#53 Phantom title reign(s) 1:31 Antonio Inoki #52-43 One Day Reigns and Unanticipated Champions 2:09 Rey Mysterio 3:10 Vince McMahon Jr. 4:17 Andre The Giant 5:10 Kane 6:14 Stan Stasiak 7:26 Jinder Mahal 8:25 SGT. Slaughter 9:15 Bray Wyatt 10:09 Rob Van Dam 11:12 Yokozuna #42-31 Champions at bad times, Long Uneventful Reigns, Fizzling Out 12:37 Diesel 13:44 JBL 15:03 Alberto Del Rio 15:56 Sheamus 16:51 The Miz 17:20 The Big Show 18:22 Kofi Kingston 19:48 ‘Sycho’ Sid 20:38 Jeff Hardy 21:39 ‘The OG Nature Boy’ Buddy Rogers 22:46 Batista 23:48 Dean Ambrose #30-21 Fun Heel Reigns, Fan Favourite Champions 24:53 Ivan Kolaff 25:44 The Iron Sheik 26:58 Chris Jericho 28:13 Mankind 29:47 Halfway mark & stats 30:11 The Ultimate Warrior 31:02 Drew McIntyre 32:15 Roman Reigns 33:07 Eddie Guerrero 34:09 Seth Rollins 35:29 Daniel Bryan #20-11 Legendary Wrestlers with semi-good to Great-reigns 37:20 The Undertaker 38:38 ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair 39:31 Shawn Michaels 41:08 Bob Backlund 42:29 ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham 43:28 Kurt Angle 44:09 Edge 45:03 ‘The Macho Man’ Randy Savage 45:48 AJ Styles 47:16 CM Punk #10-1 The Top Ten Greatest WWE Champions 48:19 The Rock 49:28 Randall Keith a.k.a ‘Randy Orton’ 51:06 Pedro Morales 52:11 Hulk Hogan 53:35 Brock Lesnar 54:39 Triple H 55:56 John Cena 57:04 ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin 58:10 Bret ‘the Hitman’ Hart 59:54 Bruno Sammartino
How long was Lesnars with the "universal" title. Yes I know it wasnt 7 years....but felt like it. Stopped watching wrestling about idk 3 years before that. I loosely follow it. Miss the old days...shit I'm getting old
The advent of televised wrestling and maybe even the breaking of kayfabe has moved wrestling from a fake combat sport to a real fictional product, storylines and all, and that is probably the best thing to have come out of the mid-1990's in wrestling. (Yes, I am including the Attitude Era, nWo and the whole Monday Night Wars in it, because it would not have happened without the shift in how wrestling is treated.)
I dunno, might actually be the opposite. Look how much pop the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak got. Maybe 7 years is a bit much but I could see a 4 year reign being received well with some time limit draws, countouts and Dqs thrown in with the multiple clean wins
But thank you fou placing Bret Hart so high, he was phenomenal, Legendary wrestler, the greatest champion of The New Generation era between 1994 and 1997! He had 5 star matches with just about EVERYONE...Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, his late great brother Owen Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, British Bulldog, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Vader, Jeff Jarrett, Sid, he even wrestled The Rock and Triple h, Bret was a great champion and Legend for sure!
@Any & Everything cry, baby, I agree . I don't think he is overrated, though. The man was a great wrestler. I never thought he would go as far as he went, coming from the hart foundation.
I like AJ but he's overrated on the list. His matches from a technical standpoint were great, but if you look at the bigger picture they are just matches and the storylines landed below par especially in the face reign. A mid-card title formula applied on the world title.
I actually liked Yokozuna’s title reign a lot. Rarely did they ever make a heel appear so dominant, and for a guy his size he could wrestle pretty well.
I hated it. He was just kind of boring and I wouldn’t of minded if it was a semi short reign but it dragged on for so long and even as a kid I started to fall out of love with the product.
Dominant? What matches were you watching. Won the title off Hulk Hogan at King of the Ring thanks to a camera exploding in Hogan's face. Retained the title against Lex Luger at Summerslam because he lost via count out. At Survivor Series was made to look scared against the Undertaker and his team lost their Survivor Series match. At Royal Rumble retained his title against Undertaker after about 6-8 other heels teamed up to bail Yokozuna out. Retained the title against Lex Luger at WrestleMania thanks to Mr. Perfect disqualifying Lex Luger when he had Yokozuna Beat. Lost to Bret Hart later that night. Yokozuna was the most pathetic monster heel WWE has ever booked.
Sammartino absolutely deserved number 1. Not just because of his 8-year title reign and then his 3 and half year title reign, but because of all his insanely classic matches, the fact that he always sold-out Madison Square Garden and always put on the greatest matches of all time. Everything about him is what pro wrestling was built on and what it should still be today. There would be no WWE today if it wasn't for his popularity. His matches were pure wrestling clinics, and he made the WWE Championship THE Championship that everyone wanted.
@scienceEVIL6969 Jinder was better than no one except Ultimate Warrior. So Jinder was the 2nd worst wrestler to be WWE champion. Yes, even worse than Vince McMahon himself.
@8bitkid835 Bruh, how is it an opinion that a subpar wwe title reign with a Punjabi Prison match and a guy who won the title of the company he runs, is nothing compared to two reigns spanning over 4000 days? Warrior just loved the bucks, could barely even speak.
Bret Hart was No1 for me. As a kid he was my favourite wrestler face or heel, and when he turned heel I actually understood why. His matches were exceptional his story telling got me watching every week and if it wasn't for Bret Hart, I wouldn't have believed in the stone cold gimmick as much. I'm not slating stone cold he'd be my No2 pick. Bret had a way of making other people look fantastic.
It should be okay if its a Cena only exclusive belt because it looks great if he's wearing it. It looks corny when another superstar wears it like imagine Triple H or Undertaker wearing that spinner belt? it will look awful.
