10 Times Wrestlers Defended Another Competitor’s Title
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What happens when champions can’t defend their titles? Here are the rare times titleholders had their belts defended by other wrestlers!
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What happens in the world of wrestling when champions are unable to defend their titles? Here are ten rare occurrences when other individuals stepped up to put their own skills to the test and defend those coveted belts! When Were Championship Belts First Introduced in Wrestling? A championship in wrestling is the ultimate prize. With wrestling being almost as old as humanity, a physical representation of wrestling acumen has existed for millennia. Crowns of wreaths were given to winners of wrestling events in the first known Greece Olympics in 776BC. Since the first officially-recognized world heavyweight champion in wrestling – George Hackenschmidt, in 1905 – the industry has long used the concept for mainstream entertainment. Rare Times Wrestlers Defended Another Competitor’s Championship When a champion cannot defend their title, on rare occasions over the years, belts have been put on the line and were defended by other competitors. Here are ten such examples! 1. Big Van Vader Defends Rick Rude’s WCW United States Championship At Halloween Havoc ’92, Big Van Vader was Rick Rude’s proxy in defending Rude’s United States title.
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