5 World Championship changes which made the fans upset

The WWE Universe was pretty upset with Goldberg's recent Universal Title win
The WWE Universe was pretty upset with Goldberg's recent Universal Title win

#4 Vince Russo- WCW World Champion

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Vince Russo with the WCW World Championship
Vince Russo with the WCW World Championship

Like David Arquette's title win wasn't bad enough, WCW or rather Vince Russo decided to put the company's World Championship on himself in the same year as Arquette won his first and only major world title in the wrestling biz.

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On an episode of Nitro which aired from Uniondale, New York, Russo defeated now WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T in a Caged Heat Match (basically a Steel Cage Match) to win the WCW World Championship.

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At least, Arquette's world title win was aired on TV, but this one was a totally different ball game, as THAT episode of Nitro ended with Goldberg spearing Russo out of the cage and two days later, the latter was seen draped in gold, with the WCW World Championship around his shoulder.

Russo had declared himself as the new champion of WCW and also announced his retirement from in-ring competition. However, he did go on to vacate the title the following Monday on Nitro, as it was the ninth time the WCW World Championship was vacated since Russo came on board with the company.

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Edited by Akhilesh Tirumala
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