 What's good Josh your boy Ross back again with another video? So we're gonna check out 10 WWE world title reigns that should have lasted longer by none other than Cultaholic wrestling I've been subscribed to them for a few years now So from time to time I do check out their videos, but this will be the first time I believe I will be checking out Their videos on my channel doing a reaction for you guys. So yeah, this should be interesting I can easily think of one right now Bray Wyatt's WWE Title reign should have been much longer than what it was. That's that's just one I can think of off-hand So this should be an interesting video man So let's get right into this appreciate all the love and support Roll to 60k man, and let's do this The WWE title Arguably the biggest prize in professional wrestling The one belt the majority of wrestlers aspire to one-day hold and it's Goldy too Let's not forget WWE's other classic world championship between the pair of them. There have been over 190 reigns We've seen the good the bad and the far too brief And that is what we are looking at today Those title wins that unleashed a wave of euphoria and optimism throughout the WWE fan base Then we're over in the blink of an eye Usually as the status quo was restored. I'm Adam Pachiti from Cultaholic Wrestling and these are 10 WWE championship reigns That should have lasted longer Join us number 10 Bray Wyatt's Bray Wyatt is one of the most I said it I said it I said it before the video even started Bray Wyatt should have had a longer title run and it was cut short by Randy Orton at WrestleMania. It's just It's like they have something good they have something great and WWE will find a way to not capitalize on it They do it every time every single time Who's doubt landish characters in recent memory with a strong aura and presence about him But he is one performer who has suffered more than any other thanks to poor booking and creative in early 2017 The Eater of Worlds was on a tear making the final three of the Royal Rumble then bagging a place in the WWE title elimination Chamber match on the night Bray overcame the likes of AJ Styles John Cena and Dean Ambrose to win the belt setting up a WrestleMania showdown with Rumble winner and Wyatt family brother Randy Orton the two met at Mania in a major misfire of a match more remembered for Kevin Dunne's spooky bollocks insect Projections than any in-ring action making things even worse Orton unnecessarily beats Wyatt to win his umpteenth world title ending the reign at a week 49 days Still, I suppose it could have been worse. He could have lost in three minutes to Goldberg in Saudi Arabia It just doesn't make sense to me. I will never understand WWE's mindset when it came to booking Bray Wyatt I will they would do something that the fans always wanted and then literally they'll take it away Fans wanted him as WWE champion. He finally becomes WWE champion only to lose it to Randy Orton at WrestleMania Why not give him a nice? WrestleMania win That would have been a nice little WrestleMania win that people could have really start buying in the Bray Wyatt even more like Jesus Jeff Hardy Jeff Hardy has always been super popular with a dedicated fan base But that fan base really started to make themselves heard when the charismatic enigma returned to WWE in 2006 after runs in the intercontinental and tag title scenes the company's decision-makers could hardly ignore the Thunderous crowd reactions you received or the mountain of merchandise He shifted as Jeff beat Triple H Armageddon To become the number one contender to Randy Orton's WWE title Orton would retain the title at Royal Rumble 2008 But Jeff would again challenge for the gold this time coming up short against Triple H in a pair of thrillers at No Mercy and Cyber Sunday 2008 Eventually Jeff came up trumps beating Edge and Hunter Armageddon Capping off a year plus of trying to win the big one. It was a joyous scene, but just 40 fantastic moment I believe JR ended up calling One the match that he actually did win It was just dope to see like Jeff Hardy finally getting the WWE championship It was so it was a it was a momentous occasion for sure See two days later at the Royal Rumble Jeff fell in his first major defense losing to Edge in a no-dq match When brother Matt turned on him the bastard number eight I remember that they were going with the Brother versus brother feud at the time and Matt came out there and screwed them over Bill Bryan Daniel Bryan had already shown that he could hold the main title during his 2011 to 2012 World Heavyweight title run But after his popularity exploded in 2013 due to his work in Team Hell No The fans chose Bryan as their guy John Cena agreed and picking Bryan is his opponent at Summer Slam 2013 With the goat beating Cena clean in the main event Unfortunately, though special guest ref triple H helped Randy Orton cash in money in the bank with Brian's reign over in minutes Brian would eventually beat Orton at night of champions to win the title back But only for a day due to a controversial finish Although Brian was eased out of the title picture in favor of Cena Orton and Big Show the super vocal Yes movement ensured that Brian made it to the main event of WrestleMania 30 winning the unified titles on the Grandest stage Sadly though what could have been an epic reign was cut short due to injuries ending it at 65 days Thankfully, he would have a more substantial run four years later number seven edge Propelled by the real-life love triangle with Matt Hardy and Lita Edge became the sleazy must watch rated our superstar and upped his game in every respect WWE realizing his potential booked edge to win the first-ever money in the bank ladder match Which he didn't even want to participate in that edge a heck I want to say I don't know if it was recent, but he had came out saying in an interview That he didn't initially want to be in that match He had to be like kind of I guess you can say convinced to be in that match And it's crazy because him being in that match Changed his career forever If someone hadn't convinced him to be in that match You know, we may not have the edge we