If X were a Title: tracking the lineage of some strange stipulations

[Leon TrotSky]

Did everyone like WWA Revolution? No? No one did? That's about right. But there were two titles that died in the last WWA event, so...
Who is the current WWA World Heavyweight Champion?

Spoiler: Who holds the WWA Title?

2003-05-25 Jeff Jarrett - beats Sting at WWA The Reckoning, effectively unifying the title with the NWA World Title.
2003-06-11 AJ Styles - beats Jarrett and Raven in a Three-Way match at NWA/TNA 49
2003-07-20 D-Lo Brown - beats Styles in a Submission match at NWA/TNA 55
2003-07-20 AJ Styles (2) - beats D-Lo in a Ladder match at NWA/TNA 55
2003-09-06 Jay Briscoe - beats Styles, Samoa Joe, and Chris Sabin in a Four Corner Survival match at ROH Beating the Odds
2003-10-11 Chris Hamrick - beats Briscoe at a DCW live event
2003-10-23 JC Bailey - beats Hamrick at IWA-MS Revenge Served Cold
2003-10-24 Ian Rotten - beats Bailey in an Anything Goes match at IWA-MS Anything Goes
2003-11-08 Alex Shelley - beats Rotten at IWA-MS Ted Petty Invitational
2003-11-08 Danny Daniels - beats Shelley and Chris Hero in a Three-Way Elimination match at IWA-MS Ted Petty Invitational
2004-01-16 Jerry Lynn - beats Daniels at IWA-MS A Matter of Pride
2004-02-07 Masato Tanaka - beats Lynn at WORLD-1 Debut Tour
2004-06-25 Riki Choshu - beats Tanaka at ZERO1 Ambitious II
2005-01-04 Masahiro Chono - beats Choshu and Hiroyoshi Tenzan at NJPW Toukon Festival
2005-03-26 Hiroyoshi Tenzan - beats Chono at NJPW Nexess V
2005-07-18 Kazuyuki Fujita - beats Tenzan at NJPW Summer Fight Series
2005-08-14 Masahiro Chono (2) - beats Fujita at NJPW G1 Climax
2005-10-08 Brock Lesnar - beats Chono and Fujita at NJPW Toukon Souzou New Chapter
2007-06-29 Kurt Angle - beats Lesnar at IGF Toukon Bom-Ba-Ye
2007-09-09 Jay Lethal - beats Angle at TNA No Surrender
2007-09-10 Christopher Daniels - beats Lethal on TNA Impact
2007-10-24 Jay Lethal (2) - beats Daniels at TNA Bound For Glory
2007-11-13 AJ Styles (3) - beats Lethal and Christian Cage in a Three-Way match on TNA Impact
2007-12-07 Homicide - beats Styles and Daniels in a Three-Way match at IWC A Call to Arms 4
2008-01-19 Teddy Hart - beats Homicide and Eddie Kingston in a Three-Way New Jersey Street Fight at JAPW Reclaiming Hudson
2008-03-16 Extreme Tiger - beats Hart and 4 others in a Ladder match at AAA Rey de Reyes
2008-08-08 Aero Star - beats Tiger and 7 others in a Torneo Cibernetico on AAA Sin Limite
2008-10-24 El Mesias - beats Aero and 11 others in a Gauntlet match at AAA Homenaje a Antonio Pena
2009-02-15 Chessman - beats Mesias on AAA Sin Limite
2009-03-15 El Mesias (2) - beats Chessman in a Steel Cage match at AAA Rey de Reyes
2009-06-13 Dr. Wagner Jr. - beats Mesias at AAA TripleMania XVII
2009-07-26 Cibernetico - beats Wagner on AAA Sin Limite
2009-08-16 El Zorro - beats Cibernetico and Mesias in a Three-Way match at a live event in Monterrey
2009-09-16 Silver King - beats Zorro at a live event in Torreon
2010-03-14 La Parka II - beats Silver at a Promociones Cantu live event
2010-06-06 L.A. ParK - beats Parka at AAA TripleMania XVIII
[L.A. ParK also won the rights to the name "La Parka" back from this match... so, let's call this a double!]
2010-07-04 La Parka II (2) - beats ParK on AAA Sin Limite
2010-07-24 L.A. ParK (2) - beats Parka in a No Disqualification match at a Promociones del Norte live event
2010-08-15 La Parka II (3) - beats ParK in a 2/3 Falls match at a Super Star Wrestling Promotions live event
2011-10-16 Taboo - beats Parka, Wagner, and Silver in a Steel Cage Title vs. Masks match at IWRG 50. Aniversario de Dr. Wagner
2011-12-25 Headhunter A - beats Taboo and Electroshock at IWRG Guerra de Campeones
2012-05-31 Factor - beats Headhunter A and 28 others in a Rey del Ring match at IWRG Rey del Ring
2012-08-12 Hijo de Pirata Morgan - beats Factor in a 2/3 Falls match at IWRG Caravana de Campeones
2012-09-06 Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000 - beats Morgan on IWRG TV
2012-09-16 Trauma I - beats 2000 and Morgan in a Three-Way Elimination match on IWRG TV
2012-11-18 Hijo de Pirata Morgan (2) - beats Trauma on IWRG Zona XXI
2012-11-18 Cien Caras Jr. - beats Morgan on IWRG Zona XXI
2012-11-25 Factor (2) - beats Caras on IWRG Zona XXI
2012-12-21 Extreme Tiger (2) - beats Factor and 8 others in a 10-Man Hardcore match at Apocalipsis Extremo
2013-01-06 Bestia 666 - beats Tiger and El Hijo de Rey Misterio at AWE 30. Aniversario de Super Muneco
2013-01-27 El Hijo de Rey Misterio - beats Bestia at a PWR live event
2013-02-01 Bestia 666 (2) - beats Misterio in a 2/3 Falls match at a Promociones Rojas live event
2013-03-02 El Hijo de Rey Misterio (2) - beats Bestia at Vendetta Pro Shamrock Slam
2013-04-21 Sicodelico Jr. - beats Misterio, Axxel, and Octagon Jr. in a Four-Way match at WWL Idols of Wrestling

