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In Defense Of… The World Heavyweight Championship
A version of this article originally appeared on 411mania.com and was updated for the book IN DEFENSE OF… EXONERATING PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING’S MOST HATED. Learn more at https://www.jpprag.com
Certain people, events, organizations, and storylines in wrestling history have gotten a bum rap. Some writers have presented overtly critical comments and outright lies as fact, and others have followed suit. Well no more! “In Defense of…” has one reason: to bring the truth to the wrestling fan!
Intro
Some dame walked into my office and said…
Well, a long time ago I started working on an article that was about how to really become the Undisputed Champion of the World. I have a really great Excel spreadsheet that proves my point, but just needed to write the words around it. But after all my research, Stuart Carapola beat me to the punch by writing The History of the World Title (Part 1 — Part 2). It was a great read that made about 80% of the points I wanted to make.
This was especially discerning because “This Stillisntmyname” asked me three months prior to that:
