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The secret history of phantom title changes: photos
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, `; W/ L) C5 v" k7 G* R- o2 lGreg "The Hammer" Valentine almost snuck into becoming the WWE Champion after this airplane spin on Bob Backlund knocked out the official.; f+ `6 O- R# t
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Backlund pinned Valentine, but "The Hammer" jumped up like he won. The official raised Valentine's hand in victory and gave him the title!
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9 K& o9 q- a& M. ?1 X7 f9 Y$ j" j6 _The confusion was later cleared up and the title returned to Backlund. The champion won a rematch, asserting himself as the true champion.
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The Rock 'n' Roll Express tried to re-capture the NWA World Tag Team Titles from "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez for several months.9 T- A3 g" R1 x* d
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, j$ v) @2 j# m d) q2 UThey regained the titles, but in a most unique fashion.
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+ V P& `: Q$ L. yWhen Rude left for WWE, the NWA aired a previous encounter between the two teams where Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson won, then introduced them as the new champions!0 c! a9 ]$ O/ t4 s Y+ C( L$ S6 t
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3 K' W/ m. p9 d9 ?, nDusty Rhodes wanted to teach Ric Flair all about "hard times" at Starrcade 1985.
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After the original official was knocked out, a second came in and counted Flair's shoulders to the mat, giving Rhodes the NWA World Title.
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The decision was reversed several weeks later, and Rhodes was forced to return the championship to Flair.$ ~0 o6 K$ X- C+ ~+ z9 W9 f
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Antonio Inoki won the WWE Title from Bob Backlund after unwanted interference. Inoki, in a show of sportsmanship, refused the title.
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# {) z: o; e* F, t4 eThe Hart Foundation were set to defend their World Tag Team Titles against The Rockers in October 1990.
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However, during the second fall of a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match, the top rope broke./ J2 b$ K2 V4 |2 X. W
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The rope was reattached before the third fall.
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The Rockers won the deciding fall and the titles, but WWE President Jack Tunney returned them to The Hart Foundation shortly after.
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3 l% B( g2 k9 t: O0 x1 @Pat Patterson unified the North American and South American Championships in 1979, becoming the first Intercontinental Title." Q2 i$ B! E; w: P) e
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Little information exists about the tournament he won to become the champion., K; {/ k4 x! E7 C$ q' V+ r
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$ e" B8 W$ h0 v7 \" p! lThere are just as few details available about the tournament Buddy Rogers won to become the inaugural WWE Champion.# G, V4 L" W5 r7 P) l: b9 @7 e( u7 c: I
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% V7 w. |; c% c+ Y6 DWe do know Rogers defeated Antonino Rocca in the final of the 1963 tournament in Rio de Janiero.
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# P! ? {# `" K/ k' q1 r& h9 p- mSick of Chris Jericho's verbal taunts, WWE Champion Triple H challenged Y2J to a match.9 ~! Z( C. d2 R4 X$ x; a
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Jericho agreed, as long as the title was on the line. He also hired The APA to watch his back during the bout.
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Jericho had seemingly captured the WWE Title. However, Triple H forced the official to reverse the decision and return the title to him.
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G3 I2 V# b# s' TThe Glamour Girls, Leilani Kai & Judy Martin, won the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles at a Live Event in Egypt. Few records, if any, exist of the event.
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