10 Dumbest WWE Title Changes

10. Triple H Beats Randy Orton (No Mercy 2007)

In their defence, John Cena had suffered a nasty pectoral injury on the eve of October 2007's No Mercy. WWE had to completely redraw the pay-per-view line-up at the very last minute, and they succeeded in producing a half-decent show against all the odds.

It's still a mystery, however, why they decided that Randy Orton would be awarded the WWE Championship by Vince McMahon at the kick-off, lose it to Triple H in the opening bout and then - after 'The Game' had fought Umaga in match four - win it back in the Last Man Standing main event.

They could have accomplished the same narrative - Orton emerging as champion after HHH fought one match too far - without Vince gifting him the title for no particular reason. All they really accomplished here was giving both men the opportunity to inflate the numbers that will be read out at their inevitable Hall of Fame inductions a few decades later.

Well, that and reminding us of the time Trips buried his former protege at Unforgiven three years earlier (but we'll be getting to that shortly).