Complete New WWE Title Belts Structure

[Jack G]

There's been a lot of speculation about the unification of the two top titles in WWE, and it remains to be seen whether WWE are committed to the complete unification and settling with one belt. There's also a hype about exactly what "era" we are in with WWE, the "Universe Era" is widely used.

I had an idea that is 99% likely to just be an imaginative idea that's what I want, not what ever will be - A show in which WWE introduces/reintroduces a brand new title belt structure completely.

A huge WWE Raw it would be; and something they would have to build as a MAJOR revamp of the WWE which would blow these boards up with speculation of what it may be.

It's then announched on the Raw that ALL WWE belts will be given back to the WWE and there will be a new set of belts up for grabs. This gives WWE so much flexibility with new storylines, new belts, new memorabilia, hell even new superstars.

So the show would start with ALL champions coming out and relinquishing their respective belts.

Then come the end of the show the entire WWE roster comes out for the huge Mr McMahon announcement. A new WWE Belt Structure! And here's my dream belt "sets" up for grabs:

- WWE Women's Champion - Get rid of the word Diva, it's a joke.

- WWE Tag Team Champions - Same as always, pretty solid format.

- (NEW) WWE Women's Tag Team Champions - Could introduce more Women wrestlers.

- (NEW) WWE Cruiserweight Title - For all of the small WWE susperstars, could bring back some great gimmick matches!

- WWE Intercontinental Champion - For the mid-carder action.

- (NEW) WWE Hardcore Champion - I've longed for this titles return so much! Even in the PG era you can have the random matches backstage, the very common title changes, the fun gimmick matches, it's fun!

- (NEW) WWE Champion - The ONE top belt, no comparison, this is the belt to have, this is the ONE belt everyone strives for.

OK now the next bit, how this would unfold? Perhaps a new PPV, or maybe even use the Night of Champions as a stage. This night would have every title on the line as always but with no current champions! The matches?

Women's Title - Women only Rumble.
Tag Title - TLC.
Women's Tag Title - Tag Elimination.
Cruiserweight Title - Battle Royal or Ladder.
Intercontinental - Battle Royal or Ladder (whichever isn't used for Cruiserweight).
Hardcore Title - No DQ or Falls Count Anywhere Elimination.
WWE Title - Iron Man Match (most pinfalls out of 5-6 superstars, could be epic!)

I know it's an outrageous idea, but if it happened would be incredible in my eyes.

What are your thoughts? Would you have any other titles introduced/retired? Who would you want to hold the titles? What matches would you use to introduce the format? What PPV would you use for this?

 

[Mark Henry's Beard]

Or how about just unifying the world titles, the IC and US titles, and bringing back the Cruiserweight and Hardcore?

Honestly, it's a pretty shitty idea and it was the first time when Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo came up with it. That one Nitro was pretty good, though. It had fucking Mike Awesome on it. Can you reanimate Mike Awesome and have his corpse come beat the shit out of Kevin Nash? If not, then your idea fucking sucks.

The "reset button" was a last ditch effort by a dying company. As boring as the WWE has generally been from April to January for the past decade or so, it isn't dying. Just complacent. I agree that things need a shakeup, but declaring all belts vacant is not a shakeup. It's an act of absolute desperation.

That battle royal and ladder match filled PPV you dreamed up would be truly awful. Monotony is a big problem nowadays. If this actually DID happen and that was the manner in which they decided the new champions, I believe I'd stop watching wrestling altogether. There would be no hope.

Sorry my reply is so negative, but fuck, that's some terrible shit you came up with. I'm all for change in the WWE, but that's too much change and not enough logic or reasoning behind it.

 

[MCMG]

I'm still not convinced about the idea of Unifying the two World Title but I suppose I can see the benefits.

I still think there is room for the Intercontinental Title and the United States Championship. With 5 hours of television they have enough time to build proper feuds for each belt. I'd personally just have the Intercontinental Title slightly more important and use that for main event superstars dropping in.

The Divas title is fine. I don't really care about the name either. The thought of a tag-team Divas title is harrowing. We don't need any more time devoted to Divas. The segments are pretty awful as they are - giving them more time won't help.

I am personally in favour of brining back the Hardcore Title. It's gimmicky but it would work. Some people will hate the idea of it but there are certain demographics that they could play to. Moreover, the most we would ever see of someone like The Great Khali is getting a Stop sign to the head. Guys like El Torito, Hornswaggle, Zeb Coulter, Maddox could have a title reign and if done in a light hearted manner, I see nothing wrong with it.

