10 Worst First Days For WWE Champions

8. Dolph Ziggler

It's one thing to have your first Championship reign instantly terminated by something like a Money In The Bank cash-in (and more on that elsewhere in this list) or chalked off entirely due to some other brand of pro wrestling nonsense, but Dolph Ziggler's first win exists in a strange hinterland between two.

Recycling an old and slightly laboured idea, Vickie Guerrero awarded him Edge's World Heavyweight Championship after 'The Rated-R Superstar' used his Spear in direct opposition of a blanket ban. He was stripped and fired, with Ziggler benefitting on both counts.

As a stand-in authority figure for Teddy Long, it looked like the plan had worked too. All until the man himself returned from a secret attack by Ziggler and re-assumed control of the blue brand. Long booked an immediate rematch with Edge, and 'The Show Off' was without the title just 10 minutes after strapping it around his waist.