Piece of shit?
It was in 2002. The title had zero value to it, and just putting it on Triple H just made it worse, making it possible to make a crap title look even crappier.
The title didn't start improving until... actually never. HHH has been Champion forever, then when he loses it, the person who won it (Goldberg, Benoit) either aren't allowed to do anything good or are made to play second fiddle to HHH.
the Raw Heavyweight Title = the HHH Title.
Man, this has got to be the most niggling thing I've ever seen smarks just pounce on for the longest time and base an entire set of opinions on it.
It took me literally a month or two to start looking at it as the Raw title and thinking of it as just that, and that was only because I had to get used to seeing it around someone's waist and being defended. I really couldn't care less about lineages and how it was just handed to someone nearly TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO (yes, it's been that long). 99.9% of the fanbase certainly doesn't give two shits either, and I'm with them in the same boat, that being that no matter the circumstances or lineage of a title in a pre-determined sport, it's only as good as the people holding it and the matches for it, as well as proper focus being put on the belt. Thus far, it's been pretty fucking good so far in my mind, especially over the length of 2004 with the exception of around June.