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The Best Champions of 2004
2004 is long gone, so I decided to make this thread where we show our appreciation for the WWE's championships, because God knows they don't.
I'll list the champions/nominees this year, and you simply post who you think was the best for each "division". Hear we go: World Heavyweight Championship Triple H Chris Benoit Randy Orton Vacant (I'm counting this as a nominee, because this spawned main event storylines, and was a strong finish to the year for the WWE) WWE Championship Brock Lesnar Eddie Guerrero John Bradshaw Layfield WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton Edge Chris Jericho Shelton Benjamin WWE United States Championship The Big Show John Cena Booker T Carlito Caribbean Cool World Tag Team Championship Evolution (Batista & Ric Flair) Rob Van Dam & Booker T Chris Benoit & Edge La Resistance (Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier) Eugene & William Regal WWE Tag Team Championship The Basham Brothers (Doug Basham and Danny Basham) Scotty 2 Hotty & Rikishi Charlie Haas & Rico The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) Paul London & Billy Kidman Rene Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio WWE Women's Championship Molly Holly Victoria Trish Stratus Lita WWE Cruiserweight Championship Rey Mysterio Chavo Guerrero Jacqueline Chavo Classic Spike Dudley Funaki Royal Rumble Chris Benoit Eddie Guerrero (I'm counting the "Sub-Royal Rumble" on SD! the night after the RR) More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship or WWE United States Championship World Tag Team Championship or WWE Tag Team Championship WWE Women's Championship or WWE Cruiserweight Championship Royal Rumble or World Championship Least Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship WWE Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship WWE United States Championship World Tag Team Championship WWE Tag Team Championship WWE Women's Championship WWE Cruiserweight Championship Royal Rumble Last edited by Mr. Nerfect; 01-08-2005 at 11:35 PM. |
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It's Hammer Time
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit (It was something different and I was just marking out through his whole reign. Shame it was playing second fiddle to HHH) WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero (Same as Bentoit. I absolutley loved Eddie as champ and what they were doing to him..... until.... JBL) WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton (No contest here) WWE United States Championship John Cena (I really hate face Cena but he's been better than the other guys) World Tag Team Championship Eugene & William Regal (A team who just wasn't thrown together and isn't La Resistance) WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman (I loved them as champs. It was new. I thought it opened up possibilities for the cruisers....... then they broke them up and pushed them back down the card) WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus (Heel Trish = WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero (When he had Chavo Classic it was great. He was getting some of the most heat on the card) Royal Rumble Chris Benoit (I don't even remember the other one) More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship: World Championship (No Contest) WWE Intercontinental Championship or WWE United States Championship: Intercontinental (Randy Orton's reign did a lot to help restore this belt) World Tag Team Championship or WWE Tag Team Championship: WWE Tag (Yeah... I guess...) WWE Women's Championship or WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Women's (Earlier in the year I would have said Cruiser but ever since Chavo Classic and Jaqueline.... yeah...) Royal Rumble or World Championship: World Champion (Uhhhh... considering the people in the Rumble are fighting for a shot at a World Championship... )Least Prestigious Championship World Tag Team Championship (Yup. Basically... "Let's put 'em on La Res until we throw together another team who'll take it for about a week!") |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Vacant (I'm counting this as a nominee, because this spawned main event storylines, and was a strong finish to the year for the WWE) WWE Championship Brock Lesnar WWE Intercontinental Championship Chris Jericho WWE United States Championship Booker T World Tag Team Championship Eugene & William Regal WWE Tag Team Championship The Basham Brothers (Doug Basham and Danny Basham) WWE Women's Championship Molly Holly Cruiserweight Championship Spike Dudley |
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RAW HEAVYWEIGHT:
Chris benoit SMACKDOWN HEAVYWIGHT: Eddie Guerrero INTERCONTINENTAL: Shelton Benjamin Randy Orton US: John Cena WOMEN: Molly Holly CRUSERWEIGHT: Ooooooooh Chavo TAG: Who cares? WWE has pretty much burried both sets for too long. |
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Let me be an odd ball and nominee Petey Williams as the strongest champ this year. The guy beat everybody including AJ Styles.
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit- man there was just somethin about that moment that made time freeze and that title realyl mean something. WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero- check Benoit WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton - Orton wore that belt like it was sewn on to him. He and that title was one. Orton made that title awesome until Edge took it. SHelton is doin good, cept for that HHH loss but Orton did it best. WWE United States Championship John Cena- CCC couldn't really defend it and Cena was the only real defender of the belt cept for Show. World Tag Team Championship Evolution (Batista & Ric Flair) - they were just that good WWE Tag Team Championship Charlie Haas & Rico - that was the oddest team but they were the best tag team in SD! WWE Women's Championship Victoria - have to give it to my girl here. she is the best diva on Raw WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero - who could defend it like Chavo. man Chavo as champ was awesome. Royal Rumble Chris Benoit - that was like a dream come true More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship WWE Tag Team Championship WWE Women's Championship or WWE Cruiserweight Championship - toss up Royal Rumble Least Prestigious Championship WWE Championship WWE United States Championship WWE Tag Team Championship [/QUOTE] |
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When I compare the Royal Rumble and the World Championship (WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship), and I mean in you were given a shot in the WWE, and they said you con only win one in your career, which one would you choose?
