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“When I grew up, I hated Hogan. I thought he was terrible and didn’t like to watch him. I was like Punk in a way. I liked the Steamboats and Flairs and the ones that could go. Would I be right in saying that Hogan was the wrong guy to go with, and they should’ve changed directions and gone with Steamboat because he was the better wrestler? Ludicrous.” - Triple H. October, 2011.

The Real World's Champion

Friday, May 01, 2015

So, this is an attempt to consolidate the entire counterfactual universe (this enterprise grows more like Synecdoche with each post); melding together the real world with the one developed here to determine who the ultimate world champion was at each moment in time.  Sort of like all along there have been matches for a global unification belt that didn't impact the individual title lineages.  A belt above all belts!

I'll run from WM1-WM 30, with each world champion getting one shot at the belt.  I can't account for every company in the world and I'm totally excluding Mexico.  Sorry, Mexico.  

Here we go.

1. March '85: Ricky Steamboat (WWF) d. Ric Flair (NWA)

2. April '86: Dynamite Kid (WWF) d. Ricky Steamboat (WWF)
3. March '87: Ricky Steamboat (WWF)(2) d. Dynamite Kid (WWF)
    Defenses: d. Antonio Inoki (NJPW)
                   d. Steve Williams (NWA)
4. March '88: Dynamite Kid (WWF) (2) d. Ricky Steamboat (WWF)
                   d. Fujinami (NJPW)
                   d. Fujinami (NJPW)
5. Nov '88 Ric Flair (NWA) d. Dynamite Kid (WWF)
                   d. Randy Savage (WWF)
6. April '89: Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW) d. Ric Flair (NWA)
                   d. Vader (NJPW)

7. May '89: Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW) d. Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW)
                   d. Hashimikov (NJPW)
                   d. Choshu (NJPW)
                   d. Vader (NJPW)
                   d. Choshu (NJPW)
                   d. Hennig (WWF)
                   d. Sting (NWA)
                   d. Fujinami (NJPW)

8. Jan '91: Vader (NJPW) d. Tenryu (AJPW)

9. Jan '91: Jumbo Tsuruta (2) (AJPW) d. Vader (NJPW)
                   d. Fujinami (NJPW)
                   d. Davey Boy Smith (WWF)
                   d. Jushin Liger (NWA)
                   d. Flair (WWF)
10. Jan '92: Stan Hansen (AJPW) d. Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW)
                   d. Choshu (NJPW)
                   d. Pillman (NWA)
11. Apr '92: Bret Hart (WWF) d. Stan Hansen (AJPW)
                   d. Steamboat (NWA)

12. Aug '92: Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW) d. Bret Hart (WWF)
                  d. Muta (NJPW)
                  d. Vader (NWA)
                  d. Hashimoto (NJPW)
                  d. Sabu (ECW)
                  d. Owen Hart (WWF)
                  d. Fujinami (NJPW)
                  d. Hashimoto (NJPW)
13. July '94: Steve Williams (AJPW) d. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW)
14. Oct '94: Ric Flair (2) (NWA) d. Steve Williams (AJPW)
15. Oct '94: Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW) d. Ric Flair (NWA)
                 d. Terry Funk (NWA)
16. Nov '94: Shawn Michaels (WWF) d. Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW)
                d. Stan Hansen (AJPW)
17. Apr '95: Bret Hart (2) (WWF) d. Shawn Michaels (WWF)
                d. Muta (NJPW)
18. May '95: Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW) (2) d. Bret Hart (WWF)
                 d. Vader (NWA)
                 d. Sting (NWA)
                 d. Takada (NJPW)
                 d. HBK (WWF)
19. Apr '96 Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW) d. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW)
 d. Taue (AJPW)innovation rather than standardization. 

