Should WWE bring back classic title belts?

[Guest player]

Personally, I believe if WWE went back to using the old WWF winged heavyweight title belt, and the classic I.C. belt, fans would care about them a little more.

 

What do you guys think about this?

[Placebo Effect 0]

I think you're wrong.

[UZI Suicide 0]

I'd like to see the old WWF World Title replace the current WWE one. The current WWE title is just so blah.. it does nothing for me.

[Guest jfscjrs]

I actually perfer the current WWE Championship belt over the old school winged WWF belt.

[Art Sandusky 0]

The 1998-2002 WWF title belt design was the best by FAR.

[Jobber of the Week 0]

That one was so huge that looked kind of cheesy. The one before it was held by plenty of guys across a long period of time (as far as wrestling goes.)

 

But the answer is no. Bringing back old belts doesn't do anything for their image. Much like how putting Undertaker in a long-brimmed hat and leather jacket hasn't done much to change his image.

[BHK 0]

I don't know, but I'd mark out for it.

 

Whether it would have any lasting meaningful impact beyond that is another story. Probably not.

[Promoter 0]

Actually, I remember a rumour about a year or two ago about some wrestlers asking management to bring back the old belts. The reason being that they felt that it took away from the historical aspect of championships. Someting like the NHL making a new Stanley Cup or changing the design of the gold medal shape.

[King Cucaracha 0]

Apart from an opportunity for an interesting visual (Orton with the winged title?), there's no difference.

[dubq 0]

Classic IC, without a doubt, is 1000 times better than the hunk of shit they have right now..

[Youth N Asia 0]

The only title change that pissed me off were the tag titles. It had the same design for 20+ years or so (except very minor things), I loved the look and there was no reason to change it.

[Guest ShootingStylesPress]

The Raw Tag Titles looked far too much like the Smackdown Tag Titles, which is whoever figured out the design for SD's title's fault. Yep, have the exact same look as the other brand's belts, GENIOUS.

[Enigma 0]

I remember the original version of the Undisputed Title was just about as small as the Cruiserweight Title. That was great.

[JJMc 0]

I remember the original version of the Undisputed Title was just about as small as the Cruiserweight Title. That was great.

True. True. They replaced it because it had the WWF logo on it and it needed to be switched. I wonder if they still would have made the bigger one had it not been for the name change...

 

And the last guy was right about the SD Tag belts. THEY should have gone with a different design.

[Youth N Asia 0]

And couldn't they have been a little more creative with the RAW belt? While the WCW design was fine for WCW, it just doesn't look like the world title belt anymore...if that makes sense.

[Angle-plex 0]

How the WWE Title looks isn't what they should be worried about. They should worry about who's holding it.

 

THAT is what needs to be changed.

[The Tino Standard 0]

The only title change that pissed me off were the tag titles. It had the same design for 20+ years or so (except very minor things), I loved the look and there was no reason to change it.

The really asinine part of that is that the Raw tag titles are referred to as the "World Tag Team titles," which is fine (keeping in theme with the World Heavyweight title). The old belts SAID "World Tag Team Champions." The new ones only say "WWE Tag Team Champions." The word "World" is nowhere to be found on them. They had it right and changed the belts to make them wrong. D'OH.

 

And for the record, while I don't think it's a good idea to bring back the old belts, I do agree that the 1998-2002 WWF championship belt ruled all. Some people like the look of smaller simpler belts. Fuck that. If I'm the champ, I want the biggest, oversized piece of bling they can make.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I didn't like the big round title at first, but I eventually warmed up to it. The one they're using now just doesn't seem worth fighting so hard for.

[Guest bigm350]

And couldn't they have been a little more creative with the RAW belt? While the WCW design was fine for WCW, it just doesn't look like the world title belt anymore...if that makes sense.

Well, technically it has the WWE logo and bigger sideplates than the original so it is not the same physical belt. The original Big Gold that NWA/WCW used ruled all belts.

