10 Most ABSURD Wrestling Champions Ever

[@dalemcmahon4130]

Vince Deciding to wear a Durag will never cease to crack me up

[@ganglabesh]

its so odd isnt it

[@michaellyden2580]

Fun fact: Gillberg's Light Heavyweight Championship reign was longer than all of Bill Goldberg's Championship reigns.... .... *COMBINED!!!*

[@jerwwilliams]

Further proof that Gillberg > Goldberg

[@agentjakecx4311]

LOOOOOOOOL

[@joaomendes147]

GILLBERG! GILLBERG! GILLBERG! GILLBERG!

[@btf_flotsam478]

@@jerwwilliams Alongside "Gillberg's last match had more viewers than Goldberg's last match".

[@Burrow951]

Omg

[@MasterSartorius]

Adam Jones as TNA Tag champion was the #1 worst tag team champion in TNA history. He threw things and ran around the ring. I hated it then and still hate it now.

[@EddieLowenheim]

They weren't able to have him wrestle so he just did all of that while Truth beat up every team they faced. Still dumb and shit. l

[@stewietk]

I really love the picture where Nicholas is holding the belt facing him, he wanted to see what he earned. Such a once in a lifetime thing

[@slashandbones13]

How did Pacman Jones not make this list?

[@danmason6116]

Man I forgot he won the tag titles

[@kevinW826]

Yeah, that was a joke

[@DJDoubleCee]

Braun Strowman winning the tag team titles with a 10 year old kid was the most absurd of them all. I wouldn’t be surprised if that kid became real popular at his school though. LOL

[@franklingoodwin]

More absurd than a middle aged woman becoming tag champ against her own son? Nah, that it's on a whole new level

[@thesprock5270]

@@franklingoodwin That’s entertaining bro, Braun and a 10 year is not.

[@ROFLSoup]

​@@franklingoodwin In all fairness they are both ridiculous. However storyline-wise the Judy Bagwell angle at least made some level of sense, since it was part a feud that involved Buff Bagwell. Sort of a "I got your mom to come spank you boy" kind of moment, but shit like this has no business involving titles. The Strowman angle at best was just "I am such a beast I can win the titles with a child", i mean it could have been a celebrity, it could have been the biggest jobber in the company, it could have even been Braun winning it solo, it was a damn kid. Having said that, both made me want to puke.

[@thesprock5270]

@@Frank-ex9cd WCW was at least entertained it was bad, wwe is awful and un entertaining..

[@KDE4LIFEBAYBAY]

Or, since kids seem to hate WWE now, he became the school's resident bullying victim...

[@traphustler]

Vince McMahon in the durag was hilarious 😂😂😂

[@pkmkid84]

The demise of the WCW Cruiserweight title really pissed me off.

[@namikstudios]

Same. Of all the old WCW titles I thought it would be the one to survive the longest. As it turns out that is actually the US title, which is the last remaining title from WCW active in WWE today.

[@mapitizat]

I want to see the "I picked your momma as my tag partner" storyline for one of the women's tag team championships. That shit funny as hell. 🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️

[@calragnarok]

Bless Jim Cornette for spitting in Ed Ferraras face! We all wanted too!

[@RichWhiteUM]

I didn't.

[@danmason6116]

Fuck Ferrara and Russo they literally killed wcw all by themselves

[@Whogrl16]

Spitting in someone’s face is less scummy than mocking someone’s disability

[@machomusprime50]

He definitely deserved it.

[@BrottenGuy]

We all know Gillberg only held the Light Heavyweight Title like that, to help his Goldberg parody gimmick. Can’t be a “Goldberg”-mocking Jobber, without a title on his waist. It just helped the whole image.

[@shanewilliams9122]

I think we forget that when Russo worked for WWF, his ideas still went through Vince McMahon, who had the final say. In WCW, he had no filter. Moral of the story: don't hire Vince Russo

[@jeremywilliams5141]

I would've also said Stephanie McMahon as Women's Champion.

