The most decorated athlete in WWE history

[Juan]

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/jtrn/Kurt_Angle_-_Kurt_Angle_10.jpg

Agree or disagree?

[Juan]

WCW United States Championship (1 time)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF/E Championship (4 times)
WWF European Championship (1 time)
WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time)

[Juan]

I'm only asking because I'm watching Angle/Michaels from WM21 and I think it was JR that called him "The most decorated athlete in WWE history."

I'm leaning toward AGREE

[The Mackem]

Shawn Michaels

- WWF Championship (3 times)
- WWF European Championship (1 time)
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (3 times)
- WWF/E World Tag Team Championship (4 times)
- World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Royal Rumble (1995, 1996)
- First Grand Slam Championship

Triple H

- WWF/E Championship (8 times)
- WWF European Championship (2 times)
- WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (5 times)
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
- King of the Ring (1997)
- Royal Rumble (2002)
- Second Grand Slam Champion

[The Mackem]

Chris Jericho

-WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
-WWF European Championship (1 time)
-WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
-WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (8 times)
-WWF Undisputed Championship (1 time)
-WWF/E World Tag Team Championship (3 times)
- World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
-Third Grand Slam Champion

[Jeritron]

Mackem brings up strong points. Edge as well.

[Juan]

You can make a case for those guys, but not taking into account the amount of times a title is won, and adding in Angle's gold medals, he has to be up there.

[Jeritron]

Chris Jericho

-WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
-WWF European Championship (1 time)
-WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
-WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (8 times)
-WWF Undisputed Championship (1 time)
-WWF/E World Tag Team Championship (3 times)
- World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
-Third Grand Slam Champion

WCW Television champion, WCW Cruiserweight champion, ECW Television champion

[Juan]

And there's something to say about how good of a wrestler Angle was in WWE.

[Jeritron]

All of the other guys named were great too. Perhaps not as great. I think that's all a matter of opinion, but they're all on the highest level.

[The Mackem]

Are we taking Slammies into consideration as well?

[Volare]

Oh god.

[Disturbed316]

No, this guy is:

http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/pictures/k/kane/39.jpg

[Jeritron]

http://www.lannypoffo.com/Geniuscard.jpg

The Most Decorated Mathlete in WWF History

[Fabien Barthez]

Bret Hart?


WWF Championship (5 times)
WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
King of the Ring (1991, 1993)
Royal Rumble co-winner (1994)
Second Triple Crown Champion
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

[Jeritron]

lol I knew it was coming. I thought it would be Zen though

[Juan]

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6659/seriesscrewjobwy9.jpg

[Fabien Barthez]

Only unsticking is that he wasn't a grand slam champion, but you can't blaim a guy for being above the Euro and hardcore titles...

[Fabien Barthez]

Earl Hebner. The true villain in the story.

[Juan]

and amazingly, he has taken it all in stride..

[Fabien Barthez]

They should have done an angle where Earl would ref matches in an 'Actually, I screwed Bret' T-shirt.

Imagine the heat!!!

[Jeritron]

RING THE FUCKIN BELL!

[jerichoholicninja]

I guess you could say that about Angle. Not necessary by total but by the amount of time that he did it in. He was only around what, 5 or 6 years, and won everything at least once plus Olympic medals.

[Triple Naitch]

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/jtrn/Kurt_Angle_-_Kurt_Angle_10.jpg

That picture is classic. I remember in middle school we all wore our gold medals we won in gym class around school all week. Then one day this kid came to school wearing his medal and two plastic WWF belts around his waist and kept telling people It's True.

[Funky Fly]

Olympic gold medalist. Even if he'd never won a single title in pro wrestling, he'd still be the most decorated athlete in WWE history by far.

[Triple Naitch]

Mark Henry was an Olympic <s>gold medalist</s> participant. :shifty:

[Nicky Fives]

Henry never won a medal at the olympics... he competed but never won

[Vastardikai]

Bad News Brown was an Olympic medalist (a bronze medalist, but a medalist nonetheless.)

[Xero]

Henry never won a medal at the olympics... he competed but never won

He WAS the World's Strongest Man. That amounts to something.

[Vastardikai]

So was Ted Arcidi and Bill Kazmier, your point?

[Juan]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z83/joshlmendoza_2007/wwe%20champions/KurtAngle-2006-WorldHeavyweightCham.jpg

[Xero]

So was Ted Arcidi and Bill Kazmier, your point?

They were never ECW champions. :roll:

[Juan]

Yeah and I don't remember them ever splitting any wigs

[Xero]

Don't forget fathering a hand.

