No question, wrestlers with enviable reputations, skills, and records, but the question is, of all the wrestlers who at one time or another have an ugly claim to being the champion, who is the true heavyweight wrestling champion now that some of the champions have emerged through different means, both acceptable and unacceptable in the eyes and opinion of the fans? Most of the fights that have produced champions have been marred by irregularities, outside assists and coming in through the back door. One of those fights that I saw was the one between Mark Henry and Undertaker. Undertaker ultimately emerged the winner, but he was still in a pool of his own blood after Mark Henry badly injured him. Suddenly, Edge came out of nowhere to challenge the same Undertaker who had just finished an energy contest and hadn’t even gotten to his feet due to his injury; he won the fight and, to my surprise, the referee placed the bell in favor of Edge. If they were really looking for a champion who deserved to be called a champion, why wouldn’t they set up another fight between Edge and Undertaker after the latter has fully recovered?
Another case study was the fight between Edge and Jeff Hardy, which Jeff Hardy won and as soon as he was declared champion, CM Punk rushed into the ring and knocked Jeff down, and ran away with the belt, making Jeff Hardy the champion. with the shortest reign. history of wrestling. What do you think wrestling is becoming? A place of merit or a place of deceit? What makes a true champion is when you are able to play your reputation and respectfully win a fight or when you think the end justifies the means and you go ahead employing all the dubious tactics to win because you are desperate to be. do you have a champion?
There are quite a few of these wrestlers who are physically strong and skilled: John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker, Great Khali, JBL, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, Shaun Michael, CM Punk, Kane, Ray Mysterio, Baptista, Mark Henry, Bobby , Raw Van Dann, Big Show, etc., but only a few have proven that they deserve to be true champions by winning their titles in such a clean and respectful way. We need a champion who is universally acceptable like we have in Boxing, track and field, golf, marathon, motor racing, cycling, bowling, rowing, skating, tennis, swimming and other sports and not those whose titles are questionable. It doesn’t matter how long or how little a belt stays with the champion, what matters is that he deserves to hold the title and he didn’t get it through dubious means. We need fighters who command respect like Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Carl Lewis, Michael Phelps, Gabriel Silasie, Hamilton, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd MayWeather Jr, Ronaldo, Zinedine. Zidane, Kaka, Christiano Ronaldo, etc. that they earned the title by working hard for him without resorting to the use of thugs or cheats.