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The most controversial nights in the WWE Championship's history: photos
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2 c/ c& v2 H% ^" ?. HRumors regarding Bret Hart's WWE contract were swirling before his WWE Title defense against Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1997.( ~& f: w) f' }% H5 k3 E/ h; T
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8 d& F; C3 T: e7 ^/ @It was said that the "Hit Man" was considering jumping ship to WCW.
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5 m/ e# [5 t5 k3 k- j+ JMichaels shocked the WWE Universe when he put Hart in his own Sharpshooter.7 Z7 O7 L9 l% U+ s4 x7 u: ^
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The incident in Montreal made Hart so sour toward WWE that he didn't appear with the company until 2010.
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Chris Jericho got himself a WWE Title match with Triple H thanks to a few carefully placed insults toward The Game's wife, Stephanie McMahon.
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! q. g ?8 g/ ^: f/ S% qY2J may have regretted those insults briefly when The King of Kings was on offense.
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5 N5 l* _$ M6 } M- }2 IWith The APA in his corner, however, keeping any interlopers from meddling in the contest, Jericho quickly gained the upper hand.
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One Lionsault later and Jericho had captured the WWE Championship.' w: a& }. |& M4 m
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But Triple H later used his influence to coerce the official to reverse his decision.
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The Game had his beloved championship back only minutes later.
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Andre the Giant shocked the world by defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWE Title in February 1988.
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But a ruse was quickly uncovered when it was revealed that The Million Dollar Man had hired twin officials to ensure "The Eight Wonder of the World" won.0 R+ i( {" W" t. Y+ ~3 e& S
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7 c" R4 Q: V! \6 xThat was because Andre had promised the millionaire that he could buy the WWE Championship upon his victory." t8 j) p; V& }
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Though DiBiase gloated on this night with the title around his waist, the championship was quickly vacated.
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Mankind wanted to be Mr. McMahon's "corporate champion" as he prepared for the WWE Title tournament at Survivor Series 1998.5 N. B( d( y4 N, Z: u2 x& U1 \
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However, Mr. McMahon and his son Shane had their hand-picked champion in The Great One.
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The end of the bout played out just like in Montreal one year earlier.
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L8 l" D F: q; TJohn Cena tried to keep CM Punk from leaving WWE with the WWE Title at Money in the Bank 2011., b, A$ d, L2 |2 h/ j* A5 x' T/ l5 g
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The WWE Chairman did everything he could to get the title back.
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Blowing Mr. McMahon a kiss, Punk bolted out into the Chicago night, having gotten one up on WWE's Chairman.
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, j* v+ c# U; w" j' y% \2 G+ Z/ j% f/ YRey Mysterio and Cena battled over the new WWE Championship a few weeks later on Raw.
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Greg Valentine accidentally knocked out an official while airplane-spinning Bob Backlund in a WWE Title Match.
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Though Backlund pinned "The Hammer," Valentine celebrated and the official surprisingly gave him the championship. The WWE Title was held up, and Backlund won it back one month later. |
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