Back in the Saddle: A Fine Song Title for the Disgruntled's Real World Champion(s) of Wrestling

*This blog post was started on February 1, 2024.

Lets see if I can at least get my blogging back on track. It seems my life or at least my mind is more of a mess than pro-wrestling. I better get right into the title histories right now.

The Current Disgruntled's Real World Champions of Pro Wrestling
Title Histories from September 24, 2023 Forward.

The 104th and Current Disgruntled's Real World Champion (Men)
AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe (2nd Reign)

His second reign began after defeating DRCW Real World Champion/AEW World Champion MJF on December 30, 2023.

Samoa Joe is a surprising champion. This is a bit ironic because there has not been a more legitimate looking heavyweight champion than him in the past 20 years. Brock Lesnar is now persona non grata to the business, but his reigns after his return to the business seemed very artificial. Kurt Angle should have solely put over Joe instead of being used to try and make TNA look like a competitor to WWE.

The biggest advantage to Joe as the champion is that whoever beats him will be a made man. Who cares if Cody Rhodes finishes his story? Roman Reigns is not going to be around to chase for the championship. Is there anyone in WWE right now who makes you legitimately fear for Cody's title reign?

Tony Khan should be declared the best booker of 2023 because he managed to course correct wrestling for all of those who knew the importance of the Ring of Honor style.

*This blog post was resumed on February 8, 2024.

I suppose I am pretty busy between Thursdays. It was my long night at the secondary job was Wednesday, so blogging was not my top priority. Friday was the eve of #FreePubTrivia's Tournament of Champions in Wrigleyville, so saving my energy was the goal of the night. Sunday and Monday were devoted to dealing with the sense of alienation and futility of existence that was featured in the prior blog post.

Of course, we can save the current head trip for next time. Though my memories from my wrestling career could lead to triggering events. Fortunately, I do not actually know any of the people who will be written about on a personal level.

It was a good thing to establish that Seth Rollins is not the Disgruntled's Real World Champion.

As an aside, I ended up composing this blog under the wrong blog (ninetyforchill.blogspot.com). This means that I copied the HTML to put this blog in the right location. Unfortunately, the original draft was deleted before I realized that I did not copy and paste the title. Thus, Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle" was not my original choice.

The 52nd and Current Disgruntled's Real World Champion (Women)
WWE's Women's World Champion: Rhea Ripley

Her reign began when Toni Storm defeated the AEW Women's Champion Jayme Hayter on May 28, 2023.

So, perhaps I am losing my credibility at least when it comes to talking about wrestling. WWE is not a product that I go out of my way to see. If *title/name redacted* did not need Peacock to catch the Buffalo Bills in December, I would not have watched the Royal Rumble.

I will fully acknowledge my tribalism. Personally, it is something that I think is necessary. If there are not rabid supporters on both sides demanding that their beloved product remains on TV, there would be no noise. No noise, no interest from the media conglomerates.

All I can say about women's wrestling is that AEW was a little too concerned with getting pops than building a strong champion. They did not want a heel to win the title from another heel in London, so they put the belt on Hikaru Shida to trade it back and forth with Saraya. And then it ended up back on Toni Storm to get over her new character.

As for WWE, Ripley is the most influential person in the best faction. There have not been many spectacular defenses, but she has left a mark. When it comes to the Smackdown side, I think they are lost since they are not focusing on their top athlete, Bianca Belair. Iyo Sky and Asuka are great champions, but they are only there to give Bayley a moment.

The 48th and Current Modern Poser Champion:
WWE Undisputed Universal Champion: Roman Reigns

His second reign began on August 30, 2020, winning it from Bray Wyatt.

The 155th and Current Real World Tag Team Champions:
TNA World Tag Team Champions: ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin)

Their reign began when they defeated The Rascalz for the Impact World Tag Team and DRCW Real Tag Team Championships on October 21, 2023.

This is a tough one to figure out. The build to Sting and Allin versus The Young Bucks makes the Bill/Starks reign worthwhile. I think it made sure we knew that Bill, the former Big Cassidy, was a force to be reckoned with and Starks will be treated as a top AEW guy. They were a frankenteam, but they were a fun team and actually allowed for more focus on the experimental American trios divisions.

The problem is that the Judgement Day first reign and FTR's most recent reigns ended on the same night. And, they both lost them to Duos instead of teams.