[cbacon 0]

When they introduced the new IC title in '99 i thought i would get used to it. It's five years later and i still hate it. The others i don't mind.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

I think they should replace the belts with Championship Suits of Armor.

[Youth N Asia 0]

But then you couldn't hoist the champ on your shoulder after he won...maybe Big Show could

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Personally, I believe if WWE went back to using the old WWF winged heavyweight title belt, and the classic I.C. belt, fans would care about them a little more.

 

What do you guys think about this?

It wouldn't change anything. The WWF Title and IC title haven't had the classic designs for a long time now. Most of the newer fans wouldn't really know the history of it.

 

I don't really see the problem with any of the current designs except for the U.S. title. Why make such a crappy belt when you had a good design with the WCW version?

[Enigma 0]

Personally, I believe if WWE went back to using the old WWF winged heavyweight title belt, and the classic I.C. belt, fans would care about them a little more.

 

What do you guys think about this?

It wouldn't change anything. The WWF Title and IC title haven't had the classic designs for a long time now. Most of the newer fans wouldn't really know the history of it.

 

I don't really see the problem with any of the current designs except for the U.S. title. Why make such a crappy belt when you had a good design with the WCW version?

The U.S. Title looks like someone took the Light-Heavyweight Title and stuck a U.S. flag sticker on it.

[Guest bigm350]

So what belt out of the 3 do you like better?

1. The classic Big Gold belt

 

2. The WWF Winged Eagle

 

3. The WWF Big Eagle belt (1998-2001)

[Guest Tjhe CyNick]

I wouldn't mind to see them bring back some of the old titles. I like when there is consistancy. For example, I like that with the RAW title you can go back a long ways and see guys carrying the same title (or at least one that looks similar enough) that Orton is wearing today. In other words I agree with that Stanley Cup analogy, it adds a sense of history.

 

As for the WWE title, I like both designs from the 90s (the Bret title and Austin-Rock title). I'm not as big of a fan of the current version of the title because it looks too small to be a world title, especially when you see it up against the RAW title. So if they were to go back to either of those verisons I'd be fine with it. I could see them doing something when Cena wins the title, since he's into that whole "old school" thing, he could win the WWE title and then come out with either of the old WWE titles from the 90s. Then they could just keep using that version.

 

I love the old IC title, but this one has been around for a decent amount of time, so its not that bad. But, again I wouldn't be upset to see the old one brought back.

 

The US title should go back to the WCW version. I think the one in use on SD is pretty cheesy looking.

 

All the other titles are fine to me.

[Guest Tjhe CyNick]

So what belt out of the 3 do you like better?

1. The classic Big Gold belt

 

2. The WWF Winged Eagle

 

3. The WWF Big Eagle belt (1998-2001)

I like the big WWE title from 98. Only reason is that is represents a really good time for the company, and it would be good to have that as the centrepiece of the company, or one of them anyway. Not that I think it would make much of a difference to anything, it would be just be cool to see.

 

I also like the WCW belt because it has history as well.

 

The winged title is too small for my tastes.

[Guest bigm350]

So what belt out of the 3 do you like better?

1. The classic Big Gold belt

 

2. The WWF Winged Eagle

 

3. The WWF Big Eagle belt (1998-2001)

I like the big WWE title from 98. Only reason is that is represents a really good time for the company, and it would be good to have that as the centrepiece of the company, or one of them anyway. Not that I think it would make much of a difference to anything, it would be just be cool to see.

 

I also like the WCW belt because it has history as well.

 

The winged title is too small for my tastes.

Same here, I never really liked the Winged Eagle because its so small and cheap looking, especially compared to the Big Gold belt.

[Guest Anglesault]

But then you couldn't hoist the champ on your shoulder after he won...maybe Big Show could

And wacking someone in the head would be such a bother.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Yeah, and the ref can play dumb and not see the belt shot...but the suit of armor shot would be hard to play off