If X were a Title: tracking the lineage of some strange stipulations

[Sky]

Twelve years ago tomorrow, WWE aired a pre-taped "Santa vs. Santa" match with Mark Henry as Good Santa and Damien Sandow as Bad Santa... So, what happens when you put Santa Claus on the line in the match? Well, this!

Who is the undisputed Santa?

Spoiler: Santa

2013-12-17 Mark Henry - beats Damien Sandow on WWE RAW
2013-12-19 Roman Reigns - beats Henry on WWE SmackDown
2014-06-29 John Cena - beats Reigns and 4 others in a Ladder match at WWE Money in the Bank
(this merges this title with the Yoshi Tatsu action figure leg, so we end up with...)
2025-10-11 Seth Rollins - beats Cody at WWE Crown Jewel

But wait, there's more! What if Santa in WWE works like that movie The Santa Clause? As in, if you kill Santa, you become Santa? Well, the previous year, Alberto Del Rio did just that when his pristine white car hit jolly old Saint Nick. So, what if he became Santa? What then? Huh?

Spoiler: Santa 2

2012-12-18 Alberto Del Rio - runs over Santa and is forced to take on the mantle... and immediately loses it
2012-12-18 John Cena - beats Alberto in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight on WWE RAW
(Cena beats the Rock at Mania and claims the action figure leg, so again it's...)
2025-10-11 Seth Rollins - beats Cody at WWE Crown Jewel

Undisputed Santa Seth!

 

[Chris]

This reminded me of that time they did the KFC match where Ziggler or someone played Colonel Sanders and won some fake battle Royal. I'm sure that was for some prize you could track right?

 

[Sky]

This reminded me of that time they did the KFC match where Ziggler or someone played Colonel Sanders and won some fake battle Royal. I'm sure that was for some prize you could track right?

Okay this is an easy one

Who is WWE's Colonel Sanders?

Spoiler

2018-01-17 Ric Flair - won the Colonel Rumble

And then he never had a singles match again

 

[Chris]

I forgot flair won lmaooooo

 

[Sky]

This one is more potentially finger-lickin'. For you @Chris ...

Who is the current World Chicken Sandwich Champion?

Spoiler: More KFC?!

2016-08-21 Dolph Ziggler - as Colonel Sanders, beats the Puppers Cluckers Chicken (The Miz) in an ad that premiered at WWE SummerSlam 2016. KFC's official YouTube description says it's all "to become the world’s chicken sandwich champion!". Works for me!
2016-08-21 Dean Ambrose - beats Ziggler at WWE SummerSlam
(Ambrose was the current World's Strongest Man...)
2022-06-12 Poptart Boy - beats King Dezi at WPW Battle for Uranus

Or maybe it wasn't.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Did we ever figure out who now owns Judy Bagwell on a pole?

 

[Sky]

Did we ever figure out who now owns Judy Bagwell on a pole?

One of the first ones I did, and one of the first to land on Edge. It's Seth Rollins now

 

[Chris]

Back when we thought it was all over with Edge's retirement

 

[Sky]

Back when we thought it was all over with Edge's retirement

As it happens I distinctly remember I started the first of these during a boring pandemic RAW so Edge had already come out of retirement by that point. He'd had one match which he'd won

 

[Chris]

As it happens I distinctly remember I started the first of these during a boring pandemic RAW so Edge had already come out of retirement by that point. He'd had one match which he'd won

Ah that makes sense, we were just waiting for that first loss lol

 

[Sky]

Okay, here's something I've wanted to do for a while. The Tokyo Princess Cup, TJPW's main singles tournament, has been running since 2014. There have been 12 editions. And in a conservatively-booked promotion like TJPW, they'll probably end up all in the hands of the same person! But how will we know if we don't find out?

Who holds the 2014 Tokyo Princess Cup?

