10 Lowest Drawing WWE Champions Of All Time

Obviously not in order because Eddie was by far the worst on every metric

>>2643266
They have them all correct, just in the wrong order imo.

1. Undertaker - lowest drawing WM in history, killed ratings/buyrates 50 times over, I could go into more detail but most of you already know why he's no.1
2. Punk - Buyrates and ratings fell so hard that Cena vs Laurinitis had to main event a PPV because they were that desperate. Business has been falling ever since.
3. Sid - Lowest drawing champion in history
4. HBK - nearly killed the wwf
5. Diesel - same as hbk
6. Bret - same as hbk
7. Miz - falling buyrates, ratings and killed the belt forever
8. JBL - ratings and buyrates fell like a stone
9. Benoit - same as JBL
10. Eddie - same as JBL

>>2643272
That would be Bret

>>2643266

Pretty interesting

Although some of the explanations seem a bit far fetched. So Bret was to small to be a believable champion and they gave it die Nash...who then draw even worse?!

CM Punk being a bad draw also answers the question, why he never main evented Mania and why Bryan only did it in a triple threat.

http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-10-lowest-drawing-wwe-champions-time?page=7


> Amazingly he held the title until Summerslam of that year, despite business arrowing down quicker than a lead weight. The Summerslam buyrate came in at 177,000 buys, again down from the previous year.

http://www.2xzone.com/wwe/buyrates.shtml#.WRdF59y1uUk

Summerslam 1997 was massivley up from last year the idiot who wrote the article looked at King of The Ring

>>2643347
I don't even know why people post shit from cuckculture. How many times does their revisionist history have to be pointed out?

CM Punk being on that list isn't really fair considering he wasn't even main eventing and the ratings and buys drop was because of Cena/Big Show/Ace main eventing instead

>>2643279
>ratings fell so hard that Cena vs Laurinitis had to main event a PPV
Fuck it anon I had purged this from my memory, feels like a long time ago

Honestly, Miz was the absolute lowest point for the WWE. Putting your fucking belt on a reality show guy is David Arquette-esque.

>>2643347
>whatculture
Using whatculture as a source.
KEK

>>2643281
>Bret was so bad that Vince routinely went back to him to right the ship

>>2643385
Miz lowered the bar to the point where anybody can be consider a title contender.

At least no dime drawing midgets like Eddie and Benoit were seen as tough guys.

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>>2643266
Cringe at CuckCulture

NWOWolfpackTV brings the facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtbNqpvUiw

>>2643266
>le bret didn't draw meme

>>2643266
#7 should be Cena, considering he got pushed over the champion and that's why he repelled dimes.

>>2643439
Cena saved the business after Triple H killed ratings post-Attitude Era.

>>2643336

Nash drew worse then Bret?

What reign?

After Nash had belt sure. Prior to Diesel having belt no.

I have never seen what culture, but what are their credentials?

>>2643453
They're pretentious smarks that worship Meltz

>>2643377
2011 was lowest bought SummerSlam in 14 years. More than fair.

>>2643266
>Cuckculture
Basically wrestling's Buzzfeed,
Fake news.

>>2643453
Often inaccurate/embellished/unfunny top 10 videos and terrible fantasy booking videos (including The Rock joining nWo in 2002) that get tonnes of views. They've had tremendous influence in making online smarks even more retarded and misinformed.

>>2643465
I love their reaction to final deletion. Clearly they fucking hated it, but as soon as they realized they were in the tiniest minority they changed their tune so quick under the guise of "we didn't get it at first".

Amazing.

>>2643385
“I've watched Gran Torino 15 times. Badass sells, not Men's fitness in trunks. WWE told the world that their shit is a work with The Miz as champ.” - Kevin Nash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BGI55lQomQ

>>2643279
Are you 12?

1 is objectively hbk

times where the company lost money

>>2643555
If they didn't make HBK go get help in 98 they would've lost the ratings war.

