 What's good y'all, it's your boy Ross back again with another video. So we're gonna check out 10 WWE wrestlers who won a championship without even wrestling. How is that possible? I need to find this out. What's what's going on? Yeah, do you win a championship without actually even wrestling? Well, I think Triple H did at one point when they were really booking this guy is just unstoppable. I believe he won the New World Heavyweight Championship. They just gave it to him on Monday Night Raw. I think Eric Bischoff just like, here you go. There you go. We need a champion. Here you are, the new champion on Raw. I believe that did happen. So I'm guessing that may be in this video. I don't know. But that's one instance where he didn't wrestle to win that. He just was gifted the championship, the World Heavyweight Championship from Eric Bischoff and here we are. I'm your new champion guys on Monday Night Raw. So we're going to check this out. Appreciate all love and support. Let's get right into this woman. WWE should be one of the most exciting moments imaginable. Yet over the years, WWE have opted to crown new champions in some of the most unconventional ways possible. From awarding titles to wrestlers for the sake of it, to simply finding titles in travel bags, WWE have decided to deliver a title change in an incredible, lazy way in the past. Most of these title changes were met with vast criticism from the overall fan base and for a good reason. Join us now as WrestleMania looks at 10 WWE wrestlers who won a title without even wrestling. Yeah, be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos and follow us on Facebook for exclusive layers. Also, check out our new channel, WrestleMania Shorts. Number 10, The Big Show. In December 2009, WWE implemented plans to make Edge and Chris Jericho the face of the WWE Tag Division. The acclaimed duo would win the undisputed tag titles but it went all wrong when Edge... I forgot they won the tag titles at one point. ...suffered a serious injury that would put him on the shelf for the rest of 2009. Instead of stripping Jericho of the titles, WWE allowed Jericho... Yeah, I think he teamed up with Big Show. Yeah, I forgot about this. Yeah, I was like, Big Show, when did he have to do that? He did team up with Big Show for a little bit. Damn, this is bringing me back down memory lane. To pick a new partner and behind the scenes, Jericho wanted a team with Kane, but the WWE had other ideas and wanted Jericho to team with Big Show. Despite initial reservations, Jericho during an episode of Talk is Jericho would label Big Show as his favorite tag team partner that he's ever had. Show was my favorite tag team partner of all time, by far. And that was because I was tag team champions with Edge. Edge tore his Achilles tendon and he was going to be out for eight months. So they didn't want to strip me of the title. So Vince wanted me to have another partner because we were going into a feud with DX. And a lot of people wanted to put me with a young guy and I said, we can't do this. DX will eat you alive unless I have somebody that's, you know, a world champion level that can deal with them. And I suggested Kane and Vince suggested Big Show. And I said, okay, great. But that would have been interesting. Jericho and Kane, that would have been an interesting combination. But, you know, ultimately worked out for them to go with Big Show. So instantly bonded as Jericho and Big Show's big reveal, pun intended, would come at the 2009 Night of Champions event when Big Show debuted as Jericho's partner in a tag match against Legacy. Number nine, Booker T. That's crazy. I forgot about that. Down between 2006 to 2007 was a feud between Booker T and Chris Benoit. The two embarked in a best-of-seven series for the U.S. title. I remember this. He encountered a huge issue when Booker suffered an injury halfway through the series. Instead of cancelling the series completely, Booker was substituted by Randy Orton, and Orton would act on behalf of Booker in the hopes of winning Booker the prestigious U.S. title. The final match of the series took place in January of 2007, and Orton was able to win the final match of the series, crowning Booker the new champion in the process. This was certainly a unique approach to an injury, but it worked in everyone's favor as both Booker and Orton attained astronomical heat for an essence cheating their way through the best of them. Which is crazy that that can happen out there. I want you to finish out this best-of-seven series. You win it for me. I get the title. Everyone wins, I guess. Seven series. Number eight, Midian. A Midian is mostly known for being part of the Ministry of Darkness stable as well as his infamous gimmick in 2000 when he ran around the arena. Well, with a fanny pack on him. Only a fanny pack. While fans may be surprised