10 Most Pointless WWE Title Wins

4. Vince McMahon Defeats Triple H

Alberto Del Rio
WWE.com

It had to happen eventually.

Just shy of two years as a regular character away from his long-standing place at the announce booth, Vince McMahon finally put his World Heavyweight Title on himself.

Returning from a July 1999 banishment just two months later as a babyface to defend his family's honour against new heel champion Triple H, Vince miraculously took the title from 'The Game' with the help of previously hated rival Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Exhausted, bloodied and sporting his business attire, Vince crawled atop Hunter to complete his ultimate ego trip.

Swinging the sledgehammer of plot the following week, McMahon earned a formal reinstatement from Austin, should he be given a title shot, which was immediately granted.

Vince had already forfeited the belt anyway, putting it up for grabs in an Unforgiven pay-per-view six-pack challenge the following week.

Triple H won that match, completely resetting everything to where it had been a fortnight earlier before McMahon won the title in the first place, rendering the entire thing futile save for a cheap return to television for Vince and a bonus reign to Triple H's rapidly increasing list.

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