10 WWE Title Reigns That Only Lasted 1 Day
10 very, very short WWE title reigns
1. Kane - WWE Championship - June 28-29, 1998
King of the Ring 1998 will forever be known as that time a zombie chucked a bloke in a Hannibal Lecter mask off the top of a giant metal box.
But there was more to this night than just Mick Foley’s tooth going up his own nose.
In the show’s main event, Steve Austin was wrestling Kane in a WWE Championship First Blood Match. If The Big Red Machine was unsuccessful, then he would set himself on fire.
Glenn Jacobs avoided self-immolation by winning the match and the title. Then, on the next episode of Raw, he dropped the belt back to Austin like nothing had ever happened.
Maybe this would have been ok if Kane had ever become WWE Champion again, but this was his one and only run with the company’s biggest prize.
Sure, he was World Heavyweight Champion and ECW Champion, but he would never get his gloved hands on the WWE Championship ever again.
Well, at least he didn’t have to set himself on fire, eh?
