Injured Champions
The fate of a title depends on the champion's condition, and the importance of the Title to the promotion (e.g. Gregory Helms held the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, despite being sidelined with an injury, because the Cruiserweight Championship was not very important to the company). The champion may be forced to vacate their title if the injury becomes too severe and the championship is too important.
However, a champion may keep their title despite a severe injury, and despite the championship being quite important. In 1998, Shane Douglas kept the ECW World Heavyweight Championship while sidelined.
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rests in its laurels and its injured stone,”
—Geoffrey Hill (b. 1932)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)