"because he was REALLY REALLY REEEALY good at wrestling" I got goosebumps when I first heard it and I rewinded it again and again and again. Bret Hart was a second of none ❤️
Andre the Giant was an attraction on his own. He didn't need a big, glittery belt around his waste to let everyone know he was the man. You just needed to look at him to see that. RIP Andre! You were a legend!
genuinely thrilled to see bret so high on this list. the fact that he's second to only bruno sammartino, a legend who really can't be compared to anyway, is perfectly alright with me
The excellence of execution was my favorite all along. Nobody worked as hard and faithfully as Bret Hart, nobody was willing and able to carry underperforming oponents as well, and nobody suffered personal losses that painful as he did. This man made me believe in wrestling as a sport, not just a show.
@@lol-fq8lp Money doesn't tell about how much effort and good will was put in. Money doesn't tell about how good a man somebody is. With the right marketing, you can sell rubbish to people and earn a lot of money. Does that make the rubbish good?
@@lol-fq8lp To be fair the business was down all across the board for a long time as wrestling as a whole was more or less shunned following the steroid scandal. Bret was given the task to carry the company during one of it's darkest moments and I would argue that he did pretty good. Certainly he did way better than Diesel who was champion for a year during that time and only drew in scraps. It's the reason Vince pivoted back to Bret.
Bret hitman hart is one of my favorite of all time and I'm glad you acknowledged how great that guy was! The excellence of execution, the best there is, the best there was, and the best there EVER WILL BE!
@@lol-fq8lp Am I hunting down every one of the comments, yes I am. Just to once again remind you that context of what was going on in the company matters. Cause it seems to me that the loss of business has more to do with the steroid scandal in 94 than it did with Bret being champion.
@@night6724 Then why do millions of people all around the world still love him today? His personality is very dry I’ll grant you, which isn’t for everyone. But he managed to connect with enough people to inspire a whole new generation of wrestlers. Seriously just look to see how many modern wrestlers site Bret as one of their main inspirations to get in the business, including some of the biggest names today like Roman Reigns.
Thank you so much for putting Bret Hart in the upper echelon. No complaints he's second to Bruno Sammartino. Indeed, Hart is one of the most liked men backstage, seeing himself as "one of the boys" even during his title reigns. He's a pure wrestler making his opponents look good (not just simply selling), win or lose. He's not into backstage politicking (well, other than refusing to lose the title to Michaels leading to Screwjob, but not totally his fault and that's a story for another day). The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.
Thanks for putting Pedro Morales on the #8 spot. Not only was his reign a good one but the list of men he defended against brought the prestige and brought moments at that time of professional wrestling. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Cultaholic.
Pedro was a good champion but he's bit overrated in that spot. He started off white hot and his first year was great, but fizzled out after his second year causing McMahon to scramble. He rejoined the NWA and maneuvered the belt back to Bruno who had already spent the better portion of the previous decade champion.
They probably wanted to give him a technical run because he was such a icon but knew he wasn't in the physical condition to wrestle properly week after week. 4:50
Brett Hart followed every step of wrestling to the top and did that spectacularly. 👏 His matches and character were golden and his wrestling ability is unbelievably good 👍 Hitman is simply the best 👌❤
I honestly think JBLs title reign wasn’t that bad, he feels like the last genuinely hated heel WWE champion besides Jinder maybe but Jinders reign was just plain terrible
I wasn't into wrestling growing up but when I was a kid The Attitude era was at it's peak so I had a lot of friends that enjoyed watching WWE/ WWF WCW all that so when I would hang out with them we played smackdown and would watch old tapes so I kinda started to enjoy it but the one thing I love about wrestling is that they respect their OGs it's cool thing for a father to see his favorite wrestler doing a tag team match with his son's favorite wrestler. It also teaches the younger generation about the history of wrestling I was born in 1994 I'll be 28 next month in April glad I was able to catch wrestling at it's peak
The rock proves it’s quality over quantity. His feud with triple H was amazing and the fact he didn’t win much because he was cheated out of most matches made it so sweet when he won.
im over the moon about the rank of my favorite wwe champion bret hart. but im disappointed in the placement of sycho sid, hes one of my favs and i think hes underrated and deserves to be higher on this list
Adam....you and your team are workhorses! The process of this and the us title one you did recently is sooo impressive!! Thank you for always entertaining me and all of us Cultaholic faithful! Happy holidays to all the folks from Cultaholic!!
Bret and Stone Cold should be number one and 2, the greatest wrestler of all time and the guy he helped make a star. If not for The Hitman, Austin would probably have never been signed by WWE in 1996, let alone become the biggest draw in wrestling history. Steve had great talent, but for a time it seemed only Bret could see it.
I don’t get how Kofi is lower than Jeff Hardy, someone who never successfully defended the title. Kofi’s win was bigger, and his reign was better, so why is he lower?
Great list! I love how you guys gave Lesnar that recognition as a WWE Champion. That man can draw and is a big deal. Can’t wait till he makes an in ring return.
@@lol-fq8lpYes keep over simplifying what was going on with the company and with wrestling as a whole during that time. Surely the loss of business had nothing to do with the steroid scandal and the fact that the WWF was in the middle of being sued by the federal government. It was Bret as champion that was the problem. Yes that's it, no other reason.
@@KairiPrime funny how when Nash was champion it was his fault and yet it was never hart’s fault. Typical hart sycophant just like your idol, blame everyone else
Every iwgp heavyweight champion ranked from worst to best (updated) Every IWGP intercontinental champion from worst to best Every NWA world heavyweight champion from worst to best Every AJPW triple crown heavyweight champion from worst to best
They should put Hogan in Triple H’s spot and move Hunter to 7. Hogan was definitely a better champion the Hunter. But in my opinion Hogan is and always will be the Greatest champion of all time
I really hope and pray that some of the talent who held the belt at least once on here who are still active get at least one more run before their retirement. Kofi and Jeff being 2 of them
The fact that Eddie almost died in the JBL match was just as terrifying to think about as it is a testimony to how far Eddie would go to entertain the fans.
Brett Hart is the best Pro Wrestler of all time as far as in ring work goes. Hes not the best on the mic for sure, Stone Cold and the Rock have him beat easily. Honestly even Savage or Hogan as well. But Brett Hart made the belt really feel like gold with just how much work he put into it. And how much work he put into his opponents. We wouldn't even HAVE Stone Cold if it werent for Brett.
mic skills really werent something the old timers had to worry about back in the day as they sold their story in the ring. I cant recall when they started to transition into allowing wrestlers to have more to say other than the usual promo of "im going to beat you this sunday at xxx arena" . that was something that the attitude era really focused on and perfected.
@@wantutosigh1117 oh yeah, Roddy was great but like I said, the mic skills weren't something that was pushed in the early WWE, if so, then Hulk never would have been a thing as he was horrible giving promos when compared to say Roddy. It was all about looking like a giant and everything else was secoundary. Would have to say as the WWE shifted away from the Hulk era is when they began to focus more on mic skills and the other stuff other than being a giant in the ring. Cheers bud but yeah, Roddy was awesome.
@@The_Zilli are you serious? Hogan was popular BECAUSE of his promos. Sure they’re corny but it drew massively. And Hart wrestled in the 1990s not the 1950s
@@night6724 Hulk never had the mic skills compared to Rody or even other wrestlers of his era. Hulk had the looks and the size which was what Vince craved back in the early 70s/80s. Or did you forget all about the "glass ceiling" in which smaller wrestlers had to try to get through. Im not saying Hulk wasnt influential to the business, far from it, but Hulk wasn't known for his mic skilsl but rather his physique and gimmick of saying your prayers and taking your vitamins and whatcha going to do when a million hulkamaniacs run wild on you. But in terms of being a natural on the mic, Rowdy Piper and others exceeded him in that area. Gimmick, Promos and Mic skills are three different things in my books. Gimmick is either (or both) company or talent coming up with an idea. Promos is company, talent, marketing team, etc. Granted, Promos back then weren't as scripted but being able to ham it up in front of the camera behind the scenes and doing it live is a bit different. And Mic is when you're on your own in a live environment having to react on the fly where being witty and quick on your feet is king. A good example of this would be Owen Hart's infamous leg kick comment where someone lacks the wits to do real time promos in the heat of the moment at that point in their career. Again, just to repeat, this doesnt mean that Hulk isnt da man, he had a great gimmick, the hulk up in the ring, the good guy attitude, the look, the size, etc etc. He just wasnt the best with the mic, no shame there. Heck, Im a Bret Homer and I know he wasnt the greatest on the mic as well.
I still can't get enough of the Randy Orton songs we hear around 49:28-49:59, for example. Also, where can you find the actual instrumental song on RUclips that's being used?...
Jericho really got shafted. Vince's comment about how "bad the state of the business must have been if we're putting the title on Jericho" is a horrible take from one of the kings of bad decisions.
I think what makes Bruno Sammartino so great is that when he felt like he couldn't represent the belt properly he gracefully stepped down from the picture and left the title scene before anyone got sick of him *cough*Hogan*cough*Cena*cough*HHH*
Another great video another great list. I do have to mention one thing though. I am and always have been a pretty big Triple H fan. Aside from Ric Flair I don’t know that there’s ever been a better heel. Having said that I’m not about to pretend like the many criticisms against him burying multiple wrestlers aren’t valid, however you mention Jericho at Wrestlemania 18. That match should not have gone after Hogan vs The Rock, but as far as the outcome goes, Triple H was ridiculously over after returning from his quad injury and winning the Royal Rumble that year
Wait so if Ric Flair has won the wwe title 2 times, the Nwa world title 9 times and the wcw title 8 times wouldn’t that make him a 19 time world champion? Not a 16 time champion?
There a video somewhere on RUclips explaining all Ric,s title reigns,Because he lost it and won it back on a few different world tours,I think Inoki won it,Tatsumi Fujinami,And Carlos Colon were a few of the guys that beat him,Plus I don't think they count the reign he beat Barry Windam for the Big Gold belt and lost it to Rick Rude but that was the international world title then but still should have counted,I believe the real number was like 23 or 24 runs but they usually count the WWF run,s,It was the last two or three that probably didn't matter much because everyone was passing the title around in wcw and his last couple reigns were like A day,A week,then he was stripped again then only to get it back,to then lose it again to Jeff Jarrett after not just dropping it to him the first time instead of "Handing it over for whatever fake reason,WCW really did alot of shit that made no sense
I disagree with JBL...not that he should be placed super high or anything, but JBL had one of the most surprising reigns in history. It went from "you can't be serious, Bradshaw!?" to legitimately being entertained week after week, especially during the Cabinet phase.
I see the mistake saying Cena has 14 reigns wasn't fixed in this version of the list. Cena is a 13 time WWE Champion, 3 of his 16 world title reigns were with the World Heavyweight Title.
Backland was the first wrestler who ever scared me... When Brett Harts mom threw in the towel I thought he was psychotic and I was genuinely scared.. I only watched it in old vhs tapes and I was young but still, dude has a scary face. lmao
@CultaholicWrestling I guess this will be my homework during my hiatus. I am gonna start watching each Champion's 1st Victory and from there, watch each Big 4/5 PPVs from Worst to Best but the choice matches mentioned for each entry. Here we go! Ima become a Hype Man and a Genius of Wrestling! Thank You Gents!
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#53 Phantom title reign(s)
1:31 Antonio Inoki
#52-43 One Day Reigns and Unanticipated Champions
2:09 Rey Mysterio
3:10 Vince McMahon Jr.