Chris Bey used his "Feast or Fired" to gain him and the partner he defeated the Motor City Machine Guns with another shot at the Impact Tag Team Championships. It was not a surprise cash in. They issued this challenge at Bound for Glory, and they were successful 16 days after issuing the challenge.

The 154th Real World Tag Team Champions
The Impact World Tag Team Champions: The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz Trey Miguel)

Their reign began when Big Bill and Ricky Starks defeated FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Champions on October 7, 2023.

This blog was resumed on February 25, 2024.

Let me get this typed and see what I need to recap. I last worked on this blog nearly three weeks. There was definitely the time to finish this off, but that was paid vacation from my primary employer. You bet I was going to sleep and drink as much as I could. Until B-Fest, my Letterboxd (cmdarth) demonstrates how much (or how little) that I accomplished.

But, it is good to take a break, and then be told I owe the Feds $400. It is a pain to correct that for next year (My secondary employer telling me that it would be easy to do from home proved false.). My research suggests that my accountant may have been wrong, but I do not want to argue with the guy footing that bill. And, to make a one percenter pay taxes...I do not feel too butt hurt.

All I can say that besides getting my Bluesky (@catbusruss.bsky.social) account set up (fun content, but not as friendly as Mastodon), I have this years promoting of "Ninety For Chill: The Podcast with CatBusRuss" figured out. If Reedpop would have communicated better, I may have gotten a panel set up for the show.

I was about to call that my only loss recently, but a good man was murdered by a coward with a gun. Brandon Hardway, let alone anyone, should have suffered like that. If you want to take a life, you better have the dignity to put your life on the line. We need stop giving the gutless a means to destroy with risk.

Please quit voting Republican.

New Year's Day: Easy U2 Reference, Difficult Championship Declarations

 *This blog post was started on January 5, 2023.

Right now I am trying to get caught up on the wrestling scene. I am still a bit ashamed that I missed AAW Wrestling's year end show. It is tough acknowledging that I am getting older, and of course today I realize year 43 is less than two months away. This leaves me to ponder if I am going to have the strength to handle all the events I am taking time off for.

This month is Joe's on Weed St's Trivia Tournament of Champions. Next month is B-Fest. The line up has not been issued. AAW in running back in their base building in Berwyn after B-Fest closes. That will be a challenge to sneak into the venue like the good old days. After the raffle at B-Fest, the features were very much skippable, so I might be able to swing it.

But, what if ThePoeticCritic wants to come along? When will I get to be the indie mark that I fancy myself as?

I guess I need to get into better shape to be able to manage this frantic life. The lease does not run up till May, so moving to the Windy City is not the ideal shortcut. If I got up there, everything would be nearby. With that, the drives home will not be that depressing. There is no time to sulk about my loneliness.

It feels like a pipedream, but if a friend who I never met in person can get people like myself to help with spur of the moment moving expenses, maybe there is hope. And there is always cashing out my retirement. I am in retail and not retail management. What is retirement?

So, that is where my head is at. Aside from seeing my current funds dissipate this week to pay them bills, there is no real pressure on me. I suppose I should just appreciate that. Perhaps I can resolve to write something every week beyond my blogs to promote "NinetyForChill: The #Podcast". It would be considered more appropriate than eating something Buffalo flavored daily or partaking in Snoop Dogg's philosophy (Smoke Weed Everyday). Then again, quit being so judgmental. If I will not let a god tell me how fucked I am, why am I doing that?

The Current Disgruntled's Real Champions of Professional Wrestling (As of January 3, 2023):

Let me be upfront. I am writing this as the preshow of Wrestle Kingdom 17 is playing in my peripheral. That is my biggest getting old moment of the past two weeks. Skipping a trip to Chicago for wrestling due to a hangover, that could be considered a fiscally wise move. Failing to watch WK17 because of the joy of sleep sounds kind of pathetic to me. Again, quit being such a harsh judge.

Please believe me, I made my best effort to watch it live. My workday for January 4 would start at 7:30 am. The January 3 agenda was to leave work, make dinner, smoke a bowl, and go to sleep. I was in bed at 6 pm. If I would have slept uninterrupted to wake up at 1 am, that would be seven hours of quality sleep. Too bad I woke up at 10 pm.

