Youngest Heavyweight Champion

**tazmaster** · 08-16-2004, 11:55 PM

Recently The One made a great post (http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18833) explaining the history behind the various titles of both brands in the WWE. If I understood it correctly, the RAW heavyweight title is actually the one that carries the WCW/Crockett Productions/etc... lineage.

With that in mind, I am somewhat irritated over the current promotion of Randy Orton as "The youngest" heavyweight title holder in the history of the sport at the age of 24.

The Giant/Big Show won the WCW heavyweight title at the age of 24 in April of 1996. This made him (at that time) the youngest heavyweight champ of either WWE or WCW.

Even if I missunderstood The One's post and the RAW championship is not the WCW title, it is still a complete fabrication to call Randy Orton the youngest heavyweight champion in history. So what's the point behind this besides being yet another opportunity for the WWE to pretend that WCW never existed?

BTW - 1st post.Yay.

08-16-2004, 11:55 PM	#1
tazmaster A mark's mark Posts: 84	Youngest Heavyweight Champion Recently The One made a great post (http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18833) explaining the history behind the various titles of both brands in the WWE. If I understood it correctly, the RAW heavyweight title is actually the one that carries the WCW/Crockett Productions/etc... lineage. With that in mind, I am somewhat irritated over the current promotion of Randy Orton as "The youngest" heavyweight title holder in the history of the sport at the age of 24. The Giant/Big Show won the WCW heavyweight title at the age of 24 in April of 1996. This made him (at that time) the youngest heavyweight champ of either WWE or WCW. Even if I missunderstood The One's post and the RAW championship is not the WCW title, it is still a complete fabrication to call Randy Orton the youngest heavyweight champion in history. So what's the point behind this besides being yet another opportunity for the WWE to pretend that WCW never existed? BTW - 1st post.Yay.