As far as we know, Alberto Del Rio's cousin hasn't lost since.

Nice to debut as a 2-time champion, isn't it? That seems to happen a lot nowadays. Next, the title Chris Sabin won.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

On the subject of titles from shitty Aussie promotions...
Who is the current WWA International Cruiserweight Champion?

Spoiler: Who holds the WWA Cruiserweight title?

2003-05-25 Chris Sabin - beats Jerry Lynn, Frankie Kazarian, and Johnny Swinger at WWA The Reckoning, unifying the title to the TNA X Division Championship. But... what if it stayed active?
2003-06-14 Homicide - beats Sabin, Justin Credible, and John Walters in a Four Corner Survival match at ROH Night of the Grudges
2003-06-21 Justin Credible - beats Homicide at 3PW A New Era
2003-06-25 Jerry Lynn - beats Credible in a Lights Out match at NWA/TNA 51
2003-07-09 Kid Kash - beats Lynn at NWA/TNA 53
2003-08-24 AJ Styles - beats Kash at Ballpark Brawl I
[AJ Styles, funnily enough, held the WWA World title at the time...]
2013-04-21 Sicodelico Jr. - beats Misterio, Axxel, and Octagon Jr. in a Four-Way match at WWL Idols of Wrestling

Already, only our 6th 3-time champion...

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Took the title about 10 extra years but it finally died.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Who gets to star in the Japanese shampoo commercial?

Spoiler: Who holds the shampoo endorsement?

2002-03-07 Edge - is said to have gotten the nod for the shampoo commercial after he was more popular among the Japanese than Booker T during their recent Asian tour. This started a feud which led to a WrestleMania match
2002-03-19 Booker T - beats Edge on WWF SmackDown
2002-04-01 Rob Van Dam - beats Booker on WWF Raw
2002-04-08 Undertaker - beats RVD on WWF Raw
2002-04-19 Steve Austin - beats Taker at a WWF live event
2002-04-21 Undertaker (2) - beats Austin at WWF Backlash
2002-05-01 Steve Austin (2) - beats Taker at a WWF live event
2003-03-23 The Rock - beats Austin at WWE WrestleMania XIX
2003-04-27 Goldberg - beats Rock at WWE Backlash
[Goldberg holds the Viagra and Judy Bagwell...]
2020-06-07 Randy Orton (7) - beats Edge at WWE Backlash

What an oddity. A title history that starts with Edge.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Just think, for awhile Edge had this commercial back.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

It's the return of the women's division, as we ask:
Who holds the mistletoe that allows you to kiss anyone on the roster?

Spoiler: Who holds the mistletoe?

2011-11-29 Brie Bella - wins a Mistletoe on a Pole match on WWE SmackDown... a 9-Diva affair that doesn't last a single minute. She never manages to kiss anyone, though.
2012-01-23 Beth Phoenix - beats Brie on WWE Superstars
[2012-02-07 Beth Phoenix beats Alicia Fox to take the Diva of the Year award...]
2020-05-02 Bayley (9) - beats Charlotte on WWE SmackDown

Who will she pick?