[Vastardikai]

Bill Kazmier set some world records, almost won the tag titles with Rick Steiner, and put Abdullah the Butcher in the Bear Hug.

...

bah, I got nothing.

[Juan]

http://z.about.com/d/prowrestling/1/0/7/B/-/-/kurt2.jpg

[SIDRA]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/camillergame/UltimoDragon-1.jpg

Am I right? :P

"Último Dragón is the only professional wrestler in the world to hold 11 titles at the same time. On October 11, 1996, he won the J-Crown, a unification of eight junior (lightweight) division titles from various international promotions. At the time, he also held the NWA Middleweight and WCW Cruiserweight titles pluse he was one third of the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, making him the most decorated wrestler in the world." - Quoted from Wikipedia.

[SIDRA]

http:////slam.canoe.ca/WrestlingImagesS/storm_vcrppv.jpg

Lets not forget this to. He was in WWE, I'll be it they never used him as well as WCW did (What a shock, WCW used somebody new in a good way... right?) Lances best work was back in Dub-C. It's sad how WWE buried his talent. He could of been the next Bret in terms of technical skill, and I'll be it he was not the best on the Mic, but what he lacked on the Mic, he made up for in the ring. I would of loved to see a high profile Benoit v. Storm or Regal v. Storm match at a Wrestlmaina . What a showcase of pure pro wrestling skill that would of been. Something WWE has been lacking in a long, long time.

Peace,
ABC

[FourFifty]

Angle had 11 titles.
Bret had 16 titles.
Jericho had 18 titles.
Triple H had 21 titles.

All of these men had various titles. Tag team titles, IC titles, US, Hardcore, Euro, etc etc etc. Midcard titles.
But how many of them can say they were the 16 time World Heavyweight Champion?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[SIDRA]

I'm not questioning anyone's validity of all these grate talents. I'm just saying that the thread is about the, "Most decorated athlete in WWE." There are a few different interpretations of that.

Dragon held 11 at the same time. That says more to me than accumulated titles. And also on a technical bases makes him the most decorated Pro Wrestler ever. (I don't think we will see anyone else holding that many titles at one time again anytime soon.)

Ric Flair held 16 World titles, 9 Tag, 2 TV, 1 IC, 5 US, won the 92 Royal Rumble (Also the only time the WWF/E title was decided in a RR match.) and got a slammy, all over a 36 year career. All in all about 33 titles, (Give or take, I know I'm not spot on, but I'm close.) to the Flair name.

Now the thread dose say ATHLETE so by literal interpretation. By literal I men the legitimacy of the titles in relation to real athletic combat. (I'm not blasting wrestling for being fake, I have much respect for it and it's heritage, this is just my humble opinion.)

Ken Shamrock was the first King of Pancrase in 1994, the first UFC Superfight Champion (Holding that title twice.), and was the first World Mixed Martial Arts Association Heavyweight Championship. On top of being NWA Heavyweight champ, WWF IC champ, and WWF Tag champ.

Then there is Brock. One could argue he is the most legitimacy decorated athlete to ever have been a WWE wrestler. As he is the only man so far to have been both the WWE Champion (3 times) and the UFC heavyweight Champion (Current). Cementing him (Again only my opinion here, but it's open to debate.) as the first person sense the likes of Georg Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch to prove himself as the real deal when it comes to wrestling. Add to that his 97, 98, & 99 ND State-U annual Bison tournament wins, two Big Ten Conference wins, 2 time NJCAA All American, and his NCAA Championship. Brock, like him, or loath him, is the real deal.

Do you see my point? Triple H could win 30 more WWE world titles for all I care, he wont ever of been both a WWE champion and a world champion professional fighter. That to me, makes Brock Lesnar the most decorated "athlete" ever to have been in the WWE.

Kurt is a close second for me due to the Olympic win in 96 and all. Now if he would put his money where his mouth is and make that jump to MMA like he's been talking about for how long now? There is an off chance he could do it to. But at 40 years old and with is heath issues I don't know if he could pull it off. It would be a "Rocky moment" if he did... If you get my point.

Overall I think quality trumps quantity in terms of "decoration." Some Champions could win the title one time and make it a more memorable championship reign than another with 16 or 30 different titles to there name. Yeah they've been champ a bunch of times but what else have they done? Why dose the number of titles mean anything, especially if that is all they can be remembered for? It is what legitimizes them that is important. It's what makes them, to steal a line from Triple H, that damn good.

Peace,
ABC

[ozzman6669]

You seem to forget about Jerry Lawler's 129 title reigns !!!!

