Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best
50. Kane
With only one day to his name as WWE Champion as opposed to the additional time he spent as the secondary World Heavyweight Champion years later, Kane wasn't trusted with the industry's richest prize for very long. But as far as 24-hour stints go, his was unquestionably the best of the lot.
'The Big Red Machine' popped a pay-per-view number for being willing to set himself on fire if he lost to Stone Cold Steve Austin at King Of The Ring 1998, then scored a huge television rating for a Monday Night Raw rematch with 'The Rattlesnake' the next night. Effective as needle-mover because of how over and threatening the character still was following the introductory programme with his storyline sibling, a fleeting reign also served to kickstart a new chapter of the Undertaker saga. It was at this point that the 'Brothers Of Destruction' were being teased as reuniting on the sly, all in an effort to win the gold so hurriedly ripped from Kane's grasp.
He set fire to ringposts for two more decades following the story's peak, but he was never as hot as this moment in the sun.