The Scholars try to define what a Transitional Champion is and whether it’s a real thing to begin with
The Scholars hunker down from the impending snowpocalypse and talk about some recent news items. They talk about the TNA Impact on AMC debut and how to move forward (8:00), the AJ Styles vs. Gunther match booked for Royal Rumble and the impending doom of AJ’s retirement (in WWE or elsewhere…) (18:00), and then they debate whether AEW’s wrestlers have moved up/down the card in the past few years or if Bryan Alvarez’s claim that there’s stasis is valid (24:45).
Then, they focus the rest of the program on the word of the day; Transitional Champion. They talk about the pejorative usage of the phrase, and how the idea of transitional champions came from early WWE Championship title reign patterns. They debate the importance of title reign length and title defense numbers in determining a transitional champion, and whether you can call someone transitional in real time or only after the fact. They talk through some notoriously good and bad examples of transitional champions. Finally, the scholars settle on a new definition and Tyler acts as judge on a handful of past examples of title changes, labeling who is and isn’t a transitional champ (31:30).
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