Best & Worst #1: WWE Champion [RESULTS POSTED]

[XL]

Figured I'd start a series of these.

In YOUR opinion, based on whatever criteria you choose - be it "mark", "smark" or "super-smark" (those that look at things from a business standpoint taking into account buyrates, ratings, merch movement, etc) - who was the very best and very worst WWE Champion.

**NOTE: Just WWF/WWE Champion. Do not consider World Champions or any other championship. You may count the Undisputed Championship as WWE Champion if you like.**

[VSG]

Best- Triple H
Worst- Ultimate Warrior

[MoFo]

Worst - Eddie Guerrero
Best - Triple H

[djoutcry]

Best - HHH
Worst - Mankind

[BizarroKing]

Best: John Cena
Worst: Mr. McMahon (yes he was WWE Champion at one point)

[Nicky Fives]

Great idea for a series......

Best: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Worst: Vince McMahon

[RiX1024]

Best: Steve Austin

Worst: Bob Backlund (1994 run)

[Aguakate]

Best- Hulk Hogan

Worst- Kane

[teamXtremist]

best-the rock

worst-jeffhardy

[Wolfpack423]

Best- Stone Cold Steve Austin particularly his 2001 reign. I thought those were some of his best matches as champion during that time period and I personally enjoyed his heel run just as much as his face run.

Worst-The Miz

[Flash Funk]

Best: HBK

Worst: Jeff Hardy

[The Naitch]

best- Stone Cold

worst- The Miz

[DLVH84]

Best - Bret Hart (1st reign)
Worst - Yokozuna (1st reign)

[blake639raw]

Best - Hogan
Worst - Vince McMahon

[St. Jimmy]

Best: Shawn Michaels
Worst: Jeff Hardy

[Graveler]

Best: Hulk Hogan (1984 run)
Worst: Jeff Hardy (The CM punk feud is the only thing about his reign)

[CSL]

Best - Hulk Hogan
Worst - Stan Stasiak (looked like shit, 9 day reign in an ass-boring era. At least Bruno, Pedro and co looked the part)

[CSL]

Worst: Jeff Hardy (The CM punk feud is the only thing about his reign)

Wasn't for the WWE title

[Tazz Dan]

Best - HHH
Worst - Ric Flair

[SaskatchewanChamp]

Best = Diesel

Worst = Shawn Michaels.

Whoever said Shawn Michaels was the best is a fucking retard.

[CSL]

Another pearl of wisdom

[St. Jimmy]

Best = Diesel

Worst = Shawn Michaels.

Whoever said Shawn Michaels was the best is a fucking retard.

u mad.

[Tazz Dan]

Some people obviously have nothing better to do with their lives.

[Cuse8]

best- rock
worst- hogans last run (93)

[ImpactPlayer365]

Best: Austin

Worst: Big Show

[Joesgonnakillyou]

best- rock
worst- hogans last run (93)

That wasn't his last run, he won it again in 2002.

Best: Austin

Worst: Kane

[Joesgonnakillyou]

I think anyone who hasn't picked Vince, Kane or Bob Backlund as the worst hasn't thought it though properly. Or are obvious trolls

[CSL]

Of course, because there is a definitive answer as opposed to it being a matter of opinion. Your post right there resembles trolling more than anything not posted by a mutie from Sakatchewan in here.

[Scottness89]

Big Show. I mean defending the title against a washed up Big Bossman?...nuff Said

[Shisen Kopf]

Best-Bret Hart

Worst has to be Backlunds "reign" in 1994. Khali was a pretty shit champ as was swagger but that wasn't the WWE champ was it?

[Scottness89]

Big Show being the worst. The best for me would probably be HHH in 2000.

[Ruien]

Best: The Miz (Prisoner of the moment type of deal I guess)
Worst: Big Show

[Emperor Smeat]

Best: Stone Cold (during the debut of the Smoking Skull belt)
Worst: Backland's 1 day reign.

Backland ended up being worse because he became champion during a good match with Bret Hart and Owen Hart pretending to be concerned over Bret's safety as a way to con his parents into throwing the towel. He then looses it a day later in one of the shortest title matches to Diesel who himself didn't have a great run either.

