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The secret history of phantom title changes: photos( C }: e: h" w7 j1 [+ n$ r
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% l6 [( P# n) v( l% @Greg "The Hammer" Valentine almost snuck into becoming the WWE Champion after this airplane spin on Bob Backlund knocked out the official.1 k7 r; t, h6 l1 Z4 N
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0 k# ^0 j1 Q/ M7 fBacklund 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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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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# [- u! }4 s& u1 j; ^; { j7 ~/ eThe Rock 'n' Roll Express tried to re-capture the NWA World Tag Team Titles from "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez for several months." j+ K# O0 f+ w
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9 b; ~3 m5 @5 s: @They regained the titles, but in a most unique fashion.
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When 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!
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Dusty Rhodes wanted to teach Ric Flair all about "hard times" at Starrcade 1985.
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$ q* Z7 J* t% ]# m9 FAfter 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.
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; Q# X& v) ~, C; k2 Z Q* nAntonio Inoki won the WWE Title from Bob Backlund after unwanted interference. Inoki, in a show of sportsmanship, refused the title.6 s! ?) k8 C+ @) E% j
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The 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.. D8 Y7 ^7 u8 U' e4 @# C
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Pat Patterson unified the North American and South American Championships in 1979, becoming the first Intercontinental Title.' l; ^* F8 @: o- W
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Little information exists about the tournament he won to become the champion.( }: e8 n' D5 A7 K1 U6 {$ U. s
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There are just as few details available about the tournament Buddy Rogers won to become the inaugural WWE Champion.
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* w: M' X4 l3 @# ]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.( x2 p. ?! E2 a! U9 Z
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6 _+ ^0 `3 o7 n- @, k8 c! J7 cThe 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.7 j4 b1 j0 \% C4 D8 ?
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