10 DUMB WWE Title Changes (We Didn't Want To Admit Were GENIUS!)

[@jonpoon3896]

This video basically tells us the importance of transitional champs. Key players to setup great champions

[@GregHuffman1987]

it also ignores the fact that Sheamus only won the title due to a botch

[@asa2002]

How does everyone miss the other big reason Lesnar dropped the belt to Big Show in a very short match? He was working with broken ribs. He had to come off TV. Sure...the other elements would've happened anyway...but not mentioning the ribs seems nuts

[@MichaelGraham-h9j]

I remember being absolutely shocked when big show beat brock but like you said brocks ribs were broken and he needed to heal

[@tomseville2345]

The fact Brock delivered his first (and best) F-5 to Show on that night is made EVEN more incredible by the fact he had a broken rib...

[@wrestlinghistorian]

@@tomseville2345and taking a choke slam

[@CatGamer-wc2ij]

So essentially, the same reason as Kofi? Ie., he couldn't physically and believably hold the title.

[@williammoore1980]

⁠@@CatGamer-wc2ijBrock without a head is still believable to defend a title.

[@jackstraw522]

Cena wins it at the Rumble, Punk Wins the Rumble Cena’s final match is main event Cena vs CM Punk for the title CM Punk finally gets his mania main event and beats Cena to end his career ties a bow on their rivalry

[@achimgebhardt5982]

Nice idea. Cena could also win in an epic chamber match instead of Royal Rumble.

[@DarioMalandra]

Cena's last match will be in december

[@jackstraw522]

@@DarioMalandra well then they blew it already

[@DarioMalandra]

@@jackstraw522 I don't know, I'd rather have Cena all year round than just till Mania

[@moopert86]

Honestly, if anyone's beating Cody or Gunther, it shouldn't be Cena. Make a new star by ending their first reigns instead of giving it to a guy on a farewell tour. Breaker is the best candidate to me.

[@Extinguisher10]

I will defend the hot potatoing of the WWF Title during the Attitude Era till the day I die. The roster was loaded with superstars who would be believable as the champion, and that's what we got. You went into every title match not knowing who would win. Unlike today when most of the time you KNOW that title isn't changing hands.

[@zlinedavid]

The only one I disagree with….Vince winning the title and dropping it right back to Hunter. That did nothing for anyone.

[@Extinguisher10]

@zlinedavid No argument here!

[@mczouldier999]

And they needed to build stars on the fly which is why the hot potato method for the WWF title worked

[@tomseville2345]

@@zlinedavid He didn't even drop it back to Hunter himself; he did what he accused Bret Hart of not doing for Shawn, and vacated it. Triple H regained it via the Unforgiven Six Pack Challenge...

[@JaeBurney15]

The thing about Cena chasing 17 is in hindsight we wasn’t even supposed to get number 15. He only won that because Daniel Bryan was hurt so Cena won the title & became the first citizen of suplex city at summerslam 2014, was German suplexed out of the wwe title spotlight & didn’t win another world title until 2017.

[@KeithFranklinII]

Psst…who gives a fck

[@tomseville2345]

October 2019 was one of worst months in WWF/E history; the Kofi/Lesnar WWE title match and the Fiend/Seth Cell match as bookends are bad enough for me...

[@MattyA_18]

@@tomseville2345 Kofi booked in the main event was always gonna be a 😴

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

2019, 2020, and 2021 were some terrible years for WWE

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

#1 instantly brings me to one of the most incredible phrases in wrestling history... "THE ONLY REASON YOU WERE WWE CHAMPION FOR A YEAR. IS BECAUSE HHH DIDN'T WANN WORK TUESDAYS!!"

[@My19812011]

Lesnar losing to Big Show in 2002 was clear booking sense as they needed to transition the title from Lesnar to Angle without them facing off as they wanted to do Lesnar/Angle at WrestleMania 19, as people go Big Show was a believable choice

[@TheNyknicks718]

No on Brock beating Kofi. That shit sucked. No positives.

[@dacobylaw4721]

Kane deserved so much better than what he got with the WWE title

[@Browncurse]

Big gold belt was more than enough

[@jeffro9252]

Naw he didn’t though.

