10 Worst Simultaneous WWE/WCW Heavyweight Champions

2. Vince McMahon/Sting (1999)

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WCW thought they had tried just about everything to reverse the tide against WWE by 1999, so much so that they deemed it necessary to turn Sting heel with virtually no other full time babyfaces around to provide a twist. 'The Stinger's Fall Brawl switch (sort of) shocked the world shortly before Vince Russo arrived in the company and seemingly aimed to provide that every week, with one of his last acts as WWE's head writer to orchestrate the unthinkable: Vince McMahon, WWE Champion.

Defeating Triple H on an early, ratings-grabbing edition of SmackDown, The Chairman at least only snared the prize with copious amounts of help from his family and Stone Cold Steve Austin, but he didn't bother to do the honours back to his future son-in-law when a pay-per-view could be sold instead.

As heel Sting failed to breathe life into Nitro, McMahon was forfeiting the WWE Championship on Raw. Underneath both, the tectonic plates of the wrestling universe were shifting, but Russo's trade caused an earthquake unlike anything either side could have ever imagined.

 
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