[@maqclark]

I still hate Jacqueline had to job to her

[@robertclark2253]

I made a similar comment about an hour after yours not copying just coincidence .

[@CharizardMaster69]

Atleast Stephanie is a McMahon and McMahon’s (if Shane and Vince are anything to go by…) are fucking insane

[@davidmoriarty3606]

I believe this is a WWE fan club channel, so there's no way that would happen.

[@optimus2008]

@@davidmoriarty3606 Ofc not. You might wanna watch more if you think this channel is aligned with any promotion.

[@EphPhaThaINC]

When Hornswaggle is option that is used to kill big time angles and titles. 1) cruiser weight title and division, Hornswaggle killed it. 2) Vince’s illegitimate sone angle, Horny killed it. 3) anonymous Raw GM, the lil guy killed that one too.

[@andrewsd.r.7180]

Also DX in 2009-2010

[@sebastianb.3978]

Anonymous raw gm was more of a mercy kill where the mercy was us being freed of that bloody laptop.

[@michaelbreen7865]

@@sebastianb.3978 Then they brought it back for one more night two years later.

[@metalbeastinitiate5410]

At least Gilberg was a hilarious champion

[@mawile2468]

I can't wait to see Nicholas on here!

[@TheNickiFierce]

Sable helped revive the Women's Title because of her overwhelming hype, Debra won because WWF was desperate of stripping Sable of her title after she refused and wanted to leave with the title, and Kat won because yeah, the puppies hype was the rage. After the Hervina incident, idk what exactly happened but we had more and more serious champions sans Stephanie but she did help churn out very strong storylines out of the title, Jacqueline, Lita, Chyna and even Trish despite her limited abilities at the time really elevated the title.

[@CallieCatGaming]

"Evening gown pool match" sounds like a fever dream

[@wesleymorris2699]

The WCW talent were jealous of the great Judy Bagwell. Her finisher the Arthritic Grip was inescapable. Men like Goldberg and Sting cowered in her presence

[@rumblebird9888]

DDP was the only one who could stop her

[@BigBrownMemes]

I'm in the minority here but I liked Braun taking a "random kid" to beat Cesaro. He was booked as a monster already and beating the 2 by himself wasn't unthinkable, but him taking the piss out of the bar with a kid was anything but forgettable.

[@MekoUnknown]

Bischoff may not be ripped, but he could take McMahon out to the woodshed anytime. Dude is an accomplished martial artist...

[@New-York-Guy-90.]

Loved the Cruiserweight Championship in both WCW And WWE they literally gave up too soon on the title

[@1rhpsfan]

Forgot to mention, after getting speared though the cage, Russo's entire boy (including his feet) was lying on the cage wall he went through.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Eric Bischoff was a legit kickboxer though.

[@joelthorpe4170]

I think he also had some sort of belt in some form of karate

[@Octaviuseats]

So no ground game

[@martynodonnell8467]

@@joelthorpe4170 he was karate black belt

[@mehgend3914]

@@silver47official this may be one of the worst insults I’ve ever seen

[@kevindouglas5333]

Lol. Ya ok

[@ljaquos]

Man say what you will about the Braun picking a 10 year old for his tag team partner thing, that shit was hilarious. And like, Braun was already over as a monster that could kill 20 guys at once. So it didn't hurt anyone either lol

[@franklingoodwin]

Judy Bagwell being tag champ literally makes no sense 😂 I'm glad I didn't really watch WCW during this period. I pretty much stopped after 1997 so missed that stinker

[@jcav9410]

Hornswoggle being used to retire the original Cruiserweight Championship in retrospect was terrible. They could have just moved the Cruiserweight Division to the ECW brand! If it was still around in 2009 it would have been a great title for Evan Bourne or Yoshi Tatsu to defend

[@frankbonini9128]

I Think You Meant the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship

[@Thor-Orion]

Say what you will about Arquette, but he was hilarious. “Don’t you know not to trust anybody from Hollywood?!”

