Ranking All 50 WWE World Heavyweight Champions - From Worst To Best

16. Edge

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'The Rated-R Superstar' was one of the few men to make a tangible difference to Monday Night Raw's viewing figures when he dethroned John Cena in January 2006. WWE's audience seemed genuinely keen to see Edge elevated, and his feud throughout the year with 'The Champ' cemented him as a top tier player for the remainder of his WWE career.

Though images of him with the World Heavyweight Championship are more iconic, few personalised a title as well as Edge, particularly in contrast to Cena's own remodelling of it a year prior.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back almost 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 60,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett