They are when WWE wants them to be, Owen Hart technically won the WWE title at a house show but it was rescinded because it was a house show. Men on a Mission won the tag title at a house show and that stayed, I believe Uso’s won one of their tag titles at a house show as well. It happens on rare occasion. Still makes it even more dumb Joe did not win at Dallas.
i feel like their was another big title change in attitude/pg era from a house show i just cant remember what.
Edge beat jarrett for ic title
Didn’t Kevin “Diesel” Nash win the WWF World Title against Bob Backlund at a house show?
Also…I recall Maryse winning the Divas title at a house show as well.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/20-times-wwe-title-changed-hands-on-a-house-show?page=1
in case no one wants to read… ic and cruiser have changed a few times and tag titles have been changed a bunch. also the usos never won it in a house show according to redditt.
Nakamura v.s. Joe is going to be fire though, the match is going to be stiffer than an unicorn horn.
lol joe gonna get too hyped and get legit knocked out like homicide vs kojima in roh at final battle.
Why get mad over Joe winning at a house show? I’m all for making them matter.
One they don’t matter, two Joe winning at Dallas at WM weekend would have a much greater impact on NXT as a brand and Joe as a wrestler.
Didn’t check, but does that mention the times the Hardcore Title changed hands at House Shows? I’d imagine that shit happened all the time and it just went back to the “original/current Champ” come time for the next TV taping.
Edit: Nevermind, I hadn’t clicked the link, but it mentions it right away.
I bet this was a big last min change of plans in terms of storylines. Balor vs aj vs Roman fued… Maybe even a balor club vs aj and Roman faction thing.
Gotta make the Demon look really, really strong.
The phrase “Joe’s gonna kill you!” might become literal.
Because it’s Jae.
it’s also not surprising that the title was dropped thow that I think about it. commentary on this weeks NXT went out of their way to mention Joe vs. Balor at this house show. So it must have been in the works for a while.
Title change off TV is a pretty old school way of driving up people coming to house shows.
NXT really is a 80’s Mid South territory in the way it’s run.
Or Finn got popped for wellness.
I mean, it is possible
Ultimately comes down to their plans for Finn/Bullet Club/Balor Club/Whatever. If they plan on booking him like a complete monster on the main roster, it’s not going to hurt to kind of hide the fact that he lost, rather than making that the centerpiece to the biggest show in NXT history.
Odds are that the WWE is just stupid, though. Like a 92% chance they’re just stupid.
Does NXT not sell out? I’ve never heard of it not selling out.
Columbus was crazy packed and sold out in less than a couple hours and that’s Ohio, PLUS they’d been here 3 times before.
this is why nobody likes you and you eat lunch alone.
Ya’ll only need to look at what happened to Finn’s title reign in the last week to see why they waited.
C’mon guys this isn’t that hard.
Dana Brooke is back in NXT…and morale is high at Dixieland.
I dislike Bob Ryder BTW…
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