On the day you were born

[Destor]

Who was the WWF/E champ?

Using this link: http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.26190/Wrestling

Lets try to get a little activity in here.

Post who was the champ on the day you were born, and right a few lines about what you think of them, and possibly how it affected your wrestling maturity if applicable. (Provided you watched them in your youth.) And if you do this I will rep you.

For me it was Superstar Billy Graham. I've never been huge on Graham as he usherd in the era of "sports entertainment." He's largely responsable for why I was NWA man to death. He laid down the ground for the Hogans of the buisness, big muscle head that couldn't work but could talk. He was the first World champion to really go this route, before him guys had to be credible tough guys and really be able to put on a show in the ring. Graham a legend, but he's what I think is wrong with the buisness, so thank Graham, because of you I'm a Ric Flair mark with a dog named Harley Race. Good jerb.


Look forward to seeing a thousand posts about Hulk Hogan.

[Destor]

Also on my birthday Triple H beat The Rock for the title in an Iron Man match in my home state which I was present for. So that's pretty awesome.

[Maluco]

I guess I will be the first to talk about Hogan then...before the onslaught...

Just 4 days before my birthday, Hulk Hogan won HIS title back from the Iron Sheik. It was symbolic of the times, in that I really felt like the title was Hogan's as I grew up. I would watch occasionally and bought figures, and spent hours and hours of my childhood making my own dream matches and events with all the figures I had. The figures were definately a means for me, a fan, to have Hogan lower down on the card, lol.


Thinking about it now, I was embittered to Hogan and his dominance, even when I was so young. I grew to dislike him at his peak (and actually like him a lot more today, despite what I know). I was a massive mark for Savage and for me, Hogan just got in the way.

I suppose he also started the trend that has stuck with me right up until today...my preference of heels and an immediate dislike for anyone who looks like becoming dominant.

[Drakul]

It was vacant the day I was born, 12th Feb 1988 but Andre was the last guy to hold it before I was born.

[Destor]

Awesome.

[Destor]

(I was wondering if anyone would have a vacancy.)

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I wonder if anyone will get Kane :shifty:

[Corporate CockSnogger]

OH wait, they'd have to be 10 years old. Nevermind.

[Destor]

Skippord.

[Dave Youell]

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

BOB FUCKING BACKLUND!!!!

Words cannot describe how awesome this man is.

In the 80’s during his run, from what I know, he was a pure wrestler and at the time the last of a dying breed. As once he lost his title to Sheik the OTT characters started to take over.

But it’s not his 1980’s run I want to talk about, it’s his mid 90’s return, which at first seemed pointless, I remember watching Vignettes at the time, and even as a mark I was thinking this would be crap, they really over did his return to wrestling and frankly, he looked old, too old for me to want to cheer for him, but then came his glorious heel turn and the introduction of the chicken wing. I swear, his heel antics around that time were stunning, I remember his feud with Bret far more than most feuds, Bob really came into his own around that time, and was part of, what was at the time the quickest title match in WWF history, when he jobbed to Diesel in 7 seconds.

Things were not over for crazy old Mr Backlund though, he tried to become President, and eventually ended up on TNA, where he’d prefer to walk 5 miles, then take a 10 minute car ride.

My favourite Backlund story is actually from Jericho’s book, where he told a story on how they were working the gimmick table and doing autographs and Mr Backlund would ask ever Japanese fan that approached him the same question: ‘Name all 50 US states’ when the fan couldn’t do what was asked, he told them to get out of his sight, until one fan did manage to actually name all the states required, Backlund then signed his name twice for him.

Mr Backlund will forever go down as a wrestler who I never thought stood another chance at the top and proved me (and everyone else) wrong

[Hanso Amore]

Bob Backlund.

Jeesus. I never watched him in his prime, didnt see him until the early 90s days, which was an angle I never enjoyed. Even worse, he dropped to Diesel, another reign I didn't like.

But I was also an NWA guy inthe 80s, and on the flip side, Ric Flair was fresh off his title win over Harley Race at Starcade 83, in one of the BEST matches of all time.