People seem to think that the Hardcore title was ECW-lite. It wasn't just blood and gore. They could have fun with it and the 24/7 aspect of the belt could definitely work in the modern day. They could even use Twitter/the WWE App to ensure we don't miss anything. I'd definitely think it would work.

So the titles I would use are: WWE Unified Championship, Intercontinental; United States; Tag-team; Hardcore title and the Divas Championship. Hardly revolutionary but it would work.

 

[Jack G]

Or how about just unifying the world titles, the IC and US titles, and bringing back the Cruiserweight and Hardcore?

Honestly, it's a pretty shitty idea and it was the first time when Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo came up with it. That one Nitro was pretty good, though. It had fucking Mike Awesome on it. Can you reanimate Mike Awesome and have his corpse come beat the shit out of Kevin Nash? If not, then your idea fucking sucks.

The "reset button" was a last ditch effort by a dying company. As boring as the WWE has generally been from April to January for the past decade or so, it isn't dying. Just complacent. I agree that things need a shakeup, but declaring all belts vacant is not a shakeup. It's an act of absolute desperation.

That battle royal and ladder match filled PPV you dreamed up would be truly awful. Monotony is a big problem nowadays. If this actually DID happen and that was the manner in which they decided the new champions, I believe I'd stop watching wrestling altogether. There would be no hope.

Sorry my reply is so negative, but fuck, that's some terrible shit you came up with. I'm all for change in the WWE, but that's too much change and not enough logic or reasoning behind it.

I genuinely don't mind criticism; the idea was mental but just a light hearted thought to spark discussion. No need to be an absoulte prick about it.

MCMG; you're right about the Hardcore belt, it gives people without a storyline as such a small part to play. Sometimes a lockerroom segment could be a quick title change, as it used to be. I'd rather see that than a pointless bit of dialogue.

 

[Dagger Dias]

First of all.... This sounds like an idea that is better suited for Night of Champions than some random edition of Raw. That show will need more than just 5 title matches and a couple of filler matches thrown in to generate interest. Secondly, why would you have all of the current champions relinquish their titles at once? It seems better to me to have the belts be up for grabs and then introduce new title designs given to the winners of the matches upon their victory. The incoming champions should not have to relinquish their titles.

You mention getting rid of the Divas Championship. The Womens Championship is already part of that title's history per the unification match 3 years ago. They could bring back the classic design and rename it the Womens Championship again, but it's still the same belt. Plus, unless AJ gets better competition more often, the division will not automatically get better from having a more professional looking championship. That's great and all, but match/feud quality is what makes a division, the title is icing on the cake.

No Womens Tag Team Championship please. That has "disastrous, horrendous, meaningless Bella Twins title reign" written all over it. Do you really want to see The Bellas feud with the Funkadactyls over those titles non-stop? I don't, and that is what would inevitably happen. TNA had a good roster when they initially tried theirs, but then they destroyed the belts' credibility by giving one half of the titles to a male wrestler, and then they took WAY too long to deactivate them. WWE's female roster hardly has a worthy championship tier, let alone enough names for a solid tag team division. I would NEVER want to see this happen unless they get in about 4 teams all made up of girls around AJ and Natalya's skill level. In other words, it should not ever happen! No thank you. Not interested.

And then you bring up the Cruiserweight Championship. That's been done to death in so many other topics. It's not coming back. WWE no longer needs it. There's no reason why the US Championship cannot fill the spot that the Cruiserweight Championship would. They should not add new titles until they have finished restoring the importance of the older ones. Don't even get me STARTED on the Hardcore Championship. I see absolutely no point in returning it either. Keep it in the past where it belongs.

I personally do not want to see any belts return or any new belts being added. The Divas Championship returning to its former design and name as the Womens Championship perhaps, but as I already stated the division's quality of feuds/matches is more important. Even if they kept the current design but had AJ only working with the girls who can wrestler and bring in better divas to work in the division then that would do far more good than changing the title design. After the unification of the two world titles they will still have more than enough to work with.

I like the suggestion, but I wouldn't really want to see it happen. Not in this way, at least. They do not need to worry about adding more titles or changing title designs nearly as much as they need to worry about increasing the quality of the title tiers across the board. When all of the guys who were in the World Heavyweight Championship scene are suddenly in the Intercontinental Championship scene, we should see quality slowly increasing for the other belts too as the title tiers will seem less clogged up. If WWE did do it, it could be a good addition to the next edition of Night of Champions though.

