With so many legendary names, lifting WWE's top prizes from 1997 to 2002,

trying to figure out who ranks as the greatest 10 of the time isn't exactly an easy task.

But it's hard to argue with the following names being the most successful dominant,

or just plain entertaining world champions ever to make their presence felt during the most

mercy period in WWE history. I'm Gareth from What Culture Wrestling and here are the 10 best

world champions of the WWE Attitude Era. 10. The Big Show On the back of his shocking debut

in 1999 at St Valentine's Day Massacre in your house, bursting out of the ring and attacking

Stone Cold Steve Austin mid-cage match with Mr McMahon as you do. Big show actually ended up

finishing this barmy year as WWE Champion, and while the reign itself wasn't in any way memorable,

his actual title win was definitely up there as one of the most shocking attitude era moments ever.

After Austin had been pulverised by a car earlier in the evening,

show was eventually revealed as his substitute in a triple-threat match,

bursting triple-h and the rock at Survivor Series.

Who rather than have either of those established main event stars walk out of Detroit as the

chump? The one-time WCW monster unexpectedly conquered the game and the great one,

with a little help from the boss to win his first ever WWE Championship.

Again, this was about as good as it got for show as well chump during the time of Attitude,

and trips would regain his strap 50 days later. Yet, he still found himself at the center of

one of the most jaw-dropping title changes of the era, and for that he just about scrapes onto

this star-studded top 10. 9. Ivory The name Ivory may not immediately

spring to mind when thinking about who reigns supreme during WWE's Attitude Era,

but the right to sense a member actually held the WWE Women's Championship for more days

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