They were genuinely powerless to stop the WWF from becoming ... and bagged a few more runs under Vince's banner because of his professionalism. Meanwhile, the AWA started circling the drain ...

Prior champs like Bob Backlund and often Bruno Sammartino had been promoted under the NWA banner despite being WWF titleholders. Sheik wasn't, and neither was Hogan once he supplanted the heel as ...