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Post by Vanimal on Feb 23, 2021 23:36:59 GMT -5
Who do you consider the first wrestler to hold the Heavyweight title long enough or had a meaningful reign that MADE your championship? I ask because such a reign is going on now in my online reboot. Lord Nexus is closing in on a year long reign with seven title defenses (won from Thantos, Exo-King, Krakan twice, Bounty Hunter twice, Spike, Comrade Terror) in 2090. He enters Galactic Wars (my G1) as champion and will clear a year if he retains until GalactiMania IV.
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Post by throwingtoasters on Feb 24, 2021 0:56:37 GMT -5
Ironically, Torin Caelum in the very first GALAXIAN CHAMPIONSHIP reign held it for 32 Cards. That really solidified it. In modern years, Shayne has held it for 75, a record I don’t see being beat anytime soon.
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Post by Vanimal on Feb 24, 2021 1:54:58 GMT -5
Ironically, Torin Caelum in the very first GALAXIAN CHAMPIONSHIP reign held it for 32 Cards. That really solidified it. In modern years, Shayne has held it for 75, a record I don’t see being beat anytime soon. Shayne has done some amazing things in my fed. He's notorious for coming back in Iron Man matches (twice he's made a comeback win - Endgame & Overmaster), given up more championships than Shawn Michaels, and won 2 Impossible Tournament. EDIT - I originally ended this by saying he (Shayne) did nothing with the GWF title in my fed. I completely forgot the 6 month title reign that ended in the Rigel Rumble because GODSEND demanded the title be on the line. My bad.
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Post by wayne on Feb 24, 2021 2:45:27 GMT -5
For me Omega made his mark on the Heavyweight belt. In my early classics he probably only held it for 30-35 cards but seeing as I only initially ran 12 cards a year it meant he reigned for 2 to 3 years. In later years my year moved to 48 cards. Thantos managed something like 70 cards as champ which was amazing. Bit tainted by interferences. In those days he often brought a villain ringside and the GWF rarely stood up to him. Even better than that though and what really put the IP belt on the map was the Matador holding it for almost 100 cards. He just didn't ever lose but just missed that magical number. Just recently Supernova brought respect to the Ladies belt (I am in 2104) with a 60 ish card reign
There are plenty really short reigns in my history too though. The belts can be like a hot potato sometimes
It's strange how feds can be so different. Lord Nexus was a big under achiever for me. He has legendary respect but never captured the big one. Even his famed Titan Power team with Billy Jo Boxer yielded only 1 tag triumph. But they lost the belts in their first defence. In my fed if a guy or team doesn't make at least 1 successful title defence I don't recognise the reign (I picked that up from Tom).
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Post by TTX on Feb 24, 2021 7:17:38 GMT -5
Spike's 2.5 year title reign. I'd go with Torin Caelum if I had truly started with classics but that came later.
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Post by Gunslinger on Feb 24, 2021 7:39:17 GMT -5
For COTG, I don't really remember but a belt doesn't mean that much to me until someone gets 10 defenses with it. Vader's 20+ defense LWF title reign that's lasted over a year is one of the most significant ones I've ever had.
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Post by Swarm on Feb 24, 2021 8:41:30 GMT -5
I didn’t have many long reigns in the early years, but Thantos and Star Warrior (especially his 2090 card) were so dominant that they became the guys who made the title important. Wolf would win the belt but quickly lose it right back to one of them. They both proved their superiority over Krakan early. Lord Nexus won it but lost it back quickly. Actagon too. Thantos almost never lost a rematch after losing the belt. For most of those early years the belt went back and forth between them.
Wasn’t until 2091 Spike did anyone other than Wolf really challenge them. Then Chaos came along and became the man for many years, holding the belt for long periods of time. Neither Thantos or Star Warrior could beat him a feud. Only Justice and Spike could beat Chaos for me back then.
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Post by DK II on Feb 26, 2021 21:26:15 GMT -5
Star Warrior really sticks out as my the guy who "made" my Galaxian Title. I don't remember very many people getting it off of him in my early days.
Wolf brought the prestige to my secondary title...actually Wolf, Thantos, and Massacre had some incredible battles over my "Moon" Championship. AND Wolf came out the better of all three...
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Post by Vegas on Feb 26, 2021 21:37:08 GMT -5
I would say Star Warrior is my answer too.
Although Wolf, Massif, and Thantos all held my ROV Championship prior to Star Warrior winning it for his first time, none of them managed to hold the title for longer than 6 shows while Star Warrior's first reign lasted 15 shows. Star Warrior later regained the ROV Championship and he is my current ROV Champion and his second/current reign is 11 shows and counting.
This is the early history of my Ring of Vega (ROV) Championship up through Show #44 (Show #45 will start with the arrival of 2091 in color which I just preordered tonight:)
Ring of Vega Championship 1. Wolf, Show #2-Show #8 2. Massif, Show #8-Show #9 3. Thantos, Show #9-Show #14 4. Star Warrior, Show #14-Show #29 5. Wolf, Show #29- Show #30 6. Thantos, Show #30- Show #33 7. Star Warrior, Show #33- current
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Post by tystates on Feb 26, 2021 21:48:01 GMT -5
Exo-King put together the first long run with the Galaxian belt for me. Then Thantos took it and set the record for the longest reign, which he would then break later on his career.
EXO-KINGdef. Executioner in a 16-man tournament final to win the title (1) Def. Actagon, card #1
MASSIF def. Exo-King to win the title, card #2
EXO-KING def. Massif in a Cosmic Cage Match to win the title, card #3 Def. Massif in a Titan Death Match, card #4 Lost to Omega by count-out, card #5 Def. Omega in a Titan Death Match, card #6 Lost to Lord Nexus by D.Q., card #7 Def. Lord Nexus in a Titan Death Match, card #8 Def. Pit Viper, card #9 Lost to Proteus by D.Q., card #10 Def. Proteus in a Titan Death Match, card #11 Def. Renegade, card #12
MASSIF def. Exo-King to win the title, card #13
THANTOS def. Massif to win the title, card #14 Def. Wolf, card #15 Lost to Commander Sam by D.Q., card #18 Def. Commander Sam in a Titan Death Match, card #19 Lost to Lord Nexus by D.Q., card #20 Def. Lord Nexus in a Titan Death Match, card #21 Def. Massif, card #22 Def. Pulsar, card #23 Def. Star Warrior, card #24 Def. Star Warrior in a Cosmic Cage Match, card #25 Def. Actagon, card #26 Def. Wolf, card #27 Def. Beast-Rider, card #28 Def. Pit Viper, card #29 Def. Pulsar, card #30 Def. Commander Sam, card #31 Def. Actagon, card #32
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