Jim Cornette on The Worst World Champions

From Episode 266 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@phreakzilla8514]

How “Vince Russo” wasn’t the immediate answer from Jim’s mouth just tells me that he forgot that horseshit actually happened

[@jamesgarland8322]

He dosnt count

[@60BloodyChamp60]

@@jamesgarland8322yeah everything after mid 1999 literally doesn’t count it was such a mess in WCW

[@danieltabor7300]

Vince Russo and David Arquette

[@ddddreed]

I will forever remember watching David winning the title. I was 9 and so confused as to what I just saw.

[@alexhobbs1208]

Difference is Arquette didn't book it

[@SlicRic81]

Well, Russo wasn't a wrestler, and neither was Vince McMahon, and he won the WWF Championship & smh the (WWE)CW Championship... as for David Arquette... Vince Russo & Eric Bischoff had their hands all over that... let's actually name legit wrestlers for this convo...

[@mattwood2981]

I have a ton of respect for Arquette. Russo...😬 Not so much.

[@WingsofHistory]

Russo is funny af

[@tizzleman1]

Vacant was terrible. He never kept the belt long, but won it a lot.

[@rollingthunder8223]

Never been seen also

[@deputay]

The pride of Parts Unknown

[@shooter7734]

Yeah Vacant was pretty terrible his native american cousin who played MLB for years, Player To Be Named Later, was also terrible resulting in him being traded more times than other player in history

[@deputay]

@@shooter7734 Another player who seemed to be part of other trades for years was Cash Considerations. I always figured he must have a long-term contract the way he'd move around

[@bigvito9008]

@@deputay That's cash consideration and a sixpack to be named later

[@joeberg3317]

If Sergeant Slaughter wants to stay at Jim Cornette's house he needs to ask permission first, he can't just show up and demand it. That's the Third Amendment.

[@wilcee238]

Attitudes like that are what’s going to get COBRA back in business.

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

@@wilcee238 ...BACK in business? Where I was I at work all day toda... uh... Oh. I mean... I don't work for COBRA.

[@KHayes666]

You're better off with General Adnan. I mean who would turn down Slaughter? lol

[@syko2695]

Let it never be forgotten that THE Brian Kendrick was WWE Champion for a full 6 minutes during the Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven 2008. My guy technically pinned Jeff Hardy clean as a whistle for the WWE Championship.

[@ravensflockmate]

We're talking worst not best

[@vargas1569]

....and? What is this comment....? Everyone on the planet thought that London & Kendrick were going to be the next Hart/Michaels.

[@syko2695]

@@vargas1569 So that's why Shawn lost his smile. He would've got fired otherwise! It all makes sense. (Also anyone that believed that was a fuckin idiot)

[@vargas1569]

@@syko2695 ...wut..? Also, everyone thought that, and for good reason. Kendrick was Michaels’s protege, he trained him & Danielson, and London was one of the most talented prospects ever. Both were massive wastes of potential, especially London

[@syko2695]

@@vargas1569 I was playing on the fact that Shawn famously 'lost his smile' that time he dropped the WWF Championship in the late 90s, and Paul London got fired for smiling during the Vince blowing himself up in a limo segment. It's quite well known that Shawn didn't actually train Danielson all that much, and that the majority of his training was at the hands of William Regal. They just played it up on TV when it suited the narrative they were telling. Also, both Kendrick and London absolutely screamed indy talent. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that London's only memorable moment was getting decapitated out of the Rumble by Snitsky, and the first thing that anyone thinks when Kendrick pops up is 'lol Spanky'.

[@jimibaboza]

The funniest thing about all the Arquette jokes is that WCW were making the same jokes at the time.

[@blakemaxfield4267]

Those wcw ratings are prob better than the writings now with Arquette as champ lol

[@TRoller927]

@@blakemaxfield4267 They probably were because wrestling was big back then. The only reason people tuned into WCW was to see what stupid, Jerry Springer shit that Russo would come up with next. Keep in mind that WCW was dead just over a year after Arquette became champion.

[@mcwhorter141mcwhorter8]

One thing you can say about Hutton is thez once said he himself couldn't have taken the guy in a shoot so he was a badass man.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Although he supposedly had a locker room altercation with a part-time referee who got the better of him. That was said to hurt his already shaky reputation with the other wrestlers.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

Crockett NWA at its peak was the best wrestling era ever. Great wrestling, great charismatic characters, great rivals, great everything

[@josereyes1148]

I wish it could go back to that and I was born in 1987. Companies just say they are going to be an alternative and then do the same thing.