20. June '96 Chris Benoit (NWA) d. Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW)

21. July '96 Kenta Kobashi (AJPW) d. Chris Benoit (NWA)
                 d. Shane Douglas (ECW)
22. Jan '97 Mitsuharu Misawa (3) (AJPW) d. Kenta Kobashi (AJPW)
                 d. Terry Funk (ECW)
                 d. Steve Austin (WWF)
                 d. Dean Malenko (NWA)
                 d. Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW)
                 d. Shane Douglas (ECW)
                 d. Owen Hart (WWF)
                 d. Taz (ECW)
                 d. Chris Benoit (NWA)
                 d. Fujinami (NJPW)
23. May '98 Toshiaki Kawada (2) (AJPW) d. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW)
24. June '98 Kenta Kobashi (2) (AJPW) d. Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW)
                 d. Cactus (WWF)
                 d. Chono (NJPW)
                 d. Scott Norton (NJPW)
                 d. Owen (WWF)
25. Jan '99 Toshiaki Kawada (3) (AJPW) d. Kenta Kobashi (AJPW)
                 d. Muta (NJPW)
26. Feb '99 Chris Benoit (2) (NWA) d. Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW)
                 d. Vader (AJPW)
                 d. Cactus (WWF)
                 d. Misawa (AJPW)
                 d. Tajiri (ECW)
27. Oct '99 Vader (AJPW) d. Chris Benoit (NWA)
                 d. Douglas (NWA)
28. Nov '99 Masato Tanaka (ECW) d. Vader (AJPW)
                 d. Tenryu (NJPW)
                 d. Sasaki (NJPW)
29. Feb '00 Kenta Kobashi (3) (AJPW) d. Masato Tanaka (ECW)
                d. Flair (NWA)
30. Apr '00 Chris Benoit (3) (WWF) d. Kenta Kobashi (AJPW)
                d. RVD (ECW)
                d. Douglas (NWA)
                d. Lynn (ECW)
                d. Tenryu (AJPW)
31. Oct '00: Rey Mysterio (NWA) d. Chris Benoit (WWF)
                d. Sasaki (NJPW)
                d. RVD (ECW)
                d. Norton (NJPW)
                d. Fujita (NJPW)
32. Apr '01 Mitsuharu Misawa (NOAH) (4) d. Rey Mysterio (NWA)
                d. Kurt Angle (WWF)

33. July '01 Jun Akiyama (NOAH) d. Mitsuharu Misawa (NOAH)
                d. Fujita (NJPW)

34. Feb '02 Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW) (4) d. Jun Akiyama (NOAH)
                d. Ogawa (NOAH)
35. Apr '02: Yuji Nagata (NJPW) d.Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW)
                d. Tenryu (AJPW)
                d. Low Ki (TNA)
                d. Low Ki (ROH)
                d. Xavier (ROH)
                d. Takayama (NOAH)        
                d. Misawa (NOAH)
                d. Muta (NJPW)
                d. Hashimoto (AJPW)
                d. London (ROH)
36. Mar '03: Samoa Joe (ROH) d. Yuji Nagata (NJPW)
37. Mar '03: Kenta Kobashi (NOAH) (4) d. Samoa Joe (ROH)
                d. CIMA( DGate)
                d. Takayama (NJPW)
                d. Tokyo (DG)
                d. Styles (TNA)
                d. Eddy Guerrero (WWF)
                d. Kawada (AJPW)
                d. Tenzan (NJPW)
                d. Nakamura (NJPW)
38. Jan '04 Kurt Angle (WWF) d. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH)
                d. Tenzan (NJPW)
                d. Suwa (DG)
39. Mar '04 Chris Benoit (WWF) (4) d. Kurt Angle (WWF)
                d. Sasaki (NJPW)
                d. Sapp (NJPW)
                d. Fujita (NJPW)
                d. CIMA (DG)
                d. Sasaki (NJPW)
                d. Mochizuki (DG)
                d. Daniels (TNA)
                d. Aries (ROH)
                d. Tenzan (NJPW)
                d. Kojima (NJPW)
                d. Rikio (NOAH)
40. Apr '05: Eddy Guerrero (WWF) d. Chris Benoit (WWF)
                d. Tenzan (NJPW)
                d. Fujita (NJPW)
                d. Styles (TNA)
                d. Punk (ROH)
                d. Noble (ROH)
41. Aug '05: Rey Mysterio (2) (WWF) d. Eddy Guerrero (WWF)
42. Sep '05 Bryan Danielson (ROH) d. Rey Mysterio (WWF)
               d. Joe (TNA)
               d. Lesnar (NJPW)
               d. Kishiwada (DG)
               d. Taue (NOAH)
               d. Akiyama (NOAH)
               d. Saito (DG)
               d. Yokosuka (DG)
               d. Kea (AJPW)
               d. Tanahashi (NJPW)
               d. Flair (WWF)
               d. Suzuki (AJPW)
               d. Fujii (DG)