 

[Jack G]

It seems better to me to have the belts be up for grabs and then introduce new title designs given to the winners of the matches upon their victory. The incoming champions should not have to relinquish their titles.

Yeah this would be better actually. And on reflection it was a little crass of me to suggest all the champs relinquish their belts.

Do you really want to see The Bellas feud with the Funkadactyls over those titles non-stop?

No. You are correct...maybe I didn't think hard enough before posting?

Don't even get me STARTED on the Hardcore Championship. I see absolutely no point in returning it either. Keep it in the past where it belongs.

We disagree with each other here, I think it could be done well. But in all honesty it will most likely stay in the past as you'd like.

Kind of on topic, but do we think the unification will ACTUALLY bring one title belt? I can't see it because of the fact that the WWE Title has JUST been revamped..by the Rock. Now unless that is just a temporary belt in the interim until this particular storyline I don't see why they'd change something they've just created. Which leads be to think that the unification, if it all goes smootly, will either be one man two belts (not related to the two girls one cup) or one man one belt..that belt being the current WWE Title.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I'm all for renaming the Divas Championship or changing the Divas to some other term altogether. When I hear the word diva, the image that springs to mind is that of a self centered, spoiled, prissy bitch who thinks the world revolves around her.

I see absolutely no need for a women's tag team championship. Maybe in a few years if WWE's interest in tag team wrestling continues and if the Divas continue on their slow but moving progress towards relevance. It's far too soon now. TNA's Knockout Tag Team Championship is a perfect example of what a women's tag title would be in WWE right now. Hell, it might be even more useless.

I also see no need to bring back the Cruiserweight Championship. A title strictly for smaller guys comes right out and sends the message that little guys can't hang with big guys. It's something that just doesn't make sense to me in pro wrestling when you look at all of the various "little guys" who've been big stars & World Champions. Backlund, Savage, Hart, Flair, HBK, Jericho, Mysterio, Guerrero, Hardy, Punk, Bryan etc. have all been big stars who've been World Champions in major wrestling companies, who've beaten "big guys" with most of them being about the 230 pound mark or less.

The Hardcore Championship was a joke during the Attitude Era with the 24/7 rule. It's hard to take any title remotely serious when it changes hands more than 200 times in less than 3 years. Plus, hardcore wrestling isn't exactly in style these days when you look at all the wrestler deaths the past decade or so. With wrestlers not bleeding anymore, with shots to the head banned, it doesn't exactly come across as "hardcore." WWE can still put on great hardcore matches without blood, but part of what makes them that way is that they don't happen all the time. Otherwise, the novelty of hardcore matches without blood or insane spots would soon wear off.

IF WWE does go back to having one World Championship, then more emphasis could be placed on the IC title. Personally, I'd either unify it with the US title and retire said title, keep the US title but use it for mostly lower mid-card guys while keeping the IC title for upper mid-card wrestlers or retire the US title and create a new title for lower mid-card guys; like a television championship or something. That's generally how it was back in the day with Mid-Atlantic/WCW.

 

[L@RISANO]

Firstly, pressing the reset button for all the championships would make no sense at this point and is in no way a need at this time.

Also, the mere fact that the current US champion never really has to defend his title and the IC title also barely gets any sort of respectable feud for it, means that the idea of bringing a Hardcore and Cruiserweight championship would just be introducing(re) titles for the sake of it.

At this time, the IC has no story, just a no.1 contender's match and then a mini feud(if you can even call it a feud) and then a title defense.Thereafter a rematch for the loser at the PPV. Since I started to watch WWE again after Summerslam...only the WWE Championship and to a lesser extent the WHC Championship have any build/feud/story.

The best thing resulting from this unification is that the IC and US belts would hopefully generate some interest. Big E has certainly done more for the IC belt in his limited time than Curtis Axel ever did. Whilst, Ambrose gives more time to the Shield and their ambushes than ever having a single feud relating to his belt in singles play, usually he gets a match out of the blue.
Currently there are quite a few decent mid carders who can use these two currently 'irrelevant' titles to jump to potential main event status...WWE Creative is better served making these two titles somewhat relevant again than just introducing more irrelevant titles for the sake of it.