[TheChairman]

Honestly, I am not sure you can classify anyone who has been WWE Champion as a "Bad" champion. I looked at the list of champions and to say any one of those men are the "worst" doesn't do them justice. I think every guy on the list deserved to be champion, except maybe Vince McMahon. However, I will not be "that guy" and chose;

Best: Hogan

Worst: Kane (Because of the length of his reign, but like I said, he did deserve to be champ)

[XL]

OK Smark Alec, let's say "least deserving" if that works better for you. :p

[XL]

Best-Bret Hart

Worst has to be Backlunds "reign" in 1994. Khali was a pretty shit champ as was swagger but that wasn't the WWE champ was it?
That was the World Heavyweight Championship, which is a whole other thread. Literally.

[Tazz Dan]

That wasn't his last run, he won it again in 2002.

Best: Austin

Worst: Kane

I think anyone who hasn't picked Vince, Kane or Bob Backlund as the worst hasn't thought it though properly. Or are obvious trolls

Of course, because there is a definitive answer as opposed to it being a matter of opinion. Your post right there resembles trolling more than anything not posted by a mutie from Sakatchewan in here.

Pretty sure he was just after attention.

[Shisen Kopf]

That was the World Heavyweight Championship, which is a whole other thread. Literally.

Worst-Christian

[Triple Naitch]

Best: Stone Cold
Worst: Bob Backlund

[CSL]

Pretty sure he was just after attention.

Same thing minus the label.

[Jordan]

Best: Shawn Michaels 1996 run
Worst: Sgt Slaughter in the early 90's.

[voncouch]

Best: Hogan in the 80s/early 90s. Him and Vince put wrestling on the map
Worst: Rey Mysterio. All love due to Rey, he was horrifically booked.

[KIRA]

Best- Triple H
Worst- Ultimate Warrior

VSG man, for a split second I registered Ultimate Warrior as Undertaker. I was getting ready to lay into your unfounded opinion with the verbal opinion of a lighting strike from the heavens.

:lol:

[Droford]

Best - Bret Hart
Worst - Psycho Sid

[XL]

Best: Hogan in the 80s/early 90s. Him and Vince put wrestling on the map
Worst: Rey Mysterio. All love due to Rey, he was horrifically booked.
Must have been some bad booking if he becomes the worst despite never even holding the WWE Title.

[MVP]

Best: Stone Cold Steve Austin

Worst: Yokozuna

[Volare]

Best : SCSA (WM 14)

Worst :Bob Backlund (1994)

[jskinnyg]

Worst - Eddie Guerrero
Best - Triple H

Eddie the worst? Really? Even over Sycho Sid, The Ultimate Warrior & Rey Jr??? Damn... Well, people probably won't like my pics either...

Best: Unified titles in 2001 w/ Chris Jericho
Worst: Ultimate Warrior, hands down...

[XCaliber]

Best - The Rock
Worst - Sargeant Slaughter

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

Best - Triple H
Worst - Vince McMahon

[XCaliber]

If it were for worst ECW Champion i'd pick Vinny Mac but he help build the WWE and it was all part of a storyline which I though was fine winning the Royal Rumble on the other hand...

[Seth82]

Best - Bruno Sammartino

Worst - Stan "The Man" Stasiak

Stan Stasiak had no business being world champion

[Jordan]

Best - Bruno Sammartino

Worst - Stan "The Man" Stasiak

Stan Stasiak had no business being world champion

Seth82 brings the old to school

[Mr.Pewterschmidt]

Must have been some bad booking if he becomes the worst despite never even holding the WWE Title.
:lol:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

It would seem to me that a transitional champ should be exempt from this since there was never any intention to make them look good. Backlund had a short run but he put Nash over like he was a god. Nash himself has even said as much. So Backlund wasn't a memorable champion, but he had a job to do and he did it excellently.

The worst champ to me would be someone they tried to book like a superhero but the guy totally dropped the ball. That would probably be the Ultimate Warrior.

As for best, it's hard not to say Austin since they made the belt the focal point of the biggest feud in the company's history.

[Schlomey]

best: Hogan
worst: Kane

[srnrew]

The Best:


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[Jordan]

Oh come on, how the hell could Jericho possibly be the best? Sure he's awesome, but he was not the greatest champ ever, or even in the top 10.

[XCaliber]

Oh come on, how the hell could Jericho possibly be the best? Sure he's awesome, but he was not the greatest champ ever, or even in the top 10.

