10 Wrestlers Who Didn't Know What To Do With Title Belts

10. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWE Championship)

Steve Austin becoming WWE Champion in 1998 presented an interesting issue for the company's booking to have to navigate around.

'The Rattlesnake' was such a corporate rabble-rouser that Vince McMahon had a personal investment in him not being the flag-bearer for the organisation. Austin, for his part, wanted to be the top star in a job he felt he was the best at, and needed the belt as proof.

McMahon thought he'd figured it out on the Raw after Austin's WrestleMania XIV victory when he presented Stone Cold with a brand new belt, but the Champion got around showing it or his boss any respect by dragging it to the ring whenever he made his entrance. And that was before he replaced it completely with an alternative suited specifically to his style.

A small but ingenious move, this got around what would have looked and felt like something of a plot-hole. The Rock borrowed this too, rarely sporting the belt around his waist after claiming it for the first time at the tail-end of the year.