4:17 Andre The Giant
5:10 Kane
6:14 Stan Stasiak
7:26 Jinder Mahal
8:25 SGT. Slaughter
9:15 Bray Wyatt
10:09 Rob Van Dam
11:12 Yokozuna
#42-31 Champions at bad times, Long Uneventful Reigns, Fizzling Out
12:37 Diesel
13:44 JBL
15:03 Alberto Del Rio
15:56 Sheamus
16:51 The Miz
17:20 The Big Show
18:22 Kofi Kingston
19:48 ‘Sycho’ Sid
20:38 Jeff Hardy
21:39 ‘The OG Nature Boy’ Buddy Rogers
22:46 Batista
23:48 Dean Ambrose
#30-21 Fun Heel Reigns, Fan Favourite Champions
24:53 Ivan Kolaff
25:44 The Iron Sheik
26:58 Chris Jericho
28:13 Mankind
29:47 Halfway mark & stats
30:11 The Ultimate Warrior
31:02 Drew McIntyre
32:15 Roman Reigns
33:07 Eddie Guerrero
34:09 Seth Rollins
35:29 Daniel Bryan
#20-11 Legendary Wrestlers with semi-good to Great-reigns
37:20 The Undertaker
38:38 ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair
39:31 Shawn Michaels
41:08 Bob Backlund
42:29 ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham
43:28 Kurt Angle
44:09 Edge
45:03 ‘The Macho Man’ Randy Savage
45:48 AJ Styles
47:16 CM Punk
#10-1 The Top Ten Greatest WWE Champions
48:19 The Rock
49:28 Randall Keith a.k.a ‘Randy Orton’
51:06 Pedro Morales
52:11 Hulk Hogan
53:35 Brock Lesnar
54:39 Triple H
55:56 John Cena
57:04 ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin
58:10 Bret ‘the Hitman’ Hart
59:54 Bruno Sammartino
You are a god my good sir!
Legendary, thank you
Kevin Fernández Thanks for your dedication good sir.
Bret wasn't that great for champion tbh
roman reigns isnt fan favorite and also isnt fun heel champion
"We can't have one of our wrestlers actually set himself on fire"
That line aged well
It’s not like they hadn’t set a commentator on fire before then anyways lol
One of their wrestlers set ANOTHER ONE of their wrestlers on fire. Totally different thing.
*nananananana nannan naa Randall Randall Keith, Randall Keith, Randall Randall Keeiiitthh*
Key word is “HIMSELF”,
And The Fiend didn’t set HIMSELF on Fire!
@@gandalfthegrey7135 ppl
Whenever Cultaholic uploads a list that Randy Orton might be in, I check for the Randall Keith song first.
The Randall Keith song shouldn’t still be funny after all this time. It shouldn’t. But it is. I genuinely look forward to whenever it comes up 😂
Same.
It's a simple spell but quite unbreakable
I don’t think it’s funny
It’s a damn master piece
100th like
@Gaz Jones May I know why he's doing this in all his videos about Randy????
Its the main reason I re-watch these videos
Vince winning the WWF championship is the most “This is my company I do what I want” thing I’ve ever seen
Duh he was a heel and he drew heat so it worked
Congrats on Missing the Trump presidency...
@@starbreaker269 Actually he was a face when he won it.
heard of Verne Gagne????
You say that like this a wwe thing and not just a wrestling thing Vince gets so much stick for doing what so many other owners have done
Can you imagine how pissed off everyone would be if someone now held the belt for 7 years straight😂
How long was Lesnars with the "universal" title.
Yes I know it wasnt 7 years....but felt like it. Stopped watching wrestling about idk 3 years before that. I loosely follow it. Miss the old days...shit I'm getting old
The advent of televised wrestling and maybe even the breaking of kayfabe has moved wrestling from a fake combat sport to a real fictional product, storylines and all, and that is probably the best thing to have come out of the mid-1990's in wrestling. (Yes, I am including the Attitude Era, nWo and the whole Monday Night Wars in it, because it would not have happened without the shift in how wrestling is treated.)
Not really
Roman can do it rn
If they change his character at the right time
And that time is almost 2 years from now
I dunno, might actually be the opposite. Look how much pop the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak got. Maybe 7 years is a bit much but I could see a 4 year reign being received well with some time limit draws, countouts and Dqs thrown in with the multiple clean wins
@@ultimatum6786 Roman Reigns won’t be champion for 7 years. It’s not happening
But thank you fou placing Bret Hart so high, he was phenomenal, Legendary wrestler, the greatest champion of The New Generation era between 1994 and 1997! He had 5 star matches with just about EVERYONE...Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, his late great brother Owen Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, British Bulldog, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Vader, Jeff Jarrett, Sid, he even wrestled The Rock and Triple h, Bret was a great champion and Legend for sure!
Hitman - Perfect was the best. Real wrestlers at their best
Adam: “We can’t actually have one of our wrestlers set themselves on fire”
The Fiend: “Hold My Beer”
to be fair, The Fiend was set on my fire, not that he wanted it unlike Kane
@@jaybee5315 io
Randy: I won't.
To be fair Kane by the time June rolled around there had already been set on fire himself and set 2 others a light in 1998
sad how he can't do that in wwe anymore :(
49:28 The Randall Keith Song, if anyone's interested
Thank you
Not all heroes wear capes
King shit
Thanks
What is the original song called?
Love the respect for Bret. He absolutely deserves it. He did always treat the belt like it was the most important thing and he was a great champion.
Yes I love it Bret really deserve it
The best there ever is, the best there ever was, and the best there will ever be.
The best there was 👌
Bret is over rated. Biggest cry baby in history. Waaaa I didn’t go out on top. Waaa.
@Any & Everything cry, baby, I agree . I don't think he is overrated, though. The man was a great wrestler. I never thought he would go as far as he went, coming from the hart foundation.
Stone Cold has gotta be my favorite WWE Champion, every reign he had felt special, along with The Rock and John Cena
Stone Cold's second reign was shit. As was his fourth.
