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Topic	All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 493: New Beginnings in Los Ingobernable Era
ZeroSignal620 02/01/20 9:02:42 PM #487:	It took a moment, but I tiered the 2010s WWE champions from most prominent to least prominent... AJ Styles A tough choice for the top spot, but Styles had two damn good runs with the belt. First a 5 month run in 2016-17 that gave us good matches with Ambrose and Cena. Second, a year-long run that had Styles defending regularly against the likes of Jinder, Owens, Zayn, Ziggler, Corbin, Cena, Nakamura, Rusev, Joe, and Bryan. Also became longest reigning champion in SmackDown history, passing JBL's record. John Cena Eight reigns in the 10s, but half of them were under a month (one was less than 5 minutes). Most notable reigns were his long runs in 2011 and 2013. CM Punk Two reigns, including the longest run since Hogan in the 80s. His first reign was severely watered down thanks to Kevin Nash and Del Rio, while his over-a-year run with the belt was still playing second fiddle to Cena, despite having good matches with Jericho and Bryan. Brock Lesnar Two reigns, ended the decade as champ. First reign was clearly the more memorable, even if he only defended the belt three times in said reign. Second reign was Kofi in 8 seconds, squashing Cain, and shenanigans with Rey. Randy Orton 4 reigns, including his five month run in late 2013. Notable for winning the first six pack challenge in 11 years, retiring the World Heavyweight Championship, and successful defenses against Cena. Bryan 4 reigns, though only two of them memorable; his huge win at WrestleMania XXX, and his run as The New Daniel Bryan in 2018-19. His first two reigns lasted a combined day. Rollins The most memorable things here are his cash-in and the ladder match with Ambrose. Otherwise, we watched Rollins win nearly every title match the same way, the inadvertent end of Sting's career, a title match with Kane in 2015, and escaping Lesnar because Undertaker decided 16 months later to exact revenge. Sweet, nut-kicking revenge. Also held the title a second time for 2 minutes. Kofi After beating Bryan, WWE did everything they could to make sure Kofi played second fiddle to nearly everything else. His ppv matches with Owens, Ziggler, Joe, and Orton weren't the most memorable, but they were there. As was a few title defenses on TV against Bryan, Styles, and Sami. Will mostly be remembered for his 8 second match with Lesnar. Reigns 1st run was 5 minutes. Second run was a Sheamus defense and the Royal Rumble. Third run was at least something with back-to-back defenses against Styles. Sheamus Entered the decade as champ and added two more reigns to it. On the downside, he only had a handful of successful defenses against Cena, Reigns, and Zack Ryder. One of those is not like the others. Ambrose Cashed in on Rollins. After his triple threat with the other Shield members, Ambrose's lone title reign was unmemorable. Miz Cashed in on Orton, had a joke of a reign afterwards. Never beat Orton without Riley's assistance, went 50/50 with Lawler (twice), and was overshadowed in his own main event at WrestleMania. Del Rio Cashed in on Punk, immediately drops to Cena, then wins it back in the Cell. Gets one successful defense against Cena before dropping clean to Punk. All in less than 3 months; quite forgettable. Wyatt In 7 weeks, Wyatt had a solid defense against Styles and Cena, and then was reduced to his angle with Orton, which at this point had worked its way to being hilariously bad. Mahal An undeserving reign that lasted nearly 6 months and consisted of multiple matches with Orton and Nakamura, none of which were watchable. At the very least I put him above the bottom three for competing, but none of his wins were credible. Rock A reign that lasted barely 2 months with one defense against Punk, before dropping it to Cena in the most predictable WrestleMania main event in years. Batista Was awarded an easy match by Vince, never defended the title until he lost it back to Cena at WrestleMania XXVI Rey Mysterio A reign that didn't even last two hours before dropping the belt to Cena in 2011. --- Formerly known as Raven 2 http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/ZeroSignal620.png <cite>ZeroSignal620 posted [p:933800076] in All-Purpos... [t:78320110]...</cite> <quote>It took a moment, but I tiered the 2010s WWE champions from most prominent to least prominent... AJ Styles A tough choice for the top spot, but Styles had two damn good runs with the belt. First a 5 month run in 2016-17 that gave us good matches with Ambrose and Cena. Second, a year-long run that had Styles defending regularly against the likes of Jinder, Owens, Zayn, Ziggler, Corbin, Cena, Nakamura, Rusev, Joe, and Bryan. Also became longest reigning champion in SmackDown history, passing JBL's record. John Cena Eight reigns in the 10s, but half of them were under a month (one was less than 5 minutes). Most notable reigns were his long runs in 2011 and 2013. CM Punk Two reigns, including the longest run since Hogan in the 80s. His first reign was severely watered down thanks to Kevin Nash and Del Rio, while his over-a-year run with the belt was still playing second fiddle to Cena, despite having good matches with Jericho and Bryan. Brock Lesnar Two reigns, ended the decade as champ. First reign was clearly the more memorable, even if he only defended the belt three times in said reign. Second reign was Kofi in 8 seconds, squashing Cain, and shenanigans with Rey. Randy Orton 4 reigns, including his five month run in late 2013. Notable for winning the first six pack challenge in 11 years, retiring the World Heavyweight Championship, and successful defenses against Cena. Bryan 4 reigns, though only two of them memorable; his huge win at WrestleMania XXX, and his run as The New Daniel Bryan in 2018-19. His first two reigns lasted a combined day. Rollins The most memorable things here are his cash-in and the ladder match with Ambrose. Otherwise, we watched Rollins win nearly every title match the same way, the inadvertent end of Sting's career, a title match with Kane in 2015, and escaping Lesnar because Undertaker decided 16 months later to exact revenge. Sweet, nut-kicking revenge. Also held the title a second time for 2 minutes. Kofi After beating Bryan, WWE did everything they could to make sure Kofi played second fiddle to nearly everything else. His ppv matches with Owens, Ziggler, Joe, and Orton weren't the most memorable, but they were there. As was a few title defenses on TV against Bryan, Styles, and Sami. Will mostly be remembered for his 8 second match with Lesnar. Reigns 1st run was 5 minutes. Second run was a Sheamus defense and the Royal Rumble. Third run was at least something with back-to-back defenses against Styles. Sheamus Entered the decade as champ and added two more reigns to it. On the downside, he only had a handful of successful defenses against Cena, Reigns, and Zack Ryder. One of those is not like the others. Ambrose Cashed in on Rollins. After his triple threat with the other Shield members, Ambrose's lone title reign was unmemorable. Miz Cashed in on Orton, had a joke of a reign afterwards. Never beat Orton without Riley's assistance, went 50/50 with Lawler (twice), and was overshadowed in his own main event at WrestleMania. Del Rio Cashed in on Punk, immediately drops to Cena, then wins it back in the Cell. Gets one successful defense against Cena before dropping clean to Punk. All in less than 3 months; quite forgettable. Wyatt In 7 weeks, Wyatt had a solid defense against Styles and Cena, and then was reduced to his angle with Orton, which at this point had worked its way to being hilariously bad. Mahal An undeserving reign that lasted nearly 6 months and consisted of multiple matches with Orton and Nakamura, none of which were watchable. At the very least I put him above the bottom three for competing, but none of his wins were credible. Rock A reign that lasted barely 2 months with one defense against Punk, before dropping it to Cena in the most predictable WrestleMania main event in years. Batista Was awarded an easy match by Vince, never defended the title until he lost it back to Cena at WrestleMania XXVI Rey Mysterio A reign that didn't even last two hours before dropping the belt to Cena in 2011. --- Formerly known as Raven 2 http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/ZeroSignal620.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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