[Funky Fly]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/camillergame/UltimoDragon-1.jpg

Am I right? :P

"Último Dragón is the only professional wrestler in the world to hold 11 titles at the same time. On October 11, 1996, he won the J-Crown, a unification of eight junior (lightweight) division titles from various international promotions. At the time, he also held the NWA Middleweight and WCW Cruiserweight titles pluse he was one third of the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, making him the most decorated wrestler in the world." - Quoted from Wikipedia.

I like this SIDRA guy. :)

Ultimo praise aside, tho, Kurt Angle wins. Thread over.

[Boondock Saint]

I'll be it

[Fabien Barthez]

Is now a good time to make an argument for Floyd Mayweather? :|

[Xero]

He was one of the top 100 wrestlers of 2008, after all.

[dablackguy]

If we're expanding out of WWE, doesn't Booker T have like 30 belts in total?

[Mooияakeя™]

I'm not questioning anyone's validity of all these grate talents. I'm just saying that the thread is about the, "Most decorated athlete in WWE." There are a few different interpretations of that.

Dragon held 11 at the same time. That says more to me than accumulated titles. And also on a technical bases makes him the most decorated Pro Wrestler ever. (I don't think we will see anyone else holding that many titles at one time again anytime soon.)

Ric Flair held 16 World titles, 9 Tag, 2 TV, 1 IC, 5 US, won the 92 Royal Rumble (Also the only time the WWF/E title was decided in a RR match.) and got a slammy, all over a 36 year career. All in all about 33 titles, (Give or take, I know I'm not spot on, but I'm close.) to the Flair name.

Now the thread dose say ATHLETE so by literal interpretation. By literal I men the legitimacy of the titles in relation to real athletic combat. (I'm not blasting wrestling for being fake, I have much respect for it and it's heritage, this is just my humble opinion.)

Ken Shamrock was the first King of Pancrase in 1994, the first UFC Superfight Champion (Holding that title twice.), and was the first World Mixed Martial Arts Association Heavyweight Championship. On top of being NWA Heavyweight champ, WWF IC champ, and WWF Tag champ.

Then there is Brock. One could argue he is the most legitimacy decorated athlete to ever have been a WWE wrestler. As he is the only man so far to have been both the WWE Champion (3 times) and the UFC heavyweight Champion (Current). Cementing him (Again only my opinion here, but it's open to debate.) as the first person sense the likes of Georg Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch to prove himself as the real deal when it comes to wrestling. Add to that his 97, 98, & 99 ND State-U annual Bison tournament wins, two Big Ten Conference wins, 2 time NJCAA All American, and his NCAA Championship. Brock, like him, or loath him, is the real deal.

Do you see my point? Triple H could win 30 more WWE world titles for all I care, he wont ever of been both a WWE champion and a world champion professional fighter. That to me, makes Brock Lesnar the most decorated "athlete" ever to have been in the WWE.

Kurt is a close second for me due to the Olympic win in 96 and all. Now if he would put his money where his mouth is and make that jump to MMA like he's been talking about for how long now? There is an off chance he could do it to. But at 40 years old and with is heath issues I don't know if he could pull it off. It would be a "Rocky moment" if he did... If you get my point.

Overall I think quality trumps quantity in terms of "decoration." Some Champions could win the title one time and make it a more memorable championship reign than another with 16 or 30 different titles to there name. Yeah they've been champ a bunch of times but what else have they done? Why dose the number of titles mean anything, especially if that is all they can be remembered for? It is what legitimizes them that is important. It's what makes them, to steal a line from Triple H, that damn good.

Peace,
ABC

I'm not arguing with what u said as I was short on time and didn't read it.

What I'm interested in, is ur name Sidra, and u sign off saying ABC. Did ur parents not like u? Did u sign up with the wrong name? Or was one of ur parental units a big Jacksons fan?

At least ur not another taker707.

[SIDRA]

I'm not arguing with what u said as I was short on time and didn't read it.

What I'm interested in, is ur name Sidra, and u sign off saying ABC. Did ur parents not like u? Did u sign up with the wrong name? Or was one of ur parental units a big Jacksons fan?

At least ur not another taker707.

Mooияakeя,

Ha, nah, I got nothing to hide. It's reference to my name. Andrew Bruce Casttle (ABC) I'm an Indie pro wrestler.

Peace,
ABC

[Nark Order]

Aren't we forgetting about somebody?

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/681/1cenaoi0.jpg

[The Show Off]

Booker T
WCW World Heavyweight Champion: 5 times
WCW World Tag Team Champion: 11 times
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion: 1 time
WCW World Television Champion: 6 times

World Heavyweight Champion: 1 time
WWE World Tag Team Champion: 3 times
WWE Intercontinental Champion: 1 time
WWE United States Champion: 3 times
WWE Hardcore Champion: 2 times
2006 King of the Ring

TNA Legends Champion: 1 time


All told 34 Championship reigns and a King of the Ring...