[@Chamillitary44]

He would've had a better run, if he wasn't in the middle of Austin's

[@zanethind]

Damn right

[@Canrugger]

kane never deserved a title

[@MrMaddCv5]

Jinder winning was genius, everyone was getting bored off the same, Cena, Randy etc routine, and it was a total surprise when he won!! Yes it was executed very well! But it was a moment we needed!!

[@joemckim1183]

To give it a college football perspective, everyone gets bored when just Alabama and a few other teams always play in the championship game.

[@NotFadeAway522]

If Jinder hadn't had the same boring interference finish in every match he would have been well received, but he was portrayed as weak (which is fine for a heel, but they went way overboard) and didn't generate heat aside from his flunkies interfering, which was just annoying.

[@gfear24]

@@NotFadeAway522 That is the one Heel champion trope that I wish would go away. At least we don't have that so much with Gunther. Almost all of his wins are clean without interference. It's actually refreshing.

[@Thewordisfunkadelic]

I actually really enjoyed Jinders title run

[@GLJosh]

Using the current champs, Cena vs Gunther or Cena vs Cody both sound like solid matches with the potential for incredible promo work.

[@slowandsafegaming4126]

Why is Simon doing a Matt Berry impression?

[@TheChrisHype]

There is no way in hell Lesnar’s title reign in 2019 would be considered “genius”. We could have gotten to McIntyre as champion in the end regardless. Lesnar didn’t have to be the guy, nor did he need to be shoved down our throats.

[@johndoiron9615]

Agreed

[@johnalbent]

This was fantastic, Simon. Kofi and Hogan made me raise my eyebrows ....and then I agreed 😂 Fantastic

[@FilthyCasualYT]

Maybe it's because I only ever saw JBL as JBL and not Bradshaw, but I thought he was the perfect heel champion at the time. The whole rich southerner, riding in on his limo, writting a book, and helping to not only elevate opponents to greater heights, but also his team. Sure, there were things that wouldn't fly today by a long shot, but overall, I'd say he is the best heel transitional champion in WWE.

[@roostermcscratch9060]

Transitional? The guy held the belt for a pretty lengthy reign

[@tomseville2345]

Over nine months is the longest transitional reign in wrestling history... 🤣🤣 By THAT logic, EVERY heel champion in history was a "transitional champion" to some extent, as they all eventually lose it to a babyface. Plus, he actually wrote his financial tips book while injured at some point between 2002-early-'03, even before he returned to SmackDown with Ron as The APA. The original cover photo still had him with the long black hair and the mustache. That book being released and his new clean-shaven, blond look actually foreshadowed "JBL"...

[@Mcnonswagger]

12:07 looks like the miz

[@tomseville2345]

Jimmy and Jey actually beat The Mysterios on the 2021 MITB Kickoff show to win the SD Tag Titles AFTER the arrest, the second show back with FULL crowds...

[@gumpotronic]

Whether this channel or another, has anyone discussed Big Show's arm injury in 2002? It was my first time witnessing a live event go awry...Big Show was thrown against the steps and the corner RIPPED his forearm open. It was not pleasant on TV, so I have to imagine it was far worse in the arena. I can't recall his opponent, nor which broadcast, but that moment of looking past another man's fascia is hard to erase.

[@MartinRubio-s8f]

RIP eddie guerrero u are missed

[@tommypearson9260]

Speaking of Eddie and JBL remember that street fight Eddie had with Cena and Chavo coming in smashing Cena over the head and Eddie getting that Frog Splash off the Car 🤣🤣 those were great times

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

I remember him saying, "Smile for mamacita!" 😂

[@Kobra6510]

I will NEVER justify the way Kofi lost the WWE title, EVER!

[@MattyA_18]

@@Kobra6510 He never should have had it to begin with

[@isaacsanchez3600]

People for when Flair says that he’s a “16X World champion” he’s only counting the WCW and NWA titles (technically 17x). What about the the time he switched to WWE, and winning the title TWICE; making it count as 19. And including the “other world championships” he’s technically a 25 TIME WORLD CHAMPION!!!!! So Cena has nothing on Flair

[@olivermcguire2545]

If it’s not in WWEs history I doesn’t matter but you are right though

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Yep

[@KeithFranklinII]

Wow..this groundbreaking new information!!!…please stfu

[@paulcastle4748]

The 2 WWF reigns is included in the 16. 2x WWF 8x nwa and 6x wcw. There's a few title changes that arent included so the actual number is between 21 and 25

[@BrianJamesShanley]

I think SummerSlam 90, where Kerry Von Erich showed up into the WWF and beat Mr. Perfect for the intercontinental. It gave a “Feel Good” moment to a pay-per-view. And Perfect got it back in a few months, reigned long, and still went down in history as one of the best intercontinental champions of all time.

