26 Times Wrestling Titles Have Been Disrespected

Earlier on in this list, there was mention of Colt Cabana refusing the NWA Title back in 2012 and calling the organisation outdated and moronic. Going one better, Shane Douglas was calling the NWA outdated way back in 1994!

Douglas, then a part of ECW, won a tournament to crown a new NWA World Champion. In a move that apparently only Douglas, Paul Heyman and Tod Gordon were in on, Douglas went on to cut a vitriol-fuelled promo about how the NWA was a dead organisation. 

Before he threw down the NWA Title and took up the ECW Title, he name checked legendary figures such as Lou Thesz, Jack, the Funks, Buddy Rogers, Harley Race, Barry Windham, Jack Brisco, Ric Flair, Kerry Von Erich, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat... and then promptly said that they could all kiss his ass.

The promo from The Franchise was shocking and is seen as a huge moment in wrestling history, but it is one of the most disrespectful acts ever seen in the wrestling business. Granted, the NWA was a shadow of what it once was, but to throw down its title and ridicule so many of the industry's great names was a low, low move and one that stunk of nothing but pure disdain and disgust.