Now Ric is my favorite ever. I used to watch him in the late 80s NWA, and I love him, and luckily my Uncle taped every televised NWA event, so I went back and watched all his earlier stuff. Ric was the single BEST character ever.

I really miss the territory dynamic. Ric was the rich cheater in the land of the poor redneck in a sense, so they HATED him. Great heat. Then you had Southern Dusty, a son of a plumber, the every man, who the fans could relate to.

It also allowed you to bring in guys from the area and get them over. If you are in the North, bring in a southerner, and have them be the Southern Yankee hating rebel. Then send him back south, and he is the local hero.

You cant do that anymore with the touring like it is today. I think ECW was so popular because it was like a territory. Sure they went to CA and FL every so often, but the NY/PA border areas were their land, and they were able to make a cult following based on that. It is hard to break in National, which Is why I think TNA is barely cutting it. The build has to be slow.

The WWF only made it because they bought the competition, and brought in stars from all over which brought their fans (Signed away guys from AWA to get the north, Georgia got the south, Riper brought the west coast and so forth.)

[Destor]

You should copy and paste that post into the current better wrestler thread Dave :love:

[Hanso Amore]

Wow, lol, me and Dave are going to have to fight.

[Destor]

Digging the MAH post as well.

[jcmoorehead]

Guess I'm the second to talk about Hogan then. Being honest I've not really seen much of Hogans stuff. Being born in 1987 I missed out on the late 80s dominance and I never really watched WCW so all I really know is the WWE run.

Hogans of course one of the first names people think of when they think about Wrestling and I guess it was no different for me. Even though I never got a chance to really see him I always knew the name. Of course by the time I started becoming properly aware of what I was watching (I've always been around wrestling as my mother was a fan) he wasn't in WWF so growing up I'd mostly cheer for the likes of Shawn Micheals or Taker.

So I'm not really a big fan of Hogan and while I understand the impact he has had on the business I've never really gotten into the whole Hulkamania thing.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I was born 5 days after Hogan won his first title in 84... Why couldn't I have been premature?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Honestly though, I use to love Hogan as a kid, but I've come to loathe him overtime. I loved him in the NWO, and I loved him when he came back to the WWE vs the Rock... From there though... Dear God... Go the fuck away. And outside of wrestling, the guy seems to be an utter cunt, and should probably be hit in the head with a fucking bat.

[Destor]

lol

[Hanso Amore]

Honestly, I liked Hogan only from the time after he beat Macho at 5, until the shitty finish of WM 8.

I was at WM 6, and I hated the Warrior, so I was so into Hogan in that period. I cried when he lost (I was 6 gimme a break) because when he left, I honestly thought that he was done. I loved his fued with the Sarge too. And even with Taker, Quake, and Justice. Good stuff.

He is and was always a great showman, but I was always into the NWA and it's style. In the WWF, I was into a few guys, mainly Macho, Perfect, Rude and Dibiase, all guys that would have been better suited to the NWA :)

[Destor]

When I was a kid and people would tell me that wrestling was fake I would tell that Hogan stuff was fake but the NWA/AWA were real. Hated the WWF product. My dad watched it though, and I watched it with him, I just would ratehr be watching any other brand of wrestling at the time.

He used to laugh at me because I'd sit there and make fun of "the fake stuff." Good times.

[Hanso Amore]

To this day, I will take Nikita Koloff over anyone in the WWF in a street fight. That man was evil!

Until he turned good, then I hated him :)

[Extreme Angle]

Sgt. Slaughter- January 19, 1991- March 24, 1991
Only really started hearing about him when I got back into wrestling in 2004... First time I saw him was in Smackdown HCTP probably

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

Mine is the same as Drakul as my birthday is the February 9th.

[XL]

FFS, you think getting Hogan on your day of birth was bad? The bastard has terrorised me!

I was born (15/05/84) about 4 months into Hogan's 4 year run (Jan 84 - Feb 88) so he was champ for my birth, 1st, 2nd and 3rd birthdays. Then the fucker regained the title in time for my 5th (89), 7th (91), 9th (93) and then unbelievably 18th (02).