Everything went up after HBK left

>>2643266
state of cuckculture

the fact is many of these guys had to compete with WCW

its not fair to judge in a vaccum

you could put the title on Miz in 1999 and ratings would still be in the 5s

How is Dean Ambrose not even being mentioned?

>>2643632

Kevin Lowens did even worse
>but he wasn't WWE champion!

neither was Benoit

>>2643632
op's link is from 2014

this video is from 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfvu_SU7Wo

>>2643643
no

nobody has had a worse run than dean 1.87 ambrose

>>2643648
In this video you can find Rollins, Reigns and Owens

>>2643632

Because there are no real PPVs anymore and the drawing power atm has hardly any bearing on the finances of the company.

Which is probably one of the reason, why the product mostly sucks. They have no direct incentive to actually make it better so more people would want to watch it.

Diesel was a bigger draw than Shawn and the Shitman

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>vanilla midget tier
benoit
eddie
punk
hbk
miz
bret

wcw reject tier
sid
diesel

worked tuesdays tier
JBL

so the only odd one out is taker. why didnt it work?

>>2644448
Nice try Mr. Callaway. You're worked tuesdays tier too

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>>2643266
>WhatCulture

>>2643444
considering hhh isn't even in the list, he didn't kill the ratings as much as you phil

If Nash was a shit champion then why did he draw massive ratings and money in the same year he went to wcw?

>>2644448
Who is this woman? Does she have any nudes?

WHY. DO. ANY. OF. YOU. CARE??!

None of you are in the business. I'm pretty sure none of you have actual stock in the WWE. Why are there so many threads on this board obsessing over which wrestlers made the industry the most money? It's seriously none of yalls business and at the end of the day, none of you have any idea what you're talking about.

Are you people seriously going to discredit the talents of people like Eddie, Benoit, Hart and HBK because they happened to be on top during a down period? Ridiculous.

>>2643444
The ratings dropped because Rock and Austin left more than HHH being at the top. Anyone else as the guy in 2003/04 and the ratings look the same, maybe worse.

>>2644541
>getting worked into a shoot

>>2644541
we want what's best for business

>>2644513
because he was part of a group led by Hogan

>>2644541
Would you rather we talk in kayfabe? This website is 18+ my dude.

>>2644448
Who is this semen demon

>>2644541
While this statement is true, dont let yourself get worked so hard by these dweebs, your immaturity is shining through your posts

>>2643415
>>2643429
>>2643433
I didn't think there was anything worse than whatculture, but you somehow plumbs to new depths wolfcuc

>>2643444
Everyone abandoned WWE right after the invasion angle. That's not any wrestlers fault. And Cena kept repelling more and more fans from that point on.

>>2643387
>Vince went to his most tenured guy because all of Bret's predecessors had jumped ship to WCW

>>2643279
>2. Punk - Buyrates and ratings fell so hard that Cena vs Laurinitis had to main event a PPV because they were that desperate. Business has been falling ever since.

Why tell such obvious falsehoods on the internet?

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>>2644613
Bailey Jay
One of the porn GOATs

>>2643538
What? The only reason he won the belt in the first place was because he had MITB, and he only kept it due to shenanigans most of the time.

>>2643538
>Nash shading anybody on not being a badass

>>2644448
>>2644613
>>2644524
He's all fat now. Gross.

>>2644541
Same reason why /tv/ and reddit obsess over box office numbers - to validate their like for a shitty product.

>hahah, your favorite wrestler made less than mine! that means I'm better than you!

>>2644913
>not liking THICC Bailey Jay

gay

>>2644959
You people are the worst.

He's not thick, he's fucking straight up fat now.

I love this meme that the champion is the reason buyrates sink and not poor writing

Most of the guys in OP were stellar performers not used to their full potential in pants on head retarded angles. Hell, most of the payperviews during punks reign werent even main evented by him

Everyone is smarks now. The only reason anyone buys ppvs is good matches. If the wrestlers are shite people will not watch

>>2643336
Only an idiot thinks Brest isn't a believable champion, him, Austin and Hulk are the 3 most iconic people in WWF history. Bret was so iconic he got a Simpson's appearance a decade before it became a common part of the show.