[@Ticketman99]

Why did it die?

[@josereyes1148]

@@Ticketman99 Vince was a better business man and then NWA made bad business decisions. Your take is so lazy. It's out of business so it can't be great. I guess that means no one liked Ecw. Nwo wcw couldn't have been that good because it's out of business. Also on the reverse of that, WWE has record profits now and their creative is far worse than 20 years ago. It wasn't the wrestling that put them out if business.

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@josereyes1148 All he asked is why is it dead. Get out of your feelings

[@josereyes1148]

@@SpaceGhost92 yea... He asked why is it no longer around like it means that it obviously wasn't that great... That is 100% what he meant.. I'm not in my feelings because as I stated above, this isn't even my time of being a fan. It's 100% objective.

[@nu-metalfan2654]

When I think of a world champion I think of someone who can draw money and looks believable as said champion.

[@khesipresents1885]

problem is none of today's wrestlers draw serious money ,hurting the world title value

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Todays wrestlers don’t need to draw money because wwe draws always

[@tritchie6272]

For me beliability goes a long ways. And it seems to me like believably has gotten somewhat Rare. Its not that I expect them all to look like bodybuilders, but I want to think that makes some sense when I watch them in the Ring. From what I've watched of the Thez ara I can usually think that. I also tend to find Fit Finlay believable. A heel needs to be believable as well. Look like they are tough enough that they need to cheat just a little. Or be mean with the cheating. Just don't over do it to where the whole match is one big cheat fest. Unless its a special match like no DQ.

[@khesipresents1885]

@@tritchie6272 tazz looked Scarry but was short,

[@youtubemember1115]

Exact opposite of ric flair

[@americasevilgenius]

If we include World Class as a World Title (and that's a big if...) then Black Bart might qualify.

[@KHayes666]

Nah, that was still regional. Kerry Von Erich as World Champion was worse

[@michaeljones-um8sn]

The Miz, John Cena, and Randy Orton all suck. Even the Mountie or Tatanka some mid carders from 80s/90s are far better then anybody today.

[@thuaug4417]

The Ultimate Warrior could draw tickets, I grant you that, but he was the shittiest champion I ever saw.

[@myleswayne301]

He became champion at the wrong time and had no one believable to challenge him.

[@robertm.3520]

@@myleswayne301 Right. They messed up by not having a good feud lined up for him after WM. Earthquake would've been good but he was put in a program with Hogan instead and Savage was working against Dusty. No one wanted to see Warrior and Rude again.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Ultimate warrior was great

[@KalphosZeromar]

​@@pleaseshutup7053ultimate warrior was one of the worst wrestlers to ever be champion

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Vince Russo in WCW. Inexcusable insult to every actual wrestler who wore the belt. Even in non-kayfabe, absolutely unacceptable. Patricia, Alexis, and Rosanna's idiot brother wasn't much better, but still not as bad. Vince McMahon was bad, too. Shouldn't have happened either, but at least it was a part of a now-legendary storyline and he could do a few things in the ring. None of them well, but at least it was _something._ Russo might as well have pulled down his pants in the middle of the ring and defecated on the belt. Putting the belt on people who arent't actual wrestlers is worse than anything any wrestler has ever done while having it. Although people like The Great Khali come dangerously close to that realm.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Russo doesn’t count he gave up the belt immediately

[@danspawn85]

Jim: "We gotta go watch AEW" Brian: "No, we don't have too" Me: ROFLMAO

[@patrickstewart3446]

The 3rd is the one everyone forgets because it really hasn’t come up very often in court cases unlike the 4th and 5th which come up all the time.

[@battra92]

It was also a huge grievance of the early Americans prior to the War for Independence. Soldiers were in fact quartered in the homes of Colonists against the will of the property owners.

[@Rockhound6165]

Believe it or not this has come up in recent years. During the riots of 2020 the National Guard was holed up in a hotel in Washington, DC with permission from the owner I might add. The corrupt mayor of DC invoked the 3rd amendment to get the NG thrown out.

[@TRoller927]

@@battra92 Yeah, it's an outdated amendment that has no bearing on today's society. Active duty Soldiers all have their own housing and wouldn't ever need to squat in citizens' houses.

[@MrRjh63]

@@battra92 Yeah it was a counter to one of the so called " intolerable acts" that forced colonists to quarter British troops. Frankly most of the bill of rights was a counter to those acts.