Thats pretty decorated.

[ozzman6669]

Jerry Lawler

Championships and accomplishments
American Wrestling Association
WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
NWA Mid-America | Continental Wrestling Association | Championship Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (30 times)
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (10 times) - with Gorgeous George, Jr. (2), Bill Dundee (4), Mongolian Stomper (1), Jos LeDuc (1), Austin Idol (1), and Big Bubba (1)
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Bill Dundee
CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
CWA International Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
CWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Austin Idol (1) and Tommy Rich
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (13 times)
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (8 times) - with Jim White (4), Tojo Yamamoto (2), Playboy Frazier (1), and The Scorpion (1)
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) - with Jackie Fargo
WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
CWA Lord of the Ring winner in 1988

Georgia Championship Wrestling

NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Mr. Wrestling II (1) and Don Greene

Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling

NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jim White

Jersey All Pro Wrestling

JAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Maryland Championship Wrestling

MCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[79][80][81]
MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Bruiser

Memphis Championship Wrestling

MCW Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

Memphis Wrestling

Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Memphis Wrestling Television Championship (1 time)

NWA Polynesian Wrestling

NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Virginia
NWA All-Star Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Power Pro Wrestling

PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bill Dundee

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

SMW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

United States Wrestling Association

USWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (28 times)
USWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Jeff Jarrett (3), and Bill Dundee (2)

World Class Wrestling Association

WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment

Slammy Award for I'm Talking and I Can't Shut Up (Biggest Mouth) (1996)
Slammy Award for Most Embarrassing Moment (1996) Kissing his own foot
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2007)

[Theo Dious]

I'm not questioning anyone's validity of all these grate talents. I'm just saying that the thread is about the, "Most decorated athlete in WWE." There are a few different interpretations of that.

Dragon held 11 at the same time. That says more to me than accumulated titles. And also on a technical bases makes him the most decorated Pro Wrestler ever. (I don't think we will see anyone else holding that many titles at one time again anytime soon.)

Ric Flair held 16 World titles, 9 Tag, 2 TV, 1 IC, 5 US, won the 92 Royal Rumble (Also the only time the WWF/E title was decided in a RR match.) and got a slammy, all over a 36 year career. All in all about 33 titles, (Give or take, I know I'm not spot on, but I'm close.) to the Flair name.

Now the thread dose say ATHLETE so by literal interpretation. By literal I men the legitimacy of the titles in relation to real athletic combat. (I'm not blasting wrestling for being fake, I have much respect for it and it's heritage, this is just my humble opinion.)

Ken Shamrock was the first King of Pancrase in 1994, the first UFC Superfight Champion (Holding that title twice.), and was the first World Mixed Martial Arts Association Heavyweight Championship. On top of being NWA Heavyweight champ, WWF IC champ, and WWF Tag champ.

Then there is Brock. One could argue he is the most legitimacy decorated athlete to ever have been a WWE wrestler. As he is the only man so far to have been both the WWE Champion (3 times) and the UFC heavyweight Champion (Current). Cementing him (Again only my opinion here, but it's open to debate.) as the first person sense the likes of Georg Hackenschmidt and Frank Gotch to prove himself as the real deal when it comes to wrestling. Add to that his 97, 98, & 99 ND State-U annual Bison tournament wins, two Big Ten Conference wins, 2 time NJCAA All American, and his NCAA Championship. Brock, like him, or loath him, is the real deal.

Do you see my point? Triple H could win 30 more WWE world titles for all I care, he wont ever of been both a WWE champion and a world champion professional fighter. That to me, makes Brock Lesnar the most decorated "athlete" ever to have been in the WWE.

Kurt is a close second for me due to the Olympic win in 96 and all. Now if he would put his money where his mouth is and make that jump to MMA like he's been talking about for how long now? There is an off chance he could do it to. But at 40 years old and with is heath issues I don't know if he could pull it off. It would be a "Rocky moment" if he did... If you get my point.

Overall I think quality trumps quantity in terms of "decoration." Some Champions could win the title one time and make it a more memorable championship reign than another with 16 or 30 different titles to there name. Yeah they've been champ a bunch of times but what else have they done? Why dose the number of titles mean anything, especially if that is all they can be remembered for? It is what legitimizes them that is important. It's what makes them, to steal a line from Triple H, that damn good.

Peace,
ABC


Shut the fuck up, Noid sock.