[@comeonyoudonnydonny]

When did Simmons pronunciation get wrird

[@SixkBoyInc]

The thumbnail is truly a cursed image if there ever was one

[@stevengraham0]

Why is Simon talking like that. Have I missed something?

[@Jeffish412]

Seriously this is a specific effort to talk differently and it’s awful. Hope I’m not being insensitive to something unknown but I couldn’t focus the whole video

[@KnightsInSatansService]

I feel terrible for not remembering his name, but who’s the WhatCulture guy who always leaves positive messages at the end of his videos?

[@thekydragon]

#7 - Absolutely not. It was a stupid decision solely to get him to tie Flair's record. He held it for under a month and wasn't even the last person PINNED in the Chamber match to drop the belt (AJ Styles was.) #6 - It essentially buried Kofi right back to the mid-card with him never being taken seriously as a main eventer again and people cheering McIntyre winning the belt had NOTHING to do with how Kofi lost it. If Kofi had an actual match, they could at least show some of that footage of him getting the upper hand on Lesnar to highlight his ability when they need him in a main event spot.

[@AaronOnTheTrails]

I know they couldn't have known that Kane was going to have a twenty year long career at the time. Still though it feels weird that he got the WWF title for one day less than six months after his debut (as Kane) for one day and then never again.

[@TheRealAhoy]

It was fun

[@OhMaiGuy]

I despised JBL so much until I realized that is exactly why he was such an over heel. He was one of the best heels in and out of wrestling and probably should have managed Logan Paul rather than Baron Corbin, since they're similar in this fact. Also, he had one if the best lariats/clotheslines of all-time obviously (and music).

[@The_Minotaur]

Why is this guy talking so weird a year ago he wasn't dragging out words

[@josealvarenga7065]

Hmm

[@Former_Employee]

What.are.you.talking.about.boomer.

[@paulcastle4748]

Thank u! Someone said it!

[@Jeffish412]

I couldn’t focus on the video! I’ve watched what culture and probably 100s of videos with Simon specifically and he’s NEVER spoken like this

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

I didn't know Hogan won the Spinner title, brother. Now that I think about it, I'm surprised he didn't politic to win it. Politic, how apropos.

[@Chamillitary44]

Hogan never won the spinner title

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

@Chamillitary44 The thumbnail was Hulk Hogan with the spinner and World title.

[@markbraverman9622]

Heyman said it best The only reason jbl was champion for a year was because HHH didn't wanna work on Tuesdays

[@rh9477]

I stopped watching WWE for 12 years after Hogan won the title in 2002. You could say that didn’t work for me, brother

[@dablazingbryan5559]

I will never agree with Number 6. A squash match for a strong champion isn’t the way to go for me no matter who it’s against.

[@TwistedSpiralX]

Roman winning the US title, it let Cena expose his mic skills, it let WWE see big or small belt we didn't want him super pushed, it forced WWE and Roman to come up with better booking for him and try to find ways to get a good promo out of him too.

[@jamesbonnen]

12:08 It helped that George Forman won the boxing title at age 46 that same month

[@brianstiles1701]

I'm glad we're all finally appreciating Sheamus while he can still go

[@pkt86737]

Kofi had to lose the title because Fox wanted Brock Lesnar as their champion, so the first episode of SmackDown on Fox it had to happen

[@joshuasteward6097]

JBL was annoying in a boring way. He got no one over because Cena was obviously going to defeat him.

[@sethworkman1965]

Nah the most unfair thing that ever happened to Drew was winning the MITB then getting screwed outta of it by CM SKUNK

[@ECW5320]

This list should be longer.

[@DS-po6zd]

I say this with as much respect as I can. If you you think the Miz was a good idea you are either insane or trolling

[@angelpassion7259]

I don’t think John will ever fully step away from wrestling. Even if he retires, it won’t be the last we see of him

[@wadewilson7985]

man I totally forgot the miz was champ in 2021, but then again there was a lot going on at that time

[@I-R_kratos]

Ken shamrock 2002 vs Brock Lesnar 2002... Damn ken why weren't you in WWE in 2002...

