transitional champ question

[dufflebagboi]

so a transitional champ is a wrestler that holds the title for a little bit then jobs to the bigger star

like for example orton beats batista for the title then a month later drops it to HHH? am i right?

[[MJH]]

Orton didnt beat batista for the title he beat........ uh well he beat someone........ I can't place my finger on it but he was in ECW at some point I think. Oh wait that was a hypothetical example, my bad.

A transitional champ is basically someone that wins the title then loses pretty quickly without any defenses, like yoko at wm 10

[hurricane]

Yes. Someone that wins it just to put someone else over. Sometimes to avoid a certain other match from happening. Or to see how well they do with a short title reign.

[King Shocker the Monumentous]

Probably the classic example of a transitional champion would be the Iron Sheik.

Transitional champs are generally used to move the belt from a babyface to another babyface without having the 2 babyfaces actually face one another.

[HBK: Kayfabe]

pretty much, it's usually done when the WWE doesn't want a big star to lose value or be placed into a lengthy feud with another big star.

It would be like Cena (Champ) vs Triple H and the WWE wanting HHH to become champ. Instead of having them feud, they would just have Cena lose to Big Show so that he could lose to HHH. That way they can still have Cena in a program with another wrestler and HHH in a program with another wrestler...good for buyrates.

another def would be the WWE taking a chance by putting the belt on someone, only for them to drop the ball so the WWE takes the belt off of them ASAP.

[King Shocker the Monumentous]

Mar 31, 2008 12:07:01 GMT -5 HBK: Kayfabe said:

pretty much, it's usually done when the WWE doesn't want a big star to lose value or be placed into a lengthy feud with another big star.

It would be like Cena (Champ) vs Triple H and the WWE wanting HHH to become champ. Instead of having them feud, they would just have Cena lose to Big Show so that he could lose to HHH. That way they can still have Cena in a program with another wrestler and HHH in a program with another wrestler...good for buyrates.

another def would be the WWE taking a chance by putting the belt on someone, only for them to drop the ball so the WWE takes the belt off of them ASAP.

After reading that, I've come to realize that anymore, it seems the concept of the transitional champion has taken a backseat to the more popular, quicker, and more exciting Triple Threat match. That way, based on your example, if they wanted to move the belt from Cena to Triple H, they could have a Triple Threat which Hunter would win by pinning Show. Triple H gets the belt, and Cena doesn't lose any credibility because he wasn't pinned.

[mercennario1080]

Yokozuna's WM IX title reign is a pretty good example.

[King Shocker the Monumentous]

Mar 31, 2008 13:19:26 GMT -5 @mercennario1080 said:

Yokozuna's WM IX is a pretty good example.

Not to mention a ing travesty.

[retrowrestling]

Mar 31, 2008 11:55:13 GMT -5 [MJH] said:

A transitional champ is basically someone that wins the title then loses pretty quickly without any defenses, like yoko at wm 10

Yokozuna had been Champion for 9 months when he dropped the belt at WM10.

[King Shocker the Monumentous]

Mar 31, 2008 13:56:01 GMT -5 retrowrestling said:

Mar 31, 2008 11:55:13 GMT -5 [MJH] said:

A transitional champ is basically someone that wins the title then loses pretty quickly without any defenses, like yoko at wm 10

Yokozuna had been Champion for 9 months when he dropped the belt at WM10.

I think he meant WM9, where Yoko beat Bret and then lost to Hogan moments later.