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Kane (98?) - Won it due to Austin's arm(?) bleeding in a first blood match (lame) then lost it the following night.
i honestly think that he wasnt supose to win that night. taker came down and hit autstin making him bleed, they couldnt fake it so the ref had nothing to do but rule kane as the winner. kane lost the belt the next night held if less than 24hrs. i honestly think that he wasnt supose to win it.
I hear what you're saying and while it partly makes sense I do think it was intended for Kane to win (and if anything the reign was cut short because of the botched ending of the match. i.e. Taker cutting Austin).
Main reason I say this is cos the other stipulation in the match was that if Kane lost he'd have to set himself on fire; an ending which obviously they had to swerve.
i no that people have held titles for a day but form what i memeber not a world title.
Not strictly true....
*Yokozuna held the WWF title for a matter of minutes @ WM9.
*On SNME, Andre The Giant held the WWF title for a matter of moments before he gave the belt to Dibiase (only for the belt to be vacated as a result.)
*Randy Orton AND HHH had WWE world title reigns which lasted less than a day within the same event (No Mercy07)
(You could argue that Y2J had another super-brief reign when he beat HHH on SD, but that isn't an acknowledged title riegn.)