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[Sweeney Tom]

Which of your favs never got the strap brother? Hogan Golden era doesn't count. Ain't nobody getting shit then.

New Japan: Naito
WWE: Christian
TNA: Daniels

 

[Zach]

Which of your favs never got the strap brother? Hogan Golden era doesn't count. Ain't nobody getting shit then.

I dunno... Regal?

 

[Barrage]

Arn Anderson's in my Top 5 and he never got a run.

 

[Zach]

Arn Anderson's in my Top 5 and he never got a run.

Of course, yes. You're not so bad, Barrage.

 

[Kaladin]

New Japan: Naito
WWE: Christian
TNA: Daniels

Christian was champ twice.

 

[Heroman]

WWE can't matain the casual fans is because wwe is a mediocre to bad for 90% of year.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Is Zach his work name? 🤔🤔🤔

New Japan: Naito
WWE: Christian
TNA: Daniels

Naito got it, dude.

 

[Caderfix]

I dunno... Regal?

That is the one and Scott Hall is a close second. it's really weird to think those two never got it.

 

[Mahonay]

Cena vs Orton provided us with the memorable AA into an RKO double team from that Entire Roster vs Orton / Cena match.

This literally doesn't exist in my memory.

I can only remember their cage match.

 

[Damn Silly]

Which of your favs never got the strap brother? Hogan Golden era doesn't count. Ain't nobody getting shit then.

I mean, to be fair, I would never expect him to but it still counts.

 

[Zach]

Which of you nerds is going to post Owen?

 

[Bluekaveli]

So I just saw this but 33 was the first mania without the Fink 😔

 

[J-Rzez]

And AJ Styles has tried to insult the fans, it hasn't worked....

I do vaguely remember him insulting the crowd a few times between words, looks given, and him trying to ignore them. This is a different type of fan now due to Attitude Era in part. AJ is an amazing talent both his physical capability and his mic skills. People respect that too much, and they know it's hard to get such talent these days.

They respect Styles. He's the man. Period. Reigns is no where near that level and people just are bored with him. Time for reigns to become a high-paid jobber he's to be.

 

[XenoRaven]

I think the long game here might be that someone is working in the shadows to ruin WWE by making Reigns the top guy and eventually Dave Meltzer will reveal that it's Rusev and Lana under orders from Putin.

 

[Caderfix]

This literally doesn't exist in my memory.

I can only remember their cage match.

I remember watching that as a teenager and thinking "Ha, no they wouldn't... Wait... Oh, God... They're doing it... Aaaaaand it's done."

 

[Kaladin]

This literally doesn't exist in my memory.

I can only remember their cage match.

Here ya go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SLWKAe7a1k

 

[Sephzilla]

Fav Five Who Never Got The Strap

1) Razor Ramon
2) Ted DiBiase
3) Roddy Piper
4) Arn Anderson
5) Owen Hart

 

[Pikma]

After Brock laid down the belt I was waiting for Braun to walk over it. A Brock/Braun hoss match would have been fucking lit. But then Braun walked off and it was stupid. My girlfriend, who for the record doesn't watch wrestling at all, sat down and watched some of it with me and saw that segment. When Braun walked off she said "well that was fucking stupid" and then went to grab some food.

So, I had a momentarily glimpse into why WWE can't retain casual fans

Apparently the narrative is that Braun has to go through Roman before facing Lesnar

Why a fucking heel respects someone's place in line I have no idea

 

[Mahonay]

WWE can't matain the casual fans is because wwe is a mediocre to bad for 90% of year.

Yup.

Smackdown is better now but RAW is what they present as their core product.

At the end of the day they produce bad TV on a weekly basis. No one who isn't already an existing WWE fan would have a reason to sit through 3 hours of mediocre to bad TV.

 

[Zach]

Rude never won the WWF title, and should've.

Good thing he went on to win the much more prestigious WCW International World Heavyweight Championship.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Which of your favs never got the strap brother? Hogan Golden era doesn't count. Ain't nobody getting shit then.

.

 

[XenoRaven]

Doesn't saying "World" imply that the title is also international?

 

[jmdajr]

I'm sad because I think Rusev is never going to get the Gold. This is a tragedy.

 

[Zach]

Doesn't saying "World" imply that the title is also international?

Ssshhh.

 

[Toki767]

Mr. Perfect never won a world title.

And should have.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Christian was champ twice.

World Heavyweight, not WWE

Successfully forgot Naito's reign because of the Okada scarring :[ Answer change to Bob Sapp and EVIL

 

[Mahonay]

I'm sad because I think Rusev is never going to get the Gold. This is a tragedy.

Maybe if he's moved to Smackdown.

