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Post by romanstylesiii on Feb 1, 2020 13:10:21 GMT -5
It just doesn’t look like it should be the IC title. It’s just so plain and boring looking. So like 90% of things in the WWE?
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Feb 1, 2020 13:12:58 GMT -5
How long did they use the previous design aka the classic design? Was it really 7 years now ever since Cody Rhodes re-introduced it?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Feb 1, 2020 13:13:33 GMT -5
How long did they use the previous design aka the classic design? Was it really 7 years now ever since Cody Rhodes re-introduced it? It was about eight years, from 2011 to 2019.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Feb 1, 2020 14:04:45 GMT -5
Yep, the IC title used to steal the show. I also love the 80s and 90s design. Even the Attitude Era design grew on me. Both of those are better than this current piece of shit.
And I still can't believe that this company, who had dump trucks full of money given to them from the Saudis and FOX have f***ing VELCRO on the belts. "Look, kids...just like the overpriced garbage replicas you buy at the merchandise table!"
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Post by msc on Feb 1, 2020 15:12:22 GMT -5
Mr Perfects title runs were mostly him losing tag matches to Warrior. He looked like the IC Champ, so hes considered one of the greats.
Nakamura looked like an IC Champ.
Although I can't believe it took Braun 4 years to win any singles belt. Bloody WWE striking when the irons hot there. Now he has the belt, hes perfect for a Bret Hart style fighting champ gimmick. Just have him defend the belt weekly against anyone and everyone and win. For months on end.
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Post by DoubleDare on Feb 1, 2020 16:44:00 GMT -5
I could see one reason (In addition to others) that they replaced it was it had the word WRESTLING on it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 1, 2020 16:47:39 GMT -5
It's silly, but I kind of wish MVP won it instead, and would drop it in short order, just since it'd have let MVP be an IC champion in both NJPW and WWE.
Not sure if anyone's done that yet besides Jericho and Nakamura. Andrade will probably match that feat eventually, too.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 1, 2020 17:58:48 GMT -5
I could see one reason (In addition to others) that they replaced it was it had the word WRESTLING on it. Wrestling isn't a dirty word in the WWE... and really never has been... people say it all the time.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Feb 1, 2020 18:35:40 GMT -5
It's a garbage title, and has been since the Attitude Era. Once in a while you'll get a feud that's a throwback to when the title used to matter (Benoit/Jericho, RVD/Eddie, Mysterio/Jericho, Ziggler/Miz), but usually its just crap like this.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 1, 2020 18:52:22 GMT -5
I could see one reason (In addition to others) that they replaced it was it had the word WRESTLING on it. Wrestling isn't a dirty word in the WWE... and really never has been... people say it all the time. The biggest issue was they simply didn't own the image rights for that version of the title, and I guess Vince finally got tired of paying Reggie Parks (again).
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 1, 2020 18:56:33 GMT -5
The IC title which in the era of Brock and the world champion should be like the old NWA TV title but for some reason the WWE have crapped all over the history of the title and the USP was that it wasn’t a carbon copy of every other title and stood out but the new design is awful.
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 1, 2020 19:03:15 GMT -5
I could see one reason (In addition to others) that they replaced it was it had the word WRESTLING on it. Wrestling isn't a dirty word in the WWE... and really never has been... people say it all the time. It’s not now as much but it wasn’t always that way. I’ve always been of the opinion that Kevin Dunn had a bigger dislike of wrestling than Vince ever had.
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Post by autisticgeordie on Feb 1, 2020 19:05:32 GMT -5
Remember when The Miz was doing his damndest to make the Intercontinental Championship as relevant as possible around the time when he cut those amazing promos on Talking Smack; I miss those days and they weren't even that long ago!
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 1, 2020 19:07:59 GMT -5
Remember when The Miz was doing his damndest to make the Intercontinental Championship as relevant as possible around the time when he cut those amazing promos on Talking Smack; I miss those days and they weren't even that long ago! There’s a video on WWEs YouTube channel with Randy Orton, Christian, and the miz for the 40th anniversary of the title and the talking smack promo was talked about as a consequence of how pissed off he was being IC champ and not Being used.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Feb 1, 2020 20:01:10 GMT -5
I saw a blurb that said "Braun Strowman wins first singles championship" and I actually had to look it up to figure out which one.
That's how far the title has fallen for me.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 1, 2020 21:52:23 GMT -5
The current design just looks horrible on TV. It always looks blurry and covered in fingerprint marks. I didn't necessarily mind a new design just because I loved the old one, but this one just isn't it.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 1, 2020 23:58:33 GMT -5
Wait, Braun won a singles belt?
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Post by nisidhe on Feb 2, 2020 1:22:18 GMT -5
Titles have been props in WWE for some time.
Perhaps if the dirtsheets and newsletters decided only to mention the AEW title or the IWGP title as the "genuine" world titles, it might light a fire under some McMahon's ass. As it stands, nobody at WWE HQ gives a shit about any of the championships. Look who's currently holding supposedly the same title Sammartino, Backlund, Hogan and Hart did. Does anyone honestly think 57 years of history matter to the likes of Vince McMahon?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2020 3:38:15 GMT -5
And to think, if literally anyone other than Cody had paid to bring back that classic design, we'd probably still have it. Their pettiness knows no bounds. I mentioned this a couple times before but they didnt get rid of the classic design IC belt becauses of Cody. They got rid of it because WWE dont own the right to the belt design of the classic IC belt.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 2, 2020 3:55:40 GMT -5
And to think, if literally anyone other than Cody had paid to bring back that classic design, we'd probably still have it. Their pettiness knows no bounds. I mentioned this a couple times before but they didnt get rid of the classic design IC belt becauses of Cody. They got rid of it because WWE dont own the right to the belt design of the classic IC belt. Yep. They undoubtedly own the rights to this belt. They didn't to the classic one.
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