[@AmadeusRS666]

Just realised Hulk Hogan won the WWF Title and invented Mewing all in the same breath

[@BrianHardin-il3ez]

Kane actually won ALMOST EVERY title in da company, all EXCEPT for the United States Championship (i believe), I do know he won the IC, WCW TAG TEAM, WWF TAG TEAM, WWF CHAMPIONSHIP, WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (BIG GOLD BELT) AND ECW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL!

[@King4sshole89]

Oh yeah, there was a whole Pay Per View that happened at King of the Ring 1998.

[@isaacs.9383]

I think in hindsight the Jinder title win was extremely smart and while it wasn’t great it definitely kept me interested

[@rodharper6112]

Bret Hart lost to Bob Backlund because he didn't want to drop the title to Kevin Nash

[@jaymac654]

Simon is the best, Simon number one 👏👏

[@micah.1009]

My only knock on cena was he didnt put ober umaga who was a superstar but sheamus was put over that fast

[@micah.1009]

Hey what culture wrestling, can you do a video of rivals winning tag team titles leading up to the ppvs like mvp vs matt hardy, cena and hbk, cena batista.

[@nickmontoya3001]

If Cena wins the 17th title, next night on raw or on Netflix raw, hold a tournament with raw/smackdown/nxt stars and winner gets awarded the title from Cena as he retires

[@aroprime7650]

Andre not having the belt his entire career is complete BS.

[@slammersova3021]

HUUUUUUGE POP for the idea of the Repo Man winning the title

[@eddieherrera5314]

I don’t agree with the Kofi one cos nothing proper happened immediately after Just a crap match against Velazquez

[@SiddharthChakravarthyS]

Add AEW highlights too, because it has been 5 years and many storylines are told

[@WillDawg01]

With Vince in charge, I would easily see Cena getting one more run with the belt on his way out just to stick it to Ric Flair. But with HHH in charge, well maybe Ric's (co)record stays intact.

[@johndoiron9615]

I can also believe that Cena would not push for a 17th title out of respect for Flair.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Triple H and Flair had a falling out would not surprise me if he lost his record

[@WillDawg01]

@@captainjakemerica4579 maybe I'm still scarred by the Reign of Terror, but I could also see, "if not me-ah, then no one-ah."

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@WillDawg01 well there have been discussions for John Cena to have one last World title reign whether it be the universal Championship or World Heavyweight

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

​@@captainjakemerica4579I would like for him to win the Intercontinental Title

[@ShaundaLeer]

Nah. I'm never gonna be able to get down with the Kofi decision.

[@christopherbaker9676]

Why do people think Kofi would even hold a candle to Brock. I mean Kofi is very talented but he's no brock

[@TheRealAhoy]

​@@christopherbaker9676Kofi was a flash in the pan, random thing. Suddenly the fans really wanted Kofi, and they were like "f*ck it, let's try out Kofi!" and they did. It never got better after the title win, his reign was a dud.

[@MattyA_18]

@@TheRealAhoyI’ll say it til the day I die. Kofi becoming WWE champion was one of the worst title decisions ever. They took the most prestigious title to win, and made it a participation trophy 🏆

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@MattyA_18 Nice to meet somebody who understands the negative influence of the iwc. The Iwc only cares about one thing, people getting participation trophies. To listen to the iwc, everybody who hasn't been a champion or consistent main eventer has been screwed by the evil system of favouritism. They use this "wrestle talk" just to mirror Wwe as some dystopian Machiavellian structure that they all struggle to coexist with. Kofi was an example of "f it, give them what they want". Kofi has a ceiling, during his time as champ he briefly improved by hitting the featherlite Thunder in Paradise with a bit more whack, but that's the only way he improved. If the iwc had its way, every WrestleMania would crown a new Kofi.

[@RAMJAM39]

Midcard single at best.

[@elmaster6207]

Hulk Hogan deserves one more WWE championship run 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@multiyapples]

Kofi deserved better.

[@MattyA_18]

No he didn’t

[@Trumpisgod]

He sucks. So boring

[@MattyA_18]

@@Trumpisgod you are too right

[@phoenixstar5000]

What's the name of the song playing in the background?

[@DaemonHart-hu8zd]

If Randy beats Cody. Will that automatically make him a 16 time world champion? Due to the undisputed title representing both wwe and universal championships.