>>2644513
Check out comments on wolfpacs video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtbNqpvUiw

goes into depth on how Nash revived WWF business prior to leaving for WCW using facts

>>2644554
Hogan wasn't drawing until Outsiders came. Try listening to WCW booker Kevin Sullivan for once in your life. Outsiders helped Hogan on promos, what to wear, convinced him to do jobs etc. all the while THEY were booking nWo. Sullivan says Outsiders could have killed off Hogan and made him look stupid but instead accepted him with open arms. He went from wearing cowboy boots to sneakers and bandanas to baseball caps. Nash/Hall want could've made Hogan look stupid if they wanted. It took Hogan at least 6 months to not need Outsiders cool factor.

>>2644716
I've actually learned a lot from Wolfpac. Dude knows his shit

>>2645004
>Bret was so iconic he got a Simpson's appearance a decade before it became a common part of the show.
lol kill yourself you delusional idiot

>>2644894
Clearly you have not seen Nash's long history of documented violence list that WolfpacTV complied. Makes you and your comment look stupid.

>>2645004
Bret more iconic than Bruno & Macho? sit down & shut up.

>>2643266
The real truth is there are very few actual true draws in wrestling that can make a wrestling company money. You can probably count them on two hands and won't have to go over 10.

>>2643643
When Benoit won the World Heavyweight Title it was far more prestigious than what became of it years later. Arguably it was THE TITLE even thanks to HHH and his reign of terror.

In all seriousness here, I think Hogan was the most consistent big draw wrestling has ever seen. I guess you have Bruno to but wrestling wasn't as mainstream with him.

Anybody outside of Hogan never consistently drew dimes for as long as he did and as much as he did. Yes Austin and Rock drew dimes but their time at the top wasn't nearly as long. Which is the point I am getting at here with Hogan.

Also with Austin who knows how long it could have lasted. His appeal was always going to decline eventually. He and Vince made each other. Without Vince Austin wouldn't have been as huge. Not even close. WWE wouldn't even be alive anymore. So Vince gets more of the credit than anything here.

With Rock its tougher to say. Him being in Hollywood obviously is a great perk for his drawing power but he never stays long enough for us to truly know. Were ratings when he came back and had his last title run even that great? I don't recall it being great actually.

Fact is, nobody is a better draw than based Kogan. NOBODY!

>>2644541
>Are you people seriously going to discredit the talents of people like Eddie, Benoit, Hart and HBK because they happened to be on top during a down period?

Yes?

>>2644961
kek, show me a pic

>>2643266

Terrible list as proven above. I do think Miz should've never been WWE champion.

>>2645048
kill yourself Wolfcuc

>>2644448
yet dumb smarks want more of their gimmickless indie darling vanilla midgets to have the belt, and think they know better than someone who made their indie shit into a billion dollar company.

vanilla midgets cant have the belt or this shit happens almost every time

>>2645188
>anti-smarklet /wwe/ babbies are THIS dumb

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>we will never again see a time where actual wrestlers in america are the draw and not just the brand
>saying someone you don't like isn't a draw will never be a true insult again because no one outside of japan actually draws anymore
damn shame. wwe was a mistake.

>>2643415
>>2643429
>>2643433

THIS.

What's the point in arguing about draws if your not going to post any numbers to back up claim.

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>>2645201
He's right though

>>2645201
He's right though

>>2645032
> in my opinion diesel's anti establishmentarianism gimmick
> in my opinion

So basically wolfcuc got this from IYH 6 being the only one not headlined by bret
Hmmm

The question is anyway, if you can really blame or praise the champion for everything.

If the champion is good, but all the rest of the program is shit, you won't see stellar buy rates either.

And if the champ is shit, but the rest of the program is really good, you probably won't see buy rates that are too bad either.

>>2645218
Can you not read? he provides numbers with sources to back up his opinion & then concluded it by saying:

The common denominator of...