Spoiler: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th

2014-08-02 Nonoko - beats Shoko Nakajima to become the first ever bounteously-breasted champion. (Hey, don't knock me, that was her gimmick)
2014-12-18 Ai Shimizu - beats Nonoko and Erin at TJPW Tokyo Circuit Final Round
2015-01-10 Miyu Yamashita - beats Ai at TJPW The Girls Battle
2015-05-23 Saki Akai - beats Miyu at TJPW Kitazawa Dash
2015-09-22 Shoko Nakajima - beats Saki at TJPW You Grow Up
2015-10-12 Akane Miura - beats Shoko and Hyper Misao at TJPW Go Up Higher!
2015-10-24 Miyu Yamashita (2) - beats Akane at TJPW The Girls Battle
(during this reign Miyu became the first ever Princess of Princess Champion, just a note)
2016-07-09 Hyper Misao - beats Miyu at TJPW Kasukabe Love Rin
2016-08-13 Shoko Nakajima (2) - beats Misao at TJPW Beer Garden Fight
2016-08-13 Yuu - beats Shoko at TJPW Beer Garden Fight
(this is a double, as the 2016 Tokyo Princess Cup was at stake during that match)
2017-06-04 Yuka Sakazaki - beats Yuu at TJPW At This Time, Get Excited in Shinjuku!
2017-07-30 Reika Saiki - beats Yuka at TJPW Fighting Beer Garden
(this was for the 2017 Tokyo Princess Cup so, triple!)
2018-01-04 Miyu Yamashita (3) - beats Reika at TJPW '18
(during this reign Miyu beats Danshoku Dino in an anus explosion deathmatch, so that's one for the bad matches thread)
2018-06-17 Nodoka Tenma - beats Miyu at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
2018-07-08 Yuu - beats Nodoka at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup Finals
(yup, 2018 Tokyo Princess Cup joins this crown too)
2018-08-25 Miyu Yamashita (4) - beats Yuu at TJPW Brand New Wrestling
(from here, it follows the Ironman Heavymetalweight Title, and things get strange)
2018-11-18 Rika Tatsumi - beats Miyu at TJPW Fan Club Show: Pure Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
2018-11-24 Sayuri Namba (yes, the announcer) - beats Rika at TJPW How Do You Like Narimasu?
2018-11-24 Tetsuya Koda (yes, the owner of the company) - beats Namba at TJPW How Do You Like Narimasu?
2018-11-25 Konosuke Takeshita - beats the Real TK at DDT Special
2018-11-30 "Speedball" Mike Bailey - beats Takeshita at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2018-12-02 Tetsuya Endo - beats Speedball at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2018-12-07 Soma Takao - beats Endo at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2018-12-08 Shinya Aoki - beats Takao at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2018-12-09 Konosuke Takeshita (2) - beats Aoki at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
(Takeshita goes on to win the 2019 D-Oh Grand Prix trophy, so it's a quintuple)
2019-01-12 Chinsuke Nakamura - beats Takeshita at DDT Chiba City Monorail Wrestling
2019-09-11 Rene Dupree - beats Chinsuke at CHAKURIKI 4
2020-05-24 Kaito Kiyomiya - beats Dupree at NOAH New Hope
2020-08-10 Keiji Mutoh - beats Kiyomiya at NOAH 20th Anniversary
(2021-04-29 Mutoh beats Masa Kitamiya to unify the five trophies with the letter T)
2025-11-22 Samoa Joe - beats Hangman in a Steel Cage match at AEW Full Gear

Who holds the 2015 Tokyo Princess Cup?

Spoiler: 2nd

2015-08-08 Shoko Nakajima - beats Akane Miura in the finals for this one
(2015-09-22 Shoko beats Saki, so this just goes back into the above...)
2025-11-22 Samoa Joe - beats Hangman in a Steel Cage match at AEW Full Gear

Who holds the 2019 Tokyo Princess Cup?