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

Honestly I'm surprised when Strowman won the tag belts the kid as his partner wasn't a Make A Wish kid.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Anyone knows the name of the theme song of Harvey wippleman

[@jamalvargas6146]

Thank Goodness Sharkboy Didn't Become a champion given how outlandish TNA had gotten on par with WCW

[@everything.e.elliotttv2472]

I loved the the idea of Jackie as the cruiser weight champion!

[@max__p1765]

I love to watch old WWF-Shows from the 80ies. It is hillarious, when Jesse Ventura always mocked Vince McMahon for never been in the ring as a Wrestler. How could he know, that one day Vince will become winner of the Royal Rumble, ECW and WWF Champion - things Jesse never achieved.

[@aaronynclan7674]

I mean, it makes it easy to do so when you're in charge of the company and can book yourself to win them

[@benespinosa6725]

Jim cornette spitting in Ed Ferrara's Face was Rightfully deserved the Oklahoma Character in WCW Was absolutely disrespectful Jim cornette did the right thing props to him.

[@benespinosa6725]

@@JacksonOwex good Point

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Vince Russo & David Arquette as WCW World Champions killed WCW

[@persona1822]

No wcw killed wcw by bad management

[@joshhale9355]

To be a bit fair to Arquette, he didn’t actually want to win the title. And he donated his earnings from that brief time to the families of Owen Hart, Brian Pillman and Droz. I got nothing for Russo

[@namikstudios]

@@joshhale9355 Russo's one reign wasn't anywhere near as repugnant as McMahon's reigns as WWF and ECW champs. That's the only defence there is for Russo - the only thing worse than the booker giving themselves their own title is the owner of the damn company giving themselves not one but TWO reigns as world champ.

[@gartlangiley6340]

Woah what's with that little Disco Inferno bash

[@KINGLADUDU]

His not a nice person in real life

[@bigyan3667]

And he was a terrible character!!!

[@chaosbringer82]

I like how the Jack the Jobber thing seems like a joke if you don't know he was genuinely Ironman Heavymetalweight champion

[@doviuslastname2244]

Hey, that's *multiple* Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Jack the Jobber!

[@alastair852]

@@doviuslastname2244 he won it from garbage both times.

[@doviuslastname2244]

@@alastair852 hey man, no need to compare the two in such a clear show of disrespect. That poor trash bin deserves a lot better than to be compared to Joey Ryan

[@yebutmynameiskyle]

Every time I hear about Russo all I can think is how anybody kept him employed as a writer, like holy fucking shit has he ever had a good idea?

[@robertbradshaw5281]

Deadly games ss98 that's about it

[@asandovalhatchet]

That frowning Rene Dupree is going to haunt my nightmares

[@Panwere36]

The simple truth is that Vince Russo is the kind of New Yorker even most New Yorkers hate. He is a Dark Triad personality with no self-awareness at all. He is the reason people cringe at the thought of the name.. and has ruined the lives of everyone named Vince and/or Russo for all time.

[@rustyshackle8000]

The sad thing about Oklahoma is that the Deadlock Pro Wrestling Podcast doing a terrible impression of him is 10x funnier than anything Oklahoma ACTUALLY did.

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Speaking of Braun, his Brains Strowman gimmick was great while it lasted

[@saintgreen8682]

I worked with Kenny chaos after Vince bought the dubya. He's a pretty good dude. He, Bagwell and the steiners are all great friends. I've actually worked for Scott steiner, met Rick several times and done county jail time with Bagwell. Good ol Georgia

[@richardsawyer4494]

Love your lists

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

I will never forgive hornswoggle for ruining the cruiserweight title

[@pkmkid84]

The 24/7 title is basically the Hardcore title where Jack the Jobber can still win it.

[@conatser]

I still defend Nicholas being champ. Every 10 year old fan probably begged to go to the next PPV just in case they were chosen to wrestle in a match.