[@KHayes666]

​@@TRoller927 I just laughed hysterically thinking of how that would even apply to today. A guy walks into his house and some random soldier is just sitting at his kitchen table before saying "I live here now. Deal with it." The guy grabs a bat and chases the soldier away shouting "THIRD AMENDMENT! GET OUTTA HERE YA BUM!" Hahahaha that would never happen haahaha

[@TheMagnificentMongoSlade]

A lot of world champions are transitional, esp the heels in WWWF. In the post-Wrestlemania days some of the worst are either 1) transitional or 2) storyline driven but no plan

[@AGH69]

Kurt Angle wearing a cowboy hat was gold. Dick Hutton's downfall was that he was ahead of his time.

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

Kenny Omega.

[@Dustywhoads]

Brian trying to bait Cornette into shitting on Nash as champion in the 90s again my lord

[@fuzzluvver69]

As much as I loved him, I'd have to go with Ron Garvin. Great worker, but was never NWA championship caliber and couldn't carry that type of expectation, it was a crazy switch at the time.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

I wouldn't count it, because they clearly had him in mind as a temporary placeholder. Sometimes there was a perfectly valid business reason to do that. Then there are the "Lex Express" cases where the promoter is all in on a guy and it doesn't work.

[@fuzzluvver69]

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Yeah, I get that, but I do genuinely think the point still stands. As much of a workhorse as Garvin was, he was never going to draw as even a placeholder / transitional champion, there were others that would have been significantly better for that role at that time. And I'm saying that as someone who actually did enjoy watching Ron Garvin, even though a lot of my friends found him somewhat boring.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

I’m gonna say rey mysterio not because of his greatness but the booking. It never sit right with me watching rey get squashed 3 weeks in a row by Henry Kane and khali every weird booking

[@vargas1569]

Mysterio is like 4 feet tall lol

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@vargas1569 and one of the greatest to ever live

[@KHayes666]

He never should have been champion. WWE exploited Eddie Guerrero's death to the point they mentioned him on every broadcast for 6 months straight like he was on vacation. Mysterio winning the title was to capitalize on it even though he had no busiess being champion at his diminutive size.

[@vargas1569]

@@KHayes666 it was also to try & definitively put Mexico’s larger promotions on their last legs once & for all.

[@vargas1569]

@@pleaseshutup7053 ...and..? What’s your point? He’s still like 3 feet tall

[@willjohnboy]

David arquette, russo, vinnie mac, great khali, jinder mahal.

[@johnjehovah8631]

Well said.

[@reddragon0624]

@Smally Bigs yes he was. I was watching SD every week during that era and it was truthfully some of the worst TV I’ve ever seen that whole six month run.

[@princeoliver6872]

Add Kofi and BIG E in this list.. absolutely garbage championship reigns

[@khesipresents1885]

​@@princeoliver6872 what about Seth as universal champion and an styles in 2018 as WWE champ?shit was too boring

[@princeoliver6872]

@@khesipresents1885 boring for internet fans? Probably yes, but It didn't effect the ratings and live event attendance in a negative way.. but during kofi's and E's title reigns , live attendance was just awful.. and during E's reign , Raw did their worst ratings..

[@TheRydog61]

I always respect Jim "s wrestling opinion about Detroit and The Original Sheik.

[@Youngbloodz33]

I respect Jim's wrestling opinion about every damn thing he says pretty much

[@andrewdutler9249]

Andre the Giant drew $0 during his WWF title reign of 75 seconds or so in 1988. Yes, 33 million people were watching on tv and the house was full but they had bought their tickets prior to him becoming champion. Obviously I’m kidding as the boss didn’t need a belt to draw money but it’s technically true 😃

[@EXPLISITemcee]

So Ted made more money.. as WWF champ..

[@nagilumsnangilima]

He didn't draw any money because he immediately handed over the title to the Million Dollar Man for a boat load of cash (I forgot how much). This angle was similar to the Larry Zbyszko Tim Brooks angle where Larry gave Tim $ 25,000 for the NWA National Title. Ted Dibiase kept the title for about 3 weeks defending it against Bam-Bam Bigelow in a house show until the on-air President Jack Tunney decided to strip him of it and have the title be put up for grabs in a tournament at WM 4 in 1988. Though the WWF initially recognized Dibiase's run, they later removed him from the record books as champion: not recognizing him because Dibiase never earned the title by pinfall or submission.

[@lustthomas6033]

Show some godamn respect 😑

[@bobwatson1162]

Ted DiBiase... he brought it from Andre the Giant

[@ronniesables9686]

🤣🤣🤣 classic

[@youtubemember1115]

Kind of like nash giving the title to hogan & flair in wcw 1999/2000

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Great storyline

[@nagilumsnangilima]

He was never recognized as champion. But he should have been if you follow the Brooks-Zbyszko angle from Georgia Championship Wrestling. Dibiase would have made a fine champion.

