When Wrestlers Brag About How Long They've Held The Title

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Arguably the greatest wrestler of all time and his longest reign was only 5 months. That's why I laugh when wrestlers brag about holding onto the title for so long, because no one remembers their long shytty reigns. Outside of HHH & Cena they knew when to take the belt off of someone so they wouldn't become stale.
 

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Who has bragged about a long title reign lately? I think brock been the longest reigning in current years.
 

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The attitude era destroying the prestige of titles is not a good thing. It was a fun, short term solution for fly-by-night booking to spike ratings but its long term effect is the concept of a "title match" or win is so blasé absolutely no one cares. The WWE championship and champion is completely irrelevant not just in the company, but in the industry and especially in the pop cultural sphere and the beginnings are rooted in the attitude era.
 

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Who has bragged about a long title reign lately? I think brock been the longest reigning in current years.
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And you just proved my point:russ:
 

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The attitude era destroying the prestige of titles is not a good thing. It was a fun, short term solution for fly-by-night booking to spike ratings but its long term effect is the concept of a "title match" or win is so blasé absolutely no one cares. The WWE championship and champion is completely irrelevant not just in the company, but in the industry and especially in the pop cultural sphere and the beginnings are rooted in the attitude era.
No the Hogan like pushes killed the prestige of the title.
 

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rock and Austin never brought that up...I don't even recall Honkey Tonk Man bringing it up. It was only after Warrior best him..they mentioned it for credibility reasons.
 

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This made sense and fit their character of Austin and McMahon. Also, the chase is generally better


Well he had to.purposely drop his i.c title and tag title wit dude love due to neck injury at summerslam
Also.dropped another tag belt i think cuz shawn michaels was his partner and left after.the fight backstage with bret hart
 

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I mean kayfabe wise is fukking obvious why any wrestler would brag about keep a title for a long time...

In real life, I honestly don't know who has bragged about long title runs outside of old timers. And those kinda have a point because back then keeping the belt meant you were worth a damn to your company/territory as you were drawing good money.
 

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The attitude era destroying the prestige of titles is not a good thing. It was a fun, short term solution for fly-by-night booking to spike ratings but its long term effect is the concept of a "title match" or win is so blasé absolutely no one cares. The WWE championship and champion is completely irrelevant not just in the company, but in the industry and especially in the pop cultural sphere and the beginnings are rooted in the attitude era.

No the Hogan like pushes killed the prestige of the title.

of the two, I definitely lean towards the first contributing more to devaluing the championship....between that, separate world titles for “brands”, and putting the strap on part timers...at least during hogan type reigns, title matches were guaranteed to headline ppvs...they book the “champ” like a mid carder half the time now
 
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