10 Times Title Belts Were Horribly Disrespected
4. As Seen On TV
WCW spent two years gradually throwing away their world title's legacy, which probably explained why they only took two minutes on the rich history of the Television Title.
The once-proud secondary title was a staple of WCW's televised output in the era before Nitro was king, regularly main eventing episodes of the longstanding Saturday Night slot Ted Turner was always so fond of.
However, by late 1999, the company clearly considered the championship surplus to requirements and shamefully displayed the contempt by having Scott Hall and Kevin Nash dump the belt in a backstage bin during a mock basketball shootout.
It was a crass and heartless farewell to the title, but would not mark the belt's final indignity.
Having portrayed WCW's 'janitor' for several months, Hacksaw Jim Duggan stumbled upon the title four months later and declared himself the new champion.
Ignoring the fact that company bins weren't emptied over a four month period, the listless self-award did nothing to reinstate the respect the gold once had.
During a factory reset of the entire organisation in April 2000, all champions were stripped of titles, but the TV Title was not re-issued with the others, finally mercy-killing the championship once and for all.