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Hogan is not the best WCW champion. The only reign of his I would give him sole credit for is when he beat Flair in 94, and even that wasn't good because it was obvious he was brought there to take the belt from Flair. He was number 1 contender the moment he signed with WCW. That rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. That NWO crap carried Hogan through most of his WCW career. If NWO never happened, Bischoff would have had to cut him loose because Hulkamania version 2.0 just wasn't gonna work.

Goldberg having one title run is not shocking in hindsight. They ruined him with that win streak, and once he lost, everything people liked about him no longer existed. Mcmahon even gave him a chance years later and it just didn't really work. Goldberg isn't Goldberg unless he's undefeated.


Vader was a solid champ and literally carried the company through one of its dark periods(91-93). His feud with Cactus Jack deserved at least one title change. Instead, he keeps it and loses it to Flair when he returns. That was actually a good feud, but it completely derailed Vader's career here. There was nothing left for him to do.