[@RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA]

Obviously we seen more bad champions in the last 23 years..

[@danniles3315]

Jack Swagger deserved a mention

[@pleaseshutup7053]

He was the worst because timing Jericho was killing it and should have stayed champion

[@bobbyb5546]

@@shams3831 He's awful in AEW.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@shams3831 he was terrible you had the great Jericho as champion and Christian was suppose to win mitb in 2010 and they ruined it

[@LouieV6]

You know, I forgot he was world champion. That’s how bad he was.

[@kingslayer2999]

Jinder Mahal says Hello 👋

[@reggiea7774]

Jinder Mahal. He was so minor league Brock didn't even wanna work with him at Survivor Series in the champion vs champion match I love JBL but gotta mention him too. Held the belt too long and didn't draw much

[@viper1431]

I miss the days of soldiers quartering in my house without permission.

[@Uuusssaaas]

It was one of the main causes of the Revolutionary War.

[@KHayes666]

Viper to the soldiers "Third amendment! Get outta here you bums!

[@connor7036]

As far as worst world champions go, Ron Garvin imediately comes to mind. Reason being is cause it's obviously been well documented that they wanted to repeat Starrcade 83 with Flair winning the world title, which meant that someone had to beat Flair for the title, hold it for 6 weeks and drop it back to Flair, problem was no babyface wanted to do it because doing that (beating Flair for the title and drop it after 6 weeks) would "kill their stock". The only person that didn't have a problem with being a 6 week champ was Ron Garvin. Now, here's a guy who was 42 at that point, being a mid-carder for most of his entire career, this was his only oppertunity to be a world champ, he defeated Flair in Detroit, then after that, the fans turned on him (despite Garvin being a babyface), the crowd was probably thinkin "this guy's a wannabe poor man's copy of Flair, he doesn't deserve the title, so we're gonna root for Flair to get the title back" which they did, Flair beats Garvin at Starrcade 87, becoming 5-time champion in the process. So, in essence, Ron Garvin was never world champion material.

[@MilMaska]

"Diesel was the worst drawing champion in wwf history" - Jim Cornette

[@yomedeer2695]

Facts Kevin nash was terrible

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@yomedeer2695 tough to draw when you are working with Mable.

[@nagilumsnangilima]

Diesel was a white hot draw and got cheered as a monster heel in the fall of 1994… up until the WWF turned him face & put the world title on him. Then the bottom fell out and fans revolted.

[@jenkind1]

Shawn and Bret were champions during that same time as well, so that doesn't mean anything. It was the post-Hulkamania slump in the mid-90s.

[@starbreaker269]

Eddie guerrero was

[@smoothrealism8259]

The Great Khali hands down.

[@socialistbatman1211]

Better than Omega. I could buy that Khali would smash everyone. Undertaker and HHH made him look pretty decent.

[@smoothrealism8259]

@@socialistbatman1211Nevermind I thought you said Umaga lol. I don't agree with him being better than Kenny *Omega* but I question whether he's even a real Heavyweight

[@Myrridan19]

No way. Khali was an awful worker, but he's huge so that gives him instant legitimacy. Plus he was actually a big draw in India.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Nah man khali was cool. Watch the celebration segment when he wins the title. It’s gold

[@jesusleyva4386]

Khali is really popular in India

[@PunkRJH90]

Got a few personally -Vince Russo -David Arquette -Jack Swagger -The Miz -Great Khali -Jinder Mahal -Alberto Del Rio -Kevin Nash

[@azazaeldevile2506]

Totally Forgot about Del Rio. Must be a really bad champion

[@ATTITUDEELMORedGuyAttitude]

Jack Swagger and Jinder Mahal definitely the worst 2.

[@Awwscrewit]

Kevin Nash. Your champ can't be the guy being carried in the match.

[@dankelly5150]

Hence the reason why Scott Hall was never world champion 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@vycanismajoris6871]

Omg yeah you're right, Kevin Nash was a disaster.

[@klutzybee316]

@@dankelly5150 Scott Hall was a great Professional Wrestler

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@dankelly5150 Scott hall was never champion because his alcoholism clown

[@dankelly5150]

@@pleaseshutup7053 By your logic then, notorious drinkers like Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash and Ric Flair never should have been champions either? Scott Hall had to be carried through his matches and that’s why he was never world champion doofus!!