Another bowl was partaken, and I probably went back to sleep around 11:30 pm. I guess I was still stoned by 1:00, so bed sounded better than Omega vs. Ospreay. WrestleTalk said otherwise.

We are just getting through the match rundown for WK17. Honestly, kind of a lesser all around card than usual. Or, it only being one night limited the opportunities to be on the main card. Did we need the Keiji Mutoh match on the primary card? Jushin Thunder Liger was limited to the preshow. Give me LIJ challenging The House of Torture for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

I love the sheer amount of championships in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This means to be on the Tokyo Dome show, you have to be of championship caliber. If UFC can have 12 championships (excluding interim belt holders), why complain about eight in AEW (14 if you include ROH)?

Pinterest @MyDarthPrince

Spellbound: The Wizard and the Disgruntled's Real World Championships

*This blog post was started on November 2, 2022.

This blog post should serve as evidence as a proper, productive day. Oil change done, fat thawing out to fry up some wings therefore ending my four-day chicken fast, and my health benefits for the next year have been fulfilled. Hell, it seems I managed to stop Eva the Queen Kitty from licking her allergic wounds. What protein should she change to from chicken?

As I say that, she is taking another go at her scabby backside. It is like I am ironically writing that in to fruition.

If you want to know where my head is out, you best check out the blogs at MainEventOfTheDead.com. Hopefully, those rants will lead you to NinetyForChill: The Podcast.

But, with my Eva observation, I may as well bring up another coincidence. Driving to get my errands done, my iPhone decided to play Siouxsie and the Banshees instead of "Scream Drafts: High School Horror Mini Mega Draft". The song was "Spellbound". Spells are magic, and witches and wizards are masters of that. Here is hoping by the time I finish this post, the Disgruntled's Real World Championship maintains an association with wrestling's warlock. Otherwise, Alanis Morissette may as well have wrote this.

The Disgruntled's Current Real Champions (11/06/2022):

The 101st Disgruntled's Real Men's World Champion:
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho (3)
Reign began September 21, 2022.

So I had my issues getting back to the keyboard since the last Dynamite. My trivia excursion was a success on Thursday. As for Friday, it was difficult enough having the energy to make it to Rampage after the successful trivia night. Saturday was dedicated to paying my bills and then visiting my folks. That maybe a common theme with Mom heading to England, and Dad may enjoy the company.

After all of this, it is quite the relief from a blogger standpoint that Colt Cabana failed to defeat Jericho on Wednesday.

Do I have a bias against the WWE? Yes. If I did not, I would not have this blog maintain. AEW has had the best product from their inception until the Triple H regime took over. When I only have so much time to watch professional wrestling, do you think I would change my focus because Hunter is rearranging the board while maintaining the same pieces?

You can argue that Roman Reigns is currently the biggest star in the business. That is to WWE's detriment. He is rarely on TV and takes every other pay-per-view off. Turning him into a movie star will not help your company. WCW worked because of Hogan's failure.

Chris Jericho has defended his championship in less than two months enough times to equal half of Reign's challenges in the past two years. And with the number of defenses, he is the most active world champion.

You can say the AEW World Championship is more important, but it does not have the history of Ring of Honor and Moxley is focused on drama. This is a blog about praising wrestling over narrative. I am an indie wrestler. With a show a month, the wrestling better be good. Jericho is doing that biweekly and still delivers the drama.

The 49th Disgruntled's Real Women's World Champion:
AEW World Champion
Thunder Rosa (Her reign began on March 16, 2022)

Give Me the Prize: Download that Queen Song and the NEW Disgruntled's Interim Champion

*Blog post was started on June 10, 2022.

I am in a relatively good mood. It turns out that all of my stress may have been based out of financial concerns, but I ended up figuring that out. There is still a need to address my parents when it comes to what they are expecting from their 42 year-old son with no kids and a job that just pays enough but does not offer a retirement (The stock market is killing me right now as I stick around $1..., best not let Experian google me.).

Of course, trying to get home to do that when your job does not offer a set schedule can be a challenge. With Fan Expo coming up soon, I need to find out who is babysitting my big sister, so I guess I just have to deal with the gas prices. There is enough credit to get a scooter out right, but that does not necessarily build my credit?

I got to get my mind off of the money. This is something that I had just conquered. Live in the present I suppose.