43. Sep '06: Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) d. Bryan Danielson (ROH)
44. Nov '06: CM Punk (WWF) d. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)
               d. Homicide (ROH)
               d. Misawa (NOAH)
45. Feb '07 Takeshi Morishima (ROH) d. CM Punk (WWF)
              d. Liger (DG)
              d. Booker (WWF)
              d. Nagata (NJPW)
              d. CIMA (DG)
              d. Sasaki (NJPW)
              d. Mysterio (WWF)
46. Oct '07 Nigel McGuinness (ROH) d. Takeshi Morishima (ROH)
              d. Tanahashi (NJPW)
              d. Benjamin (WWF)
47. Jan '08 Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW) d. Nigel McGuiness (ROH)
              d. Morishima (NOAH)
              d. CM Punk (WWF)
              d. Kurt Angle (TNA)
              d. Suwama (AJPW)
              d. Styles (TNA)
              d. Shingo (DG)
              d. Sasaki (NOAH)
              d. Muta (NOAH)
              d. Jericho (WWF)
              d. Doi (DG)
48. Jan '09 Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) d. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW)
49. Mar '09 Jun Akiyama (NOAH) (2) d. d. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW)
               d. Takayama (AJPW)
               d. Lynn (ROH)
               d. Nakanishi (NJPW)
               d. Tanahashi (NJPW)
50. June '09 Samoa Joe (2) (TNA) d. Jun Akiyama (NOAH)
               d. Go Shiozaki (NOAH)
               d. Aries (ROH)
               d. Muta (NJPW)
               d. Kojima (AJPW)
               d. Nakamura (NJPW)
51. Dec '09 Takashi Sugiura (NOAH) d. Samoa Joe (TNA)
               d. Nigel (ROH)
               d. Black (ROH)
               d. Hama (AJPW)
               d. Suzuki (AJPW)
               d. Makabe (NJPW)
               d. Yoshino (DG)
               d. Angle (TNA)
               d. Suwama (AJPW)
               d. Strong (ROH)
               d. Kojima (NJPW)
               d. Shelley (TNA)
               d. Roode (TNA)
               d. Tanahashi (NJPW)
               d. Edwards (ROH)
               d. Kazarian (TNA)
               d. Mochizuki (DG)
               d. Punk (WWF)
               d. Nemeth (WWF)
52. June '11 Davey Richards (ROH) d. Takeshi Sugiura (NOAH)
               d. Joe (TNA)
               d. Go (NOAH)
               d. Styles (TNA)
               d. Akiyama (AJPW)
53. Dec '11 CIMA (DG) d. Davey Richards (ROH)
54. Jan '12 Bryan Danielson (2) (WWF) d. CIMA (DG)
               d. Morishima (NOAH)
               d. Okada (NJPW)
               d. Steen (ROH)
               d. Aries (TNA)
               d. Tanahashi (NJPW)
               d. Funaki (AJPW)

55. Jan '13 Kenta (NOAH) d. Bryan Danielson (WWF)
               d. Suwama (AJPW)
               d. Jeff Hardy (TNA)
               d. Jay Briscoe (ROH)
               d. Suwama (AJPW)
               d. Brock Lesnar (WWF)
               d. Okada (NJPW)
               d. Shingo (DG)
               d. Yamato (DG)
56. Aug '13: Bryan Danielson (3) (WWF) d. Kenta (NOAH)
               d. Cole (ROH)
               d. Yoshino (DG)
               d. Akebono (AJPW)
               d. Aries (ROH)
               d. Morishima (NOAH)
               d. Yuji (NOAH)
               d. Ricochet (DG)

57. Apr '14 Claudio Castagnoli (WWF) d. Danielson (WWF)
                  
                 

                  



2 comments

bmack said...

Love your blog! Your research and attention to detail are amazing. Keep up the great work!

Jim said...

Thanks!

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