Spoiler: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th

2019-07-07 Mizuki - beats Yuna Manase to win the sixth edition
2019-09-01 Shoko Nakajima - beats Mizuki at TJPW The Mountain Top
2019-11-03 Yuka Sakazaki - beats Shoko at DDT Ultimate Party
2020-02-16 Pom Harajuku - beats Yuka in a Valentine's Deathmatch at TJPW Universe Members Show: Pure Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
2020-02-24 Miyu Yamashita - beats Pom at TJPW Tokyo Joshi 2020 Winter -Wonderful Harmony-
2020-03-01 Yuki Aino - beats Miyu at TJPW Spring Beautiful One Day Tournament
2020-03-01 Shoko Nakajima (2) - beats Yuki at TJPW Spring Beautiful One Day Tournament
(this tournament was contested for a free dinner coupon at Genghis Khan Kirishima, which gets added to this crown)
2020-08-29 Mizuki (2) - beats Shoko at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
(in goes the 2020 Tokyo Princess Cup!)
2020-11-07 Yuka Sakazaki (2) - beats Mizuki at TJPW Wrestle Princess
2020-11-20 Rika Tatsumi - beats Yuka and 3 others in an Elimination match at TJPW Style of My Love
2021-05-04 Miyu Yamashita (2) - beats Rika at TJPW Yes! Wonderland
2021-07-31 Mizuki (3) - beats Miyu at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
2021-08-14 Maki Itoh - beats Mizuki at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
(sure, why not, drop the 2021 Tokyo Princess Cup in there too!)
2021-10-09 Miyu Yamashita (3) - beats Maki at TJPW Wrestle Princess II
2022-03-19 Shoko Nakajima (3) - beats Miyu at TJPW Grand Princess
2022-07-31 Miu Watanabe - beats Shoko at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
2022-08-14 Yuka Sakazaki (3) - beats Miu at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
(throw the 2022 Tokyo Princess Cup in there!)
2023-03-18 Mizuki (4) - beats Yuka at TJPW Grand Princess
2023-04-05 Emi Sakura - beats Mizuki on AEW Dark: Elevation
2023-04-12 Taya Valkyrie - beats Sakura on AEW Rampage
2023-04-26 Jade Cargill - beats Taya on AEW Rampage
{Cargill has the Immunity Shears)
2025-09-20 Kris Statlander - beats Storm and 2 others at AEW All Out

Who holds the 2023 Tokyo Princess Cup?

Spoiler: 10th

2023-08-13 Miyu Yamashita - beats Yuki Kamifuku in the finals
2023-09-10 Hikari Noa - beats Miyu and Moka Miyamoto at TJPW City Circuit Autumn -Yuki Arai Homecoming-

The story ends there as Hikari Noa, primarily a tag team wrestler, retired at the end of 2023 and never took a singles loss.

Who holds the 2024 Tokyo Princess Cup?

Spoiler: 11th, 12th

2024-08-25 Ryo Mizunami - beats Yuki Aino in the finals
2024-09-22 Miu Watanabe - beats Aniki at TJPW Wrestle Princess V
2025-01-04 Mizuki - beats Miu at TJPW '25
2025-08-09 Shoko Nakajima - beats Mizuki at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
2025-08-17 Miu Watanabe (2) - beats Shoko at TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup
(the 2025 Tokyo Princess Cup makes this a double)

And that's where it is to this day

This was like being punched in the stomach four times in a row

 

[Sky]

And another little something I found on that first long, strange journey. HARASHIMA beat Shinya Aoki in 2019 in a "pride on the line" match. So, he won Aoki's pride, right?

Who holds Shinya Aoki's pride?

Spoiler: Pride (not the MMA one)

