Thread: The Triple Crown
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Old 07-28-2009, 05:18 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Stealth-Icon View Post
Big Show did it when he beat RVD for the ECW title
No, Big Show isn't counted as a former World Heavyweight Champion -- he won the WCW Title. Different lineages.

Kurt Angle was being set-up to be the man to do it, I believe, during his run on the ECW brand before he left the company. Chris Benoit was no doubt about to become the ECW Champion before he Benoit'd himself. So let's take a look at the other men that have held two of the three "World Titles."

Triple H (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Shawn Michaels (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Edge (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
The Undertaker (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
John Cena (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Batista (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Chris Jericho (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Randy Orton (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Jeff Hardy (WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion)
Big Show (WWE Champion, ECW Champion)
CM Punk (World Heavyweight Champion, ECW Champion)
Kane (WWE Champion, ECW Champion)

That's 12 men, unless I am missing someone. Looking at the dual-World Champion zodiac, it's possible to divide them into two categories: 1) The top stars, who have held both the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Title, and 2) The secondary players, who can be considered main eventers, but for the most part just hover around upper mid-card level.

I don't think one of the top players will be the first to achieve this goal. Chris Jericho doing it would be cool, and Jeff Hardy might be in with a shot, but I think it is most likely going to come from someone like CM Punk, or even Kane (who even held the World Heavyweight Title unofficially last year as part of the RAW Scramble Match at Unforgiven).

If I had to guess, I'd go with CM Punk being the first man to do this. All he needs to do is get drafted to RAW, and then he's in with a shot. Especially if his heel persona catches on -- which it is.
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