 

[Brandon Blaze]

It's the return of the women's division, as we ask:
Who holds the mistletoe that allows you to kiss anyone on the roster?

Spoiler: Who holds the mistletoe?

2011-11-29 Brie Bella - wins a Mistletoe on a Pole match on WWE SmackDown... a 9-Diva affair that doesn't last a single minute. She never manages to kiss anyone, though.
2012-01-23 Beth Phoenix - beats Brie on WWE Superstars
[2012-02-07 Beth Phoenix beats Alicia Fox to take the Diva of the Year award...]
2020-05-02 Bayley (9) - beats Charlotte on WWE SmackDown

Who will she pick?

DING DING!!! HELLO!


She kiss Sasha!!!

 

[Leon TrotSky]

You know what's a terrible promotion? Herb Abrams' UWF. You know what's got a load of titles that were mentioned once and never seen again, so we're the only ones who can track them? Also Herb Abrams' UWF! So:
Who holds the UWF (Abrams) World Heavyweight Championship?

Spoiler: Who holds the World Title?

1994-09-23 Steve Williams - beats Sid Vicious by DQ at UWF Blackjack Brawl. This is the only time he is ever seen with the belt.
[Steve Williams held Precious/Baby Doll/etc...]
2020-01-19 Zac Taylor - beats Zayne, ACH, and Chandler Hopkins in a Four Corners match at Inspire Pro New Ecstasy of Gold

Okay then. Another one.
Who holds the UWF (Abrams) Southern States Championship?

Spoiler: Who holds the Southern States Title?

1994-09-23 Bob Orton - wrestles Finland Hellraiser Thor to a double DQ at UWF Blackjack Brawl. This was the last known appearance of the title.
1994-11-24 Bob Armstrong - beats Orton at SMW Thanksgiving Thunder
1995-08-04 The Punisher (Bull Buchanan) - beats Armstrong at SMW SuperBowl of Wrestling
1995-09-09 Bob Armstrong (2) - beats Punisher in a First Blood match at an SMW live event
1995-11-06 Brian Christopher - beats Armstrong at a USWA live event
1995-12-04 Moondog Cujo - beats Christopher at a USWA live event
1996-06-05 John Tenta - beats Cujo on WCW Saturday Night
1996-07-01 The Giant - beats Tenta on WCW Monday Nitro
1996-08-10 Hulk Hogan - beats Giant at WCW Hog Wild
1996-12-29 Roddy Piper - beats Hogan at WCW Starrcade
1997-02-23 Hulk Hogan (2) - beats Piper at WCW SuperBrawl VII
1997-04-11 Jacques Rougeau - beats Hogan at a WCW live event
1998-05-10 Vader - beats Rougeau at a WWF live event
1998-05-31 Kane - beats Vader in a Mask vs. Mask match at WWF Over the Edge: In Your House
[this is a twofer, then! Vader's mask is also part of this history]
[also Kane was the current holder of Adrian Adonis' hair, so... yeah.]
2020-06-07 Randy Orton (7) - beats Edge at WWE Backlash

 

[Leon TrotSky]

By sheer coincidence, here's another UWF lineage that starts with Bob Orton:
Who holds the UWF (Abrams) Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship?

Spoiler: Who holds the Intercontinental Title?