to learn about the former ministry member is that he's actually a former European champion. In 1999, during a backstage segment, Midian casually mentioned to Shane McMahon that he had found the European title in my man's travel bag. Midian would then boldly ask McMahon if he could have the title and McMahon bizarrely said yes. This was one of the more unusual yet lackluster ways that title has changed after WWE. And it led to a ton of questions surrounding how WWE saw the European title in terms of credibility. Yeah, when they, when it just, you get awarded the title off of a backstage segment. Hey, bro, I saw the title in this bag. You mind if I have it? Yeah, sure, whatever. That's when you know the title means absolutely nothing. And legitimacy. Number seven, Dean Douglas. The In Your House 4 event was supposed to be Dean Douglas's night. You were set to challenge Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental title and it was widely believed that Douglas was going to win the match and the title. The issue was that HBK wasn't a fan of Douglas and second, HBK engaged in a bar fight with a Marine, rendering him unable to compete. WWE orchestrated an angle which saw HBK forfeit the title and Douglas would become the new champion. Yeah, I remember this particular story watching it on a previous video. His reign would be short-lived as he would then be challenged by Razor Ramon and Ramon would end up defeating Douglas, giving Douglas the shortest intercontinental title in the company history. That's cold. Number six, Mankind. One of the most entertaining parts of the Asturera was the Hardcore title division. The title was contested under 24-7 rules and it was total mayhem each and every week on Roan's bank now. The title was first introduced in 1998 during a storyline which saw the corporation faction manipulate Mankind into doing their bidding. The enticed Mankind, Vince McMahon gifted Mankind a broken, taped-up title that was labeled the Hardcore title. It's unknown what the original plans were for the title, but the Hardcore championship went on to have 230 different reigns associated with it. Which is crazy. Which is crazy when you think about it, but it was actually pretty entertaining what they were doing with the Hardcore title. For the next couple of years, whilst the introduction of the title may have been unconventional, establishing the new title back in 1998 certainly benefited the WWE product as a whole. Number five, Pipe and Niven. When Sonya Deville went down with an A.C.I. Yup, you know what? That he's right. That recently just happened. It recently just happened. She ended up just saying, you know what? I'm gonna be your tag team partner to Chelsea Green and Chelsea's like, what? And she made sure she understood. I said, I'm gonna be your tag team party. Got it? All right. That's how she became tag team champion. Yell injury. It put a huge dent into the WWE Women's Tank Division. Deville was one half of the reigning Women's Tank Team Champions alongside Chelsea Green and now WWE had to go back to the drawing board when it came to the division. WWE decided to have Pipe and Niven become Green's new partner and they did this by Niven simply declaring herself as the second half of the Women's Tank Team Champions. The presentation of Niven as Green's new partner received criticism from fans as it was lazily executed and once again further evidence that WWE cared very little about their Women's Tank Division. For sure. Like there was once again, I don't even know why it's still a thing but it's still a thing. Number four, Mark Henry. The world's strongest man, Mark Henry, managed to win his first title in WWE in 1999. However, unlike the rest of Henry's many title victories, his first title victory didn't even require him to win a matchup. When Henry turned his back on good friend Dilo Brown at some time and allowed Jarrett to become double champion, Jarrett awarded Henry by gifting him the European title. Once again, this led to questions surfacing around the credibility of the title. They just did not care about the European title. That's wild. It's just getting passed around for free. That's crazy. Well, as Jarrett simply giving the title away didn't exactly portray the title as prestigious or valuable. WWE had no substantial plans for Henry as European champion. Yeah, you can tell. Making his title reign a complete waste of time. Number three, Dolph Ziggler. When Dolph Ziggler won the world title in 2013. Great moment. A special moment as Ziggler had worked extremely hard to reach the top of the WWE ladder. The moment was also in sense. Ziggler's first world title win that fans fondly remember as his world title win in 2011 was presented in a controversial and criticized manner. Back in 2011, during the feud between Ziggler and world champion Edge, Edge was forbidden from