Best & Worst #6: European Champion [RESULTS POSTED]

[XL]

This should be fairly easy...

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HALL OF FAME
WWF/E Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Intercontinental Championship: Chris Jericho
United States Champion: Ravishing Rick Rude
Authority Figure: Eric Bischoff
WrestleMania: X-7


HALL OF SHAME
WWF/E Champion: Jeff Hardy/Bob Backlund
Intercontinental Championship: Chyna
United States Champion: David Flair
Authority Figure: Vince Russo
WrestleMania: IX

[XL]

REMEMBER: Please pick only ONE Best and ONE Worst.

(and if you could cleary state before/after providing any further discussion, that would be very much appreciated :y:)

[Tom Guycott]

Best: chest protector D-Lo. He's one of the guys who "owned" that belt as opposed to it just being some random hardware.

Worst: Saturn. I seriously didn't recall Saturn ever winning this.

[Shisen Kopf]

Best: Jericho

Worst:Mideon

[Cool King]

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No Rob Van Dam?

He was the last European Champion.

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Best: William Regal

Worst: Matt Hardy (I believe he only defended it once in four months)

[Shisen Kopf]

If Mideon doesnt get worst then WTF? He didn't even beat anyone to get the belt. He found it in Shane's bag.

[El Fangel]

Best: Regal
Worst: Mideon

[XL]

No Rob Van Dam?

He was the last European Champion.
Dunno. Was he recognised as a Euro Champ as his win meant that the title was scrapped?

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Loved Shane as European champ. Don't think I could say he was the best though. Gonna come back to this.

[Battlekat]

Best: D'lo Brown
Worst: Mideon

[Cool King]

Dunno. Was he recognised as a Euro Champ as his win meant that the title was scrapped?

Well he's credited as being the last European Champion in the WWE Encyclopedia when he unified it with the Intercontinental Championship and he was credited in his profile as being the last European Champion, when it was up on WWE.com.

He did the same when he unified the Hardcore and Intercontinental Championships and he's credited as being the last Hardcore Champion because of it.

So I don't see why the European Championship would be any different. :-\

[Ruien]

Best - X-Pac
Worst - Shane McMahon

[Pardeep 619]

Best - Eddie Guerrero

Winning the European title was the start of Latino Heat and the program he had running with Chyna which was great. Plus Eddie had some great matches along the way

Worst - Spike Dudley

I have no recollection of him ever being a champion, I assume he must have beaten DDP? Had it not been for Bradshaw becoming JBL then I would have picked him instead because his reign was pointless and lost it in his first title defence.

[MVP]

Best: British Bulldog

Worst: Mideon

[Aguakate]

Best: British Bulldog (it was a Title tailor-made for him...he was the prototypical European Champion)

Worst: Oh, so many worst European Champions...Shane McMahon, Saturn, Mideon...how to pick one?

[Wolfpack423]

Best: Triple H
Worst: Mideon

[Nark Order]

Best: Eddie Guerrero
Worst: Spike

[Wolfpack423]

If Mideon doesnt get worst then WTF? He didn't even beat anyone to get the belt. He found it in Shane's bag.

HAHA! Yeah I remember that. Man, Mideon had to be one of the worst of all time in general. I can't recall him ever having a decent match, much less good.

[Mister Sinister]

Best: D'Lo Brown

He pretty much made the European Title seem like a big deal.

Worst: Jericho
Only saying that, because he held the title for like one day.
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Honorable Mentions
Best: X-Pac & Al Snow

Worst: Mideon & Mark Henry

[Immortal Moose]

Best: British Bulldog
Worst: Mideon

[NoJabbaNoBogRoll]

Well he's credited as being the last European Champion in the WWE Encyclopedia when he unified it with the Intercontinental Championship and he was credited in his profile as being the last European Champion, when it was up on WWE.com.
You can't judge his reign if the title was scrapped at the exact moment he won it.

It was wise to leave him out, for the purposes of this game.

[Mister Sinister]

Best - Eddie Guerrero

Winning the European title was the start of Latino Heat and the program he had running with Chyna which was great. Plus Eddie had some great matches along the way

Worst - Spike Dudley

I have no recollection of him ever being a champion, I assume he must have beaten DDP? Had it not been for Bradshaw becoming JBL then I would have picked him instead because his reign was pointless and lost it in his first title defence.

Spike actually defeated William Regal for the belt, I beleive Spike only won it in 1-2-3 Fashion against Regal, only to be fully destroyed in a return bout.

[Seth82]

Best: D'lo Brown

Worst: Mideon

[BigDaddyCool]

Best: Owen Hart (fuck you haters)
Worst: Mark Henry (he sucked out loud then)

[XL]

Well he's credited as being the last European Champion in the WWE Encyclopedia when he unified it with the Intercontinental Championship and he was credited in his profile as being the last European Champion, when it was up on WWE.com.

He did the same when he unified the Hardcore and Intercontinental Championships and he's credited as being the last Hardcore Champion because of it.

So I don't see why the European Championship would be any different. :-\

You can't judge his reign if the title was scrapped at the exact moment he won it.

It was wise to leave him out, for the purposes of this game.
Either way, I didn't create the picture, just hijacked as a visual aid for the game.

Spike actually defeated William Regal for the belt, I beleive Spike only won it in 1-2-3 Fashion against Regal, only to be fully destroyed in a return bout.
I believe he won it on a UK-only PPV.

[Godfather4Life]

Best: British Bulldog first ever

Worst: Mideon unnecessary...made tittle go to shit

[Rock Bottom]

Best: William Regal

Worst: Matt Hardy

These.

[Ultra Mantis]

Best: D'Lo Brown
Worst: Mideon

[St. Jimmy]

Best: HBK
Worst: Jeff Hardy

[Juan]

Best: British Bulldog
Worst: DDP

[BizarroKing]

Best: Regal, The true definition of European Champion
Worst: Jericho, yes he's one of the best...but his only reign lasted 24 hrs and pretty forgettable.

[Aguakate]

The greatest European Championship Match in the history of our sport (Insert Tony Schiavone's voice)

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[Juan]

the way HHH hits the ropes before the "splash" kills me every time. Classic

[Aguakate]

the way HHH hits the ropes before the "splash" kills me every time. Classic

WWE's version of the "Fingerpoke of Doom". They did it first, too.

So the WCW version had "Kliq" written all over it. So F-U, lol.

[RiX1024]

Best: D'Lo Brown

Worst: Mideon

Honorable Mention: Mark Henry

[JKWJRMON]

Best: Kurt Angle

Worst: Spike Dudley

[drmayberry7]

Best hbk

Worst mideon

[drmayberry7]

The greatest European Championship Match in the history of our sport (Insert Tony Schiavone's voice)

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I was lmao when I first saw this

[Nicky Fives]

Best: William Regal
Worst: Mideon (an easy choice)

[Emperor Smeat]

Best: D'Lo Brown. Loved D'Lo Brown around this time and could have picked Jericho but all of Jericho's early memorable moments occurred with the IC belt.

Honorable Mention: Al Snow with the different country represented for each match routine.

Worst: Mideon

Couldn't remember him ever as champion until someone else mentioned he never actually won the title but just found it.

[Triple Naitch]

Best: D'Lo Brown
Worst: Mideon

[Chavo Classic]

If Mideon doesnt get worst then WTF? He didn't even beat anyone to get the belt. He found it in Shane's bag.

Same could go for Henry. He was 'awarded' the championship for helping Jarrett beat D'Lo for the IC title.

[XCaliber]

Best: William Regal
Worst: Mideon

[Anybody Thrilla]

Best: D'Lo Brown
Worst: Mideon

Al Snow had a hilarious run, too.

[Cool King]

Spike actually defeated William Regal for the belt, I beleive Spike only won it in 1-2-3 Fashion against Regal, only to be fully destroyed in a return bout.

I believe he won it on a UK-only PPV.

Spike won the European Championship from Regal on an episode of Raw.

I remember it, before the match, Spike stole Regal's brass knucks that Regal hid in one of the turnbuckle pads when the referee wasn't looking, and just before the bell rang, he hit Regal with the knucks and pinned him for a 3-count.

The match was only about 3 or 4 seconds long.

You might be thinking of Crash Holly though, who won the European Championship from Regal at Rebellion in 2000.

[Savio]

yeah dont remember crash winning....

Best: Xpac
Worst: Spike (dont remember it at all....the title was dead at that point)

[KaosDarksol]

Best: kurt angle
Worst: mideon

[Droford]

best D Lo
worst Mideon

[The Genius]

best d-lo. he even had 2 rides named after him at Euro-Disney, the Sky High and the Lo-Down (that was one of his best promos)

worst mideon.

[Sonofanarchy]

Well he's credited as being the last European Champion in the WWE Encyclopedia when he unified it with the Intercontinental Championship and he was credited in his profile as being the last European Champion, when it was up on WWE.com.

He did the same when he unified the Hardcore and Intercontinental Championships and he's credited as being the last Hardcore Champion because of it.

So I don't see why the European Championship would be any different. :-\



(To me)

The IC Champ is the North American, South American and European titles all merged together...The United states title was merged into it but a new
one was created for smackdown.