1993-07-24 Bob Orton - beats Warlord by DQ at UWF Rampage. This is the only time the title is ever seen.
1994-02-28 Jake Roberts - beats Orton at a WWN TV taping
1994-03-12 Konnan - beats Roberts in a Steel Cage match on AAA TV
[Konnan also wins Jake Roberts' hair in a 2/3 Falls Hair vs. Hair match at AAA TripleMania II-C, so this is another double]
1994-11-13 Perro Aguayo Sr. - beats Konnan in a 2/3 Falls match on AAA TV
1994-11-16 Gran Hamada - beats Aguayo at NJPW Lucha World
1994-11-30 Black Tiger II (Eddie Guerrero) - beats Hamada at NJPW Battle Final
1994-12-09 AKIRA Nogami - beats Tiger at NJPW Battle Final
1995-05-28 Hiroyoshi Tenzan - beats AKIRA at NJPW Fighting Spirit Legend
1995-06-14 Keiji Muto - beats Tenzan at NJPW Fighting Spirit Legend
1995-08-11 Shiro Koshinaka - beats Muto at NJPW G1 Climax
1995-08-12 Ric Flair - beats Koshinaka at NJPW G1 Climax
1995-08-13 Keiji Muto (2) - beats Flair at NJPW G1 Climax
1996-01-04 Nobuhiko Takada - beats Muto at NJPW Wrestling World
1996-04-29 Shinya Hashimoto - beats Takada at NJPW Battle Formation
1996-08-02 Riki Choshu - beats Hashimoto at NJPW G1 Climax
1996-09-17 Manabu Nakanishi - beats Choshu at NJPW G1 Climax Special
1996-09-21 Road Warrior Animal - beats Nakanishi at NJPW G1 Climax Special
2006-03-26 Matt Hardy - beats Animal at a WWE live event
2006-04-02 Rob Van Dam - beats Hardy and 4 others in a Money in the Bank Ladder match at WWE WrestleMania 22
2006-04-07 Shelton Benjamin - beats RVD at a WWE live event
2006-04-30 Rob Van Dam (2) - beats Benjamin at WWE Backlash
2006-05-20 Shelton Benjamin (2) - beats RVD at a WWE live event
2006-06-05 Carlito - beats Benjamin on WWE Raw
2006-06-06 Shelton Benjamin (3) - beats Carlito at a WWE live event
2006-06-25 John Morrison - beats Benjamin and Carlito at WWE Vengeance
2006-08-12 Harry Smith - beats Morrison at a WWE live event
2007-04-12 Bradley Jay - beats Harry on DSW TV (dark)
2007-05-02 Nic Nemeth - beats Bradley on OVW TV (dark)
2007-06-06 Antoni Polaski - beats Nemeth on OVW TV
2007-06-22 Santino Marella - beats Polaski (aka Roadkill) at OVW Six Flags Summer Sizzler
2007-07-02 Umaga - beats Santino on WWE RAW
2007-07-28 Bobby Lashley - beats Umaga at a WWE live event
2007-07-30 Mr. Kennedy - beats Lashley on WWE RAW
2007-08-11 Umaga - beats Kennedy and Carlito at a WWE live event
[unifying the Viagra, etc.]
2024-04-07 Cody Rhodes - beats Roman Reigns at WWE WrestleMania 40

(2024-10 correction)

 

[Chris]

Good for Mr. Neighborhood

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Who is the lineal King of the Road?

You HAVE to read this one.

Spoiler: Who holds the Kingdom of the Road?

1995-03-18 Blacktop Bully (Smash) - beats Dustin Rhodes in a King of the Road match at WCW Uncensored... and is subsequently fired for blading during the match.
1995-04-07 Ax - beats Smash at an SCW live event
1995-08-18 Boogie Woogie Brown - beats Ax at an ECWA live event
1997-04-26 Ronny Roberts - beats Brown at an ECWA live event
1997-05-03 Simon Diamond - beats Roberts on PCW TV
1997-05-03 Bart Gunn - beats Diamond on PCW TV
1997-06-07 Ace Darling - beats Gunn at a PCW live event
1997-06-15 Reckless Youth - beats Darling at an NWA New Jersey live event
1997-06-27 Rocco Rock - beats Youth at an IPW live event
1998-02-13 Rick Steiner - beats Rock at a WCW live event
1999-04-12 Booker T - beats Steiner on WCW Monday Nitro
1999-05-09 Rick Steiner (2) - beats Booker at WCW Slamboree
1999-07-06 Buff Bagwell - beats Steiner at a WCW TV taping (dark)
1999-10-04 Diamond Dallas Page - beats Bagwell on WCW Monday Nitro
1999-12-14 Chris Kanyon - beats DDP on WCW Thunder
2000-01-11 Bam Bam Bigelow - beats Kanyon in a Champagne on a Pole match on WCW Thunder
[Yep, it's a double. Chris Kanyon's champagne is also up for grabs here!]
2000-01-17 Lex Luger - beats Bam Bam on WCW Monday Nitro
2000-01-28 Meng - beats Luger at a WCW live event
2000-04-22 Trevor Rhodes (Trevor Murdoch) - beats Meng in a Lumberjack match at a WLW live event
2000-06-17 Griz - beats Trevor at a WLW live event
2000-10-20 Meng (2) - beats Griz and Mr. Destiny in a Three-Way match at a WLW live event
2000-10-30 Sgt. AWOL (The Wall) - beats Meng in a Hardcore match on WCW Thunder
2000-11-11 Crowbar - beats Wall, Meng, and Big Vito in a Hardcore Four-Way match at a WCW live event
2000-12-17 Terry Funk - beats Crowbar in a Hardcore match at WCW Starrcade
2001-01-14 Meng (3) - beats Funk and Crowbar in a Hardcore Three-Way match at WCW Sin
[For the record, this is the last match for the WCW Hardcore Championship... so... OH BABY, A TRIPLE!]
2001-01-29 Undertaker - beats Haku on WWF Raw
2001-05-20 Steve Austin - beats Taker at WWF Judgment Day
2001-09-04 Rob Van Dam - beats Austin on WWF SmackDown
2001-09-10 Kurt Angle - beats RVD in a Hardcore match on WWF Raw
2001-10-02 Rob Van Dam (2) - beats Angle on WWF SmackDown
2001-10-09 Chris Jericho - beats RVD on WWF SmackDown
[2001-10-21 Jericho takes the E-Crown from the Rock at WWF No Mercy]
2020-06-07 Randy Orton (7) - beats Edge at WWE Backlash

