Jericho & Angle on the European Title

[Guest evenflowDDT]

There's an article in WWE's headlines section on wrestler's opinions and a short history on the dead (for now) European title. The article is available to read here.

 

What I found interesting though, was that Jericho totally agrees with what most of us think about the title:

 

"I kind of think it was a worthless title anyway," Jericho told WWE.com. "It was never promoted as (a prestigious championship). In boxing, there are too many titles. I think in WWE there might have been a few too many titles. So I think it's good that it's been unified, because it didn't really mean too much anyway."

 

Now, I don't know if that's just because he was in WCW and wasn't around during the belts' better days when it was treated as a serious (or, at least more serious than later) belt or if he's jealous that he didn't hold it as many times as D'Lo. Did Jericho ever hold the Euro title at all? If so, it was before I started watching, when he was already in IC belt feuds.

 

Kurt Angle, however, had this to say about the belt:

 

"I felt that the European Title was one of those titles that, not only does it bring another storyline and another dimension to the show, but it's kind of a catapulting belt," Angle said. "It's like, 'Hey, you're the next guy coming through. Keep your eyes on this guy because soon he's going to be Intercontinental Champion. Or soon he'll be vying for the WWE Title.'" ... "You hate to see a title like (the European Championship) get dropped," Angle said. "Then again, there's only a certain amount of time in the show."

 

Who are you more inclined to agree with? I think that Jericho's definitely right for the Euro title in the year (and possibly a little longer) before its most recent demise, but that Angle has a point for its early days, or at least for himself, since it was the first title he held in WWF (as it was known back then).

[Guest mach7]

I think it was stupid to introduce that title in the first place. They only have ever really had one or two European wrestlers on their roster. If anything, a Televison Title would have fared a lot better.

[Guest King of Kurt]

id agree with Angle.....in theory at least.and yes, Jericho has had the European title.........Angle lost it to him once, at WMX7, when Angle lost his Euro-Continental belts without being pinned...grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

id agree with Angle.....in theory at least.and yes, Jericho has had the European title.........Angle lost it to him once, at WMX7, when Angle lost his Euro-Continental belts without being pinned...grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Try WM 2000, junior.

[Guest Razor Roman]

id agree with Angle.....in theory at least.and yes, Jericho has had the European title.........Angle lost it to him once, at WMX7, when Angle lost his Euro-Continental belts without being pinned...grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Try WM 2000, junior.

yeah and then Jericho lost it the next night on RAW when Chyna turned on him and became Eddie Guerreo's Mamacita

[Guest godthedog]

the bookers and writers could very easily have made the european title into something meaningful, but they obviously didn't give a shit about it. fans will only care about a title as much as the front office does (i.e., how much they promote it). vince just chose to put his focus on things like running people over with cars and shampoo commercials instead of titles. remember how meaningless the IC title was after jericho lost it? it went from triple h to kane to ALBERT. it didn't get any prestige back till edge won it from storm at summerslam, and didn't he lose it to test at one point?

[Guest Trivia247]

You got too have a population big enough for a Title to represent. European Title is just a waste to have been developed in the 90's. What they should done with it, is have it as sort of a way to Bring in more European Wrestlers.

Imagine the names

Urf Herrman

William Regal

British bulldog

Chris Adams

Dave Taylor

Ludwig Borga

Alex Wright

Brakkus

 

 

But at the time of Title Conception

you had what

British Bulldog

 

and you could laughenly add the Canadians contingent in WWF.

 

A Title has to represent. And it should be sought after by the people it represents.

 

Can't make a United Asian Title and not have Japanese wrestlers come in and compete for it.

 

Hell couldn't make it now because its only

Funaki and Tajiri

[Guest Trivia247]

Excuse me its Ulf not Urf he isn't Odie

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

it didn't get any prestige back till edge won it from storm at summerslam, and didn't he lose it to test at one point?

Yeah, it was to set up the unification match at Survivor Series.

[Guest RicFlairGlory]

They *should* start a Canadian title if they really want to go with this Canadian/US Feud.

 

Hell OR a US Title, You KNOW the UnAmericans would win it and degrade the belt

[Guest Schlong boy]

id agree with Angle.....in theory at least.and yes, Jericho has had the European title.........Angle lost it to him once, at WMX7, when Angle lost his Euro-Continental belts without being pinned...grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Try WM 2000, junior.

hi, its Kurt here.i saw the error, but as i went to change it, someone rudely banned me, for some unknown reason.and dont call me junior jerky......

[Guest Kid Kablam]

id agree with Angle.....in theory at least.and yes, Jericho has had the European title.........Angle lost it to him once, at WMX7, when Angle lost his Euro-Continental belts without being pinned...grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Try WM 2000, junior.

hi, its Kurt here.i saw the error, but as i went to change it, someone rudely banned me, for some unknown reason.and dont call me junior jerky......

Unknown? Hmmmmmmm. Maybe, and I'm going out on a limb here, it's your tendency towards making an asshole of yourself? COuld that possibly explain it? Huh?