@@SteRDLK Pretty much all of Cenas reigns were shit.
Hulk Hogan should be 1 in my opinion, He did alot for wrestling, But so did Bruno so he should at least be 2
@@titanhades4331 I hated Cena as vociferously as anybody, but that's rubbish.
I still dream about what kind of match Cena vs Austin would've been like for the championship
I will admit...I have watched this video more than once...just cause Bret is number two and I love to see Bret get the recognition he deserves.
Hell Yeah
Bruno Samartino sounded like an asshole like Hogan... he was just allowed to be for longer.
Bret screwed Bret remember?? Yeppers he deserves the recognition alright 😂
I just fail to understand why HHH isn't #52.
@@lougiacobbi725 He should of been number one by far the best WWE champion ever.
It’s kind of mad how in 4 years AJ styles has become the 12th best WWE champion
Well it’s not official, it’s just their opinion 😂 but of course I’m not saying that he’s not a good wrestler. Before some one kicks off ⛔️
That why he is freaking Phenomenal One!
He can be best in the ring and make opponent looked best at same time
I like AJ but he's overrated on the list. His matches from a technical standpoint were great, but if you look at the bigger picture they are just matches and the storylines landed below par especially in the face reign.
A mid-card title formula applied on the world title.
He's the 12th best from a RUclips channels prospective. Really that means fuck all
Actually 5 years now. edit: At the royal rumble it will be 5 years
I actually liked Yokozuna’s title reign a lot. Rarely did they ever make a heel appear so dominant, and for a guy his size he could wrestle pretty well.
I hated it. He was just kind of boring and I wouldn’t of minded if it was a semi short reign but it dragged on for so long and even as a kid I started to fall out of love with the product.
@magicmulder I admit that really surprised me too.
Dominant? What matches were you watching.
Won the title off Hulk Hogan at King of the Ring thanks to a camera exploding in Hogan's face.
Retained the title against Lex Luger at Summerslam because he lost via count out.
At Survivor Series was made to look scared against the Undertaker and his team lost their Survivor Series match.
At Royal Rumble retained his title against Undertaker after about 6-8 other heels teamed up to bail Yokozuna out.
Retained the title against Lex Luger at WrestleMania thanks to Mr. Perfect disqualifying Lex Luger when he had Yokozuna Beat.
Lost to Bret Hart later that night.
Yokozuna was the most pathetic monster heel WWE has ever booked.
@@denniswilliams6519 I'm talking about the build-up to WM IX.
@@denniswilliams6519 You forgot about about that casket against the Undertaker he lost at Survivor Series 1993 when Chuck Norris the enforcer referee.
Should do the tag titles, that should be hilarious
The poor lads need to sleep sometimes. Let's not drive them to the loony bin.
John Cena is one of the worst tag champs ever. He has short reigns where he does nothing but fight with his teammate.
@@Calpsotoma Still can't believe him and Otunga once won the titles
oh god otunga
That'll be a 3 hour video 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Putting Bret at number 2 is a great call 😎
Man this Channel deserves so much Respect for putting all that Time in these Videos and make them so fun to watch!
Sammartino absolutely deserved number 1. Not just because of his 8-year title reign and then his 3 and half year title reign, but because of all his insanely classic matches, the fact that he always sold-out Madison Square Garden and always put on the greatest matches of all time. Everything about him is what pro wrestling was built on and what it should still be today. There would be no WWE today if it wasn't for his popularity. His matches were pure wrestling clinics, and he made the WWE Championship THE Championship that everyone wanted.
@scienceEVIL6969 Jinder was better than no one except Ultimate Warrior. So Jinder was the 2nd worst wrestler to be WWE champion. Yes, even worse than Vince McMahon himself.
@scienceEVIL6969 Yes. Bruno is the greatest and Jinder and Ultimate Warrior are the worst. That is a fact.
@JamesStewart-lx5wb is not really a fact more of an opinion
@8bitkid835 Bruh, how is it an opinion that a subpar wwe title reign with a Punjabi Prison match and a guy who won the title of the company he runs, is nothing compared to two reigns spanning over 4000 days?
Warrior just loved the bucks, could barely even speak.
To be honest, that top 5 is pretty solid and can't ever see it ever changing. Well done guys
Bret Hart was No1 for me. As a kid he was my favourite wrestler face or heel, and when he turned heel I actually understood why. His matches were exceptional his story telling got me watching every week and if it wasn't for Bret Hart, I wouldn't have believed in the stone cold gimmick as much. I'm not slating stone cold he'd be my No2 pick. Bret had a way of making other people look fantastic.
People may clown Cenas spinner belt but it's iconic. I remember having it when I was 8 years old,big part of my childhood.
I can respect that still hate it though
I love the belt, but it was around for way too long. Like why did it continue after Cena
It should be okay if its a Cena only exclusive belt because it looks great if he's wearing it. It looks corny when another superstar wears it like imagine Triple H or Undertaker wearing that spinner belt? it will look awful.
@@Mavuika_Haborym yep
@@Mavuika_Haborym HHH did
"because he was REALLY REALLY REEEALY good at wrestling" I got goosebumps when I first heard it and I rewinded it again and again and again. Bret Hart was a second of none ❤️
Mad respect ✊🏾 for Bret am really a big fan
Same here 👍
Andre the Giant was an attraction on his own. He didn't need a big, glittery belt around his waste to let everyone know he was the man. You just needed to look at him to see that. RIP Andre! You were a legend!
genuinely thrilled to see bret so high on this list. the fact that he's second to only bruno sammartino, a legend who really can't be compared to anyway, is perfectly alright with me
Nah I think Bret is 5th most
Hart isn’t number 2
1. Samartinno
2. The Rock
3. Stone Cold
4. Hulk Hogan
5. Bret Hart
The fact disturbs me the most is RVD is no longer ranked #42.
