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Post by thirteen3 on Oct 31, 2014 7:10:31 GMT -5
The champion of the Americas and Europe. Remember RVD beat Jeff hardy in a ladder match unifying it with the European championship.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 9:04:04 GMT -5
What about TV Champion? Champion of your television set and all television sets everywhere. Once upon a time, major titles were rarely defended on television. The TV title was created to give a little boost to both the TV shows (which were used primarily as a tool to sell tickets to live events), and the career of a midcarder, by giving him the esteem of a title, as well as a built-in reason to feud with someone. Generally, the title was defended on TV, with a fairly short time limit, which operated as an excellent plot device for a heel champ, who didn't have to win the match to keep the title, he just had to avoid losing for 10-15 minutes. Eventually, it just morphed into another mid-card title, and its original concept, and the meaning of its name just became sort of lost. I know, I loved the WCW TV title in the early-mid 90's. Some of my fondest memories of WCWSN were the fast-paced TV title matches that went to the time limit, especially when Regal and Austin were champs. Good stuff. Still, I like my theory that the TV champion was literally the champion of my TV.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 7:49:47 GMT -5
What about TV Champion? Champion of your television set and all television sets everywhere. Once upon a time, major titles were rarely defended on television. The TV title was created to give a little boost to both the TV shows (which were used primarily as a tool to sell tickets to live events), and the career of a midcarder, by giving him the esteem of a title, as well as a built-in reason to feud with someone. Generally, the title was defended on TV, with a fairly short time limit, which operated as an excellent plot device for a heel champ, who didn't have to win the match to keep the title, he just had to avoid losing for 10-15 minutes. Eventually, it just morphed into another mid-card title, and its original concept, and the meaning of its name just became sort of lost. Verne Gagne was an obvious star on the rise and Chicago promoter Fred Kohler had the idea to recognize him as the best wrestler on his program. So he was bestowed with a United States championship. It wasn't more important than the NWA Championship; just a regional belt - like a British Commonwealth or territorial title - to give the matches meaning, but certain people (namely Sam Muchnick & NWA champion Lou Thesz specifically) didn't like how Verne was being pushed as THE champion instead of just A champion. So the belt was renamed the United States television title. Verne was the best wrestler on that TV show. NWA kinda let it slide, figured as long as Lou was recognized as the holder of the TOP title, then Fred can have his guy holding a TV belt.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 17:34:27 GMT -5
Verne Gagne was an obvious star on the rise and Chicago promoter Fred Kohler had the idea to recognize him as the best wrestler on his program. So he was bestowed with a United States championship. It wasn't more important than the NWA Championship; just a regional belt - like a British Commonwealth or territorial title - to give the matches meaning, but certain people (namely Sam Muchnick & NWA champion Lou Thesz specifically) didn't like how Verne was being pushed as THE champion instead of just A champion. So the belt was renamed the United States television title. Verne was the best wrestler on that TV show. NWA kinda let it slide, figured as long as Lou was recognized as the holder of the TOP title, then Fred can have his guy holding a TV belt. Nice. I never knew this.
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