8 WWE Superstars you forgot were once a double champion

We've already seen two Superstars become double champions in WWE in recent years with Becky Lynch holding the WWE RAW and SmackDown Women's Championships after WrestleMania, while Seth Rollins briefly held both the RAW Tag-Team title as well as the WWE Universal Championship.

This got us thinking about some of the double champions we've seen in WWE in the past. There were some we'd forgotten about and some we couldn't believe ever happened.

This article takes a look at eight superstars who held more than one title at the same time.

#8 D’Lo Brown

D'Lo Brown with Debra

We start off our list with one of the stalwarts of the Attitude Era, D’Lo Brown. D’Lo was a constant feature during the later ‘90s and early 2000s in the midcard and won a number of titles along the way.

At the Fully Loaded PPV in 1999, D’Lo challenged Mideon for the WWE European Championship. He won the match but things were soon going to get even better for him. On the RAW after, Brown challenged Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett in a title for title match. Brown overcame the odds to become a double champion for the first and only time in his WWE career.

Brown went on to defend both his titles against Double J at SummerSlam and the match was won by Jarrett, who went on to become a double champion as well.

#7 Jeff Jarrett

Double J chose not to be a double champion

As we mentioned above, Double J became a double champion after beating D’Lo Brown at SummerSlam 1999. Jarrett won the match after D’Lo's former tag-team partner Mark Henry turned on him and hit him with a guitar.

However, unlike D’Lo, Jarrett wasn’t interested in defending two titles at once. Instead, as a sign of thanks, he gave the European Championship to Mark Henry.

Check out the video of the SummerSlam 1999 title match between D’Lo Brown and Jeff Jarrett below:

#6 Paige

Paige won the Divas Championship on her RAW debut

Paige was seen as a prodigy from the moment she made her WWE NXT debut in 2012. She soon went on to win the NXT Women’s Championship tournament in 2013. Paige beat Emma in the final after vanquishing Tamina and Alicia Fox in the earlier round.

In April 2014, on the night after WrestleMania 30, Paige made her RAW debut as NXT Women’s Champion and challenged AJ Lee for the WWE Divas Championship. Paige won the title in her debut match to become a double champion for the only time in her career.

Paige also broke the record for the youngest WWE Divas Champion in history. Unfortunately, Paige didn’t get to defend her NXT Women’s Championship and relinquished the title soon after.

Unfortunately for Paige, her career in WWE was blighted by neck injuries and she was forced to retire from the ring last year. She was named the General Manager of SmackDown Live soon after and continued in the role till around the end of the year. It's unlikely Paige will return to the ring again.

Check out Paige's main roster debut on WWE RAW against AJ Lee below:

#5 Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock was a decorated mixed martial arts fighter when he signed with WWE. Shamrock showed a ton of potential, but for some reason, WWE never really went all in with him. He had a lot of memorable moments during his career with the Federation, including being a part of The Corporation.

Amongst his memorable moments was the time Shamrock was briefly a double champion – holding the WWE Intercontinental Championship and one-half of the Tag-Team Championships at the same time.

Shamrock first won the WWE Intercontinental Championship in October 1998 when he won a single-night tournament for the vacant title, defeating X-Pac in the final. Then, on the December 14th edition of RAW, Shamrock teamed up with Hardcore Champion Big Boss Man to face the New Age Outlaws in a WWE Tag-Team title match. In the process, both Shamrock and the Big Boss Man became double champions for a while.

Both men’s reigns as double champions ended around a month later when they lost a tag-team title match against Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett. Shamrock went on to lose his WWE Intercontinental Championship to Val Venis at St. Valentine's Day Massacre in February 1999.

Shamrock was legitimately one of the toughest competitors to ever step foot into a WWE ring. He will go down in history as one of those superstars who deserved a longer run with the company.

#4 MVP

MVP

Although Montel Vontavious Porter isn’t as memorable today as some of his compatriots from the same era, the man was quite successful during his time in WWE. He won the WWE Tag-Team titles twice and also won the WWE United States Championship. Two of those title reigns coincided, meaning that he was also a double champion at one point.

