June 6, 2017

Cases when belts weren't defended within 30 days

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ChaseXtreme 6 hours ago#1
Companies usually use this as an excuse to vacate a belt, but there are numerous cases where this didn't apply. Brock Lesnar won his title on April 2nd and it been slightly over two months.
What other cases can you think of?

These are ones that came to my mind:

Hogan has multiple cases during the NWO run. He defended WCW title to Flair on August 15, 1996 and didn't defend it again until October 27 that year. After that, not until January 25, 1997. A month later in February 23, he didn't defend again until August 3. When he won it again on August 9, he didn't defend until November 24.

NWO's Outsiders also went quite a few months with the Tag Titles in 1997. February - June I believe.

Triple H won the 2016 Rumble which had Roman Reigns's title on the line on January 24. He didn't defend until March 12.
The_Fek2005 6 hours ago#2
Didn't Moolah go literal years without defending it?
Mr_Yooj 6 hours ago#3
Literally right now.
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DeathX2270 6 hours ago#4
Dean Ambrose's US Title run when he was in the Shield
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dodgerfan31 6 hours ago#5
DeathX2270 posted...
Dean Ambrose's US Title run when he was in the Shield

This
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ad_Talking_He 6 hours ago#6
The rule isn't you have to defend it every 30 days, it's that you have to vacate it if you're unable to defend it within 30 days. It's really not hard to grasp. 

if Brock was booked he'd be able to defend it so he doesn't need to vacate it.
mrlowrider 6 hours ago#7
ad_Talking_He posted...
The rule isn't you have to defend it every 30 days, it's that you have to vacate it if you're unable to defend it within 30 days. It's really not hard to grasp. 

if Brock was booked he'd be able to defend it so he doesn't need to vacate it.

People religiously fail to grasp this
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J03can 5 hours ago#8
ChaseXtreme posted...
Triple H won the 2016 Rumble which had Roman Reigns's title on the line on January 24. He didn't defend until March 12.

I was ringside for that March 12 defense and it was the best match I've ever seen live. Roadblock (not end of the line) was amazing
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ad_Talking_He 5 hours ago#10
J03can posted...
ChaseXtreme posted...
Triple H won the 2016 Rumble which had Roman Reigns's title on the line on January 24. He didn't defend until March 12.

I was ringside for that March 12 defense and it was the best match I've ever seen live. Roadblock (not end of the line) was amazing


Yeah that match was really good and easily the best Triple H match since... Bryan? And his other matches since haven't come close either.

It's odd really because Triple H doesn't have a good track record with wrestlers on his level or below, he can only truly have great matches with people better than him, but yeah Ambrose and him just clicked.
a g 5 hours ago#11
Wasn't Shawn Michaels forced to defend his european championship against HHH in a grueling match because of the 30 days rule
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Remember when Primo and Epico were stripped of the titles for not defending them in 30 days?
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ChaseXtreme 4 hours ago#15
ad_Talking_He posted...
The rule isn't you have to defend it every 30 days, it's that you have to vacate it if you're unable to defend it within 30 days. It's really not hard to grasp. 

if Brock was booked he'd be able to defend it so he doesn't need to vacate it.


Titles have been stripped just for not being defended before. It happened to the WCW tag titles in late 1998.
ad_Talking_He 4 hours ago#16
wow 19 years ago in a different company, a company widely derided for changed its rules so much it couldn't keep track of them. compelling
ad_Talking_He posted...
wow 19 years ago in a different company, a company widely derided for changed its rules so much it couldn't keep track of them. compelling

WWE is no different. The rule is what they need it to be. Trish held the Women's title despite being injured half the year. Steve Austin had to vacate the IC title because he refused to defend it before Wrestlemania.
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spudY2K 4 hours ago#18
When Bruno Sammartino legitimately broke his neck in the ring. He was back to defend the title 2 months later and that was actually the only time in his 11 years as champion where he didn't defend it for more than 30 days.
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a g posted...
Wasn't Shawn Michaels forced to defend his european championship against HHH in a grueling match because of the 30 days rule


Oh come on, we all know this was just Slaughter's attempt at breaking up the bad boys.
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ad_Talking_He 4 hours ago#20
sith_acolyte15 posted...
ad_Talking_He posted...
wow 19 years ago in a different company, a company widely derided for changed its rules so much it couldn't keep track of them. compelling

WWE is no different. The rule is what they need it to be. Trish held the Women's title despite being injured half the year. Steve Austin had to vacate the IC title because he refused to defend it before Wrestlemania.


