Old School Title Belts

What title belt in WWE do you feel needs a taste of tradition the most?

  • WWE Championship

  • WWE U.S. championship

  • WWE World tag team championship

  • WWE DIVAS/Women's championship

  • WWE Intercontinental championship

  • all of them

  • none of them


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Every title Cody wins he should bring back it's classic form. Like if he wins the WWEC. he should bring back the winged-eagle one that people from Hogan to Bret Hart to HBK wore. Possibly the most popular style for this belt. I would love to see it again after that spinner belt goes out of style.
i think it would be a nice gimmick hallmark for him to do that. It also allows him to attach himself to other names from the past. Like Bret Hart, Savage, Hennig, Austin, Razor Ramón and HBK.

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The class of '86-'98..^^^
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The class of '79-'86

Wait, hang on a second. You're saying that the classic Intercontinental Championship design looks generic? You're out of your friggin' mind. The IC title from 1983, now THAT was a generic looking championship. Have you actually seen the thing? It looked like something Vince might've put together in his garage one weekend.
Jack Hammer the old I-C title held by Perfect was a common belt design seen throughout the territories. The I-C, WCW U.S. (C. 1997), The WWF Light-heavyweight, ECW tag team title (circa 1995), and a few others all seemed very similar.

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I think the United States Championship looks great. It's a nice mix of the gold in with the red, white & blue scheme of the American flag. I just think it's kind of laughable when a United States Championship doesn't have at least something about it regarding the flag and it's colors.
okay thats never been the issue with any U.S. title in the history of pro rasslin buddy.. Continued in next post
 
He had to choose the I-C title and that generic belt plate design everyone went bonkers over.. Why not the Intercontinental from 1983? Why couldn't he turn the WWE title (save the obvious pot shots on the viability of this dynamic) back into the version held by "Superstar" Billy Graham?

The title I most want to see go old skool is the U.S. title. The last version used by WCW was pretty slick but I absolutely love the old NWA U.S. heavyweight title (Mid-Atlantic) belt. The WWE United States championship has looked like trash since day one and I'm not even recognizing the John Cena version. The version held by Steamboat in the mid-70's with the center plate shaped like the lower 48 was nice but it needed a less bulky strap.

So do you think Cody's retrofitting should stop with the I-C title or should he continue this trend with his next championship win?


You don't like the classic IC title? I think it's a major upgrade over that oval belt they've been using since 1998.

As for another belt I'd like to see go retro... I'd get rid of the current tag team titles which look like giant pennies and go back to the titles that Demolition, L.O.D. and NOA had. I really hate those new belts.
 
I think the old IC Belt was brought back because the previous one had "World Wrestling Entertainment" written on the plate, and we all know how Vince feels about the word "wrestling". Now, I wouldn't mind seeing an entirely new design for the WWE Championship. As long as it's nothing like those awfully designed Tag Team Championship Belts.
 
Can they please change the WWE title after Del Rio is done with it, I say this because I actually think the belt suits Del Rio a lot... he carries it well and the ridiculous flamboyant design suits Del Rio's character

The IC belt is brilliant, though out of all the belts that one was the last one that needed to be replaced
 
Can they please change the WWE title after Del Rio is done with it, I say this because I actually think the belt suits Del Rio a lot... he carries it well and the ridiculous flamboyant design suits Del Rio's character

The IC belt is brilliant, though out of all the belts that one was the last one that needed to be replaced

Which one? I think the WWE spinner belt fits Cena, Orton, del Rio, and Mysterio, but does noot look good on guys like Batista, or Triple H, Sheamus, Swagger, or RVD. I think when they'd clean the I-C title it looked nice. Zeke had it real shined up and that's actually when i started to like it again.
I like the belt, bling is a good thing. Its like your wearing a giant super bowl ring. I want it changed though, I'm fond of it but im also a traditionalist.

HEADMAN check out the pictures I added. IT looks good but if its all about retro I want that one Santana held in his first reign.
 
If the Intercontinental Championship was going to have a starting point to be brought back to it's former glory, this was a nice way to start it. Now Cody needs to defend it, and defend it often. I get the match with Orton at Vengeance, but nows the time to put it on the line on a regular basis and continue his build up at it's Champion.

As for the championship itself, well this is the ONLY title that should have a vintage belt. Any other title that does it will hurt the Intercontinental. By doing this, it gives the Intercontinental a unique look from the United States and just all around looks better. BIG credit to whoever was behind this!
 