And this present has lead us to a time where we are actually going to crown an Interim Men's World Champion. It is probably going to be a simple exercise, but with my brain, I can probably over complicate it.

The Actual Disgruntled's Men's World Heavyweight Champion

The most recent DRCW Interim Championship was established after Seth Rollins cashed in Money in the Bank. This reign is included in the Disgruntled's Real Men's World Championship title history, but this was the second time that I declared a Money in the Bank cash in part of the history. It is a cowardly way to earn the championship, because of that, I, as the Disgruntled, negated the other 19 people who have won this way.

With hindsight being 20/20 (One more reason why we should have known to wear mask and get vaccinated. The year told us to think of 1918.), I went back to offer alternative champions. Tony Khan is making the wise decision to state his own interim champion, but for a mark, we have four other champions who may be better than a soon to be glorified number one contender. Thus, it is time to figure out who is the current champion in waiting.

Is it ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham?

FMK: Seth Rollins, Lucha Underground and the Interim Real World Championship

 #MeToo and the Disgruntled’s Real World Champ Part 4 

*Blog post started on November 19, 2020. 

I am seeing my blog post views trend downward. It is either because I am a shit writer or people have better stuff to do. The latter is what I am leaning towards, which is a good thing...I think.

My hesitance about the quality of people being busier is because of the obvious increase in COVID-19. The old stomping grounds is not taking the outbreak seriously which is making me further appreciate my feeling that I have outgrown the debauchery I so enjoyed. But as I complain about the news cycles and in turn the country being in a holding pattern, envy of them finding stuff to do to take their mind off of the monotony is present with me.

This corona virus would have been more appropriately fallen on the year 2222. Everything has a catch. COVID was probably in a "damned if I do, damned if I do not" scenario. If we do not start listening to Greta Thunberg or keep pushing China and Iran around, will there be a 2222? "Alien" occurs in 2122 and "Alien Resurrection" shows there was not much of it by 2379.

It occurs to me that my Isolation (Yes, it is a bit of a stretch for a "Alien" transition.) might be what is making me feel that everyone else is having fun but me (Please get back to me Soccer Planet.). Too bad the latest dating prospect was talking about not being able to go home and COVID related symptoms. Maybe I just need to clean up my apartment to host my coworkers or blokes in Champaign/Urbana who already have podcasts over to make some content (I think my movie pod is still unique enough.). That would definitely feel like a better use of time than dealing with conservatives who are migrating to Parler, but need to stick it to The Squad. Assholes like:

1. @skipmcq
2. @drcubano89
3. @tideintejas
4. @bandanadeb
5. @terrijdunkley
6. @artyfischal0101
7. @kenwebsterII 

When I counter troll, I usually try to get about ten of these shitheads into a tweet. To get on the tits of seven of them and to be presumed as a servant of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it feels like I am doing something right. They all claim my actions were pointless while denying the reasoning of why I am asking them not to be twats. To see those above conversing about me, I am just a guy trying to make people actually be social on the Internet.

So, this blog has covered two of the three sides that make me up. I may throw a cat pic up there to cover half of my simplest self description. As for a tat pic to express the other half, just visit Harshside.Blogspot.com.

The remaining third of my internet presence is pro wrestling and being its sanctioning body that determines the Real Champions and the titles's lineages free of vacancies, and hopefully cheap wins. Cheap wins being the problem this blog will address.

 

WrestleMania 31 - Santa Clara - WrestleMania: Press Play

Miz the Nugget: Money in the Bank and Distguntled's Interim Real World Champions

*Blog post started on October 30, 2020.

I really need to pick up the output of movie reviews. There is just no balance in my writing. This political holding pattern sucks, so long-winded satire is not available.

Well, I could go on about the asshole Dan Roth (@Dan12R) who went off the rails about how Trump had done everything to stop COVID-19 that could be expected by any leader in response to this tweet:

Does anyone else find it odd how the #rightwing opposes evolution, but find natural selection viable when it comes to the economy?

#TrumpVirusDeathToll275K #TrumpVirus #KAG #MAGA

@sfewp @Dan12R @hawkdoc82 @_patriot26 @w_jamie @southercharme7 @paulbenick77

@Dan12R decided to write a thread about the hashtags, and not contest the question. Perhaps he did somewhere in the 12 tweet thread. It is difficult enough to endure myself going around in circles to justify the arguments my blogs feature. He has yet to respond to my retort.

