10 Wrestling Champions Who Barely Defended Their Title
These wrestling champions didn't put their belts on the line much
5. Big Show - WWE United States Championship
The Big Show added to his impressive list of accolades when he beat Eddie Guerrero to win the WWE United States Title at No Mercy 2003.
Latino Heat had held the belt since Vengeance and had defended it routinely, including one instance where he defended both the US and Tag Team titles on the same night.
The World’s Largest Athlete wasn’t quite so regular with his own defences.
As 2003 came to a close, he had only defended the title twice – against Guerrero and Bradshaw – on non-televised house shows.
To be fair, he did defend the title on the road quite a few times in 2004, but you wouldn’t know it unless you were in a particular city on a particular night.
As far as televised defences, Big Show managed to successfully defend the title twice – beating Billy Gunn and Hardcore Holly on episodes of SmackDown.
It felt like a relief when John Cena dethroned the giant in the opener of WrestleMania XX, before setting about doing the hard work necessary to rehabilitate the neglected title’s image.
