11 Notable WWE Title Changes That Happened At House Shows

10. The Godwinns - WWF World Tag Team Championships (1996)

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The pig farmers got their first taste of WWF gold in 1996 with a house show victory.

The Godwinns were runners-up for the WWF Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania XII, losing to the Bodydonnas. The duo would gain the titles – and a new manager in Sunny – at a Madison Square Garden house show that May.

Their title reign would not last long, as the Smoking Gunns would capture the tag titles one week later, and Sunny would move on from the Godwinns as well.

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