i think rock was one of those guys thats equally good as a champion or a challenger.
Wrestlers you thought were better Title chasers than Title holders
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i think rock was one of those guys thats equally good as a champion or a challenger.
Samoa Joe in TNA, he was fun to watch chasing the belt against Angle. Once he won it he had a barely memorable 4 month run as champ and never got the chance to be champion again after that.
i think rock was one of those guys thats equally good as a champion or a challenger.
Corporate Rock as champion was
. 
at Vince for not giving Hollywood Rock the belt as well.
It's a sad truth that a lot of dudes kinda get boring when they become champ. They were a lot more interesting when they were chasers.
The most common booking formula in wrestling history is the popular babyface challenger chasing the heel champ. Heels tend to have longer runs as champ. Don't ask me to provide statistics, I ain't that kind of wrestling geek
, but I'm pretty confident I'm right about that. Charismatic babyface title chasers tend to draw the numbers.
Once the babyface finally gets the belt, it's like "Okay, what the fukk do we do with this dude now?"
The most common booking formula in wrestling history is the popular babyface challenger chasing the heel champ. Heels tend to have longer runs as champ. Don't ask me to provide statistics, I ain't that kind of wrestling geek
, but I'm pretty confident I'm right about that. Charismatic babyface title chasers tend to draw the numbers.Once the babyface finally gets the belt, it's like "Okay, what the fukk do we do with this dude now?"
It's a sad truth that a lot of dudes kinda get boring when they become champ. They were a lot more interesting when they were chasers.
The most common booking formula in wrestling history is the popular babyface challenger chasing the heel champ. Heels tend to have longer runs as champ. Don't ask me to provide statistics, I ain't that kind of wrestling geek
Once the babyface finally gets the belt, it's like "Okay, what the fukk do we do with this dude now?"
Also add the fact that champions are wrestling on free tv and defending their belts way more today than they did in the past. When Punk was babyface during his 434 days as champion he was wrestling on tv every other week to the point where you got burned out watching him very fast. Once he switched to being a heel he mainly fought on ppvs and on the occasional Raw making his title run a little bit more important and watchable.
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Cena
Orton
Taker
Jeff Hardy
He who shall not be named
Foley
Mysterio
conversely there are guys who I feel are better when holding the title than when chasing it:
HHH
Big Show
Mark Henry
Batista
Jericho
Edge
Lesnar
Orton
Taker
Jeff Hardy
He who shall not be named
Foley
Mysterio
conversely there are guys who I feel are better when holding the title than when chasing it:
HHH
Big Show
Mark Henry
Batista
Jericho
Edge
Lesnar
NYChase718
Veteran
austins title chase up to wrestlemania 15 is one of the best of all time
one man vs a whole company pretty much
one man vs a whole company pretty much
Nintendough
#Kliq
It's a sad truth that a lot of dudes kinda get boring when they become champ. They were a lot more interesting when they were chasers.
The most common booking formula in wrestling history is the popular babyface challenger chasing the heel champ. Heels tend to have longer runs as champ. Don't ask me to provide statistics, I ain't that kind of wrestling geek
Once the babyface finally gets the belt, it's like "Okay, what the fukk do we do with this dude now?"
Heels are always better title carriers, it just makes sense. While having a babyface chaser who can get the better of the heel champ yet get screwed somehow can draw because it plays on some of our deepest human emotions. Psychologically we tend to connect to the chaser since most of us chase a goal in our real lives.
Nobody mentioned DDP yet huh?
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Heels are always better title carriers, it just makes sense. While having a babyface chaser who can get the better of the heel champ yet get screwed somehow can draw because it plays on some of our deepest human emotions. Psychologically we tend to connect to the chaser since most of us chase a goal in our real lives.
Nobody mentioned DDP yet huh?
I think the general consensus with DDP was that he would have been a great champ, but they waited so long to pull the trigger that nobody cared by the time he won.
Nintendough
#Kliq
They just had to wait forever to give my dudes DDP and Booker T the title.
Also to add to that list of guys who are better with the belt. I have to add JBL. When he had that long reign, his heel game was top notch.
I really hope a year from now that Dolph Ziggler isn't on this list
Of course he won't, nobody ever thought he was that great chasing the title in the 1st place.
just kidding, but not really.
SanfordMan75
Rich Takin Ova Fo Now!
HBGOAT
Stone Cold
The Rock
DDP
Kurtis Angle
The Undertaker
Eddie G
Mark Henry
my top favs right chea
Stone Cold
The Rock
DDP
Kurtis Angle
The Undertaker
Eddie G
Mark Henry
my top favs right chea
Idk how you all are mentioning orton. His best eras were as IC champ, and as psycho heel champ fighting off cena and triple H.
MARK HENRY when they actually had him chasing the belt was awesome...i barely remember the reign but i definitely remember the chase and his payoff
MARK HENRY when they actually had him chasing the belt was awesome...i barely remember the reign but i definitely remember the chase and his payoff
NYChase718
Veteran
not to mention they gave him some god awful heel run i think with the title
plus he got involved with arquette
his career went to shyt from 1999 and forward