have today We may not have the multiple championships like we have today, you know I'm saying so a kudos to that person that did convince him To just go ahead and be in a match because it catapulted his career for sure. No doubt about it WrestleMania 21 Edge carried the briefcase around everywhere But since he was the first person to hold it There was no expectation or clue as to when he would cash it in when he did so on John Cena at New Year's Revolution It was instantly iconic and solidified edge as a true main eventer in the following weeks Edge demonstrated that he could be a ratings draw to as fans tuned into raw in their droves to see what Who he was doing who were it was exciting different and three weeks later It was over a scenery game the title at the Royal Rumble in fact most of edges WWE title reigns were of a transitional nature with the longest of the four clocking in at just 76 days number six big show 2002 started kind of quiet for the big show But his fortunes changed when he was drafted to SmackDown in October making an instant impact by attacking a k-fave Injuring the Undertaker then becoming number one contender to Brock Lesnar's WWE title the next big thing hadn't had the belt for too long at that point and was in the midst of an impressive Undefeated streak so the odds of show unseating him weren't great However, Brock was working with several niggling injuries and WWE gave show the win at Survivor Series turning Lesnar babyface and Paul I know for a fact Dub would be loving this segment right now. He would be Relishing in the fact that Brock a long young Brock Lesnar Lost to the big show at this time. I know Dub He would love this segment of this video for sure Paul Heyman heel in the process a rejuvenated big show running rub shot over the blue brand with Heyman could have been great But 28 days later. He lost the belt to Kurt Angle at Armageddon Nothing was going to stop angle versus Lesnar happening in WrestleMania And show was always going to be a way to get the title to Kurt so that Brock could chase. Yeah It was a shame for Paul White Number five Rob Van Damme You gotta put RVD in there man. I wish his title reign was a little bit longer It should have been longer, bro. Oh man. Gotta put him in gotta put him in the mix I being immensely over and mixing up with top stars like Steve Austin and the Rock in main events WWE were hesitant to book Rob Van Damme above a certain level after his debut in the invasion with Mr Monday night settling into the mid card after recovering from a severe knee injury in 2005 Van Damme returned with a renewed fire winning the second ever money in the Bank ladder match in WrestleMania 21 Before cashing in against John Cena at ECW one night stand to his first world title was worth the wait And on the first episode of ECW on sci-fi Paul Heyman gave RVD the ECW world title to making him a double champ Me weeks later though Van Damme and partner Sabu were arrested on possession charges WWE suspended the champ for 30 days and booked him to drop both titles on the subsequent raw and Wow after years of being overlooked it's unfortunate RVD's sole WWE title run went up in smoke Wow, I never knew that that actually I never knew why He had to drop like drop the title so quickly now it makes sense because of that situation damn man that sucks Because they could have legitimately gave him a nice title run cuz he was over damn man Number four the Undertaker Despite being one of WWE's longest mainstays and beloved characters the Undertaker didn't hold the top prize all too often or for too long Of course the argument could be made that the dead man didn't need to be WWE or world heavyweight champion since his gimmick was so strong and so over and that his general lack of beatability Made it hard to book him as effectively if he held the belt This makes sense because the Undertaker Was one of those characters That honestly he didn't need the belt He actually legitimately didn't need the belt because he was automatically gonna be over and booking them to have the title The only way you could really have him legitimately lose and it kind of keeps his character strong Is if there's like some outside interference because the way they've always booked the Undertaker is like he's not just a normal man He's like more than just you know what you and you and you know you and I are you know saying like he He's supernatural esque and that's how they've always booked him He can take just ridiculous amount of punishment and keep going That's how they booked him So I get why he didn't really need the belt to still be one of the staples in like Wrestling all together in the same way. They really should have booked Bray Wyatt's fiend gimmick They should have booked it like that because him chasing for the title I know this is a little tangent but him chasing for the title against Seth Rollins It wasn't gonna really work in a sense because of how he's booked He's the supernatural character that damn near doesn't sail for any major finisher He can just take punishment over and over and over So when he was going for the title so quickly it kind of you had to throw the belt on him And when they didn't throw the belt on him initially That's when fans backlash characters that have these supernatural abilities and powers in wrestling It's hard to put a title on them because the only way they can legitimately lose is if someone cheats Someone screws them over so At least that's you don't want them to lose clean because then be like what's the point of having these superpowers If you're just gonna lose clean or have this greater You know, then I'm not a human being type persona when you lose clean to someone, you know, and so I get that Of all of his short reigns his world heavyweight title run in 2007 was the most Disappointingly brief he beat Batista in a blockbuster at WrestleMania 23 having won the Royal Rumble match for the privilege at this point in time Taker was lean mean and putting on the matches of his life Regrettably, he soon went down with a torn bicep Necessitating surgery that meant his reign would have to be cut short So WWE engineered a scenario where Edge