8 Brutally Short WWE Title Reigns That Don't Sit Well With Fans
At the very least, these guys can still say they won they won the title.
Winning championships is the name of the game in WWE. It can take some guys years to finally capture a title, to get noticed by management, and to earn the respect of the boys in the locker room.
Imagine what it must feel like to hold a championship title in your hands, in the middle of the ring, with thousands of fans cheering your name. Now imagine what it feels like to find out your boss wants to immediately go in another direction, and give the title you worked so hard for to somebody else.
Not everyone can be a champion in WWE, and even if you do become one at some point, there's no telling how long the good times will last. Sometimes, it's mere minutes.
But it's not just the wrestlers who suffer when they quickly lose the strap - the fans feel the pain too.
8. Yokozuna's WWF Championship Reign - 9 Minutes
At WrestleMania IX, Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to claim his first WWF Championship. Despite Yokozuna finishing the match earlier than Hart had planned, it was still the best bout on what was a shockingly bad card. But just as the night was about to come to an end, Hulk Hogan made his way down to the ring, and in an impromptu match, closed the show as new WWF Champion.
Yokozuna's brief reign bothers fans mostly because they believe Hogan had no reason to win the title, having recently returned to the company from hiatus. Hogan pitched the idea to Vince McMahon, and they decided to go ahead with the plans, all while keeping Bret Hart in the dark until the night before 'Mania. Hogan was infamous for pulling strings backstage to get his own way, and no amount of time away from WWF was going to change that upon his return.