 

[Barrage]

Top 5 Who Never Got The Strap:

1) Arn
2) Jake The Snake
3) Ted Dibiase
4) Ken Shamrock
5) D'Lo Brown

 

[Zach]

I'm sad because I think Rusev is never going to get the Gold. This is a tragedy.

Pretty lame, yeah.

 

[Sephzilla]

World Heavyweight, not WWE

Successfully forgot Naito's reign because of the Okada scarring :[ Answer change to Bob Sapp and EVIL

It was treated as a World Title and it carried the legacy of the WCW Big Gold Belt. Plus it's retroactively a WWE title now.

 

[Bluekaveli]

I'm sad because I think Rusev is never going to get the Gold. This is a tragedy.

I wonder, if Rusev and Lana were never together, would he be pushed to the moon. Vince seems to have a bone to pick with him about everything. First, his wife is too good looking for him, next his wife fucks up kayfabe, next he cuts his hair without permission. He can't catch a break.

 

[Mahonay]

Top 5 Who Never Got The Strap:

1) Arn
2) Jake The Snake
3) Ted Dibiase
4) Ken Shamrock
5) D'Lo Brown

Lol D'Lo.

I love him, but no.

 

[Zach]

Mr. Perfect never won a world title.

And should have.

You disgust me.

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[Kaladin]

Fav Five Who Never Got The Strap

Similar list, but.....

1) Razor Ramon
2) Ted DiBiase
3) Terry Funk
4) Arn Anderson
5) Raven

 

[Sephzilla]

Top 5 Who Never Got The Strap:

1) Arn
2) Jake The Snake
3) Ted Dibiase
4) Ken Shamrock
5) D'Lo Brown

Jake Roberts not only never held the world title in WWE, he never held any title in WWE. Which seems like an even bigger offense.

 

[Caderfix]

I wonder, if Rusev and Lana were never together, would he be pushed to the moon. Vince seems to have a bone to pick with him about everything. First, his wife is too good looking for him, next his wife fucks up kayfabe, next he cuts his hair without permission. He can't catch a break.

Did Vince really have a problem with that?

 

[Zach]

Top 5 Who Never Got The Strap:

1) Arn
2) Jake The Snake
3) Ted Dibiase
4) Ken Shamrock
5) D'Lo Brown

Jake's another good one. But looking at the rest of your list, I'm surprised you didn't give The Patriot Del Wilkes an honorable mention. >_>

 

[Mahonay]

It is pretty crazy Deebs never had the strap considering what a monster heel he was.

 

[Barrage]

Lol D'Lo.

I love him, but no.

There is a great little pocket of time, in October 1998, it's only a few days, when both the WWF and IC titles are vacated, and D'Lo Brown is the top ranked guy in the World's Number One Wrestling Organization as the European champion.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Fav Five Who Never Got The Strap

1) Umaga
2) R-Truth
3) Mark Henry
4)
5)
Can't think of more

 

[Kaladin]

It is pretty crazy Deebs never had the strap considering what a monster heel he was.

He just came along at a time when heels didn't need the belt.

 

[Caderfix]

Similar list, but.....

1) Razor Ramon
2) Ted DiBiase
3) Terry Funk
4) Arn Anderson
5) Raven

You are a good person, Kaladin.

 

[Zach]

Jake Roberts not only never held the world title in WWE, he never held any title in WWE. Which seems like an even bigger offense.

Yeah, that's weird to think about.

 

[Sephzilla]

I'm legit shook that Jake The Snake never won a title in WWE. That's nuts when you consider how big he was.

 

[Barrage]

Jake's another good one. But looking at the rest of your list, I'm surprised you didn't give The Patriot Del Wilkes an honorable mention. >_>

He's 12th!

In all honesty, Brian Pillman and Razor Ramon are in the top 5. But when do Shamrock and D'Lo get any credit?

 

[Zabka]

i'm fairly sure that Roman is top 5 in shirt sales in WWE

We are not the target audience. Roman Reigns is fine where he is. Wrestling wouldn't be any better if he wasn't around and your favorite wrestler wouldn't be the champion

Roman is the wrestling equivalent of the DC Cinematic Universe. Yeah they're making money but with all they've invested (protected for 5 years, main eventing three Manias in a row, years of booking built around making him the top guy) he should be completely dominating everyone in merch sales. He's Batman vs Superman when he should be The Avengers.

 

[Mahonay]

There is a great little pocket of time, in October 1998, it's only a few days, when both the WWF and IC titles are vacated, and D'Lo Brown is the top ranked guy in the World's Number One Wrestling Organization as the European champion.

Lol. YOU BETTA RECOGNIZE.

I do miss that wonderful head waggling man.

 

[Sinatar]

2000 era WWF in a nutshell. Fucking McMahon-Helmsley era.

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

"This is MY yard"

"This is MY house"

Hmmm...

Do they share a mortgage?