 

[King Patrick Star]

My picks are:

Primary Championship
Undisputed WWE World Championship using the WWE (Undisputed) Belt, the WWE (Spinner) Belt, the WCW / World Heavyweight (Big Gold) Belt, and the ECW (Big Platinum) Belt
I want the Face of my Universe to look like the Face of my Universe. What better way than to have him hold not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 Championship Title Belts, all with my, I mean the his name on all 4 Belts!?

Secondary Championship
United-Continental Championship using the Intercontinental (Attitude Era with nameplate) Belt, and the United States (current) Belt
I want my Mid-Card Champion to look like the workhorse of the company. Giving him 2 Belts may give off this appearance.

Tertiary Championship
Cruiserweight Championship using the Cruiserweight (WWE) Belt
I really have nothing to add to this except that at least the 3rd tier Champion has a nameplate.

Tag Team Championship
Unified WWE World Tag Team Championship using the World Tag Team (Raw) Belt and the WWE Tag Team (Smackdown) Belt
Like the 2nd tier Champion, the Tag Team Champions should appear above the bottom, but below the top. Having 1 more Belt than the Tertiary, but 2 less than the Primary, should do the job just fine.

Female Championship
Undisputed WWE Women’s / Divas Championship using the Women’s (last version with the nameplate) Belt, and the Divas Belt
Same as the Mid-Card Championship and the Tag Team Championship, give the Women / Divas two Belts.

Unsanctioned Championship
Million Dollar Championship
Just because I like it, put it in there.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

No, leave divas on there. It's a brand name. That's smart business

No tag women's, there's not enough interest for that.

No cruiser title, you're basically saying "you small guys can't compete with the big boys, so here is something for you". It's a minor league title in the eyes of many mainstream viewers and pro wrestling is story oriented. You limit the stories. Just have smaller guys wrestle for a belt for a reason other than being similar in size.

Sure, hardcore title is fun. Tag, WWE, and mid card title make sense.

 

[WWECena4HOF]

I think the titles should be

WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Championship
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(For Stars such as John Cena,Daniel Bryan,CM Punk,Randy Orton,etc. the main eventers)
WWE Women's Championship
(go back to referring the diva's as women this surrounds AJ,Natalya,Layla,Kaitlyn,Alicia Fox,etc.)

WWE Tag Team Champions
(new title belt simple,not for joke teams either)

WWE United States Championship
(Low and Mid-Card stars getting pushed to the next level)

WWE IC title
(Same thing as world title main eventers,also stars trying to get over)

WWE Legends title(For legends like Show,Kane,Goldust,Mysterio,HHH,Taker,Rock,Lesnar,Booker, who are one foot out the door or are part-time instead of giving the part-timers the main title.And for stars done with world titles.Except on occasions give it to Cena or Orton when their not in the world title picture.

 

[laodaron]

Unified Championship
Intercontinental Championship
Television Championship
Tag Team Championship
Women's Championship

That's the list of what should exist in the WWE. Unified and Intercontinental should be mainly PPV championships, with very very rare defenses on non-PPV television. But the Television, Tag Team, and Women's should be defended regularly on television AND PPV. Television Championship should be defended every single taping or live TV event.

I didn't mention House Shows, but those should really have some fun matches, some gimmick matches, and fantasy pairings, etc.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

I'm all for renaming the Divas Championship or changing the Divas to some other term altogether. When I hear the word diva, the image that springs to mind is that of a self centered, spoiled, prissy bitch who thinks the world revolves around her.

I see absolutely no need for a women's tag team championship. Maybe in a few years if WWE's interest in tag team wrestling continues and if the Divas continue on their slow but moving progress towards relevance. It's far too soon now. TNA's Knockout Tag Team Championship is a perfect example of what a women's tag title would be in WWE right now. Hell, it might be even more useless.

I also see no need to bring back the Cruiserweight Championship. A title strictly for smaller guys comes right out and sends the message that little guys can't hang with big guys. It's something that just doesn't make sense to me in pro wrestling when you look at all of the various "little guys" who've been big stars & World Champions. Backlund, Savage, Hart, Flair, HBK, Jericho, Mysterio, Guerrero, Hardy, Punk, Bryan etc. have all been big stars who've been World Champions in major wrestling companies, who've beaten "big guys" with most of them being about the 230 pound mark or less.

The Hardcore Championship was a joke during the Attitude Era with the 24/7 rule. It's hard to take any title remotely serious when it changes hands more than 200 times in less than 3 years. Plus, hardcore wrestling isn't exactly in style these days when you look at all the wrestler deaths the past decade or so. With wrestlers not bleeding anymore, with shots to the head banned, it doesn't exactly come across as "hardcore." WWE can still put on great hardcore matches without blood, but part of what makes them that way is that they don't happen all the time. Otherwise, the novelty of hardcore matches without blood or insane spots would soon wear off.

