Every WWE Champion Of The 2000s Ranked From Worst To Best

Question: who was the first WWE Champion of the new millennium?

Weeeeeeellllll, it was the Big Show. Yes, it was the Big, Bad Show. And boy, were his reigns bad. Coming into year 2000, Big Show had won the title after filling in for an injured Steve Austin at Survivor Series 1999. Feuding with midcarder-for-life Big Boss Man, Show was a cannon fodder champion who wasn't portrayed on the level of guys like Rock or Triple H. Three days into January, Triple H defeated Big Show on RAW to win the title, and it would be over two years before he saw it again.

And when he did win the title again, it was in a lame, underwhelming fashion. At Survivor Series 2002, he went up against Brock Lesnar, who by this point was portrayed as the most dominant force the company had seen in years, going unbeaten. With help from Paul Heyman, Big Show won the title and handed Brock his first pinfall loss in 4:18. Big Show proceeded to lose the title to Kurt Angle at Armageddon, and would not see world heavyweight gold for another decade.

Big Show may be one of the most accomplished giants in WWE history, but the less said about him as a world champ, the better.