That's EIGHT birtdays out of 24!

The rest were Macho Man (88, 92), Ultimate Warrior (90), Bret (94), Diesel (95), HBK (96), Taker (97), Austin (98, 99, 01) Rock (00), Lesnar (03), Eddie Guerrerro (04)

Then Cena takes over from Hogan and takes the spot on my 21st, 22nd and 23rd birthdays before HHH was champ on this years' birthday.


So, for my most important Birthdays (Birth, 18th, 21st) I had Hogan for 2 of em and Cena for th eother. GREAT! God can only know who this has affected me.

[Hanso Amore]

He probably was WCW champ for 2 or 3 also.

[Londoner]

Hulk hogan it was since i was born in 1986, good thing is he lost it 5 days before my 2nd birthday.

[XL]

He probably was WCW champ for 2 or 3 also.
Oh Jesus! How right you are.

Hogan was WCW Champ for my 11th (95), 13th (97) and 14th (98). Which means that Hogan has held a World Title on ELEVEN of my 24 birthdays. Combine that with Cena's 3 year strangle hold and the 2 of them have held titles on more than half of my birthdays!!! :mad:

[XL]

I think I'm gonna change my team to 'Hollywood Hulk Holden'.

[Destor]

Maxed out in rep begging after this post (reminder for later)

[Loose Cannon]

Bob Backlund

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Macho Man Randy Savage

Savage rules...unfortunately I didn't start watching until like 1998 by which point he was a member of the Wolfpack. Shame I didn't get to see any of Savage in his prime, but I still think Savage/Steamboat is one of the best matches I've ever seen.</font>

[Loose Cannon]

you know everybody always puts WWF 1998 above WCW, but I thought it was some of the coolest TV when Nash and Savage split from the nWo and formed a rebel group. It's too bad Macho got injured because that was a sweet concept at the very beginning.

[Xero]

Just at the end of Hogan's first reign.

Starting out as a mark (like most do), I was a Hogan fan. But I think it had more to do with the nWo than anything else. I liked his feud with Piper (80's), but again, it was an outside source that pulled me to him.

Of course, over the last decade, I've come to realize how big an asshole he really is. He did a lot for sports entertainment, and I don't think anyone can deny that, but as a person, they don't come too much more terrible.

If I'd only been born about ten days later I could have had Andre or the vacant spot. Either one would have sufficed to prevent me from having to write about Hogan.

[JT]

Hulk Hogan

Honestly, I didn't get into wrestling till 1998, so going through my childhood with the occasional mention of Hulk Hogan as World Champion was a so-so thing to me. When I finally did get into it though, he was hit and miss with me...going between entertaining and annoying. I really rather not go further into than that, because everyone here knows the history of Hulk Hogan.

On a side note though, Ric Flair was the NWA Champion when I was born. :cool:

[Hanso Amore]

Yeah, The Wolfpac could have been amazing, and maybe saved the ratings. Instead it became the Nash show. Then when they added Sting and Luger for no reason I quit. Ruined sting for me too.

[Loose Cannon]

yes, I agree, adding Sting and Luger, although it looked cool in the moment, just killed the whole rebel story. Actually if you guys remember, they teased the split months before. Remember the Nitro when just Syxx and Nash were there and Hogan and co were out in hollywood? And Nash and Syxx were at the announce table shooting on Hogan. Great TV.

[Danny Electric]

Hogan, boooooo.
A while earlier and it owuld have been The Iron Sheik, 'Iran Numba Von, Amerika Hack Puh!'

[Theo Dious]

If I'd only been born about ten days later I could have had Andre or the vacant spot. Either one would have sufficed to prevent me from having to write about Hogan.

Good God, imagine a child being born into a world with no champion.

Still would be better than Hogan though.

[Theo Dious]

So yeah, Backlund for me. Which I'm indifferent to.

Interesting though to think that I'm like 6 months older than the IC title. And that Ricky Steamboat was NWA US champion, feuding with Flair.

[Rammsteinmad]

Hulk Hogan.