Dunno about anyone else burt he'd probably be in my top 5.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Best: The Rock
Worst: Cena

[Gertner]

Best : Hulk Hogan
Worst: Stan Stasiak


And Mr. Bob Backlund was fucking awesome.

[Rock Bottom]

This is so tough.

I cannot pick best between Hogan and Hart.

Austin and Rock were not about championships. That was just a piece of gold they flung around. Or I'd consider them as well. Poor wording maybe, but whatever.

Worst? Sid? Maybe?

[XL]

I intend to work out who is officially "The Best/Worst" in each category we do, so I'm only counting solid answers. Just so you know.

[XCaliber]

It would be hard to pick someone as the best IC Champion of all the times but worst probably wouldn't be so difficult I don't think.

[VSG]

Fuck off bitch, just like the rest of your OCW accounts did.

[Cool King]

Best: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Worst: Jeff Hardy

[VSG]

Fuck off bitch, just like the rest of your OCW accounts did.

Now I look like an idiot swearing off to no one.

[Cool King]

Well you did tell him to fuck off, and he did by the looks of it. :p

[The Show Off]

Best
Bret Hart

Worst
The Iron Sheik

[RP]

Best- Austin

Worst- Sycho Sid

[XL]

Now I look like an idiot swearing off to no one.
:lol: That had me all confused for a moment.

[XL]

BEST

Of the 40 gentlemen to be recognised as WWF/E Champion, 11 were nominated as the "Best Ever WWF/E Champion". But only one man can hold that title belt aloft in glory. And with 27% of the popular vote, that man is...

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WORST

18 men were put forward for the dishonor of being labelled the "Worst Ever WWF/E Champion" and with 11.36% of the unpopular vote each we have a tie...

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[XL]

On a side note, 4 men were nominated as both Best and Worst WWF/E Champion of All-time (Cena, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan & The Miz).

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I'd say that Backlund's great run should be a tiebreaker in his favor, so Jeff should be the worst on his own.

[Rock Bottom]

Yeah I am a bit reluctant to classify Backlund in the same ilk as Jeff Hardy.

[MVP]

I didn't consider transitional champions in this. Despite the fact that "transitional champion" is a loosely-defined term, Bob Backlund was obviously one of them in his second reign. In his first reign he had some fantastic matches. I'm pretty sure he wrestled Harley Race to a 60 minute time limit draw a couple of times.

[XL]

Hey, I just posting what the people voted. TPWW has lumped Bob Backlund in with Jeff Hardy.

[voncouch]

Must have been some bad booking if he becomes the worst despite never even holding the WWE Title.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. As far as I'm concerned, if you're in the WWE and you won the main belt, you won the WWE title.

[Graveler]

The way I look at it is this. There are guys in the company in which I may not be a fan of, but I understand why the WWE would push them. I just don't get the push for Hardy. They've had problems with him in the past regarding his drug use (Fuck, look at him in TNA now). Sure the fans liked him, but why risk pushing a guy who most likely is going to fuck up again? At least Backlund did his job as a transitional champ and made Diesel like decent.

[XL]

Like you said the guy was popular with the crowd and that equals money in Vince's pocket.

Don't forget that this very forum loved the idea of Jeff Hardy: World Champion at the time. It's only now that we've turned on him for being the fuck up he has always been.

[CSL]

The way I look at it is this. There are guys in the company in which I may not be a fan of, but I understand why the WWE would push them. I just don't get the push for Hardy. They've had problems with him in the past regarding his drug use (Fuck, look at him in TNA now). Sure the fans liked him, but why risk pushing a guy who most likely is going to fuck up again? At least Backlund did his job as a transitional champ and made Diesel like decent.

[XL]

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. As far as I'm concerned, if you're in the WWE and you won the main belt, you won the WWE title.
LOL

You know that's not the idea of the thread though, right?

[CSL]

I should have voted Austin as the worst champion here, give me the baghead over the guy that slaps his missus about everytime

[MoFo]

Dunno what everyones problem is w/ Hardy being a junkie, it doesn't make him a shit champ. He wasn't a sloppy mess or anything, unless yous are going on his TNA run, which isn't the point.

[Rock Bottom]

I always thought Jeff Hardy was a spaz.