2019-02-17 HARASHIMA - beats Aoki at DDT Judgement
2019-02-23 Tetsuya Endo - beats HARASHIMA and Kazusada Higuchi in an Elimination match at DDT Dramatic 2019 February Special
2019-07-15 Konosuke Takeshita - beats Endo at DDT Wrestle Peter Pan
2019-09-21 ASUKA - beats Takeshita and Kazuki Hirata at DDT Shusse Daimyo Dramatic Kun
2019-09-29 Konosuke Takeshita (2) - beats ASUKA at DDT Who's Gonna Top?
2019-11-03 HARASHIMA (2) - beats Takeshita at DDT Ultimate Party
(during this reign HARASHIMA won the DDT Martial Arts Open Tournament, so add that one on)
2019-12-05 Daisuke Sasaki - beats HARASHIMA at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2019-12-15 Naomi Yoshimura - beats Sasaki at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2020-05-02 MAO - beats Yoshimura and Takeshita on DDT TV Show!
2020-06-13 Yuki Ueno - beats MAO on DDT TV Show!
2020-06-13 Tetsuya Endo (2) - beats Ueno on DDT TV Show!
2020-08-08 Akito - beats Endo at DDT King of DDT 1st Round
2020-08-23 T-Hawk - beats Akito at DDT King of DDT Final!!
2020-08-23 Tetsuya Endo (3) - beats T-Hawk at King of DDT Final!!
(the King of DDT 2020 tournament makes it a triple)
2020-12-06 Soma Takao - beats Endo at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2020-12-12 Shunma Katsumata - beats Takao at DDT D-Oh Grand Prix
2020-12-31 Ryuji Ito - beats Katsumata in a Fluorescent Light Tubes Deathmatch at DDT/BJW Toshikoshi Pro Wrestling
2021-04-04 Kankuro Hoshino - beats Ito in a Fluorescent Light Tubes Deathmatch at BJW BJW Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor
2021-04-10 Kumaarashi - beats Hoshino at JWE First Light Heavyweight Title Tournament
2021-08-15 Shigehiro Irie - beats Kumaarashi at AJPW Oudou Tournament
2021-08-24 Suwama - beats Irie at AJPW Oudou Tournament
(2021-08-29 Suwama wins the Oudou Tournament 2021 trophy, so quadruple)
2021-09-21 Jake Lee - beats Suwama at AJPW Super Deluxe Series
2022-04-09 Shotaro Ashino - beats Jake Lee at AJPW Champion Carnival
2022-04-11 T-Hawk (2) - beats Ashino at AJPW Champion Carnival
2022-04-24 Jake Lee (2) - beats T-Hawk at AJPW Champion Carnival
2022-05-04 Yuma Aoyagi - beats Jake Lee at AJPW Champion Carnival
(add the 2022 Champion Carnival trophy for a quintuple)
2022-05-15 Kento Miyahara - beats Aoyagi at AJPW 50th Anniversary Tour Sapporo 2 Days
2022-06-19 Jake Lee (3) - beats Miyahara at AJPW Champions Night 4
2022-07-14 Suwama (2) - beats Jake Lee at AJPW Summer Action Series
2022-09-18 Kento Miyahara (2) - beats Suwama at AJPW 50th Anniversary Show
2023-02-19 Yuji Nagata - beats Miyahara at AJPW Pro Wrestling Day MANIAx
2023-07-02 Yuma Aoyagi (2) - beats Nagata at AJPW Dynamite Series
2023-08-21 Ryuki Honda - beats Aoyagi at AJPW Oudou Tournament
2023-08-27 Satoshi Kojima - beats Honda at AJPW Oudou Tournament
(sextuple! The Oudou Tournament 2023 trophy is in here)
2023-09-03 Yuma Aoyagi (3) - beats Kojima at AJPW Giant Series
2023-11-05 Katsuhiko Nakajima - beats Aoyagi at AJPW Giant Series: Hokkaido Edition
2024-03-30 Yuma Anzai - beats Nakajima at AJPW Dream Power Series
2024-04-21 Ryuki Honda (2) - beats Anzai at AJPW Champion Carnival
2024-04-24 Hideki Suzuki - beats Honda at AJPW Champion Carnival
2024-04-29 Lord Crewe - beats Suzuki at AJPW Champion Carnival
2024-05-03 Suwama (3) - beats Crewe at AJPW Champion Carnival
2024-05-04 Jun Saito - beats Suwama at AJPW Champion Carnival
2024-05-12 Kento Miyahara (3) - beats Saito at AJPW Champion Carnival
(and the 2024 Champion Carnival trophy is here! Septuple crown!)
2024-05-29 Yuma Anzai (2) - beats Miyahara at AJPW Super Power Series
2024-08-17 Yuma Aoyagi (4) - beats Yuma Anzai at AJPW Summer Action Wars
2024-09-14 Ryuki Honda (3) - beats Aoyagi at AJPW Oudou Tournament
2024-09-22 Ren Ayabe - beats Honda at AJPW Oudou Tournament
(make that an octuple, with the Oudou Tournament 2024 trophy)
2024-10-22 Yuma Aoyagi (5) - beats Ayabe at AJPW Raising an Army Memorial Series
2024-11-03 Rising HAYATO - beats Aoyagi and 3 others at AJPW Giant Series
2025-04-27 Satoshi Kojima (2) - beats HAYATO at EPW Spring Big Match
2025-05-10 Alexander Hammerstone - beats Kojima at MLW Azteca Lucha
2025-05-17 Silas Mason - beats Hammerstone at NWA Crockett Cup
2025-08-01 Carson Drake - beats Mason and Dalton McKenzie at NWA JCP Southeast
2025-10-03 Charlie Adams - beats Drake at NWA Chicago Fall Out

Well, well. What a spectacular rise.