[@fireheartgames]

Dude Disco Inferno was a good Cruiserweight Champion! Now Oklahoma that was some bullcrap!

[@awesomemantm2000]

Yeah Disco was a highlight of WCW and also Alex Wright

[@AB-ez4rm]

When Oklahoma came out I thought it was so disrespectful and tasteless that I stopped watching WCW after that.

[@Gargoyle_75]

…. I feel Arquette might be somewhere… As well as Vince Russo. If not, they should.

[@markboliek6130]

Screamin’ Norman Smiley is one of my favorite characters of all time.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

You forgot to mention Booker T won the title back in the San Francisco 49ers match

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@MR.CLAW1997 I'm not saying he was

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@MR.CLAW1997 I was mentioned how stupid the match was because Russo

[@chrisb.2028]

Almost forgot Jack won the Ironman belt.

[@dasher920]

Didn’t watch the video yet but I’m assuming Judy Bagwell and David Arquette are on this list... possibly Jinder Mahal

[@agentjakecx4311]

With how many absurd champions there's been Jinder is ok in comparison

[@zachzach5398]

Jinder was a good choice to be champ

[@joemomma3208]

Jinder Mahal, David Flair (Us champ) Gillberg, Vince Russo, & David Arquette just for starters

[@devinhomewood2230]

I guess Sydney Prescott and Gail Weathers were excited when Dewey Riley won the WCW title XD

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

WCW’s Hardcore belt was beautiful, but it’s division was shit.

[@longfootbuddy]

yea if youre wanting a belt to have credibility at all, you dont want to have old men, midgets, women, and ceos winning it really

[@FrostWazowski]

Gillberg would be a main event star in the midst of a record setting world title run if he was on the roster today ... Hes the same size as all of them.

[@benjaminquan3247]

let's be honest, when Nicholas was chosen nobody thought he was a boy

[@agentjakecx4311]

First female wwe tag team champion

[@that.canadian.vaper.guyTCVG]

#1 is Vince Russo isnt it? Yes, yes it was. It was Russo.

[@grantlesnickle223]

David Arquette's run in WCW is like a Mandela effect, he was by far the most entertaining person on the show at that point, would have been a wasted opportunity if they hadn't created any interest at all with it. His OTT heel work and backstage bits with Courteney Cox and Kurt Russell were genuinely funny. Okay, giving him the big belt was perhaps a step too far, but completely writing off his stint as an example of WCW's failure as a company is definitely a revised version of this period.

[@JadzzHD]

is there no news on sundays

[@hardluckwoman3448]

Vince as ecw champ was awesome

[@KingsNerdCave]

If I owned and booked my own wrestling promotion, yes I'd probably book myself to win the world title to fulfill a bucket-list dream. However, I'd do it in a storyline the likes of me doing my best to keep the gold from the biggest babyface. Then after being annoying for a month-ish with "how great I am" he'd beat the snot out of me and get the title anyways.

[@sammyshake]

ECW Championship gave us Durag Vince so it was worth it

[@FloppyCripple]

I hope I never run into Ed Ferrara because I'll go to jail

[@RichWhiteUM]

Anger issues?

[@midnightrider4ever]

Eric Bischof would kick Vince McMahon's ass. Bischof fought his ass off against Funk.

[@TheTrixster690]

The reason why Harvey won the Women's title from The Kat was because WWE didn't want The Kat to get hurt by Jacqueline.

[@hectorrico8661]

I think that movie was in theaters and at Blockbuster in the same month.

[@mlthmp]

Disco Inferno was actually talented. He should have gotten a US title run at some point.

[@MrMG-il5hv]

Something tells me that they did not know what would happen to Daffny in less than a month

[@edwinperez4509]

Tyler Bate was the youngest champion when Nicholas won

[@dylanthomas9907]

One of the Godfathers Hos briefly held the hardcore belt in 2000

[@anthonyharris4234]

Jinder mahal better make the list

[@MichaelJW72]

I was certain David Arquette would have the top spot, but nope there was one that was worse.

