10 Biggest Lies In Wrestling

5. WWE’s Title History

I don’t know how to say this, but the entire foundation of WWE was built on a lie!

The Capitol Wrestling Corporation broke away from the NWA in 1963. Their top draw at the time was Buddy Rogers, and he was defeated by Lou Thesz, who then became the new NWA Heavyweight Champion. However, it was in a one fall match (at the time, most matches were decided in two out of three fall contests), and the CWC protested this decision by breaking away and forming the World Wide Wrestling Federation.

They needed a new champion, so after a long, hard fought tournament, Rogers won the gold and became the first ever WWWF Heavyweight Champion. Except that was all made up. A fictitious tournament in Rio de Janeiro was concocted to explain why Rogers was holding a belt. Why the company couldn’t have just held an actual tournament is a bit of a mystery.

Titles appearing out of thin air wasn’t just a one time thing either, as the Intercontinental belt was given birth in the exact same way: a fictitious tournament in Rio de Janeiro. Pat Patterson was the lucky recipient this time around. And both genders got in on the nonsense, as the WWF Women’s Tag Team Titles was “won” by the Glamour Girls in Egypt. Can we see the footage please?

And currently, we’re on a quest to see if John Cena can tie Ric Flair’s record for holding a world title 16 times...which is only four or five times less than he actually held it. History is a tough thing to follow as a fan, especially when WWE just makes things up! LIARS!