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| Nothing devalued that title like David Arquette in all honesty. But I agree the fingerpoke didn't help either. |
WCW had already started to move the belt around pretty quickly at times, but the Fingerpoke was where things really started to come apart in that regard. After the Fingerpoke and Hogan's reign, WCW became reliant on quick changes and shenanigans (belt being vacated, Nash awarding it to himself, Arquette, etc). By the point that Arquette held the belt, I think it it had lost most of the value it once held.
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| I don't see what difference that really makes. There isn't much to remember about the final 18 months of WCW. At least that title win get's people like us talking and if it wasn't for that title win then WCW would've died sooner. Not by going out of business, but by being a crappy promotion in which nothing intresting happened. Wrestling forums wouldn't be as dead as they are now if there was a champion like David Arquette.
The match in which he lost the belt was also very entertaiing. Which in my eyes makes his title reign more of a success than most, considering some World Champions put on shit match after shit match. |
I am going to wager a guess that you believe that any publicity is good publicity? Because "people taking notice" for something being very stupid and a bad idea is not a good thing.
If the E decided to make Donald Trump the world champ, it would get the media and fans talking. But not in a positive manner. It would be what Arquette was - cheap publicity that did harm in a fair number of ways.