42-0
"We can't have a wrestler set himself on fire. Bollocks."
Watching this just after The Fiend's corpse was engulfed in flames.
Here for RANDAL KEITH SONG. 49:27
The excellence of execution was my favorite all along. Nobody worked as hard and faithfully as Bret Hart, nobody was willing and able to carry underperforming oponents as well, and nobody suffered personal losses that painful as he did. This man made me believe in wrestling as a sport, not just a show.
Yeah
This... the best ever!
He was a bad drawing champion he made the company lose 4 million
@@lol-fq8lp Money doesn't tell about how much effort and good will was put in. Money doesn't tell about how good a man somebody is. With the right marketing, you can sell rubbish to people and earn a lot of money. Does that make the rubbish good?
@@lol-fq8lp To be fair the business was down all across the board for a long time as wrestling as a whole was more or less shunned following the steroid scandal. Bret was given the task to carry the company during one of it's darkest moments and I would argue that he did pretty good. Certainly he did way better than Diesel who was champion for a year during that time and only drew in scraps. It's the reason Vince pivoted back to Bret.
Was hoping for a tier list but an hour of Pacitti dry humour is actually fun.
It may come later in the day.
Bret hitman hart is one of my favorite of all time and I'm glad you acknowledged how great that guy was! The excellence of execution, the best there is, the best there was, and the best there EVER WILL BE!
He was a bad drawing champion he made the company lose 4 million
@@lol-fq8lpobsessed
@@lol-fq8lp Am I hunting down every one of the comments, yes I am. Just to once again remind you that context of what was going on in the company matters. Cause it seems to me that the loss of business has more to do with the steroid scandal in 94 than it did with Bret being champion.
@@KairiPrime Bret Hart had no personality. His pink singlets and sunglasses were his entire character
@@night6724 Then why do millions of people all around the world still love him today? His personality is very dry I’ll grant you, which isn’t for everyone. But he managed to connect with enough people to inspire a whole new generation of wrestlers. Seriously just look to see how many modern wrestlers site Bret as one of their main inspirations to get in the business, including some of the biggest names today like Roman Reigns.
Bloody hell, fair play to you guys on the update.
Thank you so much for putting Bret Hart in the upper echelon.
No complaints he's second to Bruno Sammartino.
Indeed, Hart is one of the most liked men backstage, seeing himself as "one of the boys" even during his title reigns. He's a pure wrestler making his opponents look good (not just simply selling), win or lose. He's not into backstage politicking (well, other than refusing to lose the title to Michaels leading to Screwjob, but not totally his fault and that's a story for another day).
The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.
Thanks for putting Pedro Morales on the #8 spot. Not only was his reign a good one but the list of men he defended against brought the prestige and brought moments at that time of professional wrestling.
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Cultaholic.
Pedro was a good champion but he's bit overrated in that spot. He started off white hot and his first year was great, but fizzled out after his second year causing McMahon to scramble. He rejoined the NWA and maneuvered the belt back to Bruno who had already spent the better portion of the previous decade champion.
They probably wanted to give him a technical run because he was such a icon but knew he wasn't in the physical condition to wrestle properly week after week. 4:50
I'm one minute into this and I'm guessing Bruno is one 1
The pg legend John Cennna needs to be top
@@chipendo9946 Ryback is the PG legend.
Yeah, pretty terrible pick.
@@chipendo9946 After a decade the Pukester returns.
@@vapeymcvape5000 actually hes one of the most important champions of all time
Rest in Peace to the Phantom Champion, Antonio Inoki, who passed away in October 2022.
Rip Antonio, did you know Hulk Hogan was technically the first IWGP champion? He is also known as a phantom champion
Really? I had no idea he passed away.
Brett Hart followed every step of wrestling to the top and did that spectacularly. 👏 His matches and character were golden and his wrestling ability is unbelievably good 👍 Hitman is simply the best 👌❤
I give The Miz a lot of credit. He did as well as anyone could have given the story he was in.
I honestly think JBLs title reign wasn’t that bad, he feels like the last genuinely hated heel WWE champion besides Jinder maybe but Jinders reign was just plain terrible
Jbl had eddie an taker to work with jinder had poo not a fair comparison
@Tanner Huston And Benoit murdered his family. What's your point
Agree 100% jbl’s reign was a great reign
@@gerardorodriguez7858 said it best
JBL was a great champion amongst a trash roster. You had Eddie, Booker, and Taker. That's about it... I think
Rey’s reign lasted the length of a 2 HOUR episode of raw. And it still felt like the episode dragged.
I must admit, I’m a little disappointed that Ultimate Warrior wasn’t #2. I really wanted Adam to call him the “Penultimate Warrior.”
Brilliant
I couldn't even watch this whole thing only reason I did was to see where UW was on list
@@jayhellwig340 name checks out.
I wasn't into wrestling growing up but when I was a kid The Attitude era was at it's peak so I had a lot of friends that enjoyed watching WWE/ WWF WCW all that so when I would hang out with them we played smackdown and would watch old tapes so I kinda started to enjoy it but the one thing I love about wrestling is that they respect their OGs it's cool thing for a father to see his favorite wrestler doing a tag team match with his son's favorite wrestler. It also teaches the younger generation about the history of wrestling I was born in 1994 I'll be 28 next month in April glad I was able to catch wrestling at it's peak
The rock proves it’s quality over quantity. His feud with triple H was amazing and the fact he didn’t win much because he was cheated out of most matches made it so sweet when he won.
im over the moon about the rank of my favorite wwe champion bret hart. but im disappointed in the placement of sycho sid, hes one of my favs and i think hes underrated and deserves to be higher on this list
49:44 for Randal Keith
Sandle Quiche
It’s 49:27
Adam....you and your team are workhorses! The process of this and the us title one you did recently is sooo impressive!! Thank you for always entertaining me and all of us Cultaholic faithful! Happy holidays to all the folks from Cultaholic!!