[@redwolf5047]

If I don’t see jack and his belt I’m gonna be sad *watches video* Edit: boo and yay

[@xbigwormx]

No Pacman Jones being a TNA Tag Team champion with R-Truth for not even wrestling?

[@stevegallo8483]

How did you miss Santina Morella as WWE Women's Champion?

[@khaleelmohammed3841]

Because Santino never won the women's championship he won the miss WrestleMania Battle Royal

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@aiden5831]

Number 1 gotta be Vince Russo

[@KMmouse20]

Lol

[@slashandbones13]

At least Eric Bischoff is a real life badass.

[@sceligator]

Is he?

[@slashandbones13]

His blackbelt is legit

[@kennyabi3515]

I am one of the few wrestling fans who loved the angle when David Arquette won the WCW title. It was a good example of something wrestling seem to forget sometimes, that anything can happen in sports and in wrestling. Its very important to surprise once in a while so the shows dont get stale.

[@jb888888888]

WTH WCW? If Kenny Kaos's injury allowed Rick Steiner to choose a replacement, why wouldn't Rick's injury do the same for Judy? That's the problem, lack of consistency in following the rules.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Don't bother trying to make sense out of anything that happened during the last 18 months of WCW. Even though I was pretty much only watching WWF at the time I would occasionally still check out Nitro because it was so surreal and awful.

[@1whu965]

Gilberg was the bomb

[@Kristhebear856]

Tony shivolnie is the guy that pitched Mr Courtney cox winning the title not Russo surprisingly

[@MyPisceanNature]

Russo killed WCW when he put the belt on David Arquette. You can get away with that for a lesser title. You absolutely CANNOT do that with your highest prize. It completely devalues your entire show.

[@thomasfarmer8562]

3 legged man? Ive heard those stories about Batista 🤣🤣🤣🤣jk jk

[@mechmudd4102]

EY is the longest reigning Woman's tag champ then haf to vacate it because he's a man only after 500 days, and this fact didn't make the list

[@ryanleikness3414]

The abortion known as Enzo Amor-on as Cruiserweight Champion

[@circleancopan7748]

Much better than the iron grip that the Crybaby he took the belt from had done.

[@codyjohnson8959]

"Mr. Courtney Cox" lol

[@WTFweretheythinking1]

Bummer, I totally was betting that Carmella was #1.

[@invaderjae]

Vince Russo is the bane of wrestling. I really wish people would stop giving him jobs in the business.

[@christopherwhitaker1615]

Hey Buy Hornswaggle a suit and show him the figure four He could be a mini Ric Flair Little dude had potential

[@awesomemantm2000]

WeeLC was legendary

[@Run187]

That Oklahoma bit was disgusting. Jr is a better man than me for making peace with ed over it..

[@nbr6116]

Don't do my man Jack dirty like that.

[@BeeBumper]

Bischoff wrestling was ridiculous

[@rizzcs6018]

I feel a little bad for 2000's WCW Fans.

[@zacharysolano6375]

Honestly I really don’t think disco inferno was really that bad, he was a memorable Midcard wrestler and If he did his gimmick these days he would of been over as heck on the indies, and him being crusierweight champion was honestly decent

[@rayg6497]

Except he wasn't a cruiserweight.

[@RichWhiteUM]

@@rayg6497 Under WCW's rules for it, he was. They set a max weight of 225 and there was some playroom there. Jericho held the belt at 230.

[@rayg6497]

@@RichWhiteUM No way was Disco anywhere close to 225 nor 230.

[@RichWhiteUM]

@@rayg6497 Where exactly did I say he was? My point was that it's professional wrestling and the so-called divisions and weight limits have been played with since the beginning. Chyna wasn't exactly a heavyweight nor is Rey Mysterio and they both have held heavyweight championships.