"because he refused to defend it" - you realise that undermines your point? Anyway, regardless I agree with you. Like all "rules" in this fake sport they're open to artistic license to get the desired effect. It amuses me when people point out Brock or whoever haven't defended the title for 30 days, like they've got WWE in a legal bind they can't get out of.
gl83 3 hours ago#21
Assuming no one cashes in the Women's MITB briefcase immediately, Naomi will have gone 3 months or so without a title defense.
ad_Talking_He posted...
sith_acolyte15 posted...
ad_Talking_He posted...
wow 19 years ago in a different company, a company widely derided for changed its rules so much it couldn't keep track of them. compelling

WWE is no different. The rule is what they need it to be. Trish held the Women's title despite being injured half the year. Steve Austin had to vacate the IC title because he refused to defend it before Wrestlemania.


"because he refused to defend it" - you realise that undermines your point? Anyway, regardless I agree with you. Like all "rules" in this fake sport they're open to artistic license to get the desired effect. It amuses me when people point out Brock or whoever haven't defended the title for 30 days, like they've got WWE in a legal bind they can't get out of.

He refused because they didn't want him to lose before his World title match against HBK. They book the rule how and when they need to. Like I said.
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No one remember that Stephanie McMahon didn't defend the womens title for like 3-4 months?
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BudDupree48 3 hours ago#25
brock lesnar doesn't even have a title reign until he defends it, I don't know how anyone can say he's had it for two months without even defending, it's a f***ing travesty
ChaseXtreme 3 hours ago#26
ad_Talking_He posted...
It amuses me when people point out Brock or whoever haven't defended the title for 30 days, like they've got WWE in a legal bind they can't get out of.


You are reading way too much into this.
GameGearFear 3 hours ago#27
BudDupree48 posted...
brock lesnar doesn't even have a title reign until he defends it, I don't know how anyone can say he's had it for two months without even defending, it's a f***ing travesty

He's had it for 2 months without defending it, that is a fact. You can be mad all you want, but like Hogan unless there's worthy challengers he doesn't have to show up.
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BudDupree48 3 hours ago#28
if someone held the title for a year without defending it, would you consider it a title reign. You people disgust me defending a wrestler that doesn't give a f*** about you or the business
hulkhogan1 3 hours ago#29
ITT: People don't realize that title defenses at house shows do count.
BudDupree48 3 hours ago#30
LMAO you think brock does house shows
goofdude 2 hours ago#31
mrlowrider posted...
ad_Talking_He posted...
The rule isn't you have to defend it every 30 days, it's that you have to vacate it if you're unable to defend it within 30 days. It's really not hard to grasp. 

if Brock was booked he'd be able to defend it so he doesn't need to vacate it.

People religiously fail to grasp this



hasn't he been doing house shows as well?
CourtofOwls 1 hour ago#33
BudDupree48 posted...
LMAO you think brock does house shows


DeathX2270 posted...
Dean Ambrose's US Title run when he was in the Shield


or even the last IC title run where he was defending it 5 times a week but only 3 times total on TV

the rock didn't defend the title for 48 days between elimination chamber and WM 29
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mrlowrider 1 hour ago#35
gl83 posted...
Assuming no one cashes in the Women's MITB briefcase immediately, Naomi will have gone 3 months or so without a title defense.

She defended it against charlotte on Smackdown when the welcoming committee was formed. Couldn't have been more than six weeks ago, no?
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mrlowrider posted...
ad_Talking_He posted...
The rule isn't you have to defend it every 30 days, it's that you have to vacate it if you're unable to defend it within 30 days. It's really not hard to grasp. 

if Brock was booked he'd be able to defend it so he doesn't need to vacate it.

People religiously fail to grasp this

Because it's untrue?

Wait, let me rephrase... It may be true now, but it definitely wasn't before, and was explicitly stated as such multiple times.

Nfi what the current rule is.
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mrlowrider 1 hour ago#37
Is Brock supposed to book his own defenses? Have you been promised a match that Brock no-showed?

And if you b**** that sometimes champs give people shots, well there you go, it's artistic license and it's whatever they want it to be
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gl83 32 minutes ago#38
mrlowrider posted...
gl83 posted...
Assuming no one cashes in the Women's MITB briefcase immediately, Naomi will have gone 3 months or so without a title defense.

She defended it against charlotte on Smackdown when the welcoming committee was formed. Couldn't have been more than six weeks ago, no?


-End of April was when she faced Charlotte
-May there was no title match due to the 6-person tag at Backlash
-June we have the MITB match

So, unless there is a quick cash-in, Naomi would have gone 3 months between title defenses.
ad_Talking_He 31 minutes ago#39
Have you emailed WWE and informed them they should strip her?
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goofdude 26 minutes ago#40
house shows count
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