[@hughmorris2078]

Great Khali

[@daleharris3809]

That was during a really bad time for WWE. The Benoit incident had just occurred and they were going through a slew of injuries.

[@hughmorris2078]

@@daleharris3809 still the worst, homie held the title upside down, that's all you need to know lol

[@daleharris3809]

@@hughmorris2078 I'm definitely not defending Khali he was awful. Just saying between the injuries and the off screen shit this mightve been one of those times Vince just threw up his hands and said fuck it.

[@MauFerrer2000]

Mahal. At least Khali drew in India and he is like their national hero. Mahal never did anything for anyone as champion.

[@wilcee238]

Nah Del Rio was way worse

[@thegoouch]

Jinder brought so much heat as champ, I loved it!

[@khesipresents1885]

Mahal did better than Rollins and Kofi in 2019...but still WWE shoulda build him up first

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@gsesquire3441 sheamus was worse he beat cena

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@gsesquire3441 sheamus became a 4x champion royal rumble winner mitb winner all undeserved. At least swagger lost the title quickly

[@DanielMussen-ex8si]

01 vs 01 02 vs 02 03 vs 03 04 vs 04 Past Present Future

[@DanielMussen-ex8si]

Universe Mode Past Present Future

[@eduardotrejo6331]

Most of wwe world heavyweight champions from 2010-2013 were pretty mid

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Del rio and sheamus failures who got multiple chances. But you wrong mark henry chrsitian Miz orton edge and Jericho were great

[@hrushikesh3630]

​@@pleaseshutup7053 I remembered shemuas and del rio got mega push in 2010 to 2013 but it doesn't go well

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@hrushikesh3630 they went horrible wade barrett should have gotten their push

[@hrushikesh3630]

@@pleaseshutup7053 yeah I surprised barrets never become champion.

[@lautheimpaler4686]

@@pleaseshutup7053 Sheamus was good.

[@redrumloa]

What qualifies here as world champion? David Arquette in WCW comes to mind. IIRC TNA had some woman as men's world champion at some point. Then there is Kenny Omega who may be worse than most Arquette and the woman in TNA combined... Too many to chose from.

[@insupportofjunhado]

I have the constitution by my bed. Have read it several times, and I still couldn't remember the third amendment off the top of my head. Any other 1-5 but I blanked out on that particular one for some reason.

[@UncleEbenezer77]

Kofi losing to Brock in 8 seconds pretty much says it all.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

He’s entire run was also overrated and overshadowed by far superior heel rivals in KO, Dolph, And Randy, who outclassed him in promos. Plus Kofi alike Kenny omega didn’t behave like a champ at all

[@wilcee238]

And he never even tried to get revenge!

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@o.w.omarquito2047 That’s because wwe refused to have him stop acting like new day Kofi and not be a real champion

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@wilcee238 he was smiling the week after he lost 😡

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

I was there

[@tysontomko]

Man if there's 2 people Brian hates its Jericho and Tommy Rich

[@SpaceGhost92]

You forgot Shawn Michaels

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Colorado kid Mike Repada?

[@JamesSmith-tk6pg]

It's hard to say since some title runs can be better than others, but the worst World Champion in modern WWE history has to be Alberto Del Rio for me. All of his title reigns were hard to watch. He added nothing to the product and his heat always felt like "Go Away" Heat. Sheamus and Miz are up there too.

[@youtuberabbithole6002]

Miz first run as champion was epic and his best run in the company.

[@Myrridan19]

If we're including the modern era, then Kofi Kingston has to be at the top of the list. Perennial midcarder saddled with a comedy gimmick for years, suddenly thrust into the world title picture. He holds the belt for a few months, never looks convincing or is treated as a top guy despite holding one of the two world titles, and then gets squashed by Brock and fades right back into the same midcard spot he left as if his world title run never happened.

[@khesipresents1885]

​@@Myrridan19 Rollins as universal champ and Kofi as champ ..were the most boring times for me in recent WWE...aj styles my had great matches in his second run in 2018 but storyline wise he was a very boring champion

[@dankelly5150]

@@khesipresents1885 Big E and Kofi were meh. And Jinder Mahal has very little actual wrestling ability!

[@whatwelearned]

Urgh Sheamus and Miz.

[@frayhua9716]

How Jinder Mahal he should count.

[@TheLedonne3]

Big Show

[@haydenmillholland4496]

Ron Garvin comes to mind when I think about some of the worst world champions

[@russelllove1478]

Screw you guys I loved Ronnie Garvin as champion

[@Lewis9709]

Oh come on. Ronnie was a great worker and had incredible matches. Sure he didn't have a lot of charisma, but he was fantastic in the ring.

