The Weirdest WWE Champions Ever

Since WWE became a staple of mainstream entertainment, we've seen champions and championships come and go. The newest title in WWE is the Universal Title, which Kevin Owens recently won (pictured above). However, throughout the years, there have been a ton of different titles and titleholders at the company and not all of them are as memorable as people like Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, or Diamond Dallas Page.

We're taking a look at some of the weirdest champions in the history of the company, which includes WCW and ECW title holders as well.

While Ted DiBiase isn't a weird champion, per se, the whole story behind the Million Dollar Belt is incredibly bizarre. DiBiase had become frustrated in trying to capture the WWF Heavyweight Championship, after losing to Macho Man Randy Savage at Wrestlemania IV.

If you can't beat them, make a belt more prestigious than the Heavyweight Championship, right? Through a series of vingettes, DiBiase visited a jeweler in order to make his own belt, sometimes dressing like a vampire. The Million Dollar Man presented the belt, along with Virgil, to Brother Love, and that was that. DiBiase was so obsessed with being a champ, he created an unsanctioned belt, which he rarely defended.

While it's not weird for a professional football player to transition into wrestling, it is a tad bizarre when they don't develop an in-ring persona. Steve "Mongo" McMichael was a Super Bowl champion with the 1985 Chicago Bears. He wrestled in the WCW for a few years and ended up winning the United States Championship from Jeff Jarrett.

However, his reign only lasted a month, as this was the same time the NWO was really getting some heat. McMichael lost his belt to Curt Hennig, right after he joined the legendary black and white wrestling stable.

Actor David Arquette was once the World Heavyweight Champion. We'll let that sink in. During the tail-end of WCW's existence, the movie Ready to Rumble hit theaters. The film featured WCW talent and David Arquette as a wrestling fan who wanted to help his favorite wrestler, Jimmy King, reach the top. After the movie came out, Arquette started "real life" wrestling for the company.

On an episode of Thunder, WCW's Thursday night broadcast, Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page teamed up to fight Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff. The stipulation was that the person who landed the pinfall would become the champ. Arquette won, but he did not want to be champion. As a wrestling fan, he thought it was a bad idea, so don't hate on the guy. In addition, the money he made in WCW, during his 12 day title reign, was donated to the families of Owen Hart and Brian Pillman, who both passed away. In addition, he donated money to Darren Drozdov, who became paralyzed after an accident in the ring.

The person who really pushed for David Arquette to become champion was none other than Vince Russo, the head booker of WCW. Less than six months after that decision, Russo found a way to make himself champion, in a ridiculous fashion.

Russo faced Booker T in a steel cage match for the WCW Heavyweight Championship. Goldberg interfered and speared Russo through the cage, and since the way to win a steel cage match is to leave the cage, Russo ended up winning. He held the belt for seven days before vacating it.

There was a time at WWE when things got a little out-of-hand with the Hardcore Championship. When Crash Holly won said title on February 24, 2000, he instituted a "24/7" rule, which states that as long as there is a referee around, a hardcore match can commence.

During a Hardcore Championship match between Godfather and Crash Holly, one of the Godfather's Hos (played by wrestler Cynthia Lynch) ended up going into the ring and pinning Crash Holly for the belt. Her reign lasted a whole 15 seconds before Crash Holly rolled her up for the win, since the title can change hands at any time.

Both Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco won the Hardcore Championship during the "24/7 Rule" era. At the time, neither Brisco nor Patterson were wrestling as often as they used to. However, Brisco found a way to become a champion once again.

During a backstage segment, Brisco approached then-champion Crash Holly, who was taking a quick nap. Brisco pinned the champ, a referee counted to three, and a new champ was crowned. Brisco proceeded to celebrate as quietly as possible, in an effort to not wake up Holly. Brisco's reign lasted about a month.

Oklahoma is one of the most offensive and biggest insults in wrestling. Announcer Jim Ross was working at WWF at the time, and Russo wanted to air some of his personal grievances on air, by creating Oklahoma: a wrestler who looked and sounded like Ross, which included poking fun at Ross's Bell's Palsy.

Oklahoma won the cruiserweight belt from Madusa at Souled Out in 2000, but he vacated the title two days later because we all learned he exceeded the weight limit for cruiserweights. Since then, Russo and Ed Ferrera--who played the character Oklahoma--have reconciled with Jim Ross.

Hornswoggle was primarily known as a sidekick to Fit Finley and the illegitimate son of Vince McMahon. He always seemed to be working with someone and was not so much a solo star. That really changed in 2007 when Hornswoggle became a champion.

During the Great American Bash, a Cruiserweight Open was held, allowing those eligible a chance to win the belt. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Hornswoggle was one of the participants. He ended up sneaking a win and becoming the new Cruiserweight Champ. His reign lasted 65 days before the belt was deactivated.

WCW had an unstoppable force named Goldberg (available in WWE 2K17 as a preorder bonus). WWE had the easily stoppable force named Gillberg, whom we've mentioned before. He was a bit of a joke character; however, he's the most memorable Light Heavyweight Champion.

Gillberg won the belt by beating Christian on an episode of Raw is War. However, Gillberg rarely defended his championship, even though he came to the ring with it. After 15 months, Gillberg lost the title to Essa Rios on an episode of Sunday Night Heat. Gillberg is the longest-reigning Light Heavyweight Champion in WWE history.

WCW had some great tag champions in their history. This is not one of them. Scott Steiner and the mother of Buff Bagwell once wore the same belts that teams like Harlem Heat and The Outsiders sported. So how did Scott Steiner and Judy Bagwell get these belts?

Steiner and Buff Bagwell won the titles at Halloween Havok in 1998. However, Bagwell betrayed Steiner, and that created a vacancy, so Steiner had to go out and find someone to replace him as champion. Steiner found his new tag team partner in Judy Bagwell, Buff's mother. Soon after, Steiner sustained a real injury and they both vacated the titles. To this day, Judy Bagwell is the only mother of a wrestler to hold a championship.

Men dressing as women to strangely gain some sort of advantage is nothing new in WWE. We've talked about Santino dressing as a woman to win the Miss Wrestlemania pagent. In addition, there was a moment in history where Harvey Wippleman dressed as a woman to win the Women's Champion.

Harvey Wippleman was the scrawny manager with a big mouth who had a knack for getting beaten up quite a bit. On an episode of Raw, current Women's Champion, The Kat, defended her title in a "Lumberjack Snowbunny" match against Hervina, which was Harvey Wippleman in a wig and makeup. Hervina won the title and had a one-day reign as champion.

During the Attitude Era, Vince McMahon was once the WWF Champion. While it seemed a little silly, it fit in with the storyline, and it was entertaining. Aside from that belt, Vince McMahon also held another title for a short amount of time: the ECW Heavyweight Championship.

A few years after McMahon bought out ECW, a new weekly wrestling show on Syfy, using the ECW name, aired. The old ECW belt returned to the show as well. Close to a year after the brand returned, Vince McMahon won the title. The revamped ECW already felt a bit soulless, like it lost its identity, and this moment just felt like a nail in the coffin. McMahon was champion for a month before losing the title.