MVP’s first title in WWE was the WWE United States Championship, which he won from Chris Benoit at WWE’s Judgment Day PPV in 2007. Later that year, he formed an unlikely partnership with Matt Hardy and the duo challenged Deuce and Domino for the SmackDown Tag-Team Championships on the August 24th episode of WWE SmackDown. They won the match, with MVP becoming a double champion for around 3 months.

MVP and Hardy lost the Tag-Team titles to John Morrison and The Miz in November, which led MVP to turn on Hardy, writing him off television so he could recover from a legitimate ankle injury. MVP went on to hold the WWE United States title for 343 days (which was a record at the time only to be broken later by Dean Ambrose), losing his title to Matt Hardy at Backlash in 2008.

#3 Test

Andrew Martin aka Test was a double champion for a really short time

One of the most surprising entries on this list is the late Andrew Martin aka Test. He did find some success in WWE but some fans still feel he could have been a bigger star. Test’s most memorable storyline in WWE has to be the romance with Stephanie McMahon, which ended with Stephanie ending up with Triple H instead.

Apart from that, a more overlooked moment in Test’s WWE career came at the end of November 2001 when he was briefly a double champion.

Test first teamed up with future Hall of Famer Booker T to beat The Rock and Chris Jericho for the WWE Tag-Team Championships on the November 1st episode of SmackDown. Interestingly, Test pinned The Rock clean to win the match for his team.

Check out the full match video below:

Less than a week after winning the Tag-Team titles with Booker T, Test challenged Edge for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on RAW. Test ended up beating Edge after using the referee to knock him off the top rope, making him a double champion for the only time in his WWE career.

Test had the goods to become a legit WWE main eventer. He was incredibly agile for someone with his build and languished in mid-card status for far too long than what he would have desired.

#2 Batista

Batista was briefly a double champion in 2005

"The Animal" recently announced his retirement from the ring following his WrestleMania 35 match against Triple H. Batista was one of the biggest stars WWE created during the Ruthless Aggression Era and ended up winning the world championship on 6 different occasions, whilst also triumphing in two Royal Rumble matches.

During his career, he was also a double champion for a short while – holding the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE World Tag-Team title at the same time.

‘The Animal’ won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after a battle against Triple H at WrestleMania 21. Later that year, Batista joined forces with fellow WWE legend Rey Mysterio to face the giant threat of Kane and The Big Show.

During the feud, Batista and Mysterio got a shot at the World Tag-Team Championships on the December 16th episode of SmackDown. They then defeated champions MNM to take home the titles, making Batista a double champion.

However, Batista and Mysterio didn’t manage to hold onto their titles for too long. They lost the title two weeks later on SmackDown in the rematch against MNM thanks to interference from the returning Mark Henry.

#1 Eddie Guerrero

Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero

The late great Eddie Guerrero became a fan favourite during the Ruthless Aggression Era and was one of the breakout stars of the time. His early run in WWE was hot and cold, but Eddie finally started to gather steam in 2003 and was part of a United States Championship tournament. He met Chris Benoit in the final at Vengeance 2003 and with a little help from Rhyno, managed to beat Benoit to win the United States Championship.

On the September 18th episode of SmackDown, Eddie and his nephew Chavo Guerrero challenged and beat the World’s Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) to win the WWE World Tag-Team Champions, adding Eddie to the list of Superstars who have held two title belts at the same time in WWE.

However, Eddie was only a double champion for around a month, losing the United States Championship to the Big Show at No Mercy in October. Things got worse 4 days later on SmackDown, where Los Guerreros lost the WWE World Tag-Team Championships to the Basham Brothers. The feud with the Bashams was what led to Chavo turning on his uncle later that year.

Eddie Guerrero later went on to win the WWE championship in 2004 against Brock Lesner, cementing his position as a main-eventer in the company.

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