Call me a rando. It is better than being a #hateful #Hypocrite who follows the #compassionate who promote the betterment of this society but because they inconvenience you or disagree with your judgemental faith, you must shut them down. Hope you overcome your inferiority complex.

If you need context to the challenges of his faith, "Conservative Christian" is the first title he provides on his Twitter profile.

*Blog post restarted on November 4, 2020.

So where is my head at after election night? I am doing all right. We will have a better idea after I spend the second half the day in Morton. Here is to hoping Mom wanted to cut herself off from the coverage like she did in 2016 to be surprised when she picked up my depressed and distraught older sister from her overnight shift to know that the result was the one she wanted.

I know my Facebook is for the most part stressed out. There has been a lot of unfollowing of HOI residences (current and former) who are discrediting protesters who know that we are about to the point of needing to end the Trump nightmare by any means necessary. It leads me to wonder how working at a gym had become so lucrative or where in Naperville or Arlington Heights an uber jock landed.

*Blog post restarted on November 5. 2020.

The only problem with my trip home was that my phone upgrade went and deleted all my tweet drafts for @maineventzombie. I do not think that I will ever forget about my butt plugs and vodka haiku, but it took a bit of work to get out my promotional tweets for my blog network. In the end, Dad would rather hangout an watch AEW with me than watch Tucker Carlson with Mom. At least that marriage is balanced.

And that is a fortunate transition to the state of the wrestling business. Well the businesses past which a lot of people still long for in wrestling. By bringing up the revival(s) of the DRCW Interim Real World Championship, I hope to convince a few of them to keep looking to the future.

 

Money in the Bank: Is the Pop Worth the Invalidation?

 

Rarely do we ever get any great championship runs by those who have successfully cashed in the briefcase. John Cena took it back from Edge. Edge ended up forfeiting his second cash in to the Great Khali. CM Punk did not get to lose the championship for the sake of an angle. Alberto Del Rio dropped the belt back to Punk. It was not till The Miz took his victory into WrestleMania that a MITB winner could prove their quality, but even then, his primary feud was with Jerry Lawler who was preoccupied with Michael Cole. Thank the gods for that event's nostalgia pops.

Fortunately for WWE, they only had a two-year stint when there were not two champions to cash in on. This means that, at least one champion can always be considered legit. WrestleMania can also shine any turd which is why Seth Rollins and The Miz are former DRCW Real World Champions. But, there can be an argument when you have two or three alternatives. We should do better than something we would prefer to be flushed.

The Revived Disgruntled's Interim Real World Championship:

1st Revived Disgruntled's Interim Real World Champion:

NWA World Heavyweight Champion Colt Cabana (March 19, 2011 to April 23, 2011)

 

I know I concluded the "A Belt for the IWC? The Disgruntled’s Real World Champ - Part 3" with wondering why the NWA had not gotten their act together, but I was looking forward to the following holder of the "10 Pounds of Gold" instead of the champion of the time. Cabana won it from his greatest rival in Adam Pearce who had held the title for over the year. Pearce ended the 505-day reign of a legend in Blue Demon Jr. Cabana was not the man playing indie politics (The Sheik II was), so why overlook him?

Queen of Wednesday, the 1998's Interim King, and the Screwjob Was a Work

 *Blog post started on October 28, 2020.

Oh the things you will write about when time crawls. And a stimulus will not occur till January at the earliest if ever. I just need the traffic. Too bad my station has a tablet and desktop at it. It would definitely look like I am not doing my job to have a laptop out on top of that.

On top of coming up with stuff when time is crawling, I have gotten myself into a situation where I need freshish wrestling takes. My "Ring Draft - Monday Night Raw 2020 - I Can Book with That" post held up pretty well (Just one more episode will prove I am a soothsayer.) from the time it was posted to when I started tweeting that out, but when I do not engage with the WWE product directly (Tony Khan needs those numbers.), I am starting to question my expertise on the business as a whole. My failure to use my remaining vacation days to catch indie shows does not help, but NJPW World still needs my time.

