10 Creepy Wrestling Curses

6. The Modern Lineage Of The Impact Wrestling World Title

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Less "tragic wave upon wave of familial death", more "wrestling is swarming with wrong 'uns and Impact was left with the dirt worst of the lot because nobody else would touch them", this is where the list takes a turn from the macabre and into the curious, coincidental, and/or perversely hilarious.

The lineage of the Impact Wrestling World Title starts off well enough, even if first holder Kurt Angle was stripped of it within a day just to win it back. Titles won in fictional tournaments have more auspicious beginnings than that.

And for years, the title was a modest success, or had arrived at that description on balance (earnest attempts at promoting homegrown talent versus strapping totally broken down geezers). But then, over the last few years, the holders have painted a less than stellar image of the company, which is seemingly cursed to suffer an endless series of embarrassing fates. Those holders range from talents that couldn't wait to get the hell out (Pentagón, Jr., Brian Cage, Johnny Impact) to problematic headcases no other promotion would touch that brought the company into further disrepute (Alberto El Patron, Tessa Blanchard, Austin Aries).

It is possible to curse oneself, and Impact, realistically, knew damn well they were walking under a ladder.

Sounds like a stipulation Vince Russo would come up with.

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