would cash in his money in the bank briefcase with the phenom dropping the strap after a short 37-day reign Shawn Michaels similar to the case of Big Show we looked at earlier The 2002 Yeah, man, that ah Man that a lemon. I believe that was an elimination chamber that I think that was if I'm not mistaken Correct me if I'm wrong. I think that was the first ever Elimination chamber and he won the title and his title reign was not that long I wish they would have let him out the strap for a little bit, you know a longer time than they did though Viva series only to lose it the next month at Armageddon for HVK though His title win was even more special It was great in the first ever elimination chance at Madison Square Garden Yeah, only his second bout back after him probably returning from a four-year injury layoff WWE gave Michaels the world heavyweight title in a confetti-filled feel-good one of the greatest Like feelings to a pay-per-view ending to a pay-per-view I had seen at that time JR commentary Was it gives me goosebumps just thinking about it, bro The confetti falling it was a beautiful moment and I thought they were gonna really have him hold the title for a while And it was even greater because of the story They were telling between HBK and Triple H because the match he had prior to was against Triple H and he beat him And Triple H tried to storyline wise in you know in his career So when you have this happen and you have him Beat Triple H like actually pinned Triple H for the one two three here And he takes cuz I think Triple H at this time was going in as a champion He takes the title he wins it like it was just a such a good film a feel-good moment And I just I really wish WWE would have Literally like kept this momentum going for Shawn Michaels moments However, it soon became apparent that Michaels was not yet back long-term and that the title reign was tokenistic in nature HBK defended the title one time a disqualification lost to Rob Van Dam on Raw before giving it back to triple H After losing a three stages of hell match a four-week reign with the big gold belt would have been fine Had the showstopper captured another one before his 2010 retirement, but he didn't and this felt like a missed opportunity number two Christian Christians run with the ECW title seemed to be his ceiling until lifelong friend and tag partner Edge was forced to retire whilst World Heavyweight Champion In a bit to move out of Edge's shadow whilst also paying tribute to him Christian beat Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match at Extreme Rules 2011 to win the gold the title win had been a long time coming Worker popular it was definitely something beautiful to see at the time because you know we Christian had been around since it had been around so it was just so good to see that See him capture the gold and a fresh face at the top of the card But then on the very next episode of SmackDown he dropped it to Randy Orton You know the proper star Luckily he won it back a couple of months later at Money in the Bank with Christian and Orton having a tremendous summer series that Elevated not just there. Oh, no that those series of matches between Christian and Randy were fantastic You even started having The roles started switching because Christian started turning heel and Randy started turning face because Christian was His gimmick at that point was one more match. That was his gimmick That was you know, that was his gimmick at that point. It was gonna be just I just need one more match Like it was it was they were having fantastic matches, man Emma but the title itself Christian proved that he could carry the championship and deliver the goods but he didn't get long to enjoy it dropping it back To the Viper 28 days later in another belter at Summerslam. Yep. Number one mankind 1999 was particularly bad for playing hot potato with the WWE title as it flipped back and forth between the likes of Steve Austin the rock the Undertaker and Triple H Mankind got in on the act to lifting the big one on the January 4th episode of Raw in a win that puts a lot of butts in Seats 20 days later and the rock was champion again for a week when mankind got the belt back once again Winning the rating smash halftime heat empty arena bout there during the halftime of the Super Bowl And that lasted for two weeks when the rock once again regained it in a ladder match on Raw There was simply no chance WWE weren't going to go with the rock versus Austin for the title of WrestleMania But it was harsh on the hard-working Foley mankind's third and final WWE title run that year lasted just 24 hours winning the strap and a triple threat match at Summerslam Only to drop it to Triple H the next night on Raw Yeah, man. This is this is one of those scenes where you know Mankind was you know, he was in the era where they had to rock they had stone cold at Triple H They had the Undertaker like those guys in themselves Kurt Angle like those guys in themselves were make it over so and granted mankind was you know the ultimate underdog at that time and It was one of those things where you know, he was over as well. But when it came to Stone Cold and the rock they were at the top of the car like 1a1b some people prefer the rock over stone cold some people prefer stone cold over the rock They were both at the top. So a lot of people wanted to see the titles on them to be honest with you Not to say people didn't love seeing the titles on Mick Foley, but it's just one of those type of things where they Bim being in that time period like a lot of people on the anger on a game And a lot of people were trying to get to the spot where the rock and stone cold was at So but this was a dope video man very interesting I found out some things I didn't know like the RVD situation did not know that so comment down below Let me know any other WWE Champions or world heavyweight champions. Do you feel like they should have had a longer title reign? Let me know down below. I would like to get your thoughts and opinions on that But I appreciate all the love and support row 250k appreciate y'all kicking in with me. I see y'all in the next one. Peace