Best:bulldog Davey-Boy Smith (Owen never did get it did he? it went to shawn michales to trips threw a finger poke of doom...the title seemed like it was going to have some credibility up till that point)
Worst: Denis Knight

They should have an IC Champion win the All Japan or New Japan title and claim to be the real world champ as the intercontinal championship has surpassed the world(or wwe) title.

[Cool King]

Best: The British Bulldog

Worst: Mideon

[DLVH84]

Best: Davey Boy Smith
Worst: Mideon

[Gertner]

Best: Al Snow
Worst: Mark Henry

[CSL]

Best: Shane McMahon (not the "best" per se but I enjoyed his run/the program over the title the most. "It's easy as 1-2-3, kid". No way anybody that voted Shane worst actually saw any of the stuff with him and X-Pac over the belt)

Worst: RVD

[DLVH84]

(To me)

The IC Champ is the North American, South American and European titles all merged together...The United states title was merged into it but a new
one was created for smackdown.

Best:bulldog Davey-Boy Smith (Owen never did get it did he? it went to shawn michales to trips threw a finger poke of doom...the title seemed like it was going to have some credibility up till that point)
Worst: Denis Knight

They should have an IC Champion win the All Japan or New Japan title and claim to be the real world champ as the intercontinal championship has surpassed the world(or wwe) title.

Owen did win the title in January 1998 and held it for two months.

[Loose Cannon]

D'Lo has to be the best just because of the whole gimmick around him.

I think the best feud over the title goes to Shane vs X-pac. 2nd best feud and match at Mania 15

[Hornicane]

Picking the best was hard. Going with D'Lo, although on a different day I could easily think Shane or X-Pac. Those three are the ones that immediately spring to mind for me when I think of the Euro title, and really seemed to make it a legit division.

Worst was Mideon. Because... c'mon. Mideon.

[Sonofanarchy]

Owen did win the title in January 1998 and held it for two months.

Thats right he fueded with triple H over it correct?I love Owen but goes to show how memorable his run was to me

was this post hart foundation?

Edit: X-pac and D'Lo get a mention for having such a great feud over it, it was defended so often it was like the TV Title, I think that feud led to the Shane/Pac Feud.

[CSL]

yah, like immediately after. Bret leaving/The Hart Foundation disappearing led to Owen's short program with Shawn/DX which led to his feud with Hunter.

[addy2hotty]

Best - D'Lo
Worst - Bulldog

[Juan]

Bulldog, really?

[addy2hotty]

Yeah, he only got the title because he was British. Won it on a house show, lost it on a house show and I can honestly remember nothing of his first reign or even him beating D'Lo for his 2nd.

Sad, but I can remember something about all the other champions apart from him.

[BollywoodSingh]

Best - D'Lo Brown because he was one of the few guys that was actually elevated when winning the European title. Winning the European title didn't help too many guys get over or move up the card in its history.

Worst - Mideon because his title reign basically established the title as a lower card title (a few upper card guys won it later like Jericho, Guerrero, Angle, etc.). Mideon was way too low on the card to win this. Before his reign, the Euro title was almost on the level of the IC title.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Best: Eddie, although I was this >< close to choosing Shane O'Mac.

Worst: Gonna have to say Mideon.

[CSL]

Yeah, he only got the title because he was British. Won it on a house show, lost it on a house show and I can honestly remember nothing of his first reign or even him beating D'Lo for his 2nd.

Sad, but I can remember something about all the other champions apart from him.

was he only main eventing PPV's the year before and feuding with Shawn Michaels over the belt because he was British? And he won it on RAW and lost it on a UK PPV that aired in Canada and was recapped on RAW for the Americans. The tournament final alone against Owen is better than some guys reigns.

[BollywoodSingh]

Davey Boy Smith had at least 2 great European title matches. When he won the title against Owen Hart and when he lost the title in the UK PPV main event with HBK (incredible heat). He held for about 7 months but I don't remember him defending it much in between. The only other defense I can remember is against Ken Shamrock at Summerslam 1997. But this is still enough for him to be far away from the worst European champion of all-time.

[PapaGeorgio]

Best: D-Lo
Worst: Mideon.

[Attitude99]

Best: Owen Hart
Worst: Mideon

[XL]

RESULTS


Best

11 guys were voted as 'The best Euro Champ Ever' but this was D'Lo Brown's day of glory, taking 35% of the overall vote, TPWW is "Down With The Brown".

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Worst

Talk about squash matches! 12 guys nominated for the position, but taking 61% of the overall vote, your 'Worst Euro Champ Ever' is...


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[BizarroKing]

I knew a Naked Mideon pic was coming...