12 Exact Moments WWE Titles Became Worthless
7. Bret Hart Has A Senseless US Title Flirt
It's absurd that this actually happened.
Live on the 17 May 2010 Raw, a creaking and visibly uncoordinated Bret Hart pinned The Miz to become the new United States Champion. Initially, the live crowd popped, then people in Toronto started to realise that oh - a dude who can't bump just won one of the midcard belts. Hart was also fresh off having one of the worst WrestleMania matches ever vs. Vince McMahon at XXVI.
Somehow, Miz had to flop around like a fish and make Bret look as close to a million bucks as he possibly could before staring at the lights. It was mission impossible, but WWE must've been overjoyed with Miz's efforts because they crowned him top champ later the same year. What of Hart's US Title reign then? He vacated the title within a week after being announced as the new Raw GM.
Thankfully, some credibility has been restored to the US gold since, but it was totally worthless when Bret held it high above his head in Canada. Making The Miz look like a chump for Hart’s useless reign was unnecessary. He was always good enough to bounce back, but it was a bit risky from the writers at the time.
The title itself, which shared lineage with a WCW version, hadn't been this low since a guy named after boners held it on Nitro amidst Russo-led carnage in 2000. General Hugh G. Rection could take some bumps and work some proper matches, at least. 2010 Bret simply couldn't do anything workable.
Davey Boy Jr's face above really says it all.