10 Strange Things WWE Champions Did With The Belt
5. Dragged It Along The Floor (Stone Cold Steve Austin)
When Vince McMahon gave Kevin Kelly a resounding "Oh Hell No" in response to the question of whether or not he wanted Steve Austin to become WWE Champion before WrestleMania XIV, he foreshadowed a feud that would propel the entire company back to the promised land and make both individuals richer than they'd ever been before.
Such collaboration couldn't have been further from how the storyline played out, with Stone Cold the perpetual and permanent thorn in McMahon's side, balking at the prospect of being any kind of "corporate puppet" in his role as new company kingpin.
Austin loathed everything McMahon asked him to pretend to be. He refused to wear a suit. He refused to curb his foul language and beer drinking. And he refused to honour any history he wasn't making with The Chairman's top prize.
Dragging the title across the floor was a brand new visage for the champion and completely in keeping with Austin's character throughout a historic run - he wanted what it represented, but had no time for the chintz or pomp and circumstance.
To be fair to 'The Rattlesnake', it wasn't like he paid extra attention to the next one...