[@williammitchell4417]

The man with the hands of stone??

[@vannavanity1195]

@@Lewis9709 How is one supposed to be the drawing champion without charisma? You can't draw without charisma

[@rickstalentedtongue910]

@@vannavanity1195 Truth

[@jeffarent]

The Miz, Kofi, Big E, Vince Russo, David Arquette, Abyss, Vince McMahon, Chris Sabin, Kenny Omega, Moxley/Ambrose

[@freddyreyes4831]

Waiting for Diesel lol

[@danielchernau3503]

Some actual film of Hutton just surfaced. Before he won the title. The only film on him that I know of. I get it. He was a big blocky guy moved like a cat, but he was not real big on selling.

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

I think the worst world champion ever would also have to be the least believable one.

[@markchapin750]

Pretty much any of the old AWA champions that only held the title for a week in the early to mid-60s (through no fault of their own) just for Verne to win it back.

[@scoh840]

Otto Wanz

[@KHayes666]

That doesn't really count. Every territory had transitional champions. Ivan Koloff did the honors to get the belt from Bruno to Pedro Morales and Stan Stasiak did it to get it from Pedro back to Bruno.

[@scoh840]

Otto paid Verne to rent the belt. He took it off bockwinkle and when his lease was up, returned it back to bockwinkle

[@CGMedia2023]

WILDFIRE!!!

[@austinpocock7635]

Either Jinder Mahal or Bray Wyatt. For opposite reasons, belts should be kept far away from both.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Bray Wyatt was great what you mean? He was a legit main event guy in an era where it’s nearly impossible to become one

[@LouieV6]

At least Bray had the potential to become a great world champion. Jinder? Not so much.

[@ADAMdinho1]

Worst World Champions in wrestling? Wow, 🤔 I'll do a top 10... 10: Stan Stasiak 9: Dick Hutton 8: Ronnie Garvin 7: Jack Swagger 6: Jinder Mahal 5: Tommy Rich 4: The Great Khali 3: Vince McMahon 2: Vince Russo 1: David Arquette

[@davidfrederick6003]

As much as this comment is going to be ironic, most consider Ron Garvin a bad world champion. Ironic because I loved it when he defeated Flair in September 1987. "Some" consider him not world title material, though I did. But it was Jim Crockett Jr who ruined his run giving him the announced time off till starrcade. But according to garvin that was dusty's idea to have garvin win, the time off and Flair getting back.

[@ethanedwards7557]

David Arquette and Vince Russo are the only two possible answers.

[@williammitchell4417]

AKA $#itstain

[@vycanismajoris6871]

What??? You gotta be kidding now? Was Russo World Champ?? Jesus...f.. christ..

[@nagilumsnangilima]

Dick Hutton sounds like Bob Backlund. From the WWF: Bob Backlund, Yokozuna, Great Khali, Miz and Mr. McMahon. WCW: Tommy Rich, Ronnie Garvin, Vince Russo, Hiroshi Hase (WCW Int'l. Title), and David Arquette!

[@gregoryhoyle3739]

Yokozuna was an awesome champ.

[@nagilumsnangilima]

Uhhh…. I’ll pass thanks. First time he won the title was to flip it to Hogan, who lobbied McMahon to make Hogan himself champion at WM 9. The second time Yoko won it was because Hogan wouldn’t drop it to Bret at SummerSlam.

[@Kfowlkes09]

Bob Backlund drew an absolutely insane amount of money, the fuck are you talking about?

[@nagilumsnangilima]

The only reason Backlund was champion is that Vince, Sr. liked him. He was a good technical wrestler, but there was nothing remarkable about him. His winning title match against Superstar Billy Graham drew money at MSG, but that was because the fans loved Superstar, not him. Vanilla at best!

[@Halbared]

I was expecting the question to be full of English slang, tha’nos.

[@riseofthegammons3225]

Sgt Slaughter, wrestlemania 7. Crap on so many different levels.

[@fredshulmire5491]

The third amendment is known as the quartering act

[@crowdpleaser2k]

There’ll be no Tommy Rich slander. None

[@stevew7571]

Tommy Rich Ronnie garvin Kerry von erich Transitional/short term 80's NWA Champs. Iron sheik in wwf

[@toysorbust]

Vince, Vince, Arquette, Richard, Von Erich, Martel, Stasiak, Khali.

[@dickdastardly66818]

Jim can you address the rumors of Bruce Prichard being a diva fart connoisseur?

[@KHayes666]

What diva would ever fart in front of Bruce Prichard?

[@GetBenched2010]

Benoit and Diesel were the worst drawing WWF/WWE champions ever.

[@danielsepulveda366]

Jack Swagger

[@williamsmith666]

Thwagger*

[@KennyOmegasCavity]

The Grear Khali, Jinder Mahal, Vince Russo, Bob, Omega, McMahon, David Arcade, Zack Hager.

[@GoblinGirl]

Definitely Arquette. He only got it because he was popular in the 90's at the box office and he had a movie coming out called Ready to Rumble which featured tons of WCW wrestlers, When they gave it to him, many people hated the decision and still do. Even Arquette had a look on his face like "should I do this?". 2nd was Ronnie Garvin. Garvin was a good worker but he was never a massive draw like the NWA big wigs were. Even when he won it from Flair, the faces all came to the ring to congratulate him to put him over. Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff got on top of the ropes and pumped up the crowd to really put Garvin over. Garvin and Rhodes should have been tag team champions. There's a match between Rhodes/Garvin and Arn Anderson/Ric Flair. Rhodes & Garvin win easily, and the crowd went NUTS. You could have had Dusty do all the promos/talking, and have Dusty and Ronnie wrestle as a team. In that match, they were really in tune with each other. It would have totally worked. Shame they didn't do it.

[@markreed1623]

Kofi Kingston is one that comes to mind

[@alexsantos3100]

Wtf you on? He was good that Brock Burial fucked it up.

[@graythaprince]

Jinder Mahal and Seth's 2nd reign were worse than Kofi.

[@SpaceGhost92]

@@graythaprince his second reign lasted about 30 seconds

[@graythaprince]

@@SpaceGhost92 You know what I meant. His 3rd world championship reign aka his 1st Universal Title run.

[@lyricsanonymous9036]

And Big E

[@adamneustaedter4666]

Diesel

[@jayhell53]

Tessa Blanchard as mens champion

[@BigBri5151]

1. Vince Russo. 2. David Arquette. 3. Great Khali. 4. Jack Swagger. 5. Tessa Blanchard

[@420benton2]

Worst world champion would have to be John Cena. Turned many people of watching the WWE product for years.

[@whatwelearned]

He at least had decent mic skills as a heel.

[@reeceoneill5979]

Cena was a channel changer for me.

[@steveolie985]

I think the combo of Cena and Roman has turned off alot of us. Cena was good at first, but once the supercena era started, it was just predictable far more than it ever was and why watch.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

It wasn’t cena it was the over pushing and making him goofy the booking was at fault

[@UndeadShadow826]

John Cena helped the WWE make billion dollar deals based on his name value. Just because he's not for fucking marks doesn't mean he's a bad champion

[@patrickboian8545]

Ambrose in wwe was awful.

[@Nostalgia9478]

1996 Hbk

[@Atomykpimp]

Mikey Whipwreck in ECW.

[@charleybarley914]

Otto Wanz

[@raywebb2550]

Tommy Rich was a big draw

[@jamescarter8421]

🔥

[@kingslayer2999]

Never Drew a Damn Dime

[@genecide6869]

Sgt. Slaughter was pretty bad kinda even though he got heat and some death threats better champion than Khali,Jinder,Del Rio,Russo and Mcmahon

[@MeNoSpeakJibberish]

In recent years it has to be Jinder Mahal

[@BourgeoisBuffoon]

They just need to stop using the title 'World Champion'. They're only company champions. Makes me think of an article in one of the Apter mags eons ago where they would would have the NWA, AWA, and WWF world champions, with each one having a list of top ten contenders. Well, after a while, the mag said they would no longer recognize the WWF title as a 'world' title because it was only defended in the northeast, thereby making the holder a 'regional champion'. Obviously, this was kayfabe back in the day, but really it made sense to a young me. The only title that was defended in other countries was the NWA (again, I may be wrong).

[@richardk2424]

Jack swagger or dolph ziggler

[@dazzle1545]

David Arquette, Ultimate Warrior, Triple H

[@KHayes666]

Warrior??? He drew a ton of money as world champion.

[@ATTITUDEELMORedGuyAttitude]

I feel like the morons who say any big guys that was the worst world champions also like Jinder Mahal... which Jinder Mahal is literally the worst world champion ever. Went from jobbing to main eventer status right away with boring matches & matches had same finishes. His promos were trash to. How can he even last in the ring with anyone in a main event match in more than 5 minutes? The guy is literally jobber material. So jobber-like that he makes a good local competitor to squash like James Ellsworth.