using the spear in a match. Edge ignored this rule and decided to use the move anyway. And due to his rule breaking, Vicky Guerrero decided to outright strip Edge of the world title and reward Ziggler with a title. Was Dolph Ziggler ready for the world title at this time? Well, it's up for debate. For simply handing a wrestler the world title in this way wasn't a great look for the once prestigious title. Ziggler's reign will be short-lived as the rated R superstar would receive his rematch on the exact same show. And Edge would defeat Ziggler, ending Ziggler's title reign in quick fashion. Yeah, it's just a slight tail, man. Poor Ziggler, man. Geez. Number two, Randy Orton. And WWE was sent into total chaos just before the 2007 No Mercy event. WWE's planned main event of the show was to see John Cena defend the WWE title against Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match. The issue was that Cena had suffered a major injury just days before the pay-per-view. And WWE had to think of how they were going to deliver a satisfying pay-per-view to the fans. The pay-per-view opened up with Vince McMahon simply awarding Orton with the WWE title. This was somewhat disappointing, but WWE had a plan on making the title, the focal point of the entire pay-per-view. A new champion would be interrupted by his former arch rival, Triple H. And the game challenged Orton to an impromptu title match in a shocking outcome. Triple H won, giving him his first world title win since 2005. The crowd absolutely loved it, and WWE did a good job in delivering a memorable moment on pay-per-view. The night of action wouldn't end there, however, Triple H had a scheduled match with Umaga on the show, and this would now be for the WWE title. After the game's successful title offense, he'd be booked to defend against Orton once again in a Last Man Standing match. Bro, Triple H was working overtime that night, boy. He was working overtime. And would reclaim the title to close off a pay-per-view event like no other. And number one, Triple H. When undisputed champion Brock Lesnar became exclusive to SmackDown. I called it, y'all. I knew it. It had to be number one. It's crazy. It's crazy. He had to work for it at no mercy, but there was a time when he didn't have to work for getting the championship. 2002, WWE needed a title holder on Raw. Instead of holding a tournament to crown a new champion, WWE simply presented Triple H with a big gold belt. This was the laziest option WWE had and due to their own laziness, the company had to work extra hard to portray the new title as on par with the WWE title. Over two decades after the game was unceremoniously awarded the title on Raw and still criticized the decision, even legendary commentator Jim Ross had this to say on his podcast. It was very untraditional. Yeah. Yeah. Ending over a gift, the only time it might work is if you had a Red Hot heel that given that giving championship to might increase their heat and their profile. But in general, it's not a good idea. Triple H should have he should have gotten a ring and it wasn't his call. Right. But to see him wrestle is always the bonus to me. And cause you see at that point in time, he was really getting to be an amazing heel. Yeah, I got it, man. There's no way that doesn't be on this list. They gave him the World Heavyweight Championship. Why just and from there, he was just a terror. So it's like it's it's funny how fitting the number two spot was Triple H working overtime to win the World Heavyweight the WWE Championship from Randy Orton after he just received it, win it, then have to face Umaga for the championship, defend it, then have to defend it in the same night against Randy Orton, the man he just beat for it. You know, last man standing match to lose it. So I guess you can say, you know, it's come full circle, you know, him winning it, the World Heavyweight Championship in the way he wanted and to defend the WWE Championship and have three matches in one night. I guess you can say it's a tradeoff but still in the grand scheme of things. There's no reason why a World Heavyweight Championship should be just giving away and set up some type of tournament, some type of match happening. I that's that definitely left fans questioning what the hell is going on in WWE back then. Comment down below. Let me know which one of these situations irritated you the most from this particular video. For me, it would definitely have to be the Triple H winning a World Heavyweight Championship for no damn reason. When I saw that happening, I was just like, what the fuck are we doing right now? So let me know which one of these instances, instances from this video definitely kind of annoyed you when it originally happened. But I appreciate all love support. Road to 150K. Appreciate y'all kicking in me. See y'all on the next one. Peace.