[@punkskaterpizza]

The big logo belt is not genius its a boring business card

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Hell no its cool

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

The Miz got ths briefcase from Otis so people hated that fact

[@JustinWPruett]

Guys, you gotta put the Progress Proteus Champion in the thumbnail if you want clicks. I almost didn’t bother clicking on this because I thought it was gonna be one of the rumor mill dudes with the awful audio.

[@theeyewithwings]

Thumbnail artist needs to chill 😂

[@GregHuffman1987]

Is this video really gonna act like Sheamus winning the title in 2009 wasnt due to botch? Im sure WWE just re-inforced that table for Sheamus to bounce off of right?

[@craigcarlock8910]

We don’t appreciate sheamus enough

[@jcrider392]

Owen Hart has to be the best wrestler to never win title. I know that's not this video's topic, but I can't say that enough.

[@taylorstrong7825]

Rather see The Vioer with 17x reign then Cena

[@tomseville2345]

Why is The Miz' 2021 reign the thumbnail when it isn't featured? His 2010-11 *and* 2021 reigns would have belonged here...

[@ifogclbcphcohcphvphcphcohc3529]

It was?

[@Jeffish412]

The thumbnail is hogan holding the spinner belt and Miz 21’ reign is included??

[@tomseville2345]

@@Jeffish412 They changed it, obviously. Because I shamed them into doing so, apparently... 🤣🤣 And it still sucks (ironically, "DUMB!") because Hulk never held *that* exact physical belt...

[@johnkallday]

Totally disagree. Kofi getting squashed by a real star was great. It should have happened the night after Wrestlemania though to spare us the lame make a wish Kofi reign that downgraded the title to lower mid card.

[@lukejames9163]

Cena should retire with the belt. Have a massive tournament for the vacant wwe title and have a new star win it 😮‍💨

[@kyriakoschrist]

Cena double champion world and ic championships. Book it

[@theLeomega]

I feel any title change I was involved in would be genius.

[@MatthiaGryffine]

Iron Sheik in 1984

[@williammoore1980]

Big Show only won bc Lesnar was injured. He is a PPV jobber, always has been.

[@robertt9342]

Bob backlaund was a bad decision

[@Zaidkhandxb]

Vinny mac in 1999

[@markbraverman9622]

Miz was the worst wwe champion ever.

[@andrewmorrison5289]

And yeah.....

[@Dr_1212]

Jail vince

[@fredbjamz4956]

Naw Cena doesn’t need anymore belts. Especially not the world title belt

[@JLWprime10]

Shut up

[@abimaelcruz5660]

Tell you the truth Kofi should have lost the title I'm putting a lot of effort against Brock Lesnar then do the F5.

[@jonpoon3896]

JBL’s run as wrestling god is so underrated

[@myyoutubepage199]

nah

[@Canrugger]

A lot of these were terrible booking

[@AndrewPayne-g8b]

I hate that Cena is coming back

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

His last time is now

[@Someone-z8r]

Best title change was when they dropped the F and went to the E

[@ThisWeekInStupid]

John got way more than he put into wrestling, i never grew to appreciate his awful matches with the same moves and spots.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Even now?

[@jfdrac]

Sorry saying Brock was good when it meant we got that abortion of a match with Cain makes you and this list lose all credibi9lity

[@Canrugger]

jbl was always a mid carder…he should have never won

[@Big.Stepper.]

Naw... Kofi winning it in the first place is the title change nobody wanted. Him getting squashed by Lesnar made too much sense 😅

[@MattyA_18]

@@Big.Stepper. you don’t know how long I’ve waited for someone to say these words. Thank you 🙏

[@TheUncleWulf]

Another advantage at point 5: So we saw one of the best matches ever with Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit at Royal Rumble 2003. I can only recommend it to everyone.

[@MikeD974]

Was so happy when Sheamus won at that point was just nice for someone new and had enough of Cena

[@MattyA_18]

I’ll say it til the day I die. The WWE title stopped meaning the most ever when it was given to Kofi. They took the most prestigious title to be won, and made it a participation trophy 🏆

[@Highly3666]

That's gotta be racist...

[@logankerr8090]

to this day i still dont count Cenas win against Rey . he deserved nothing to get that opportunity, especially on a tired opponent. that should've been the heel turn but the fans at that event were so dumb