For my readers who solely follow MainEventoftheDead.com (I may need to spread out my promotional tweets over all for of my Twitter handles (@russthebus, @catbusruss, @ninetyforchill...I suppose this one should get a third of them for the accompanying website NinetyForChill.com, but my primary website needs @maineventzombie.), I do need to provide a decent amount of content per post to warrant the forwarding on to a sister site (like Russ's Remnants of Anime or Disgruntled Real Championship Wrestling). Fortunately, there has been a wrestling title change that needs to be addressed before I tell you why Bret Hart was not screwed in 1997, at least in terms of his WWF departure.

The 47th Current Disgruntled's Real World Women's Champion:

AEW World Women's Champion Hikaru Shida (Reign began on 10/25/2020):

After the lengthiness of the Bayley versus Sasha Banks storyline and a near five-star match to conclude Bayley's reign, I understand if you think this is the wrong decision. Especially after acknowledging that I am a devotee of AEW. Obviously, I must ask you to hear me out.

Banks has never defended her championship successfully since NXT five years prior. Hikaru Shida's defeated the best big woman, Nyla Rose, to earn the championship and proved to be superior than NWA's champion, Thunder Rosa. The word on the street is Thunder Rosa has signed with WWE, so they cannot trade wins, so AEW has themselves a more legitimate champion than a past Real Women's Championship. Banks can blame WWE talent relations for me not choosing her.

Time is definitely going to tell when it comes to who is the better champion, but I think Bank's reign cannot end before Shida's to take this title.

Now, I would like to suggest that Io Shirai may have a better claim than Banks. When then NXT champion Shayna Baszler won the triple-threat match between the past two champions, Becky Lynch and Bayley, it showed that the NXT title should be on the same level as Raw's or Smackdowns. But, she failed to hold the title longer than the other title holders and falling to Lynch at WrestleMania. With no title being on the line at the past Survivor Series, what were the real stakes?

You can refer to my "The OCHO or the Disgruntled's Real Secondary Championship" and say that I made Roderick Strong a part of that history because of his success at the 2019 Survivor Series over WWE's US and IC champs. But, the champions he beat lost their titles before he lost his. He proved that his reign as North American Champion was not a fluke. Hence, Baszler did not elevate her championship, so Io Shirai cannot qualify yet.

When it comes to the other gender's Disgruntled's Real Champion, it all depends on what you believe in terms of kayfabe. Did Bret screw Bret? I think his pay days say otherwise.

"Wrestling with Shadows" Is a Docudrama at Best.

I was doing my damnedest to cheer on WCW through out the rest of the Monday Night War. It was difficult come the Russo Era of that company, but I was also spending my late teens and early 20's at home on Friday nights to watch "ECW on TNN". That was the promotion I dedicated myself to, so hoping for the fall of WWF while enduring two awful hours of television on Mondays was bearable as I looked forward to Friday to wash it all away.

This all also shows I am a bit odd for choosing not to party with my friends in the name of the lead in to "Roller Jam". If only "American Pie" did a better job emphasizing the importance of getting laid.

I guess I never transitioned back to normal immature stuff. By the start of my sophomore year, wrestling was what I wanted to do with my life. There was no point getting hooked on Peoria tail when the action was in Philadelphia. Also, being a Sega Dreamcast mark made things easier along side the awful FMW tapes. And when you are watching tapes multiple times, you start to see things you are meant to.

Like Julie Hart trying to become eligible for an Oscar as she berates Hunter Hearst Helmsley after the screwjob occurs. Or the sound quality of the hidden microphone. Every overly prepared interaction when the camera was rollingbrvm. I can go on and on, but it all comes back to the first lesson Danny Daniels taught me about pro wrestling.

Everything is a lie. You lie about everything. Do not put yourself in a position to hurt yourself. You lie to the crowd. You lie about the money you make.

It is interesting looking back on this. These paraphrased teaching came from a lesson about taking the buckles. Primarily, do not actually connect with them. He did not have an answer to our obvious question, "How else did Bret make it look so good?"

The Interim Disgruntled's Real World Championship

By saying that the Montreal Screwjob was a work, the title had changed hands in a legitimate match. It was a bullshit finish, but that does not disqualify Shawn Michaels from having a claim to the DRCW World Championship. I think Shane Douglas is more deserving of the title when Hogan lost it at Starrcade 1997, but his reign having so few defenses  in spite of the length means another DRCW belt needs to be created.