In 1999, Mankind won the title the day before my 12th birthday

[Ninti the Mad]

Bob Backlund- February 20, 1978- December 26, 1983

[thedamndest]

Big surprise, it's Hogan.

[ClockShot]

I'm in that strech when Hogan was champ from '84-'88.

[DaveBrawl]

Bob Backlund, never saw much of him till his return against Bret Hart though. Even then I only saw the occassional match with him, saw him beat Bret then I saw where he lost to Diesel. Wasn't a huge fan except for Bret at that time.

[The One]

Ric Flair was NWA World Heavyweight Champion when I was born. I refuse to acknowledge there was another World Champ at that time...

[Team Sheep]

Ultimate Warrior

Meh I dunno. Before my time. Bet you'd all have a few words for this guy though!

[RGWhat316]

Bob Backlund in 1983. Since I never officially watched wrestling until 1998, I really have no memories of him. The only thing I really know about him, even though I didn't watch, was that he basically kicked Austin Aries ass, lol.

[BigDaddyCool]

I was born on January 12, 1982.

At the time Bob Backlund was then the WWF Champion. The only thing Bob Backlund ever did that I liked was getting pinned by BDC in 8 seconds.

Also at the time Ric Flair was NWA champion who won it in Kansas City, MO the year before. The only thing I like about Flair is just about everything, Woooooooooooo!

Pedro Morales was WWF Intercontinetal Champion. I don't know who that is.

Lastly Sgt. Slaughter was United States Champion when I was born. He hates maggots and so do I.

[FourFifty]

Bob Backlund, fuck yea!

How come no one uses the Crossface Chickenwing anymore? That has to be the greatest submission ever which was made even better when Backlund turned heel. I can't say anything about this man that hasn't been said before, so here's my five fav WWE champs that had the belt on Sept 21.

Ric Flair
Kevin Nash
JBL
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Vacant- one day away from Vince McMahon

[Disturbed316]

Hogan was on his first run of champ when I was born. From the moment I started watching wrestling with my grandparents around 89/90 I was a fan of Hogans. I just bought into the whole Hulk character and remember marking out everytime he was on screen. During the years I started liking other guys apart from Hogan and when he left the WWF I'd pretty much given up on him. Cue Bash at the Beach. From the moment he turned heel I got back into the Hogan character, but due to the fact I hated him and wanted anyone from WCW to get one up on him.

Now a days, I'm over Hogan. Too many returns and too many "last runs". Yeah, I marked out when he came out at Wrestlemania, but despised him during that run. And the time before when he came back with the nWo, he just didn't have the same effect as he used to.

Oh and Edge won his first WWE championship on my birthday, January 8th :cool:

[Skippord]

Hogan for me too and I echo this mans sentiments


Honestly though, I use to love Hogan as a kid, but I've come to loathe him overtime. I loved him in the NWO, and I loved him when he came back to the WWE vs the Rock... From there though... Dear God... Go the fuck away. And outside of wrestling, the guy seems to be an utter cunt, and should probably be hit in the head with a fucking bat.

[Fox]

Hogan. And I never really knew or recognized him and who he was as a child until I was 10 and started watching WCW, primarily due to Goldberg, DDP and Sting.

[rojas]

Bob Backlund- February 20, 1978- December 26, 1983

Although he was champ, I didn't get into wrestling until when Hogan was champion in 1984 (I was 5) I know Backlund was a great wrestler but when the WWF brought him back with that whole wholesome, good values gimmick, he was just creepy. Heard he's like that in real life.

[Mooияakeя™]

Bob Backlund!

Don't really know much bout his early stuff, but he wasn't much cop towards the end, seemed used for comedy more than anything. Being from England I barely cought anything pre '87 WWF. And only in the 90's did we get WCW and WWF proper.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Honestly though, I use to love Hogan as a kid, but I've come to loathe him overtime. I loved him in the NWO, and I loved him when he came back to the WWE vs the Rock... From there though... Dear God... Go the fuck away. And outside of wrestling, the guy seems to be an utter cunt, and should probably be hit in the head with a fucking bat.

