Ranking Every WCW Champion In History - From Worst To Best

19. Vince Russo

In a verdict that was surprisingly tricky to arrive at, Vince Russo props up this list and claims the wooden spoon for being the worst WCW World Heavyweight Champion in history.

Despite having approximately zero in-ring experience, and despite being a member of the booking team by trade, Russo captured the big gold belt on the Sep. 25, 2000 showing of Nitro when he defeated Booker T in a steel cage match. Days later, he’d announce his retirement having decided he didn’t really fancy being a wrestler, and thus the title was promptly vacated.

Those two sentences should tell you everything you need to know about the train wreck that was Vince Russo’s disastrous decision to make himself WCW Champion. Admittedly the organisation was already circling the drain by this point, but for a non-wrestler to book himself to win the world title was still a significant nail in the company coffin.