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anyway, Orton and Benoit were the best champs for the IC and World Titles respectively |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton WWE United States Championship John Cena World Tag Team Championship La Resistance (Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier) WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero Royal Rumble Chris Benoit More Prestigious Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship Least Prestigious Championship World Tag Team titles |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Benoit WWE Championship JBL WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton WWE United States Championship John Cena World Tag Team Championship La Resistance (Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier) WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero Royal Rumble Chris Benoit More Prestigious Championship World HeavyWeight( only because Raw is looked at has the more important show Least Prestigious Championship World Tag Team titles |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit What other champion made us feel good this year? Eddie Guerrero, Paul London, Billy Kidman, Rey Mysterio, Funaki, Scotty 2 Hotty, Rikishi, Rob Van Dam, Charlie Haas, Rico, Shelton Benjamin and that's about it. It looks like a long list, but when only two of them were World Champions, you really have to begin to wonder. It's a shame Benoit's reign was overshadowed, because seeing him win the Rumble was exciting, even for a non-Benoit fan. Seeing him make Triple H tap in the main event of WrestleMania (where the fans were strictly behind Benoit), and it felt good to see Shawn Michaels tap to the Sharpshooter at Backlash. It's a shame Benoit's reign went downhill from there, and Benoit vs. Kane could have really been one of the best feuds in WWE is done right. WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero As much as I want to say JBL, Eddie did give me a warm feeling when he won the title. It was expected for me, as soon as Eddie won the shot, but it didn't change the feeling when Eddie won. I was one of those doubters who said the WWE Championship wouldn't look good on Eddie Guerrero, but on that SmackDown! when he took the title and put it around his waist just to see what it looked like, I immediately thought "Wow, the title does suit him.". Guerrero made a believer out of me, and I hope to see him become World Champion again. WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton How great would it have been if Orton had held the WWE Intercontinental Championship past Vengeance (where he lost it to Edge), and won the World Heavyweight Championship from Benoit while still in possession of the WWE Intercontinental Championship. I could have easily seen Orton gladly handing the World Heavyweight Title to Triple H on the RAW afterwards, just as long as he got to keep his IC Title. It would have done wonders for Orton's character, and the IC Title. Benjamin is currently doing some good with the IC Title, but it seems to me like they're trying to turn him into a face Orton. I think they should have him drop the title soon, so he doesn't become dependant on it. Benjamin as a multi-time IC Champ is much more appealing than a one-long reign to me, and I hope Maven dethrones Benjamin and takes the belt, and revives that competition that used to be present for the Intercontinental Championship. WWE United States Championship Carlito Caribbean Cool He didn't hold the belt for long, but when he did hold it, I was much more interested in it. He got a good match out of Cena, did some good stuff with Mysterio, but then it ended in a flash, because of that silly arm injury. I personally think the WWE should have kept the title on Carlito, and have him just sit on the title, and if he needed to defend it (when the 30 days was nearly up), he'd just get Jesus to defend it for him. I hope they give Carlito another run with the title, because he could do wonders with/for it. He's got a legitimate claim to the title, as well. World Tag Team Championship Evolution (Batista & Ric Flair) It seemed that when Flair & Batista were World Tag Champs, the titles seemed like fighting for. I hope we get another team to take the belts and make them look like they are credible. I liked the promo Regal did after winning the titles, about how they will restore credibility to the belts, but I think they should move them to Christian & Tomko after a heated tag team match at New Year's Revolution. I'm thinking something like 35 minutes long, because it's been a while since we've seen an exciting encounter for these belts. WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman The feel good tag team of the year. They were just starting to get pops when they broke them up. I don't see why they just didn't have London cleanly defeat Suzuki & Dupree when they had their match on SD! for the tag titles, and if they didn't want to do that, I don't see why they didn't just have London get DQ'd or counted out. I would have loved London to return with Billy Kidman as a badass heel cruiser-team using the Shooting Star Press to injure their opponents, but I guess those dreams are shattered now. Just a bit of trivia, I think all the title changes have taken place on SmackDown! this year. I might be wrong about the earlier changes, but it's still disgraceful that there hasn't been one of the many changes on PPV. Come to think of it, I think Rico and Haas might have lost the titles at a PPV. WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus One of the best champs of the year. She made me care about the title, and if there were women in the WWE that could wrestle, I'm sure the division would be hotter now than ever. WWE Cruiserweight Championship Funaki This may be the unpopular choice for the best Cruiserweight Champion (narrowly in front of Jacqueline and Chavo Classic), but when Funaki actually won the match, even though