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12 years ago, on this day, WWE chose to keep the status of the World Heavyweight Championship in limbo – 5 years before that, WCW tried to make some money by insulting the heritage of the Television title.
Check out what happened in the wrestling world on 29th November – Factor in the coronation of the second to last King of the Ring as well.
#1 Scott Hall tarnishes the legacy of the Television title – 29th November 1999
WCW’s stock had fallen by the late 90’s and despite the presence of crowd pullers like Bret Hart, Goldberg and Scott Hall,the company’s future did not look rosy. Hall, already battling a variety of addictions, was the United States Champion and would also beat Rick Steiner to win the Television title at Mayhem.
He would defend both titles against Booker T that night in a successful effort, but would relinquish the TV title eight days later by throwing it in the trash – It was yet another effort from the WCW Creative to generate some buzz, but nobody seemed to care.
Hall would be forced to vacate the US title after suffering an injury. The TV title would be resurrected by Jim Duggan after discovering it in the trash and declaring himself the champion, only to be retired yet again.
#2 A controversial WWE title match – 29th Nov 2004
The 29th November 2004 edition of Raw featured a World Heavyweight title match between Triple H, Chris Benoit and Edge. The match would have a controversial finish, with Edge rolling up Benoit for the pin while simultaneously tapping out to the Crippler Crossface.
Raw would end with the match result still undecided. It would take two weeks for the controversy to end when Eric Bischoff announced that the match was a tie. The Champion should have retained in the event of a tie, but since Triple H was not involved in the finish, the Championship was vacated.
The three competitors would be joined by Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and Batista in an Elimination Chamber match at the next PPV to decide a new champion.
#3 Sheamus wins King of the Ring – 29th November 2010
November 29th, 2010 edition of WWE Raw would feature a King of the Ring tournament held among Raw and SmackDown superstars. Eight men qualified and would battle each other on the night to become the King of the Ring.
The participants would include the likes of Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan, John Morrison, Cody Rhodes and Alberto Del Rio. But it would be Sheamus who would pull off the victory, beating Morrison in the title match with a Brogue Kick.
Sheamus would remain the King for 5 years until the concept was recalled in 2015 and Bad News Barrett won the honour.
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