[@zachg6562]

Just dropping by to say REEEEEHOOOOO! OLEE OLEE OHHH!

[@sogood4u489]

The most upsetting for me was sheamus and the way he just came in and beat cena on raw in a russo hokey finish like did cena accidentally fall through the table? That was the exact moment I stopped watching wrestling.

[@BClarke]

Jim was over-thinking this one. Arquette, McMahon, Otto Wanz, Larry Zbyszko, and Stan Stasiak off the top of my head. A world champion needs to have credibility and “fit the part”. Nobody is going to believe in the Disco Inferno, the Missing Link, or Bota the Witch Doctor as world champion.

[@gp6087]

Agree with all but Zbyszko. He was a great wrestler.

[@BClarke]

@@gp6087 He had a great career, but his reign as world champ was before he got into shape again. That’s what I was thinking, but yeah, maybe I’m doing Larry wrong here. Fair enough. You’re off the list, Larry!

[@rickstalentedtongue910]

Zbyisko doesn't belong in the list.

[@youtubemember1115]

Cornette actually thinks flair was believable. Flair tanked as the champion

[@KHayes666]

@@youtubemember1115 Where the hell did he tank? The NWA was right up there with Vince in the 80's with Flair & The Horsemen as the top heels.

[@mikedepalma3129]

Ron Finkelstein

[@nubreed4627]

Austin Aries in TNA,Russo,Nash in WWE

[@-JAVY-]

He should of never beaten booby roode 4 the belt

[@nubreed4627]

@@-JAVY- Absolutely

[@danieltabor7300]

Kerry Von Erich

[@Atomykpimp]

I think with Kerry. He just couldn’t handle the pressure.

[@TT-df9hp]

Jim doesn't remember any champions from the 90s? 🤨

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

from then onwards, they're probably void in his mind

[@Igetnorespect]

Mabel in the mid 90s.

[@theexplainer2235]

Jinder Mahal

[@HAKIMEOVER9000]

Logan Paul if he wins a belt

[@DaddyDim]

Must be Omega. I still remember my sister seeing omega for the first time and she went “so this is the Roman level in this wrestling company. Is it like cheaper version company ? “

[@twocentsmiguel]

Listen, I don’t like Omega very much myself. But if you legitimately think he’s one of the worst world champions of all time, you need to watch more wrestling.

[@DoomKitteh]

@@twocentsmiguel no, kid. We don't. He is among the top 15 of the worst.

[@natebaxter9551]

@@twocentsmiguel he wasn't good. At all.

[@o.w.omarquito2047]

@@twocentsmiguel If your argument is he had good wrestli matches during his run, then ok. Maybe some. But his behavior, the childish ridiculousness, the immaturity, the fact he is 40 years old and behaves the way the does.😂 Nah, he’s just a clown 🤡 all around. Still, Omega over Adam Paige and Mox’s run any day just for the Cornette reviews 😂

[@smoothrealism8259]

Look man, I'd have all these vanilla midgets in the Cruiserweight division if it was up to me, but saying Omega is the worst world champ ever is an exaggeration.

[@birdmantd]

Shhh don't tell Corny this as I'm sure it would drive him over the edge. But Colt Cabana has not only been NWA Wold Champion- his held the title longer that Barry Windham, Dusty Rhodes or Ricky Steamboat did.

[@Kfowlkes09]

The NWA title Colt Cabana held might as well have been made of cardboard with the centerplate drawn in crayon. That's how much prestige it had at that point.

[@Ai14106]

Rey Mysterio looked weak as world heavyweight champion then lost WWE title the same night he won it

[@jonbergstrom9883]

Ultimate Warrior.

[@paulthomas7720]

I remember Edge starting the You can't wrestle chant at Cena. So funny and 100% true 😂

[@mattmorris2141]

Yeah, now, when they ask Edge about Cena, he says, "Man, he works so hard," which I think is code for "He can't really wrestle, but it's not for lack of trying." I'm surprised how many people openly rip Hogan's wrestling but contnue to insist Cena is good to great. He's just clunky and always has been. Funny in movies though.

[@youtubemember1115]

Cena can wrestle. He just has a couple of unorthodox looking moves understandably. You guys are just so used to wwe's typical style

[@jamestoonfan8677]

😂😂😂😂

[@youtubemember1115]

@@jamestoonfan8677 🙄🥱

[@kinggambino3698]

@@youtubemember1115 lol for real idk what they are smoking, cena eaz better than their indy darlings