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| 10. Jeff Jarrett 12-20-99 to 4-10-00: Say what you will about Jarrett but he and Sid carried WCW on their backs for the first 3 months of 2000. Jarrett was a rare sign of stability around this time. |
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| 9. Nikita Koloff 8-17-86 to 7-11-87: Koloff's big run in the NWA. Won the title at the end of the famous best of 7 series with Magnum T.A. |
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| 8. Tully Blanchard 7-21-85 to 11-28-85: A little out of Tully's range as he was more of a tag team and Television Title guy. He pulled off his transitional reign really well and lost the belt back to Magnum T.A. in one of the best cage matches ever. |
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| 7. Sting 6-18-95 to 11-13-95: Won the title in a tournament final against Meng. Had a nice little run with the belt before ultimately losing it to a dud in Kensuke Sasaki. |
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| 6. Diamond Dallas Page 12-28-97 to 4-19-98: A really good run with the belt as he spent most of his time defending against Raven and Chris Benoit in good matches. Also had a nice little match against Sting for the World Title on Nitro. This run easily marked the height of DDP's popularity. |
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| 5. Barry Windham 5-13-88 to 2-20-89: Windham was arguably the best worker in the world during this reign. |
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| 4. Ravishing Rick Rude 11-19-91 to 12-92: Probably the best run of Rude's career. He had the working boots on for this entire reign. It was a shame to see it end in injury. |
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| 3. Eddie Guerrero 7-27-03 to 10-19-03: The first champion when the WWF decided to bring the belt back. Eddie did a lot to establish the belt only to have it torn down by the WWF almost immediately. |
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| 2. Steve Austin 12-27-93 to 8-24-94: Good heel run for Austin as the champion. Showed some real promise. |
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| 1. Bill Goldberg 4-20-98 to 7-06-98: You'll probably disagree with this but that's ok. This reign showed what a secondary title should be for. It took an up and comer and allowed him to grow into the role of a champion before moving on to bigger and better things. Plus it's one of the few times that the U.S. Champion destroyed the World Champion. There would've been some real prestige added had they not fumbled the ball over and over with Bret Hart afterwards. |