Please can you do every wargames match ranked?
I really want that
WAR GAMES
Bret and Stone Cold should be number one and 2, the greatest wrestler of all time and the guy he helped make a star. If not for The Hitman, Austin would probably have never been signed by WWE in 1996, let alone become the biggest draw in wrestling history. Steve had great talent, but for a time it seemed only Bret could see it.
I don’t get how Kofi is lower than Jeff Hardy, someone who never successfully defended the title. Kofi’s win was bigger, and his reign was better, so why is he lower?
Great list! I love how you guys gave Lesnar that recognition as a WWE Champion. That man can draw and is a big deal. Can’t wait till he makes an in ring return.
Bret Hart, the Best there is, the Best there was and the Best there ever will be!
We need an updated World Heavyweight Title list… oh wait
For me.. Bret hitman Hart is the best there is, the best there was and the best there was.. #1
I love that Bret Hart is so high on this chart. He deserves it
He was a bad drawing champion he made the company lose 4 million
@@lol-fq8lp If you’re referring to 1995, that was the year where Nash was champion for most of it.
@@That_Random_Bloke no im talking about his 1994 reign
@@lol-fq8lpYes keep over simplifying what was going on with the company and with wrestling as a whole during that time. Surely the loss of business had nothing to do with the steroid scandal and the fact that the WWF was in the middle of being sued by the federal government. It was Bret as champion that was the problem. Yes that's it, no other reason.
@@KairiPrime funny how when Nash was champion it was his fault and yet it was never hart’s fault. Typical hart sycophant just like your idol, blame everyone else
I'd put Yoko higher because he held onto that belt for a good chunk of time after ending Hulkamania.
Hogan going to WCW is the best thing that ever happened to the WWF/E
DAMN 😂
True
Hogan is such a knob.
Del Rio needs to plummet down this list.
He's a horrible human being shouldn't be mentioned or counted at all a black listed person
@@grandmastermario3695 what'd he do or what
He assaulted people
@@grandmastermario3695 when, how? What happened or what? Who did he assult?
Bret made that WWF belt feel like life itself!
Me: "Bret at #2? What? Preposterous! Who could possibly ... oh, okay, never mind."
Why what's wrong oh wait u re right he should be No 1
Bret is the best for me. The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be for a reason in regards to the WWF championship
Every iwgp heavyweight champion ranked from worst to best (updated)
Every IWGP intercontinental champion from worst to best
Every NWA world heavyweight champion from worst to best
Every AJPW triple crown heavyweight champion from worst to best
I can't believe Hogan is only 7, but this is a great video. Love the Bret love.
They should put Hogan in Triple H’s spot and move Hunter to 7. Hogan was definitely a better champion the Hunter. But in my opinion Hogan is and always will be the Greatest champion of all time
The Best there is, the Best there was, and the Best there ever will be.
You guys should do a “Greatest to Never Win a World Championship”
Piper
I really hope and pray that some of the talent who held the belt at least once on here who are still active get at least one more run before their retirement. Kofi and Jeff being 2 of them
Brock is champ and kofi just entered the rumble. Kofimania 2: Kofi's Revenge?
I LUV BRET. MY FAVE FOREVER. And Clearly Cultaholics aswell.
MAD RESPECT FOR THE GOAT.
Bret The Hitman Hart.
How bout update every two years?
The handshake in the background of the Randal Keith song gets me every time😂. Don't shake hands with a "slimy" handed snek
The fact that Jinder isn’t on the thumbnail is appalling.
He’s on the old one
Pg legend jhon cena isn't on there
@@chipendo9946 your name is cm punk and your profile picture is ryback
@@chipendo9946 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂?????
The fact that Eddie almost died in the JBL match was just as terrifying to think about as it is a testimony to how far Eddie would go to entertain the fans.
Brett Hart is the best Pro Wrestler of all time as far as in ring work goes. Hes not the best on the mic for sure, Stone Cold and the Rock have him beat easily. Honestly even Savage or Hogan as well. But Brett Hart made the belt really feel like gold with just how much work he put into it. And how much work he put into his opponents. We wouldn't even HAVE Stone Cold if it werent for Brett.
mic skills really werent something the old timers had to worry about back in the day as they sold their story in the ring. I cant recall when they started to transition into allowing wrestlers to have more to say other than the usual promo of "im going to beat you this sunday at xxx arena" . that was something that the attitude era really focused on and perfected.
@@The_Zilli I mean, Roddy Piper talked some wild smack.
@@wantutosigh1117 oh yeah, Roddy was great but like I said, the mic skills weren't something that was pushed in the early WWE, if so, then Hulk never would have been a thing as he was horrible giving promos when compared to say Roddy. It was all about looking like a giant and everything else was secoundary. Would have to say as the WWE shifted away from the Hulk era is when they began to focus more on mic skills and the other stuff other than being a giant in the ring. Cheers bud but yeah, Roddy was awesome.
@@The_Zilli are you serious? Hogan was popular BECAUSE of his promos. Sure they’re corny but it drew massively. And Hart wrestled in the 1990s not the 1950s
@@night6724 Hulk never had the mic skills compared to Rody or even other wrestlers of his era. Hulk had the looks and the size which was what Vince craved back in the early 70s/80s. Or did you forget all about the "glass ceiling" in which smaller wrestlers had to try to get through. Im not saying Hulk wasnt influential to the business, far from it, but Hulk wasn't known for his mic skilsl but rather his physique and gimmick of saying your prayers and taking your vitamins and whatcha going to do when a million hulkamaniacs run wild on you. But in terms of being a natural on the mic, Rowdy Piper and others exceeded him in that area. Gimmick, Promos and Mic skills are three different things in my books. Gimmick is either (or both) company or talent coming up with an idea. Promos is company, talent, marketing team, etc. Granted, Promos back then weren't as scripted but being able to ham it up in front of the camera behind the scenes and doing it live is a bit different. And Mic is when you're on your own in a live environment having to react on the fly where being witty and quick on your feet is king. A good example of this would be Owen Hart's infamous leg kick comment where someone lacks the wits to do real time promos in the heat of the moment at that point in their career. Again, just to repeat, this doesnt mean that Hulk isnt da man, he had a great gimmick, the hulk up in the ring, the good guy attitude, the look, the size, etc etc. He just wasnt the best with the mic, no shame there. Heck, Im a Bret Homer and I know he wasnt the greatest on the mic as well.
