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A Championship match is one of the most opportunities in the career of a WWE Superstar. Title bouts are usually evenly fought, closely contested matchups that bring out the best in both competitors.
WWE always tries to showcase their titleholders as the best that the division has to offer. Challengers are forced to push their limits in an attempt to emerge victorious at the end.
The chance of a Champion getting squashed in a title match is a rarity. However, in WWE history, there have been cases of title matches that have been completely lopsided with the challengers emerging victorious with relative ease.
Let's have a look at 5 Title matches in WWE where the champions were squashed.
#5 WWE RAW Women's Championship Match - Alexa Bliss (c) vs Ronda Rousey (SummerSlam 2018)
At Summerslam 2018, 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey finally got her opportunity at the WWE RAW Women's Championship.
The reigning titleholder, Alexa Bliss, had prevented the former UFC fighter from winning the gold at the Money In The Bank PPV after she cashed in her MITB briefcase.
The atmosphere at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn was electric as Rousey made her entrance down the ramp with fans sensing that a title change could happen that night.
As the bell to start the match rang, the Goddess immediately retreated and went out of the ring. Bliss wanted nothing to do with the former UFC Women's Champion.
Rousey was so confident that she sat in the middle of the ring and dared her opponent to get the first offense in the match. Bliss couldn't help herself and sprung into the ring and applied a rear-naked choke onto The Rowdy One. This was her only offense in the match.
The Baddest Woman On The Planet quickly shook Bliss off and immediately applied her patented armbar to win the WWE RAW Women's Championship in dominating fashion. In less than five minutes, Rousey became the first woman and second person ever to hold titles in both UFC and WWE.
#4 WWE Championship match - Bob Backlund (c) vs Diesel (House Show in Madison Square Garden)
One of the most dominating WWE Championship match performances happened at a House Show in New York's Madison Square Garden. On November 26, 1994, WWE Heavyweight Champion, Bob Backlund, faced Diesel.
Backlund had just won the title from Bret Hart at Survivor Series and three days later, he was making his first Championship defense.
After splitting from his longtime friend and tag team partner, Shawn Michaels, Diesel was ready to challenge for the WWE Heavyweight Championship.
However, fans were in for a shock as Big Daddy Cool destroyed the Champion in dominant fashion. Diesel threw a boot at Backlund's stomach and proceeded to hit his finisher, the Jackknife powerbomb, and pinned him to become the new WWE Champion. All this happened in the space of 8 seconds.
This WWE Championship bout was faster than most of the squash matches in the company's history.
Diesel went on to hold the title for nearly a year before he was beaten by Bret Hart at the 1995 Survivor Series PPV.
#3 WWE Championship match- Kofi Kingston (c) vs Brock Lesnar (SmackDown Premiere on FOX, 2019)
The debut episode of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox on October 4, 2019, was headlined by a WWE Championship match between Kofi Kingston and Brock Lesnar. The episode was the 20th anniversary of SmackDown and marked WWE's return to the network for the first time since 1992.
Kofi Kingston was very successful in 2019, winning the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 35 against Daniel Bryan. Heading into his clash with Lesnar, The New Member had held the belt for 180 days.
This was The Beast Incarnate's first match on SmackDown in 15 years. Immediately after the bell rang Kingston ran towards Lesnar and leaped at him. The Champion was caught in mid-air by The Beast Incarnate, who then delivered a crushing F5 and pinned Kofi to win the WWE Title in under 10 seconds. The sold-out crowd was left stunned.
The Friday Night SmackDown's debut episode on FOX ended with one of the most dominant Championship displays in WWE history.
#2 WWE Intercontinental Championship Match - The Honky Tonk Man vs The Ultimate Warrior (SummerSlam 1988)
At the first-ever WWE SummerSlam PPV in August 1988, the legend of the Ultimate Warrior was born. The longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion, The Honky Tonk Man, was scheduled to face Brutus 'the Barber' Beefcake. Unfortunately, before the event, the challenger was brutally attacked by 'Outlaw' Ron Bass and could not compete.
This set up the opportunity for a new contender to face the WWE Intercontinental Champion. The Honky Tonk Man was so confident in his abilities that he didn't want to know who he was going to face before the matchup.
After a brief pause, the frenetic theme song of The Ultimate Warrior hit, and he came bursting through the curtain and sprinted towards the ring. Warrior went for the attack as soon as the bell rang.
He powerslammed The Honky Tonk Man and proceeded to hit the Champion with a flying tackle and a clothesline. Warrior finished him off with his signature Running splash and the match was over in just under 40 seconds.
#1 WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match - John Cena vs Brock Lesnar (SummerSlam 2014)
The 2014 SummerSlam at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was the venue for one of the most brutal and one-sided WWE Championship matches in history. The main event pitted WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena against Brock Lesnar.
Cena started the match well, rushing towards Lesnar and pushing him into the corner with big rights and lefts. The Beast Incarnate, however, was quickly able to reverse the offense and hit an F5 on Cena less than 30 seconds into the match. The Cenation Leader was barely able to kick out.
Over the ensuing 15 minutes, Lesnar delivered multiple German suplexes, a huge vertical suplex, countless knee, and elbow strikes, and one final F5 to pin John Cena for the title victory. It may not have been as fast as the other Championship wins on this list, but this was one of the most dominant performances by a challenger.
