10 Worst Simultaneous WWE/WCW Heavyweight Champions

6. Bob Backlund/Hulk Hogan (1994)

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The size of the b*llocks on WWE and WCW to be promoting themselves as the 'New Generation' and 'Where The Big Boys Play' respectively with two weathered wrestlers with a combined age of 86 at the top of the promotions. Context, as Hulk Hogan's biggest supporter within the Atlanta organisation would say, is king, and both companies at least had their justifications for making such dated decisions.

Bob Backlund in 1994 was a hugely over heel designed only to serve a purpose as Champion - put the next one over. His Madison Square Garden squash loss to Diesel days after dethroning Bret Hart at the Survivor Series was an old WWE trope brought into the New Generation in an earnest attempt to give 'Big Daddy Cool' the best possible start to life atop the tree.

Hogan, meanwhile, had forced Vince McMahon to make such bold booking statements in the first place. His Bash At The Beach 1994 debut for WCW broke records for the company and gave him enough stroke to headline their biggest one with his best mate Brutus Beefcake. The approximate 225,000 that paid for him in July had dwindled to 130,000 by December, suggesting neither Hulk 2.0 nor 'The Butcher' were quite the final answer for Eric Bischoff's brave new venture.

 
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