- big houses being drawn in January 1996
- 3/15 in Hartford, CT being the best house except for WrestleMania in the Civic Center since 1990
- 3/16 in Landover, MD being the most dollars for a regular house show in the U.S. Air Arena since 1990
- record setting MSG shows on 3/17 & 5/19
- two best performing In Your House PPV's of 1996

...is they were all headlined by Diesel.

If you're going to try and discredit Wolfcuc at least bring some evidence to table to prove him wrong. I don't like the guy but he makes you look like an idiot.

>>2645230
also depends what storyline they give the champ. you could have made fucking tajiri champ and replaced the rock with him in the vince/rock/stone cold/angle storylines and he would have drew because that storyline was so good

most of the shit draws had no storyline to work with

>>2645233
Also all headlined by bret except the second highest IYH

How is that reading gimmick of yours coming along lad?

>>2645241
Again can you not read? As Wolfy said

“Diesel's final show at MSG, a cage main event against HBK on May 19, 1996 drew 18,800 (16,564 paying $319,411) - first time in 11 years that WWF had two straight MSG sellouts & first indoor non-PPV house in WWF history to top $300,000.” - Dave Meltzer [WON - 27th May 1996]

So no not just second highest IYH

>>2645241

You're a castrated mark now.

>>2645214
>>2645216
>so touched he replied twice

>>2645241
Funny how Diesel gets bad rap for not drawing in 1995 yet Bret Hart drew lowest PPV buyrate of 1995 against Sid in December.

Wrestlemania 96 headlined by Bret vs. HBK also drew lower than Wrestlemania 95 headlined by Diesel/HBK and Taylor/Bigelow

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>>2645218
>diesel's anti establishmentarianism gimmick
I'm not going to click on a wolfcuck video, but does he really push this as an actual thing outside of that shite, droning, worked shoot promo he cut on Vince the night after Survivor Series? He went back to bland boring old Diesel literally the Raw afterwards and didn't do anything at all different until his match with Shawn in May, yet this motherfucker tries to push it like a gimmick that drew dimes

>he thinks Sid wasnt a draw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl063TGydXw

Austinetty copied Sid's gimmik

Literally everyone not named:
Austin
Rock
Hogan
Cena

No one else has ever drawn even a single dime.

>>2645362
18+

>>2645342
>Austinetty copied Sid's gimmik

He also thinks, he has done much more than Ric Flair of Jerry Lawler.

The Dunning–Kruger effect on full display.

>>2645362
>Cena a bigger draw than Andre, Savage or Piper

>>2645373
>hogan fodder
>draws

>>2645382
Andre was a huge draw back when Hogan was jobbing to Rocky Balboa you underage turd

>>2645373
piper was never a draw

fucking kids

>>2645362
Bruno? Flair? Andre?

>>2645382
The Mega Powers exploding drew the highest buyrate and house show attendence of that era, fucking 18+.

>>2645388
They Live is still drawing today

>>2645330

Diesel give middle finger to The Undertaker at Royal Rumble 1996 for starters.

Also maybe go watch build up to Diesel vs. Owen Hart at IYH in December 1995

My god based Wolfpac continues to BTFO you guys to death

>>2645362

Bruno
Morales
Backlund
Macho Man
Batista

>>2645434
>Nash invented the middle finger

>>2645444
Serious question was Nash first to do it on WWE TV?

Was it done prior to Royal Rumble 96?

>>2645444
stone cold literally stole it and made millions with it

>>2645447
The Mountie

SummerSlam 1991

>>2645449
You're literally retarded

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>>2643650
>ratings = overall drawing

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>Reads Whatcuckold
Fuck off.

>>2645392
> flair
Lmao

>>2645449
>>2645449
because he's a million times better than Nash

>>2643453
they're complete garbage

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>>2646443
Austin is one of Kevin Nash's best friends and he think you're a faggot

>>2646505
And they both would agree that Austin was better LMAO