The old saying goes "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and that can be said for some of the belts. They do not need to be redesigned so many times. I would support seeing some of the belts' older designs coming back. The WWE Championship going back to the eagle design (although I am one of the few who WILL defend its current design) would be cool to see. The WWE Tag Team Championships look like giant pennies right now. They were better off before their new look and should return to the old design. Then there's the Divas Championship. I defended that thing during its first year or so, but I think that the Womens Championship should have been the one to come out of the unification intact, rather than the other way around. Changing it back to the classic look in place of the pink butterfly would not hurt.

Now, as for the question at hand. If Rhodes continues to bring back retro looks for belts.... His next title win is likely the World Heavyweight Championship, and it does not need to be changed. It has resembled the WCW belt ever since they created it for Trips in 2003. Now, if he won the tag team belts again I would support replacing the pennies with the classic design. If he were to win the WWE Championship then I'd support seeing the eagle design again. The one they had in the attitude era though, not the ugly one that JBL/Lesnar/Eddie all held. I hated that belt. There is nothing wrong with going back to a classic design because of the history involved, but these changes should only happen if the belt needs it such as the tag team titles or the divas title. Others such as the world title (Cody's likely next title) do not, and if they do these retro comebacks with him then it should only be on belts that need the treatment.
 
They should bring back the ORIGINAL WWWF design that Bruno Sammartino had in the 60s.

That would be hilarious I say.

Or the one in the 70s that Billy Graham had, or even the "Big Green" Belt that Backlund and Iron Sheik had.

Actually the big green belt looks pretty cool, give it an update here and there and WWE could be on to a winner.

HOWEVER, I seriously doubt we'll see any old school belts being brought back in the future, the IC title was brought back because 1. the design is/was and forever will be the better design they've had, 2. it suited Cody Rhodes's gimmick to bring back such a belt and finally most of the old school belts were small hense why they changed the Winged Eagle to the big attitude era belt.

I would love to see some of the belt scraps being changed colour with x wrestler just for their own personal touch,
 
Its simple to remedy this. Bring back the "Winged Eagle" Belt. It holds the most prestige out of any title theyve ever had. This Belt they have now has no significance..we all know the belts are nothing but props. And having somebody else win it every other month does nothing for its value. The current wwe title makes me cringe everytime I see it. It looks like something a 9th grader made in art class and the wwe decided to use it..John Cena intriduced that belt. Thats HIS belt. It was not company appointed. And seeing Cenas Loud gaudy huge kiddie looking belt as THE belt that represents the company is rediculous. Get rid of the dumb 2 champion format. Have one champion and have him defend it every 30 days like before. And dont have him wrestling or appearing on tv every week. And I have another thing to add to this that is off topic. The reason why wwe has become so stale, is because of this: I remember a show called superstars where wrestlers fought bums and hyped up one of the 4 (yes there were only 4) ppvs , saturday nights main event or house shows.
My point being...why would you spend money on a ppv to see these guys wrestle each other when you see them EVERY WEEK!! Ever hear of too much of anything is bad? Before the wwF had it right..they would tease us with these top guys every week,,makingus chomp at the bit to see them wrestle on the ppv or saturday nights main event. Because they werent overexposed.The old formula worked. And it will work again. Raw and smack down should be nothing more than a show that teases the matches..bring back JOBBERS!!!! All you old school fans should know what Im talkin about and hopefully you agree. All you young heads..You'll never understand. It wont affect the cable ratings and attendance because after all the adults control the remote and we buy the tickets. If they give us a product WE wanna watch..I actually think sales will increase. Unfortunately..we have seen evrybody already wrestle everybody already..so I think that Idea is too little too late..but it was a good thought.. But the do need to BRING BACK THE WINGED EAGLE BELT and only have ONE champion!!!!!!!
 
Actually the big green belt looks pretty cool, give it an update here and there and WWE could be on to a winner.

HOWEVER, I seriously doubt we'll see any old school belts being brought back in the future, the IC title was brought back because 1. the design is/was and forever will be the better design they've had, 2. it suited Cody Rhodes's gimmick to bring back such a belt and finally most of the old school belts were small hense why they changed the Winged Eagle to the big attitude era belt.

I would love to see some of the belt scraps being changed colour with x wrestler just for their own personal touch,

You have a point. The WWF WINGED EAGLE and the WWWF heavyweight belt were both pretty small. I could see guys like Drew Mac, Cody, Daniel Bryan, and Kofi in that old skool WWWF strap. I would rather him retro restore the WWE title to one of those old belts but I Also dont like WWE using a title identified as the WCW title. It is an insult to me and anyone else who watched WCW. As far as the green belt i always was interested in its back story. Was it Backlund of Sheik they gave it to first?
 

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