Same answer with Hogam, and you've pretty much summed up everything I would have said about him. Huge Hogan mark as a kid, was a WWF fan, so moved with the times when he left and Hart and Michaels took his place.

Then a friend of mine was a WCW fan, and I became aware of Hogan and the nWo, and enjoyed it for a couple of years, and then lost interest in the product.

Then in 2002 my interest in Hogan came round again with the nWo segments, and after the Hogan title run in 2002 I completly lost interest in him all together, and haven't cared since.

[Hanso Amore]

Damn, we are all pretty close in age.

[#1-norm-fan]

Hulk Hogan. I was a fan as a child obviously. I don't really wanna get into detail or anything... I'm sure there are others who will.

Also, the day of my 14th birthday was the end of Kane's WWE Title reign. And the day before, Mick Foley was thrown off the top of Hell in a Cell a couple time. Some of you may have heard about this...

[Destor]

I'm at post 50 (this post if for me and me alone)

[Destor]

Also: I'm loving hearing alls these opinions/stories.

[thedamndest]

In a parallel universe Ted DiBiase was champion when I was born. Although I suppose it is possible that in that universe he was champion and I wasn't born...shit.

[Shaggy]

Hulk Hogan....

Now it all makes sense

[Indifferent Clox]

Hulk hogan... I used to respect him as a mark, then I hated him as a smark, now I'm like, I see a lot more in his older matches that I find interesting than I thought I would, but he's still the most overrated wrestler of all time, and has done more to damage the buisness than anyone, but probably done more to help the buisness than quite a few.

[MCEazy]

bah Hogan....

I've never liked Hogan what so ever but at the same time I do recognize that he did drag wrestling out of the abyss in the 80's and popularized it again as well as his remarkable heel work in the "hollywood" days. He's a lousy wrestler but has a bigger then life personality and charisma that very few have matched.

Considering I started watching wrestling in 1998 and was primarily WWF, I can't say hogan really affected my wrestling maturity much if at all.

[Xerzes]

Yeah, Hogan's first title reign, like most. Liked him as a child, which was pretty much everyone he ever appealed to. Fuck that guy.

Where I choose to start is when I started watching WWE, summer of 94, when Bret was champ. That one's just fine.

[KingofKings]

I never actually knew how long Sammartinos title run actuallly was!!

Anyway Macho Man Randy Savage was holding his first title run when i was born 'OOOOOOHH YEEEEEAAHH'

Didnt really like him TBH. Oh well.

Anyone got a list for NWA/WCW????

[Russenmafia]

Hulk Hogan.

In 1999, Mankind won the title the day before my 12th birthday

HHH then beat Mankind the day after which was the day before my 17th birthday.

Wrestler who was champ when I was born was Bob Backlund.

[Kane Knight]

Bob Backlund.

I couldn't find much specifically wrestling related on my birthday, but I did come across a blog demanding people boycott TNA for something that happened on a taping shortly before it two years ago. Apparently, Kip James parodied Brother Devon, and did so in "blackface."

Hardly a big deal in wrestling, but it amused the Hell out of me....

[thedamndest]

Wow. Black face is...risky? these day. I mean DX did it to the Nation 10 years ago, but the was the PRE-9/11 world.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

For anyone who is interested, here is the same thing with the NWA title and the WCW title.