Thank you for the bret love. Bruno is an easy #1 so good job by you guys.
He's the greatest of all time
Imo
Bret Hart #3
Bruno#2
Stone Cold#1
Love Them all
So diss
Just saying my opinion
Triple H ahead of Hogan????! Come on, man.
Simple hhh is a better wrestler then hogan and had better fueds and actually people over but also did bury some
I still can't get enough of the Randy Orton songs we hear around 49:28-49:59, for example.
Also, where can you find the actual instrumental song on RUclips that's being used?...
We need a full randall keith song. Make it happen Adam!!!
I wouldn't even know that wrestling existed if it wasnt for Hulk Hogan in the early 90s (im from eastern Europe)
Jericho really got shafted. Vince's comment about how "bad the state of the business must have been if we're putting the title on Jericho" is a horrible take from one of the kings of bad decisions.
I think what makes Bruno Sammartino so great is that when he felt like he couldn't represent the belt properly he gracefully stepped down from the picture and left the title scene before anyone got sick of him *cough*Hogan*cough*Cena*cough*HHH*
Bret Hart > all WWF/WCW wrestlers
Steve Austin > all WWF/WCW superstars
Bret "hitmaaan" harrrt should be number 1 forever best wrestler ever
Another great video another great list. I do have to mention one thing though. I am and always have been a pretty big Triple H fan. Aside from Ric Flair I don’t know that there’s ever been a better heel. Having said that I’m not about to pretend like the many criticisms against him burying multiple wrestlers aren’t valid, however you mention Jericho at Wrestlemania 18. That match should not have gone after Hogan vs The Rock, but as far as the outcome goes, Triple H was ridiculously over after returning from his quad injury and winning the Royal Rumble that year
Wait so if Ric Flair has won the wwe title 2 times, the Nwa world title 9 times and the wcw title 8 times wouldn’t that make him a 19 time world champion? Not a 16 time champion?
Some of his WCW runs aren't counted by some people
There a video somewhere on RUclips explaining all Ric,s title reigns,Because he lost it and won it back on a few different world tours,I think Inoki won it,Tatsumi Fujinami,And Carlos Colon were a few of the guys that beat him,Plus I don't think they count the reign he beat Barry Windam for the Big Gold belt and lost it to Rick Rude but that was the international world title then but still should have counted,I believe the real number was like 23 or 24 runs but they usually count the WWF run,s,It was the last two or three that probably didn't matter much because everyone was passing the title around in wcw and his last couple reigns were like A day,A week,then he was stripped again then only to get it back,to then lose it again to Jeff Jarrett after not just dropping it to him the first time instead of "Handing it over for whatever fake reason,WCW really did alot of shit that made no sense
2024 may need a refresh of this list, can’t get enough of Adam’s long for lists!
I find it really weird that kofi was ranked so low I really loved his run
to this day, i don't think that Rey even got his WWE title rematch
Yes, he did. It was against Del Rio the Raw after Summerslam
He went one on one with Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series
The respect they show randy Orton is priceless it helps that he’s my favorite wrestler of all time 😂😂
Shawn Stasiak running into Angle’s milk truck!!! That’s literally all I remember him for and that still pic w/ that face was priceless!!
Rey Mysterio last place? Behind Vince? I'm out
It's wwe championship
Not World heavyweight Championship in which he was good!!!
Ya im sorry how can you rank the owner of the company above any of his talent is beyond me too..
@@locokrazy Rey Mysterio was champion for like a hour
For me, the Big Gold Belt is the single most iconic *belt* BUT the WWWF/WWF/WWE Championship is the gold standard
You lads are legends for this
I disagree with JBL...not that he should be placed super high or anything, but JBL had one of the most surprising reigns in history. It went from "you can't be serious, Bradshaw!?" to legitimately being entertained week after week, especially during the Cabinet phase.
I see the mistake saying Cena has 14 reigns wasn't fixed in this version of the list. Cena is a 13 time WWE Champion, 3 of his 16 world title reigns were with the World Heavyweight Title.
“Suffered a heart attack at the worst possible time “ made me laugh
Macho Man will ALWAYS be the best !!! R.I.P.
Definitely top 10
Imo
You know you've watched Cultaholic too much when you're moving and grooving and singing along to the Randall Randall Keith Song!
Yes thanks I have been anxiously waiting for this 🤣🤣🤣
Didn’t realize people hate JBLs run so much I honestly think he’s one of my favorite heels from that era
I'll never forgive WWE for keeping that spinner title for so long.
Thank you
I didn't mind it but it wasn't as bad as the spinner us title
And yet they get mad at Hogan for calling the title a toy even though that's what it is now.
But we got use to it
When it first came out it was good
Yokozuna slowly rising from the bottom of the screen with heavy metal face is now my sleep paralysis demon
Backland was the first wrestler who ever scared me... When Brett Harts mom threw in the towel I thought he was psychotic and I was genuinely scared.. I only watched it in old vhs tapes and I was young but still, dude has a scary face. lmao
@CultaholicWrestling I guess this will be my homework during my hiatus. I am gonna start watching each Champion's 1st Victory and from there, watch each Big 4/5 PPVs from Worst to Best but the choice matches mentioned for each entry. Here we go! Ima become a Hype Man and a Genius of Wrestling! Thank You Gents!