10 Worst Simultaneous WWE/WCW Heavyweight Champions

10. Diesel/The Giant (1995)

It gives your writer no pleasure to start this particular list criticising an all-time favourite, but October 1995's Kevin Nash/Paul Wight double-header reflected a business well and truly the bin despite the enormous difference both men would be making on it just one year later.

Emblematic of an industry in decline rather than being the sole causes of it, the two seven-footers being chosen to hold gold was borne out of the bigger-is-always-better belief still hanging around from the long-departed 1980s.

In WWE, Vince McMahon was only a year removed from the steroid trial that nearly sent him to jail and in no mood to face similar consequences again. Size was the substitute for big, and Diesel had plenty of height to match his charm and charisma. Meanwhile, Hulk Hogan's maiden stranglehold over the WCW World Championship only came to an end because of the 'Hulkster's filming commitments elsewhere - and his dated mindset only allowed for defeat if it came at the debuting (and completely unprepared) hands of a brand new Giant.

Times were changing, but wrestling wasn't. 12 months later, and WCW were beginning to reap the benefits of their big gamble, even if it came with a rather frustrating familiarity...