NWA Title

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Orville Brown October 1948 Awarded
Lou Thesz November 27, 1949 Unifies 4 Titles.
Whipper Billy Watson March 15, 1956 Toronto, ON
Lou Thesz (2) 56/11/09 St. Louis, MO
Dick Hutton 57/11/14 Toronto, ON
Pat O'Connor 59/01/09 St. Louis, MO
Buddy Rogers 61/06/30 Chicago, IL
Bobo Brazil 62/08/18 Newark, NJ Refused Title
Buddy Rogers 62/10/39 Chicago, IL Won the Rematch with Bobo
Lou Thesz (3) 63/01/24 Toronto, ON
Gene Kiniski 66/01/07 St. Louis, MO
Dory Funk Jr. 69/02/11 Tampa, FL
Harley Race 73/03/24 Kansas City, MO
Jack Brisco 73/07/20 Houston, TX
Giant Baba 74/12/02 Kagoshima, JAPAN
Jack Brisco [2] 74/12/09 Toyohashi, JAPAN
Terry Funk 75/12/10 Miami, FL
Harley Race [2] 77/02/06 Toronto, ON
Dusty Rhodes 79/08/21 Tampa, FL
Harley Race [3] 79/08/26 Orlando, FL
Giant Baba [2] 79/10/31 Nagoya, JAPAN
Harley Race [4] 79/11/07 Amagasaki, JAPAN
Giant Baba [3] 80/09/04 Saga, JAPAN
Harley Race [5] 80/09/09 Ohtsu, JAPAN
Tommy Rich 81/04/27 Augusta, GA
Harley Race [6] 81/05/01 Gainsville, GA
Dusty Rhodes [2] 81/06/21 Atlanta, GA
Ric Flair 81/09/17 Kansas City, MO
Carlos Colon 83/01/06 San Juan, PR Not Recognized
Ric Flair 83/01/23
Harley Race [7] 83/06/10 St. Louis, MO
Ric Flair [2] 83/11/24 Greensboro, NC
Harley Race [8] 84/03/21 NEW ZEALAND
Ric Flair [3] 84/03/23 SINGAPORE
Kerry Von Erich 84/05/06 Irving, TX
Ric Flair [4] 84/05/24 Yokosuka, JAPAN
Dusty Rhodes [3] 86/07/26 Greensboro, NC
Ric Flair [5] 86/08/07 St. Louis, MO
Ronnie Garvin 87/09/25 Detroit, MI
Ric Flair [6] 87/11/26 Chicago, IL
Ricky Steamboat 89/02/20 Chicago, IL
Ric Flair [7] 89/05/07 Nashville, TN
Sting 90/07/07 Baltimore, MD
Ric Flair [8] 91/01/11 East Rutherford, NJ
Tatsumi Fujinami 91/03/21 Tokyo, JAPAN
Ric Flair [9] 91/05/19 St. Petersburg, FL Vacated 91/09/08
Masahiro Chono 92/08/12 Tokyo, JAPAN Defeated Rick Rude
Great Muta 93/01/04 Tokyo, JAPAN
Barry Windham 93/02/21 Ashville, NC
Ric Flair [10] 93/07/18 Biloxi, MS WCW pulled out of NWA
Shane Douglas 94/08/27 Phiadelphia, PA Defeated 2 Cold Scorpio;
Proceeded to throw down title.

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The Dead Era
Chris Candido 94/11/19 Cherry Hill, NJ Defeated Tracy Smothers
Dan Severn 95/02/24 Erlanger, KY
Naoya Ogawa 99/03/14 Yokohama, JAPAN
Gary Steele 99/09/25 Charlotte, NC Defeated Ogawa & Brian Anthony
Naoya Ogawa [2] 99/10/02 Thomaston, CT Vacated on 00/07/02
Mike Rapada 00/09/19 Tampa, FL Defeated Jerry Flynn in tourney final.
Sabu 00/11/14 Tampa, FL
Mike Rapada [2] 00/12/22 Nashville, TN
Steve Corino 01/04/24 Tampa, FL Held up 01/10/13
Shin'ya Hashimoto 01/12/15 McKeesport, PA Defeated Corino & Gary Steele.
Dan Severn [2] 02/03/09 Tokyo, JAPAN Stripped