it was predictable, I marked out. My brother actually wanted to see the PPV just to see Funaki get the title shot. It's a shame a lot of Funaki's support has gone with his years of jobbing, but give him some mic time, and let him repeat the match quality he had with Akio on SmackDown!, and the Cruiserweight Title will mean something in no time. I also predicted the Funaki win, right after Survivor Series (as did a lot of people, I think), and I could smell a one-month reign before the jobbing of the title to Ultimo Dragon. I hope he does return and takes the title (and Funaki & Akio's services as a tag team), but it will be interesting to see how the WWE handles the title if Ultimo doesn't come back. Royal Rumble Chris Benoit For me, this is the second best moment of 2004, and I'm not even that much of a Benoit fan. Seeing him eliminate Big Show got me anticipating, and when that bell closed the match, even though it was predictable, gave me a warm feeling in my heard More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship World Heavyweight Championship. I'd much rather see this title contested live than the WWE Championship. Send Orton, Michaels and Jericho to SD!, then we'll talk. WWE Intercontinental Championship or WWE United States Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship. I loved Orton's reign, and I think Benjamin and Maven can bring the competition part of the mid-card title into the fray. That remains to be soon, though. World Tag Team Championship or WWE Tag Team Championship World Tag Team Championship. There is a lack of tag teams in the WWE, but if I had a choice over which title I could hold, it would probably be these in a flash. WWE Women's Championship or WWE Cruiserweight Championship WWE Cruiserweight Championship. I would have said Women's, but I cannot deny the work of Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero, Billy Kidman, Paul London and Funaki. Royal Rumble or World Championship Royal Rumble. The World Championship seems too easy to get a grip on for young guys these days. If Jericho and Benoit got another reign, and if Edge and Batista get some time to work a feud, I really think the World Championship coud become a title for those in their primes, again. Least Prestigious Championship WWE Tag Team Championship This may be an unpopular pick, but when you have, what, one or two title changes on PPV, yet have a whole lot on SD! you lower the value of the titles dramatically. |
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Nah Eddies Royal Rumble was great the best match on smackdown so far.
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Less Talk, More Rokk!
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit WWE Championship John Bradshaw Leyfield (I wanted to say Eddie, however JBL, while he hasn't been a great champion, has been a good champion, Guerrero would of gotten it, if it wasn't for JBL Buildup in there fued, that killed Eddie )WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton WWE United States Championship John Cena World Tag Team Championship Rob Van Dam & Booker T WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman WWE Women's Championship Victoria WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero Royal Rumble Chris Benoit More Prestigious Championship WWE Intercontinental Championship Least Prestigious Championship WWE Cruiserweight Title (Sadly) |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton WWE United States Championship John Cena World Tag Team Championship La Resistance WWE Tag Team Championship Kidman & London WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero Royal Rumble Chris Benoit More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Least Prestigious Championship World Tag Team |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton WWE United States Championship Carlito Caribbean Cool World Tag Team Championship La Resistance (Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier) WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero Royal Rumble Chris Benoit More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship: WWE WWE Intercontinental Championship or WWE United States Championship: US World Tag Team Championship or WWE Tag Team Championship: WWE WWE Women's Championship or WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Cruiser Royal Rumble or World Championship: RR Least Prestigious Championship World Tag Team Championship |
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World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit - Don't know about you guys but one of the moments of the year was at the end of WM with Eddie and Benoit standing there both champions. It was just that feeling of both of them being the champions of the world after all their past problems. Benoit had come so close before but was always just a bit off but at WM HHH tapping to the crossface was the best. WWE Championship Eddie Guerrero - I had nearly given up on Benoit winning the title. Out of all the Radicals I thought that Benoit was the one that might win the world title. I never even contemplated the idea of Eddie winning it. But he did and was a great champ. WWE Intercontinental Championship Randy Orton WWE United States Championship John Cena World Tag Team Championship La Resistance (Rob Conway & Sylvain Grenier) WWE Tag Team Championship Paul London & Billy Kidman WWE Women's Championship Trish Stratus WWE Cruiserweight Championship Chavo Guerrero Royal Rumble Chris Benoit More Prestigious Championship World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship: WWE WWE Intercontinental Championship or WWE United States Championship: US World Tag Team Championship or WWE Tag Team Championship: WWE WWE Women's Championship or WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Cruiser Royal Rumble or World Championship: RR Least Prestigious Championship Either of the tag divisions |
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