Every WWE Championship And The Match That Defined It

5. WWE World Heavyweight Championship (2002-2014) - Triple H Vs Booker T (WrestleMania XIX)

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For years a Championship controlled by Triple H before Edge and The Undertaker reframed the narrative in the latter half of the decade, Ric Flair's Big Gold Belt became a vanity plate for 'The Game' - and never was he vainer that at WrestleMania XIX. Going over challenger Booker T was bad enough considering the stage and the rivalry that built to it - doing so in clinically boring fashion and waiting an eternity before making the cover appeared almost intentionally designed to sabotage 'The Book' and all others below him.

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