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The Total Nonstop Wrestling Era
Ken Shamrock 02/06/19 Huntsville, AL TNA PPV Won Gauntlet for the Gold.
Ron Killings 02/08/07 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
Jeff Jarrett 02/11/20 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
AJ Styles 03/06/11 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
Jeff Jarrett (2) 03/10/22 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
AJ Styles (2) 04/04/21 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
Ron Killings (2) 04/05/19 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
Jeff Jarrett (3) 04/06/02 Nashville, TN TNA PPV
AJ Styles (3) May 15, 2005 Orlando, FL Hard Justice
Raven June 19, 2005 Orlando, FL Slammiversary
Jeff Jarrett (4) September 15, 2005 Windsor, ONT Border City Wrestling
Rhino October 23, 2005 Orlando, FL Bound For Glory
Jeff Jarrett (5) November 3, 2005 Orlando, FL Prime Time Special
Christian Cage February 12, 2006 Orlando, FL Against All Odds
Jeff Jarrett (6) June 18, 2006 Orlando, FL Slammiversary
Sting (2) October 22, 2006 Detroit, MI Bound For Glory
Abyss (1) Noveber 19, 2006 Orlando, FL Genesis Won by Disqualification
Christian Cage (2) January 14, 2007 Orlando, FL Final Resolution Beat Abyss & Sting
Kurt Angle May 13, 2007 Orlando, FL Sacrifice NWA cuts all ties with TNA

WCW Title


Ric Flair January 11, 1991 East Rutherford NJ
Lex Luger July 14, 1991 Baltimore MD
Sting Febuary 29, 1992 Milwaukee, WI
Big Van Vader July 12, 1992 Albany GA
Ron Simmons August 2, 1992 Baltimore MD
Big Van Vader December 30, 1992 Baltimore MD
Sting March 11, 1993 London England
Big Van Vader March 17, 1992 Dublin Ireland
Ric Flair December 27, 1993 Charlotte NC
Hulk Hogan July 17, 1994 Orlando FL
The Giant September 29, 1995 Detroit MI
Randy Savage November 26, 1995 Norfolk VA
Ric Flair December 25, 1995 Nashville TN
Randy Savage January 22, 1996 Las Vegas NV
Ric Flair Febuary 11, 1996 St. Petersburg FL
The Giant April 22, 1996 Albany GA
Hulk Hogan August 10, 1996 Sturgis SD
Lex Luger August 4, 1997 Auburn Mills MI
Hulk Hogan August 9, 1997 Sturgis SD
Sting December 28, 1997 Washington DC
Sting Febuary 22, 1998 San Francisco CA
Randy Savage April 19, 1998 Denver CO
Hulk Hogan April 20, 1998 Colorado Springs CO
Bill Goldberg July 6, 1998 Atlanta GA
Kevin Nash December 27, 1998 Washington DC
Hulk Hogan January 4, 1999 Atlata GA
Ric Flair March 14, 1999 Louisville KY
Diamond Dallas Page April 11, 1999 Tacoma WA
Sting April 26, 1999 Fargo ND
Diamond Dallas Page April 26, 1999 Fargo ND
Kevin Nash May 9, 1999 St. louis MO
Randy Savage July 11, 1999
Hollywood Hogan July 12, 1999 Jacksonville FL
Sting September 12, 1999 Vacated Oct 24/99
Bret Hart November 21, 1999 Toronto Canada
Bret Hart Decmeber 21, 1999 Baltimore MD Vacated Dec 21/99
Chris Benoit January 16, 2000 Cincinnatti OH Stripped Jan 17/00 for jumping to WWF
Sid January 24, 2000 Los Angeles CA Stripped Jan 26/00 by Kevin Nash
Sid January 26, 2000 Las Vegas NV Apr 10/00: Bischoff stripes all champions
Jeff Jarrett April 16, 2000 Chicago IL
DDP April 24, 2000 Rochester NY
David Arquette April 26, 2000 Syracuse NY
Jeff Jarrett May 7, 2000 Kansas City MO
Ric Flair May 15, 2000 St. Louis MO
Jeff Jarrett May 22, 2000 Grand Rapids, MI
Kevin Nash May 24, 2000 Saginaw, MI
Ric Flair May 29, 2000 Salt Lake City, UT
Jeff Jarrett May 29, 2000 Salt Lake City
Booker T. July 10, 2000 Daytona Beach FL
Kevin Nash August 28, 2000 Las Cruses NM
Booker T September 17, 2000 Buffalo NY
Vince Russo September 24, 2000 Uniondale NY
Booker T. October 2, 2000 San Francisco, CA
Scott Steiner November 26, 2000 Milwaukee WI
Booker T March 26, 2001 Panama City FL Vince Buys WCW