Randall Randall Keith, Randall Keith, Randall Randall Keeeeith

For the record, at one point Buff Bagwell won a non-title match but it was misspelled as a "Nin Title" match. I really wanted this to be a tracker of the "Nin Title" as well, considering that. It would be too silly, though.

 

[Chris]

Soon to be R-Truth

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Spoiler: SPOILER FOR ALL SHOWS July 13

Randy Orton defeats R-Truth and retains the E-Crown

Okay, back to Herb Abrams belts.
Who holds the UWF (Abrams) Americas Championship?

Spoiler: Who holds the Americas title?

1994-09-23 Dan Spivey - beats Johnny Ace at UWF Blackjack Brawl. This is the only time the championship is ever seen.
1995-03-23 Kenta Kobashi - beats Spivey at AJPW Champion Carnival
1995-03-26 Mitsuharu Misawa - beats Kobashi at AJPW Champion Carnival
[1995-04-15 Misawa beats Taue and takes Baby Doll, etc...]
2020-01-19 Zac Taylor - beats Zayne, ACH, and Chandler Hopkins in a Four Corners match at Inspire Pro New Ecstasy of Gold

Taylor enters double figures!

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Now for the last UWF title that doesn't just end with its last holder.
Who holds the UWF (Abrams) Women's World Championship?

Spoiler: Who holds the Women's Title?

1994-12-05 Miss Texas (Jacqueline) - beats Candi Devine at a USWA live event. This is probably the only time any of these belts was acknowledged outside of the UWF itself.
1995-01-09 Sweet Georgia Brown - beats Texas at a USWA live event
1995-01-23 Miss Texas (2) - beats Brown at a USWA live event
1995-03-20 Sweet Georgia Brown (2) - beats Texas at a USWA live event
1995-03-27 Miss Texas (3) - beats Brown at a USWA live event
1995-04-17 Uptown Karen - beats Texas at a USWA live event
1995-04-24 Miss Texas (4) - beats Karen at a USWA live event
1995-07-24 Brandon Baxter - beats Texas at a USWA live event
1995-08-21 Randy Hales - beats Baxter in an I Quit match at a USWA live event
1995-12-04 Smoky Mountain Massacre - beats Hales at a USWA live event
1995-12-27 Koko B. Ware - beats SMM at a USWA live event
1996-01-03 Brian Christopher - beats Ware at a USWA live event
1996-01-16 Sid Vicious - beats Christopher at a USWA live event
1996-09-02 Jerry Lawler - beats Sid at a USWA live event
1996-09-05 The Stalker (Barry Windham) - beats Lawler at a WWF live event
1996-09-14 Jerry Lawler (2) - beats Windham at a WWF live event
1996-09-21 Mark Henry - beats Lawler at a WWF live event
1998-03-07 Brian Christopher (2) - beats Henry at a WWF live event
1998-03-13 Aguila - beats Christopher at a WWF live event
1998-03-29 TAKA Michinoku - beats Aguila at WWF WrestleMania XIV
1998-03-30 Marc Mero - beats TAKA on WWF Raw
1998-04-04 Bradshaw - beats Mero at WWF Mayhem in Manchester
1998-04-05 Marc Mero (2) - beats Bradshaw at a WWF live event
1998-04-06 Bradshaw (2) - beats Mero at a WWF live event
1998-04-07 Marc Mero (3) - beats Bradshaw at a WWF live event
1998-04-25 Goldust - beats Mero at a WWF live event
1998-05-18 Dude Love (Mick Foley) - beats Goldust on WWF Raw
1998-05-31 Steve Austin - beats Love in a Falls Count Anywhere match at WWF Over the Edge: In Your House
[Austin held Adrian Adonis' hair at the time...]
2020-06-07 Randy Orton - beats Edge at WWE Backlash

I don't even know what to say, other than... I'm surprised that it's taken this long for a title to cross over between men and women.

Mark Henry won this in literally his debut match.

 

[Chris]