11 Awesome WWE Title Moments That Became FORGOTTEN

It's become popular to describe most Triple H World Title hauls as "reigns of terror". Generally, the IWC likes to take a dump on Hunter as champ and that's that. Critics are far too quick to ignore the good that came of his title stints though.

For example, the 10 April 2000 episode of Raw. Anyone who likes to diss Trips as one of the most selfish champions WWE has ever presented glosses over shows like that, because it doesn't suit the narrative. Taka Michinoku benefited from 'The Giving Game' on that particular occasion.

Being honest, the pair's WWF Title match lasted less than 6 minutes, but it wasn't anywhere close to the squash most would've expected going in. Taka was presented as a surprise package who almost caught one of the company's best off guard. There were some killer near falls for the Kaientai man.

That was surely all Hunter's doing. Vince McMahon wouldn't have batted an eyelid had his future son in law decided he didn't want to take any bumps that evening. The story was that he was a vastly superior star to Taka anyway, so fans in Florida for Raw wouldn't have been appalled had it been a 90 second squash either.

Nope, Triple H wanted to give everyone a show with what little time the segment had. In the process, he single-handedly rewarded Michinoku for all of his hard work since joining the WWF back in 1997. Also, Taka took the Pedigree like an absolute champ, so he was champion in spirit.

Indeed.