IF WWE does go back to having one World Championship, then more emphasis could be placed on the IC title. Personally, I'd either unify it with the US title and retire said title, keep the US title but use it for mostly lower mid-card guys while keeping the IC title for upper mid-card wrestlers or retire the US title and create a new title for lower mid-card guys; like a television championship or something. That's generally how it was back in the day with Mid-Atlantic/WCW.

the word diva makes you think of a self centered, prissy bitch...which is a hell of a lot more descriptive than "women's wrestler" and a lot more entertaining. Diva is a WWE brand. I swear 99% of you would flunk a basic marketing or business class. WWE is a business and an entertainment business at that. It's ran like one and it's successful. There is typically a clear logic behind what they do. Everything else, especially the cruiser stuff, I agree with.

 

[chicagokmc]

When WWE acquired WCW, not only did they dramatically increase the number of wrestlers on their roster, they inherited championships (and a fan base) with long, storied legacies. They then tried to brand the Federation with the Raw, Smackdown and eventually (after another acquisition) ECW brands. They supported that with trades between the brands, firings in one brand but then allowing the person to go to another brand. Bottom line to me - I understood why they kept all the different titles around.

Unfortunately, the brand strategy didn't fit with what people tuned in to see. People tune in to see the main stars and when those stars only appeared on one program, the other program suffered. So WWE has all but gotten rid of that idea and while there may be a few people dedicated to one program, the majority of talent now wrestles across all programs.

Assuming this remains the case, enough time has passed between all of these federations merging together. Here is what I would then do regarding championships:

Heavyweight title - Unify it. They are doing this now. One world heavyweight champ.

Intercontinental/US Championship - Unify them. I would go back to this belt being important. Not the lip service you hear wrestlers spout when they go thru the list of previous title holders. This belt would be established as the second most important title to have in the federation, would have storylines around it and would be actively defended. (I would not give this title to a tag wrestler or someone like Dean Ambrose, who might be great in the future as a singles wrestler but is now more involved with tag team and 6 man battles with the Shield).

Tag Team Championships - They unified these years ago, keep it that way. They seem to be going in the direction of the stories we hear about re-focusing on tag wrestling.

Women's Title - I understand the disdain with it being called the "divas" title. Unfortunately, they are marketing this term diva throughout the entertainment world so I think we are stuck with it. What needs to be done is more focus on training the female talent so that more of them can deliver credible matches.

That would be it - streamlined like it used to be. What I would not do:

Cruiserweight/Lightweight - already posts on this. I wouldn't go there. Not enough interest in the wrestlers that would fall in this weight class (wrestlers like Daniel Bryan and Rey Mysterio who would belong there are too big now to put them in a niche division like this). Also because the smaller wrestlers do more high flying moves, they are injured all the time and then you have a division that would always be missing talent. See Mysterio, Tyson Kidd and Sin Cara as examples of this. Finally whenever you have a smaller division they eventually get used as squash fodder for a big like Big Show, Ryback or Mark Henry to show how dominant they are. Who needs to see this?

Hardcore title - too gimmicky, too much injury potential. they still have these types of matches today, don't need a champion for it.

What I might do in the future:

Women's Tag titles - See my thoughts above. Improve the quality of the women's wrestling first. This could then be a possibility for me. For now, no.

Television Title - This was used well back in the old WCW/NWA days when folks like Tully Blanchard made it prestigious. There is enough WWE programming to support it, especially if you throw in modern mediums like wwe.com and the youtube channel. No for now, but if the other strategies worked, this could be something for the future. It could be the focus of the Wednesday night show.

 

[MWRedskins]

i dont like the idea. i am not a huge fan of unifying the title as i fear it will hurt guys like Bryan and Punk and others while helping Cena and Orton and Sheamus, but i think with the unification of those titles, WWE should just put more exposure on the IC, US and Tag Team titles. the only thing i would do is re-design the WWE, Tag Team and Diva's titles. the WWE one because i think unifying the titles needs a new belt, the Tag Team titles look like big pennies and the Diva's title just looks stupid. as for adding more titles, i wouldnt hate it, but dont want it. just build up the US and IC titles.

