10 Wrestlers Who Didn't Fit The Belt

2. Harvey Wippleman - WWF Women's Championship

Rey Mysterio World Heavyweight Champion
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As far as achievements go, being the only man in history to hold the WWF Women's Championship is a pretty terrible one. Currently working backstage for WWE, Wippleman is most notable for his time as a manager, although he is not as well remembered as people like Jimmy Hart or Paul Bearer. To be fair, this is partly due to him being saddled with the likes of Giant Gonzalez and others of that calibre for much of his career. He did manage Sid Vicious for a time though, and goodness knows he often needed someone to help with his promos.

Perhaps the main reason many people remember Wippleman is because of his championship win on an episode of Raw On 31 January 2000, in an awful match, with an awkward pin in front of a silent crowd. On this night, Wippleman, poorly disguised as 'Hervina' won the WWF Women's Championship from The Kat in a 'Lumberjill snow bunny' match. This involved the two of them 'wrestling' in a snow filled pool surrounded by other female wrestlers who prevented them from leaving and periodically threw fake snow at them, probably out of sheer boredom. It is hard to see how this match could have been made any more degrading for the people involved.

Despite being revealed as a man mere seconds after winning, no one thought to reverse the decision, and title changes have been reversed for far poorer reasons (just ask Rob Van Dam or Chris Jericho). Mercifully, Wippleman lost the title the next night at the SmackDown tapings to Jacqueline, jobbing like a pro and making her look pretty strong. Regardless, this stayed on the books as the shortest Women's Championship reign in history until Mickie James took this distinction from him in 2007.

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