articles gunna be fun

The Miz is a very, VERY strong contender. He claims the mantel of most desperate decision in the companies history (it not only devalued the WWE Title, but also the prestige of the MITB), but not it's worst champion for me. He was the ultimate process of elimination champion, in an effort to dodge an inevitable Cena vs. Orton main event for WM27 (which they should've just given into) it was a shoot out between him and a CM Punk character who was in a creative tailspin - in large part due to his flippant relationship with the World Title. And fortunately they choose Miz otherwise we might never have got Punk's revolution 6 months later.

In my opinion, the worst WWE champion ever is Sheamus. Putting the belt on that character, at that time, was totally inexcuseable. It seemed to hang on the same basic prinicple as Nexus, just because it's fresh and unexpected it's automatically a masterstroke. I haven't looked upon the WWE Title the same since that decision, it lost some of it's subjective value permantatly to me. But taking aside the weak complexion his reign gave to the title, the character didn't even try to impersonate a champion. As horrible as The Miz was he at least intergrated the title into his identity, the viewers may not of cared for it but at least the character did (passion is always a dependable wingman, even if like Miz it's all you have to offer). Same with another no build up champion in JBL, the title may have worn the men in these cases but at least the men 'played the role', Sheamus just let it pass him by like peacocking in a ghost town. The only WWE Champion i've ever considered a disgrace.

the great khali,christian,jackswagger,miz,sheamus,mark henry,big show

Big Daddy Cool Diesel for WWF. Sheamus for WWE.

But NOTHING in Wrestling History can compare with the talentless useless muppet David Arquette winning the WCW Heavyweight Title back in the late 90's. It is worse than the infamous finger push loss by Nash too it's THAT BAD. Killed off the WCW Title.

Basically the equivalent of having Ashton Kutcher win todays WWE Title at Mania. SHOCKING.

(U6522) Great post

I'm inclined to agree with you in that certain characters have been carried by the belt and not vice versa.

Kevin Nash did a shoot interview with the Kid a while back and he was asked for his thoughts on Sheamus and Nash's response was something along the lines of,

"I tuned in and there was this big white skinned guy and he was running away from the Nexus shouting for Cena to come help him and i looked at him calling for help and said to myself, i'd never follow that guy"

Big Daddy Cool Diesel for WWF. Sheamus for WWE.
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To be fair, if you read Shawn Michaels book he talks about Kevin winning the title and compliments his run as champ.

Considering Nash was only meant to be a bodyguard he certainly didn't look out of place in his main events.

Shawn Michaels would compliment his bro, they were as thick as thieves and still are. After Diesels quick win against Backlund which was great because of it's sudden impact his following Title Run was a disaster. Sheamus though I agree is worse.

The mentality in recent times has been viewing the title almost as a promotional tool - a philosphy that possession of the belt can create a star. It's like Barcelona's hierarchy selling Messi and thinking they can make his replacement just as big a sensation by handing him the no.10 shirt

That being said, possibly a further argument for his excellence, the one and only man whose made that backwards approach work to his advantage is Daniel Bryan. The belt certainly wore him yet that's what got him over as the ideal weasel heel, incredibly effective booking psychology.

Daniel Bryan
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I agree with J.R when he said that Daniel Bryan is the best thing in wrestling at the moment.

He's over with the fans. If you look at the three wrestlers who get the biggest pop, it's Punk, Bryan and now RVD - three guys who are technically good in the ring. It says a lot about the current mindset of the WWE audience. It's probably the same reason why Cena continues to get heat.

Daniel Bryan was doing fantastic about 18 months ago. Then WWE squashed him at Mania and then put him with Kane who unfortunately falls into the Randy Orton section of 'I don't care about you'

The reaction of the fans this past week on Raw when Cena [spoiler]... Selected DB for his opponent at Summerslam really was incredible.

Daniel Bryan was doing fantastic about 18 months ago. Then WWE squashed him at Mania and then put him with Kane who unfortunately falls into the Randy Orton section of 'I don't care about you'
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Funnily now looking back i can see exactly what they were trying to accomplish at WM28 (couldn't make head or tails of it at the time) - they just made the mistake of not realising their backwards attitude towards their own title flipped the script on the surprise squash maneuver. Bryan should've pull off the surprise squash on Sheamus only for the match to be restarted on a technicality leading into Sheamus's own squash.

Kane & Bryan together initially was a god send. I wasn't waxing lyrical about them myself, but i loved that they made the tag team division relevant again for a spell. And i especially admire how WWE organised the break up, ducking the lazy option of having them feud against each other. And as someone who does care for Orton, that was an additional bonus for me

Jericho vs. Bryan for the World Heavyweight Title is the obvious feud right now, it's staring the E in the face like Jericho/Punk did in 2012. Now Jericho is slowly losing momentum and relevance, it makes a heel turn more attainable for a feud between them to really spark into life once a catalyst is found to bring them together.

I never understood bob backlund being champion at such an old age.. never liked the guy and his speedo self

it is a tough one but i gotta go with....


Orton

The early years of Orton were very promising. Evolution was probably the greatest springboard for any superstar...ever.

Then he had his dad at ringside and the legend killer status.

Now he's just generic.

I really hope the MitB win gives him the boost of confidence to step his game up

Don't dignify him with a response, don't you reward him

Funaki

The List is endless my worst rey mysterio great small wrestler but you couldn't suspend your belief that much that a midget could beat genuine heavyweights week in week out made a mockery of the title. Jbl , cena very poor wrestlers with very limited ability I gave up on the wwe after these clowns and now only watch wrestlemania

To be fair, many consider Rey to be the greatest Luche Libre of all time

The only aspect of Mysterio's 2006 push i couldn't invest in was winning the Rumble from drawing #2 - everything else just about worked. Should've only been a 1 time champion though

"...you couldn't suspend your belief that much that a midget could beat genuine heavyweights..."

I had to contain myself from uncontrollable laughter at that!