10 Worst Simultaneous WWE/WCW Heavyweight Champions

5. The Undertaker/Lex Luger (1991)

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The aforementioned Lex Luger distaste from WCW fans wasn't on the wane by the end of 1991, but WWE's attempts to fix their own Ric Flair problem went via The Undertaker as a transitional Champion long before 'The Deadman' had headline matches in him.

His Survivor Series scuffle with Hulk Hogan was f*cking chronic - Zeus bad, Giant Gonzalez bad - as the pair tried and failed to get enthusiasm out of an extended choke/suffocation spot in one of the lazier retellings of the Hulk Vs Monster formula.

Flair - the only main eventer that seemed to matter in all of wrestling at this point - was integral to the screwy finish at least. His interference in both Undertaker's victory at the Thanksgiving pay-per-view and his loss several days later at cash-grab sequel This Tuesday In Texas serviced the following January's Royal Rumble and his overdue coronation as WWE Champion.

By the time he claimed the strap, WCW had just about given up on their own attempt to move on from him - Sting would take Luger's title in February.

 
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