Kurt Angle
26/07/01 in Pittsburg
Smackdown
Booker T 30/07/01 in Philadelphia RAW
The Rock 30/08/01 in San Jose Summerslam 2001
Chris Jericho 21/10/01 in St Louis No Mercy 2001
The Rock (2) 05/11/01 in Long Island RAW Renamed "The World Title"
Chris Jericho (2) 09/12/01 in San Diego Vengeance 2001 Unified with WWF Federation Title







Mine is Ric Flair. What can I say about Naitch? Not a huge fan. I respect his work, and all he has accomplished, but apart from that I've never had a huge interest in him.

I think the only times I've really cared about him were out of ring appearances such as 'Owner of Raw' or when he was in the corner of any member of Evolution.

I just find his ring work to be repetitive, and rather than having repeated spots in matches, alot of his matches seemed too simaler overall.

[Kane Knight]

Harley Race FTW

[Indifferent Clox]

Ric Flair wooo

[Kris P Lettus]

Bob Backlund

[CSL]

Hogan suprisingly

My first ever wrestling purchase (well, purchased for me) was a Hogan VHS when I was about 5. I was never the hugest Hogan fan though. I always leaned towards the heels, namely DiBiase and Perfect. I think this was because the illusion was shattered for me really early (namely, around 20 minutes after I had that 1st Hogan vid on Christmas Day and my 'darling' Nan thought that letting me know that 'it was all fake' whilst making a bunch of disapproving noises was the way forward)

That doesn't mean I didn't like Hogan. I must have seen Hogan/Warrior from WM VI more than I've seen just about any other match. I watched that tape over and over. Today, the only time I ever really say anything bad about him is to wind up a mate of mine who is a giant Hogan mark. Sure, he can't really work and his business attitude might not be the greatest. But the whole business is a work! None of that stuff will ever mean more to me than the fun I had watching his act as a kid. And besides, people read way to much into what they hear online. Unless you were there, odds are, you don't really know shit. His timing was impeccable, he worked a crowd like no other, his crazy roided out of his mind promo's from the mid-late 80's are some of my favourite things ever and he was pretty much responsible for the boom period in which I became a fan (and still regard that as my 'favourite era')

I never want to see him wrestle again (that is aimed at his condition and age, not his act) and away from the ring he seems like a bit of a deluded idiot. But this is the Wrestling forum and not Discussion. And Hogan is good by me.

[CSL]

And that is probably my longest post in about 3 years

[XL]

NWA Champ on the day of my birth was...Hulk Fucking Hogan!!

No seriously, it was Kerry Von Erich.

Never really knew anything about the guy until he became "The Texas Tornado" in the then WWF. Even then I can't recall any of his work, even that which I've see on video since those times.

[CSL]

Kerry is a fine wrestler/title reign to be 'born on' :y:

Well maybe not so much the reign itself but as a worker, he was the goods

[ron the dial]

hulk hogan won the title exactly one year before i was born

he was a major influence on me as a young fan. he was the champ for the first three years of my life and a major player long after that. i looked up to and loved that guy. it's funny because my grandparents lived next to hulk's parents down in florida when they were younger. so when i turned 9 i went to florida with them and got to meet hulk's parents. great people. pete and ruth if i recall correctly. i got to go into hulk's childhood room and see a shit ton of his wrestling memorabilia and they even gave me a preproduction shirt for mr. nanny when it was called FUCK rough stuff or something like that.

my point is that hulk hogan was the fucking man when i was a kid.

[Mooияakeя™]

NWA - Ric Flair

wooooooooo!

[PorkSoda]

Randy Savage.

He's awesome :D

[Chuck Jones]

Randy Savage was WWF World champion on my birthday.

I thought that he was one of the greatest guys I had ever seen, due to his athleticism and awesome character.

[RhodeIslandShawn]

Bruno Sammartino (August, 1977).

A bitter, bitter man who can't let go of the past.