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WWE Linear Championship
What would happen in the professional wrestling world if non-title matches did not exist? What would happen if every time a Champion stepped into the ring in a one on one match, the WWE Championship was on the line?
Criteria:
WWE Title could only change hands in singles (i.e. one on one) matches (more on that in a second)
WWE Title can not be lost by countout or disqualification (keeping with the traditional rules of pro wrestling)
WWE Title could be lost by pinfall, submission, or by a match stipulation.
WWE Title could be lost by Referee Stoppage
WWE Title could not be lost in an Multiple Man (Triple Threat, Elimination Chamber, etc) or Tag Team Match
WWE Title must be defended (i.e. wrestle a one on one match) every 365 days.
The Linear WWE Title is not bound to the WWE. If the champion loses anywhere (Japan, another territory, etc.), they lose the Linear Title
The Multi-Man Match Conundrum: Any multi-man matches (Triple Threat, Fatal-Four Way, Elimination Chambers, etc.) Any match that involves more than one opponent opens the champion to a degree of luck to retain the title.
Inactivity/Retirement on Lineage: What happens if someone wins the Linear Title and then becomes inactive, retires, or dies? If you were the linear champion, you had to defend the title within 1 year of winning it (i.e. a singles match.) If the champion failed to defend within that one year window, the Linear title would go to whoever the active WWE champion was at that time.
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(hasn't been updated since 7/14/2014, since then Del Rio had some loses before leaving WWE)
WWE Linear Championship
Re: WWE Linear Championship
Neat!
Interesting to me, is that the Linear Championship changed hands 15 times in 1980. More interesting is that in that year Nikolai Volkoff won it in a "Helmet Match". I don't know what a Helmet Match is, but I want to know what a Helmet Match is.
Helmet Match.
A YouTube search brought me to this...
...which until further research brings me to a different conclusion, I will be assuming Nikolai Volkoff defeated Bugsy McGraw in an identical contest.
Interesting to me, is that the Linear Championship changed hands 15 times in 1980. More interesting is that in that year Nikolai Volkoff won it in a "Helmet Match". I don't know what a Helmet Match is, but I want to know what a Helmet Match is.
Helmet Match.
A YouTube search brought me to this...
...which until further research brings me to a different conclusion, I will be assuming Nikolai Volkoff defeated Bugsy McGraw in an identical contest.
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