WWE History Vol. 19: Wildest Title change in the company

The Fallout: A WWE Championship Tournament

Jack Tunney, the former 'on camera' president of the WWE.

The WWE has been led by Vince McMahon jr. since the 1980s, but on camera, Vince was known as a mere announcer.

That would change years later, but in 1988 the WWE's figurehead leader was Jack Tunney.

Tunney almost NEVER spoke on camera. He was only present for situations like the contract signing for Wrestlemania III's main event. His only job was to provide a kind of 'straight man' to all of the craziness associated with the WWE. Jack Tunney looked like a legit CEO manager type, and spoke like one as well.

After the wild and chaotic title change, Tunney would announce that despite the shenanigans with the referees, the decision was final. Hulk Hogan was no longer the champion.

However, he also stripped Ted Dibiase of the belt, saying that no one can win the title by it being 'surrendered' to them. Technically, Andre was the champion but then Tunney performed a three peat; Andre was stripped of the title because he had damaged its reputation by surrendering it to the Million Dollar Man.

He announced a tournament would take place at Wrestlemania IV, which history tells us was won by 'Macho Man' Randy Savage. However, it was all made possible by the wildest title change in WWE history.

Thanks for taking this trip down memory lane with us, and we'll see you next week!