10 Times Wrestlers Became WWE Champions Without Winning A Match

6. Debra - Women's Championship

Debra Sable Women's Championship
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The Attitude Era wasn't a great time for those rallying against misogyny, as week after week females were presented in WWE as nothing more than the sum of their parts. The Women's Championship didn't avoid this presentation, and the title once held by Bull Nakano and Alundra Blayze reached new lows in May 1999.

Shawn Michaels, then commissioner, booked a Women's Championship Evening Gown match for an episode of Raw that saw champion Sable go up against Debra, a manager at best who's finisher according to Wikipedia is a slap.

Sable ripped off Debra's dress before they could even get to the collar and elbow tie-up, and it seemed all the world as though this was the cheapest way to get Debra in her underwear.

Michaels had a twist however, and he hit the ring to announce that the loser of the match would actually be champion. Debra was handed the title, Sable responded by giving exactly as much of a sh*t as everyone else did, and that was that.

Debra became the kayfabe-number one woman wrestler in WWE by losing a match that involved not a single wrestling hold.

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