 

[BestWrestlingOpinions]

I don't really agree with this title-reset idea, but I can see some logic behind it. As far as the gimmick PPV matches go, hell no. Most of the matches, if not all, should have a stipulation regarding the extremity of said feud.

I think the problem with the titles is that the titles represent wrong things. The US title should only be on the line against competitors who are Americans, otherwise what's the point? For the IC Championship, since there is already the US one, I could see more non-Americans going at it, without of course banning Americans from competing for it. As far as the World Title(s) go(es), there only needs to be one. That's why it is the World title. Otherwise, people, especially non-hardcore fans, will be like "what's the more important title, the WHC or the WWE?" along with making it ridiculous that there are two World Titles anyway. As you said, we need only one definitive World Championship that everyone strives for.
About Women, I don't know about this one. If WWE doesn't promote women's wrestling, then I can't see how new belts would work. For the moment, I say make more meaningful feuds, get rid of the Total Divas crap and give emphasis back to wrestling. If it catches on and there is certain need to tag belts, then sure.

The cruiserweight championship is a joke in my eyes. It is never taken that seriously as a World Championship (which should be, considering the fact that it essentially splits the roster to small and big guys), so the smaller guys will miss out on World Title reigns. Bryan worked fine, Punk worked fine, HBK, Eddie, Benoit, Flair etc etc worked fine as World Champions, despite not being big guys. I understand the need for the small guys in the roster to have something to go after, since they can't all be in the line for a World Championship match, but it will further the gap between big and small guys and will give Vince the perfect excuse to exclude small guys from the main events.

The hardcore championship. As long as the PG era is upon us, the meaning of the title is absent. How hardcore can you go on a weekly/monthly basis when you have a PG rating limiting the things you can do? Once, two, three times, the typical table smash and ladder fall will become routine, and without more extreme spots (blood / head shots etc) being available since they are banned, I can see that it will become stale quickly. After all, having such a title change hands every 2 weeks seems just ******ed to me.

To conclude, make right use of the titles. The US only for Americans, the IC mostly for non-Americans, only one Undisputed World Championship, Tag Team titles as are, and focus on women's wrestling to bring back relevancy and importance to the division. Nothing more, nothing less. Booking of the feuds on those titles is another thing that has nothing to do with this thread.

 

[BaconBits]

I'm all for renaming the Divas Championship or changing the Divas to some other term altogether. When I hear the word diva, the image that springs to mind is that of a self centered, spoiled, prissy bitch who thinks the world revolves around her.

But they are prissy, self centered toolbags who think the world revolves around them.

On topic, I don't think there needs to be any tinkiering or adding of any belts. I honestly think there's probably one too many. They don't need two midcard belts. It devalues both of them. I get that there's all sorts of history with both belts and all, but that shit is overrated. All they are is shiny props designed to build characters. They could build longer, more interesting stories centered around one belt and have more contenders. And when somebody wins it, it won't be the proverbial kiss of death. They'll have worked for it.

 

[twills011]

One champion is the way to go. Here's how the belts should be. Many others have said it too.

WWE Undisputed Champion

IC belt

Tag Titles

Womens - drop the ugly divas belt and go with the old womens title - could refresh the look of it

Hardcore - i would have the US champ be in a series of hardcore matches like they have Sandow and Ziggler doing lately. Have that person drop the US belt for Hardcore title. US title is pretty much IC Junior and I don't think it is needed. Hardcore could utilize the slapsticky gimmicky guys like Santino.

I like the Cruiserweight but agree with others that it could stop guys like Bryan from getting main event pushes.

 

[capnwillie]

The WWE doesn't really need any new title belts IMO. Unifying the WWE and World Heavy belts is a step in the right direction. There should only be ONE top-tier title. I think the US Championship is a bit redundant as well, since the IC title definitively represents North and South America. If it were up to me, I'd either unify the US and IC title or make a real TV title out of one of them. The WWE certainly has a big enough roster and enough young or under-utilized talent to permit for an actual TV title. Plus, with Raw, Smackdown and Main Event this would be a title that could be defended at least once a week. Ideally, it would be defended on all WWE televised events, minus Superstars.

IF the WWE did decide to add more titles to the mix, I wouldn't be against a Cruiserweight or Light Heavyweight title but that has never been WWE's strong point so it's probably best that they don't. And please, no hardcore titles! That was a novel and fun idea in the 90's and during the Attitude Era but now it would just be a total joke. Hell, it was a joke to begin with. Blood is very rare on WWE programming now so nobody would buy it, anyway.